Head Referee - Baldo Usher

Rules

• There will be 10 men on the field for each team
• 3 Mississippi will be strictly enforced.  The lineman ( offense and defense ) will remain on one knee until the ref ( Bryan Smith ) counts to 4 and drops his hands.  If you leave the knee too early there will be a 5 yard penalty and the down will be replayed
• Pass interference will be penalized from the spot of the foul and is an autmatic first down
• No flag guarding ( that is holding a player until you can get his flags ), if player is penalized for this the assessment will be 5 yards and replay of the down
• If a player makes a catch the next play he must either get off the field of play or either return to be a lineman. ( The game will be stopped until you do one of these two options)
• Accessive arguing with a referee will result in ejection from the game and possible “ banning ” of a player from the Turkey Bowl.  This rule will be strictly enforced
• Players should respect other players right to play and participate in all aspects of the game
• Fumbles behind the line of scrimmage are live,  but beyond the line of scrimmage are dead.  Thus if a reciever catches a curl then runs 5 yards and fumbles...the ball is dead and will be played from where he dropped it
• There will be 25 minute non-stop quarters in which the last 2 minutes of the half the clock can be stopped with regular NFL rules applying
• PAT’s are one point from the 5 and two points from the 10
• Teams are allowed only one lateral after a catch by a reciever
• If  a team elects to punt then the ball will be moved 40 yards downfield
• Two Feet in bounds on catches
• Each team is alotted 3 timeouts per half
• Any other dispute will be taken up on field with the ref
• Qb’s can run when rushed