A down ends when the ball next becomes dead


RULE NO. 12: Fouls and Penalties

Technical Foul

    1. Excessive Timeouts
    2. Delay-of-Game
    3. Number of Players
    4. Basket Sound, Backboard or Support
    5. Conduct
    6. Fighting Fouls
    7. Fines
  1. Personal Fouls
    1. Types
    2. By Dribbler
    3. By Screening
    4. Flagrant Foul
    5. Free Fling Penalty Situations
    6. Double Fouls
    7. Offensive Fouls
    8. Loose Ball Fouls
    9. Punching Fouls
    10. Away-From-The-Play Foul

A.        Technical Foul

Section I—Excessive Timeouts

  1. Requests for a timeout in excess of the authorized number shall be granted and a technical foul shall be assessed. Following the timeout and free throw attempt, the ball will be awarded to the team which shot the free throw and play shall resume with a throw-in nearest the spot where play was interrupted.
  2. If the excessive timeout is granted prior to free throw attempt(s), there will be no line-up for the remaining free throws and play shall resume with a throw-in at the show of interruption by the team which shot the technical foul.
  3. If the excessive timeout is granted prior to a jump ball, the ball shall be awarded to the team shooting the technical foul at the gesture of interruption.

 

Section II—Delay-of-Game

  1. A delay-of-game shall be called for:
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      a down ends when the ball next becomes dead

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      Rules

      Game time is forfeit time.

      Teams

      • Players must be current Dartmouth students, faculty or staff.
      • Seven players constitute a full team; must have 7 players for a legal game.
      • In the Co-Rec. division there must be 3 women on the field at all times.
      • After each game, officials will assign a sportsmanship rating to each team. Ratings are 0-3 with three (3) being given for exemplary conduct. The ratings will be averaged over the course of the regular season games and playoffs. Teams must have an average score of 2.0 to be playoff eligible and remain eligible during playoffs. Teams dropping below 2.0 in the playoffs will be eliminated from the tournament.

      Equipment

      • Players must wear close-toed, athletic type shoes at all times. Rubber cleats can be worn; no metal cleats
      • All jewelry must be removed. Hard billed baseball caps are prohibited.
      • Any equipment that, in the official's judgment, would be injurious to the participants, would aid the individual who is wearing it, or is not within the spirit of the rules is illegal.

      The Field

      • The field of play is 50yds in length with 5yd end zones.

      Player Substitutions

      • Substitution is unlimited.
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        Rule 2 Definitions of Playing Terms

          SECTION 1 STATUS OF BALL – DEAD, LIVE, LOOSE  

        ART. 1 . . . A dead ball is a ball not in play. The ball is dead during the interval between downs.

        ART. 2 . . . A live ball is a ball in play. A ball becomes live when the ball has been legally snapped or free kicked and a down is in progress.

        ART. 3 . . . A loose ball is a pass, fumble or a kick. The terms “pass,” “fumble” and “kick” are sometimes used as abbreviations when the ball is loose following the acts of passing, fumbling or kicking the ball. A loose ball which has not yet touched the ground is in flight. A grounded loose ball is one which has touched the ground. Any loose ball continues to be a loose ball until a player secures possession of it or until it becomes dead by rule, whichever comes first.


          SECTION 2 BATTING  

        Batting is intentionally slapping or striking the ball with the arm or hand.


          SECTION 3 BLOCKING  

        ART. 1 . . . Blocking is obstructing an opponent by contacting him with any part of the blocker’s body.

        ART. 2 . . . In blocking, a player may contact opponents with the arms or hands provided the technique is legal. The legal techniques are as fo

        Timing

        American Football games are divided into four 15-minute quarters, separated by a 12-minute break at half-time. There are also 2-minute breaks at the end of the first and third quarters as teams change ends of the field after every 15 minutes of play. At the end of the first and third quarters, the team with the ball retains possession heading into the following quarter. That is not the case before half-time. The second half starts with a kickoff in the same way as the game began in the first quarter. The clock stops at the end of incomplete passing plays, when a player goes out of bounds, or when a penalty is called. The clock starts again when the ball is re-spotted by an official.

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        RULE 2 Definitions

        SECTION 1. Approved Rulings and Official's Signals

        ARTICLE 1. a. An Approved Ruling (A.R.) is an official decision on a given statement of facts. It serves to illustrate the spirit and application of the rules.

        b. An official's signal [S] refers to the Official Football Signals 1 through 47.

        SECTION 2. The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose, Ready For Play

        Live Ball

        ARTICLE 1. A live ball is a ball in play. A pass, kick or fumble that has not yet touched the ground is a live ball in flight.

        Dead Ball

        ARTICLE 2. A dead ball is a ball not in play.

        Loose Ball

        ARTICLE 3. a. A loose ball is a live ball not in player possession during:

        1. A running play.

        2. A scrimmage or free kick before possession is gained or regained or the ball is dead by rule.

        3. The interval after a legal forward pass is touched and before it becomes complete, incomplete or intercepted. This interval is during a forward pass play, and any player eligible to touch the ball may bat it in any direction.

        b. All players are eligible to touch, catch or recover a fumble (Exceptions: Rules 7-2-2-a Exception 2 and 8-3-2-d-5) or a backward pass.

        c. Eligibility t