Old HS Timing Rules
This may be a stupid question for some of you, but this is my first year doing HS football. I also work with a Pop Warner league, but they use the "old" timing rules, but I do not know what that exactly means in terms of when the clock starts and stops. Can any of you help me out with this?
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The "old" timing rules were that if you had a change of possession not involving a kick, i.e. 4th down punt with recovery by R, the clock started on the ready for play, not the snap.
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Our JV and middle school timing rules:
On a change of possession, the clock starts on the ready unless the previous play ended OOB or with an incomplete pass. |
How old?
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With this Pop Warner league, (except Tiny Mites), they run 4- 10 minute quarters and schedule games every 90 minutes. So the clock needs to run more than with the current rule set for Fed.
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Edited to add: I guessed well -- it appears to be 1996: http://football.refs.org/rules/NFrules5.html |
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30+ yrs. ago I know Pop Warner was using modifications over Fed regarding what were then Fed's timing rules. |
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I only bring up my age, because them saying the "old" timing rules doesn't tell me what those rules are when I have never officiated under those rules like the officials who told me it was the "old" rules, or like officials on this board. Hence why I came asking what those rules are. |
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Ah, but you see, I'm not THAT OLD:p |
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IN '96 I had been out of HS for 21 years and was in my 18th year of working High School Football... FYI - 1996 was also the first year it was no longer a requirement that FIVE R players had to be within 5-yards of their restraining line on a FREE KICK. 1996 was 15 years ago. Time flies when you are an old timing rule guy. Anybody know when those stirrup sox in my drawer might make their triumphant return??? :eek: |
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