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Proposition 48 is an NCAA regulation that stipulates minimum high school grades and standardized test scores that student-athletes must meet in order to participate in college athletic competition. The NCAA enacted Proposition 48 in 1986. [1] As of 2010, the regulation is as follows:
It has never occurred in NFL play, and has only occurred three times in NCAA division 1 football. [26] [27] Since a one-point safety cannot occur unless the other team at least scores a touchdown a final score of 0–1 to 5-1 and 7–1 are not possible in American football, though a final score of 6-1 or 8-1 or higher is.
A standard football game consists of four 15-minute quarters (12-minute quarters in high-school football and often shorter at lower levels, usually one minute per grade [e.g. 9-minute quarters for freshman games]), [6] with a 12-minute half-time intermission (30 minutes in the Super Bowl) after the second quarter in the NFL (college halftimes are 20 minutes; in high school the interval is 15 ...
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In 1978, the NCAA modified their rules of play to require helmets certified to NOCSAE's standard. [4] In 1980, the NFHS incorporated the NOCSAE football helmet standard into their rules of play. [5] In 2017, the United States Polo Association (USPA) mandated helmets certified to the NOCSAE ND050 Standard Performance Specification. [7]
In gridiron football, not all players on offense are entitled to receive a forward pass: only an eligible pass receiver may legally catch a forward pass, and only an eligible receiver may advance beyond the neutral zone if a forward pass crosses into the neutral zone. If the pass is received by a non-eligible receiver, it is "illegal touching ...
The Sanity Code (officially the Principles for the Conduct of Intercollegiate Athletics) was a set of rules formally adopted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1948 to address student financial aid.