Football Rules and Regulations

When the ball is fumbled, it can be recovered by any player on the field. if the defense recovers the fumble, the defensive player can attempt to run the ball in order to gain yards, because once it is clear that the defense have the ball, it is officially in their possession. If the offense regains control of the ball it is an automatic first down.

Yes, as long as the player does not climb upon his own team's player.

The ball is about 11 inches (28 cm) long and about 22 inches (56 cm) in circumference at the center.

Yes.

1) The punting team can regain possession if the receiving team commits a penalty prior to the punt that gives the punting team enough yardage for a first down.

The punting team can also regain possession if one of the players on the receiving team attempting to block the punt hits the punter immediately after the punt without having first touched the ball after it left the punter's foot. The resulting penalty can be 5 yards or 15 yards and is a judgment call by the referee. The five yard penalty is called 'running into the punter' and the 15 yard penalty is called 'roughing the punter'. Basically, the difference in the penalties is how hard the punter is hit or whether the punter has his punting leg high in the air when he is hit (almost always results in a 15 yard penalty). If the penalty is 15 yards, the punting team retains possession and is awarded a first down. If it is a 5 yard penalty, should the added five yards not result in giving the punting team a first down, they can decline the penalty and allow the receiving team to take possession where the play was blown dead or they can accept the penalty and decide whether they want to try for a first down or to punt the ball again.

There are some times when a receiving team player may hit the punter without first touching the ball and no penalty is called. Should the punter drop the ball or the snap from center hits the ground before the punter gets possession or the punter takes a step or steps as if he is going to run the ball instead of punt, the punter then is considered a runner and not a punter. No running into/roughing the punter penalty can be called unless the contact is considered extreme and/or intentional and then the penalty is 15 yards for 'unnecessary roughness'. Punters and place kickers are given extra protection by the rules of the game because they are in a very vulnerable position when they make contact with the ball and during their follow through. As long as there is no trickery by the punter, the snap is good, and the punter does not drop the ball the receiving team may not make contact with him after a punt that they have not touched without a penalty being called. Again, there is one caveat to this. A running into/roughing penalty cannot be called if the member of the receiving team that hits the punter does so due to being blocked into the punter by a member of the punting team. If the impetus of the receiving team's player is due to a block from the punting team's player, no penalty is called.

2) The punting team can regain possession if the receiving team fumbles the ball while returning the punt and the punting team recovers or if the ball touches a member of the receiving team prior to being possessed by a member of the receiving team and the punting team recovers (this is called a 'muff'). The rules are different pertaining to fumbling a punt return and muffing a punt return. If the ball is fumbled, the punting team can gain possession and advance the ball as far as they can. If the ball is muffed, the punting team can gain possession but they cannot advance the ball. The play will be whistled dead at the time the punting team gains possession of a muffed punt and the ball will be spotted at the yard line where the punting team gained possession.

That's my take and it kinda goes off on a couple of tangents. But there is some explanation that needs to be done in an attempt to cover the bases when answering this question. Any referees out there that can add on to this?

In the NFL and NCAA, goal posts are 6 inches wide. High school football fields usually use goal posts that are 4 inches wide.

the wildcard is a division awarded to the team with the most amazing plays/outs

The wildcard team in the baseball playoffs is the teams with the most wins that did not win a division title.

As in a forward pass?? No. It is still live if it does not touch the ground. ANSWER: A football remains a live ball if it strikes an official in the field of play. If an official is out of bounds when the ball touches him/her, then the ball is deemed to be out of bounds. Yes and no. The officials are considered an extension of the field. Therefore, if a forward pass strikes an official, it's the same as if the ball hit the ground -- it's dead. I've seen games before where a forward pass hit an umpire, and the play was immediately whistled over.

If a backwards pass or a loose ball hits an official, it would therefore still be a live ball, since hitting the ground doesn't normally kill a ball under those circumstances.

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Offsetting penalties are when both teams have committed a penalty on the same play. Offset means the two penalties cancel each other out.

Offsetting penalties only occur on LIVE BALL penalties. These are flags that occur during the play (after or concurrent with the snap, before the ball is dead at the completion of the play). These are penalties that are not whistled dead at the snap, or flags after the play (usually unsportsmanlike, late hits, etc...).

