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  2. Official (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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    CFL referees, unlike their counterparts in the NFL and American college football, identify the team committing the foul when announcing penalty enforcement, instead of using "offense" or defense". [10] During instant replay reviews in the NFL, the referee confers with the NFL's replay center in New York City, which makes the final ruling. In ...

  3. List of gridiron football rules - Wikipedia

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    In 1996, the overtime rules originally utilized by Kansas high school teams were adopted by the NCAA, except with the starting point at the 25-yard line instead of the 10-yard line as prescribed in the NFHS rules, but under NFHS rules, states may opt to start each period from another point (such as the 20 or 25).

  4. National Federation of State High School Associations

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    The provincial associations of Canada are affiliate members of the NFHS. The NFHS publishes rules books for each sport or activity, and most states adopt those rules wholly for state high school competition including the non member private school associations. The NFHS offered an online Coach Education Program in January 2007.

  5. Unfair act - Wikipedia

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    The NFL's rule on deliberate fouls is open-ended but covers only "successive or repeated fouls to prevent a score." [7] It would only be a palpably unfair act for the defense to commit deliberate fouls, preferring the certainty of a small penalty over the uncertainty of a score attempt, if the defense did so again after an official's warning. [6]

  6. Penalty (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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    NFL back judge Lee Dyer retrieves a penalty flag on the field during a game on November 16, 2008 between the San Francisco 49ers and St. Louis Rams.. In gridiron football, a penalty is a sanction assessed against a team for a violation of the rules, called a foul. [1]

  7. Flagrant foul - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the NFHS rulebook, which governs high school play, defines flagrant fouls in Rule 10: Fouls and Penalties. The word "flagrant" itself is defined in Rule 2: Definitions ; 2-16c calls it "a foul so severe or extreme that it places an opponent in danger of serious injury, and/or involves violations that are extremely or ...

  8. Safety (gridiron football score) - Wikipedia

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    An example where a defense may choose to do this could be an illegal kick committed in the end zone by the offense (such as may occur following a bad snap on an attempted punt) on fourth down; rather than allowing the play to result in a safety, the defense could accept the penalty, which for an illegal kick is 10 yards (or no more than half ...

  9. High school football - Wikipedia

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    In Canada, high school is governed by Football Canada and most schools use Canadian football rules adapted for the high school game except in British Columbia, which uses the NFHS rules. [ 1 ] Since the 2019 high school season, Texas is the only state that does not base its football rules on the NFHS rule set, instead using NCAA rules with ...