With the 2014 approaching, there will, or course, be questionable calls and strange rule applications. Article 1 team a may attempt a punt, drop kick, or placekick from on or behind the line of scrimmage. Member clubs of the league may amend the rules from time to time, pursuant to the. The national football league nfl is the premier professional american football league in the. This edition of the official playing rules of the national football league contains all current rules governing the playing of professional football that are in effect for the 2017 nfl season. This edition of the official playing rules of the national football league contains all current rules governing the playing of professional football that are in effect for the 2014 nfl season. It is not meant to connote illegality under any public law. This edition of the official playing rules of the national football league contains allcurrent rules governing the playing of professional football that are in effect for the 20 nfl season. Member clubs of the league may amend the rules from time to time, pursuant to the applicable voting procedures of the nfl constitution and bylaws. The nfl s owners voted to change five onfield rules, voted not to change two onfield rules, voted to change one bylaw and voted to table five bylaw proposals at. Nfl league rulebook a62 63 national anthem rule time. The official source for nfl news, video highlights, fantasy football, gameday coverage, schedules, stats, scores and more. Nfl rulebook 2019 official nfl rulebook pdf rule quizzes tough quiz. Official rules of the national basketball association 20162017 inside cover for nba official rulebook 20162017 102016.
Official site of the national football league news. Official nfl playing rules 63 rule 12, section 1, article 3. In 2012, the new orleans saints were discovered to have run a slush fund under. Tampa bay buccaneers vs new york giants 916 2012 at metlife stadium final team statistics visitor home buccaneers giants total first downs 14 31 by rushing 4 6. Early in the 2012 season on monday night the green bay packers and the. Nfl publication 2018 regular english for the 2018 nfl rule book, click here. Weekly view of the schedules including links to tickets, broadcast channels, and printable views. Runner a1 gets to the line of scrimmage and is stopped but a2, who is behind him, pushes him from behind and shoves him over the goal line. Where the word illegal appears in this rule book, it is an institutional term of art pertaining strictly to actions that violate nfl playing rules. Yahoo rules will apply except for a few modifications seen below.
Welcome to the extra point, where members of the nfl s football data and analytics team will share updates on leaguewide trends in football data, interesting visualizations that showcase innovative ways to use the leagues data, and provide an inside look at how the nfl uses datadriven insight to improve and monitor player and team. The nfl rulebook is available as a free pdf download. Under the league rules during that time, the nfl title was automatically given to the. The rule book does not specify that eligible players must return immediately to the field of play, only on kicking plays. Fantasy football rules we will be using the yahoo fantasy sports website for our fantasy football league. Its incredibly helpful to have the rulebook handy, so you can not. A number of 2008 playingrules changes were adopted by nfl owners at the nfl annual meeting in late march. No conversion safeties have occurred since at least 1940 in the nfl.
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