If a live ball foul occurs on both the offense and defense, they 'offset' meaning neither foul will be penalized, and the down is replayed.

If multiple dead ball fouls occur between plays on the offense and defense, ALL fouls are penalized in the order in which they occurred. While it may seem like it wouldn't matter (if both the offense and defense had unsportsman like fouls at the same time during a deadball phase), since they yardage is the same going both ways, there are special exceptions that can happen.

For example, if you have two (one on offense, one on defense, with the offenses one happening first) dead ball unsportsman likes penalties, and the ball is at the offenses 20 yard line, the result wouldn't be at the offenses 20 yard line, but the offenses 25 yard line. The reason is that the 15 yard penalty is first against the offense, and since the ball is inside the offenses 30 yard line, the penalty yardage is half the distance to the goal, which would be 10 yards and place the ball at the 10. Now you assess the defenses penalty, giving the offense 15 yards, so the ball is placed at the 25 yard line.

A "free kick" is any kick that is not a scrimmage kick. This includes kickoffs, or kicks that put the ball in play following a safety or a fair catch.

A "scrimmage" kick, on the other hand, is a kick that takes place on a regular down or a try, when the ball must be snapped. This includes (most) punts, field-goal attempts and PATs.

Kickoffs cannot be punted, but any other type of free kick can be punted, place-kicked or drop-kicked.

Silly as it sounds, the length of a timeout depends upon how many TV commercials have been shown in the half. Besides the end of the quarter and the 2-minute warning, there are 8 additional "TV timeouts" which will extend the length of any given team timeout to 1 minute 50 seconds.

Once all of the TV timeouts have been used up, any remaining team timeouts taken will only last 30 seconds.

in football/soccer you do not get points for a goal you only get points if you win/lose/draw a match

Win= 3 points

lose= 0 points

draw= 1 point

if you score it gets added to the goal difference for your team which could decide what place on the league table you are

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After a safety, the team that was forced into a safety must punt the ball to the opposing team instead of kicking a normal kickoff. I guess it just depends on how far the ball is being punted, there are no rules on how far the ball must be punted after a safety. So the answer is yes but it's not called an onside kick.

A football field goal can be made whenever a team is close to their goal line and on 4th down. If they feel they are unable to complete a pass or run to make a 1st down they can attempt a field goal and take 3 points rather than 6 with a touchdown.

Seven on offense. No requirements for the defense

i dont think so because they never had possesion of the ball.

A coach can challenge a play at anytime in the game before either two minute warmings. After the two minute warning the review comes from up top. A coach will challenge a play when the call on the field was questionable and could be over turned. If he wins the challenge the call is overturned, although if he loses it the team will be charged with a timeout. You can Challenge most controversial calls on the field, I.E fumbles, catches, interceptions, even some kinds of fieldgoals. The challenge has been proven to be effective and for the most part fair and accurtate.

There is some flexibility in how large a pitch has to be but Gaelic Football and Hurling are played on a pitch approximately 137 metres long and 82 metres wide.

During the course of play, as long as you reestablish legal position on the court prior to receiving the ball play continues without penalty.

An inbounds play may be a different case. I believe you cannot be the first one to touch the inbounded ball if you go out of bounds to shake a defender.

A block below the waist is called a "cut block," and the rules regarding this can vary among different youth leagues, so it would be best to consult a rulebook or a league official.

At the high school level, cut blocking is allowed within the "free-blocking zone," defined as a rectangular area extending 4 yards laterally from the ball and 3 yards to either side of the line of scrimmage. Once the ball carrier has left the zone, the zone no longer exists.

A chop block, however, is never legal. This is when a player gets cut while already engaged by someone who is blocking high (above the knee).

Fouls or penalties in American football are the result of rules infractions that are seen by the referees on the field. They are signaled by an official throwing a marker, or "flag", on the field at the time of infraction. Announcement of the infraction(s) and enforcement of penalties follows immediately following gameplay, after the play is whistled "dead" and before the start of the subsequent play.

In the NFL and most other American football rules a team gets four downs to either score with a touchdown, a field goal, or to make a first down, and start the count of downs again. Usually the fourth down is used to punt the ball away, rather than give the football up on the spot, if the previous three downs didn't result in some more favorable outcome.