Ladies and Gentlemen,
I don't understand why the Federation will not implement a Halo rule for H.S. football (2-yrd). I have written the NFHSAA Rules Com. with the request and never recieve an answer. I believe that with the halo rule it at least gives officials a guidline to rule by instead of the current rule. Correct me if I am wrong here. The current rule says: A reciever without hinderence by the kicking team, be allowed to recieve such kick/punt. NO distance is given to judge what is concedered a hinderence. I would like a distance added instead of an officials judgement. No consistancy across the board with what or how to judge a clear path without hinderence.

Not all (but almost all) high schools use NF rules. Texas and Mass. still use NCAA rules and have the halo.

Mr. Sleeper,
thanks for the reply. But tell me how you rule that situation. Do you use a yardage rule of thumb or just don't call it unless you have contact or reciever muffs the ball?
DKluvdaddy

I believe Sleeper uses NCAA rules so he has the halo.

I see this as a judgment call similar to pass interference. The kicking team has to give the kick-cather a fair opportunity to catch the ball; if a K player is dancing around in the receiver's personal space in a distracting way, or hits him before or just as the ball gets there, flag it.

So, it's a little more restrictive on the defender compared to pass interference, but not much.

And, honestly, I think that's no more difficult to detect than whether the K player violated a 2-yard halo around the receiver.