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If a game official calls a time-out because A1 appears
injured, A1 must leave the game for at least one play. -
..ANSWER...✓✓ True: 3-5-10(a)
An official's time-out (which is not charged to either
team) occurs, and the player shall be replaced for at least
one down, unless halftime or an overtime intermission
occurs when an apparently injured player is discovered
by the game official while the ball is dead and the clock is
stopped and for whom the ready-for-play signal is
delayed, or for whom the clock is stopped.
A chop block is a legal block within the 6x8-yard free-
blocking zone. - ..ANSWER...✓✓ False: 2-3-8
Chop block is a combination block by two or more
teammates against an opponent other than the runner,
with or without delay, where one of the blocks is low (at
the knee or below) and one of the blocks is high (above
the knee).
9-3-6
A player shall not chop block.
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Beginning in 2012, gloves that may be anchored with
athletic tape, and even though modified, must meet the
NOCSAE test standard at the time of manufacture, unless
made of an unaltered plain cloth. - ..ANSWER...✓✓ False:
1-5-2b
Beginning with the 2013 season,.....
Thigh guards that are unaltered from the manufacturer's
original design/production are not required equipment by
rule. - ..ANSWER...✓✓ False: 1-5-1d(4)
Thigh guards which are unaltered from the
manufacturer's original design/production are required of
all players.
Any player who exhibits signs, symptoms or behaviors
consistent with a concussion shall be immediately
removed from the game and shall not return to play until
cleared by an appropriate health-care professional. -
..ANSWER...✓✓ True: 3-5-10b; POE
No player shall intentionally go out of bounds during a
down and intentionally touch the ball. - ..ANSWER...✓✓
True: 9-6-2b
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Eye shade (grease or no-glare strips or stickers) that is a
solid stroke can have words, numbers, logos, or other
symbols within the eye shade. - ..ANSWER...✓✓ False: 1-
5-3 c(3)
Illegal equipment includes eye shade (grease or no-glare
strips or stickers) that is not a solid stroke or includes
words, numbers, logos, or other symbols within the eye
shade.
The horse-collar foul is enforced as a dead-ball foul. -
..ANSWER...✓✓ False: 9-4-3k
The horse-collar foul is enforced as a live-ball foul.
It is illegal for a member of either team to use any other
part of the body or equipment to initiate contact to the
head. - ..ANSWER...✓✓ True: 9-4-3g; POE
No player or nonplayer shall make any other contact with
an opponent which is deemed unnecessary and which
incites roughness.
Holding an unauthorized conference is considered
unsportsmanlike conduct and carries a 15-yard penalty. -
..ANSWER...✓✓ True: 9-8-1f; Penalty
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An authorized conference is permitted during the
intermission between periods. - ..ANSWER...✓✓ True: 3-
5-8 a(2)
An authorized conference may be held during an official's
time out.
3-5-7l
An official's time-out (which is not charged to either
team) occurs during a dead ball for a one-minute
intermission between the first and second and the third
and fourth periods and following a try, successful field
goal or safety and prior to the succeeding free kick.
It is illegal for any player to accidentally slap a loose ball
with the arm or hand. - ..ANSWER...✓✓ True: 9-7-2
No player shall bat (i.e. slap 2-2) a loose ball other than a
pass or a fumble in flight, or a low scrimmage kick in
flight which he is attempting to block in or behind the
expanded neutral zone.
A backward pass in flight may be batted in any direction
by the passing team. - ..ANSWER...✓✓ False: 9-7-3
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If a game official calls a time-out because A1 appears
injured, A1 must leave the game for at least one play. -
..ANSWER...✓✓ True: 3-5-10(a)
An official's time-out (which is not charged to either
team) occurs, and the player shall be replaced for at least
one down, unless halftime or an overtime intermission
occurs when an apparently injured player is discovered
by the game official while the ball is dead and the clock is
stopped and for whom the ready-for-play signal is
delayed, or for whom the clock is stopped.
A chop block is a legal block within the 6x8-yard free-
blocking zone. - ..ANSWER...✓✓ False: 2-3-8
Chop block is a combination block by two or more
teammates against an opponent other than the runner,
with or without delay, where one of the blocks is low (at
the knee or below) and one of the blocks is high (above
the knee).
9-3-6
A player shall not chop block.
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Beginning in 2012, gloves that may be anchored with
athletic tape, and even though modified, must meet the
NOCSAE test standard at the time of manufacture, unless
made of an unaltered plain cloth. - ..ANSWER...✓✓ False:
1-5-2b
Beginning with the 2013 season,.....
Thigh guards that are unaltered from the manufacturer's
original design/production are not required equipment by
rule. - ..ANSWER...✓✓ False: 1-5-1d(4)
Thigh guards which are unaltered from the
manufacturer's original design/production are required of
all players.
Any player who exhibits signs, symptoms or behaviors
consistent with a concussion shall be immediately
removed from the game and shall not return to play until
cleared by an appropriate health-care professional. -
..ANSWER...✓✓ True: 3-5-10b; POE
No player shall intentionally go out of bounds during a
down and intentionally touch the ball. - ..ANSWER...✓✓
True: 9-6-2b
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Eye shade (grease or no-glare strips or stickers) that is a
solid stroke can have words, numbers, logos, or other
symbols within the eye shade. - ..ANSWER...✓✓ False: 1-
5-3 c(3)
Illegal equipment includes eye shade (grease or no-glare
strips or stickers) that is not a solid stroke or includes
words, numbers, logos, or other symbols within the eye
shade.
The horse-collar foul is enforced as a dead-ball foul. -
..ANSWER...✓✓ False: 9-4-3k
The horse-collar foul is enforced as a live-ball foul.
It is illegal for a member of either team to use any other
part of the body or equipment to initiate contact to the
head. - ..ANSWER...✓✓ True: 9-4-3g; POE
No player or nonplayer shall make any other contact with
an opponent which is deemed unnecessary and which
incites roughness.
Holding an unauthorized conference is considered
unsportsmanlike conduct and carries a 15-yard penalty. -
..ANSWER...✓✓ True: 9-8-1f; Penalty
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An authorized conference is permitted during the
intermission between periods. - ..ANSWER...✓✓ True: 3-
5-8 a(2)
An authorized conference may be held during an official's
time out.
3-5-7l
An official's time-out (which is not charged to either
team) occurs during a dead ball for a one-minute
intermission between the first and second and the third
and fourth periods and following a try, successful field
goal or safety and prior to the succeeding free kick.
It is illegal for any player to accidentally slap a loose ball
with the arm or hand. - ..ANSWER...✓✓ True: 9-7-2
No player shall bat (i.e. slap 2-2) a loose ball other than a
pass or a fumble in flight, or a low scrimmage kick in
flight which he is attempting to block in or behind the
expanded neutral zone.
A backward pass in flight may be batted in any direction
by the passing team. - ..ANSWER...✓✓ False: 9-7-3
