LRAA Rules and Regulations

2009 Mighty Mites

November 27-29^th 2009

LAMOND RIGGS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
STEELTOWN TURKEY CLASSIC

Tournament of Champions

Rules and Regulations

Players can turn 8 years of age after September 1, 2009

1.        Official Full gear weigh in is 87lbs. Max, Helmet off.

2.        ID cards must be present at pre-game weigh in. Weigh-ins will occur 30 minutes prior to
           kickoff. Only one weigh in will be conducted for this tournament, which will be before first
           game. A tournament roster will be generated by our staff and that is what we will go by for the
           duration of the tournament. All players must be present for their first tournament game or they
           will not be allowed to play in the tournament at all.

3.        4 downs, 10 yards distance to a new set of 4 downs.

4.        No kickoffs or punts.

5.        Kickoff receiving team will start at their own 40 yard line, unless penalty has influenced spot.

6.        Declared punts will be walked off 20 yards from Line of Scrimmage. If the results of a walk off
           puts ball within 10 yards of goal line the ball will be automatically spotted at 10 yard line. No
           penalty can put ball inside of offenses own 10 yard line.

7.        Successful Point after attempts count as One (1) Point, unless there is a completed forward
           pass which will be scored as (2). Also a successful kick PAT will count as (2) points. Field
           goals will counts as (3) points.

8.        (4) 12 minute quarters with a 10 minute halftime. This will be a “Running” clock. Only
           stoppages are as follows: Timeouts, player injury, and official timeouts (2nd and 4th quarter
           warnings). High School Federation clock rules will be implemented for the last 2 minutes of
           4th quarter only.

9.        At the 2 minute mark of the 2nd and 4th quarter a warning will be given to each team and the
           clock will stop. The clock will restart at the next live ball snap. *Referees will be instructed to
           give warnings at 4 and 2 minutes remaining of each half.

10.     Each team will have a compliment of (3) total timeouts for the ENTIRE game.

11.    Only two coaches will be permitted on the field at a time, exceptions will be made for timeouts
          only. All coaches on the field must remain outside the 10 x 15 yard box during pre-snap
          cadence and play. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!

12.    All players that weigh in must play in each and every game. The length of time that they play
          will be at their coach’s discretion.

13.   Overtime: Each team will get 4 downs to score from their opponents 10 yard line. If no winner is
         declared, Ball is then moved down to the 5 yard line. If no winner is still declared, ball will
         remain at 5 yard line until a winner is declared.

14.   All players must be equipped with a helmet, shoulder pads, hip pads, tail pad, thigh pads, knee
         pads, and a mouth piece at all times. None of these items will be furnished by The Lamond
         Riggs Athletic Association.

15.   Any belligerent (swearing loudly) coaches or fans will be asked to leave by the discretion of the
         referee or site manager. Any refusal to do so will result in the stoppage of the game until they
         leave. Continued refusal will result in the forfeiture of the game without refund and automatic
         advancement of the other team.

Alignment of Players:

No defensive player may line up head up over center, or in gaps next to center!

No QB or other player resembling a QB may take the ball from the center and run directly through the A gaps!

No defensive player can line up in any gap; they must be head up over the opposing player.

Linebackers must remain 3 yards from line of scrimmage, until ball is snapped.

No more than 6 Defensive lineman on line of scrimmage, Tight end to Tight end.

***To be clear a football play can be made through the “A” gap post snap. As long as the linebacker or any other non defensive lineman is at least 3 yards from the line of scrimmage at the time of the snap. ***

Some of these rules may or may not fall in line with what your team has experienced this year so please take the time to ask us questions for clarity so that there is no confusion on the days of the tournament!!!

Thanks,

Coach Steve 202-207-5201 Email: lraasteeltownclassic@yahoo.com

Coach Ron 202-374-8465 Email: lraasteeltownclassic@yahoo.com