DISCIPLINARY CASES
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| 21 January |
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| Outstanding items from previous weeks |
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GAME MANAGEMENT REPORTS
| HOME TEAM | REPORT | NEXT HOME GAME |
| 21 January |
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| Outstanding items from previous weeks |
| Greenwich Mariners
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No coaching boxes. No team areas. No limit lines. No numbers or nine-yard marks. Goalposts were soccer-style with extended uprights. Field markings were faint at kick-off. Home team's balls were inadequate so we used the away team's balls. The ambulances arrived late so kick-off was delayed slightly.
Dan Bridgland #506
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11/02/07
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| Loughborough Aces
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No team areas, no limit lines.
Game kicked off 1/2 hour late due to incomplete medical cover (no stretcher), ran 10 minute quarters as a result.
Officials and admin fee not paid. Plaudits to both teams. Only a handful of 5-yard penalties in the game.
Brian Yates #29
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18/02/07
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| Tarannau Aberystwyth
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This game was played at the Staffordshire Stallions' ground so the pitch marks are against them.
No team areas, 80 yard pitch, NFL hash marks.
Ambulance didn't arrive until 2:20pm, so we ran ten-minute quarters with 5 minutes for half time.
A lot of running plays meant we managed to get game finished just before darkness.
Charlie Dean-Young #258
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18/02/07
Staffs
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| Edinburgh Timberwolves
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Field of play marked too wide. Coaching box less than 6 feet from sideline.
No team area marked and no limit lines marked. Tops of numbers less than 9 feet from sideline.
Inbounds lines less than 60 feet from sideline. Hash marks not always 1 yard apart at sideline and inbounds lines.
No ball boys provided. Game kick-off held up for 15 minutes whilst a chain crew was located.
Game started with three cheerleaders as chain crew but, whilst being willing to step in and help out they proved to be poor at best and were replaced.
Game duration shortened by four minutes in the 4th quarter due to failing light.
Crew and BAFRA fee not paid as Edinburgh claim that they need to be invoiced in the week before the game to allow them to claim money from their university.
They also claim to have informed BAFRA of this fact.
Overall game management very poor.
Henry Richardson #358
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18/02/07
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| Royal Holloway Vikings
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The Royal Holloway field is 80 yards long.
The kick off was delayed for 15 minutes as Royal Holloway were unable to provide a numbered roster or sufficient match balls. Hertfordshire Hurricanes provided two game balls so the game could commence.
It was noted that some Hurricanes players had dirty kits although there was no colour clash.
K Wickham #423
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18/02/07
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EDITORIAL
Game management and disqualifications
I have included the game management reports from last year to remind referees of the problems that were raised.
In addition to this, I will try to remember to repeat these (and any disqualifications) until the "next game" date or suspension date has passed.
New timing rule on kicks
Later in this Newsflash, Keith raises an interesting question.
There is a link to a YouTube item which shows a team deliberately being offside at a kick-off towards the end of a game to deliberately run down the clock - remember the clock rules change this year so that the clock starts on the kick and not legal touching.
At the risk of stealing his thunder, I have seen various chat-rooms discussing this, and it was initially felt that whilst it is legal it is not within the spirit of the rules.
Keith now advises me that various major conferences are thinking of ways to amend this, but because we lag a year behind them it is due to be in our rulebook this year.
Please contact Keith (or me if you prefer) with your views - should we include it or should we not?
If we include the rule (as is the current intention of the BAFA Rules' Committee) and it occurs, how should we deal with this.
Regular season
This will be the last Newsflash until after the restart of the regular season, unless something major crops up during the week.
Good luck to all those officials who have games, oh, and I understand that there is some sort of game on later in the evening...
Roger Stangroom
newsflash@bafra.org
BAFRA INSURANCE
I have just received notification of our next year's premium from our insurance company, and it has increased significantly.
Do we have any members who are involved in insurance who could assist us in this matter?
Please contact me urgently if you can help.
Charlie Dean-Young
finance@bafra.org
PRE-PAID TEAMS
Here is a full list of those teams who have pre-paid BAFRA for their officials.
Every other team is expected to pay the officials on the day.
| Birmingham University | Bristol University | Derby University | Hertfordshire University |
| Kent University | Royal Holloway University | Sheffield Hallam University | Staffordshire University |
| Surrey University | Teeside University | Warwick University | |
ABUSE OF NEW TIMING RULE
Please view the following http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp5WM94UOBg.
What do you think?
We will be discussing this at this year's Convention, but any comments would be appreciated in the meantime.
Keith Wickham # 423
ROGER'S RHETORIC
| From last week |
Play:
A's ball, 3rd and 3, on B's 40. At the snap, A54 blocks B94 and drives him to B's 32, loses contact after the pass is thrown and remains stationary.
QB A18's legal forward pass bounces off A54's shoulder on B's 32 and is caught by A83 while grounded on B's 26.
Ruling:
A's ball, 3rd and 18, on A's 45. The clock starts on the ready for play.
A54 commits offensive pass interference when he drives B94 more than three yards beyond the neutral zone and is still in contact with B94 when the pass is thrown.
A reported recent interpretation change appears to indicate that the foul is simply an ineligible receiver downfield if contact is lost before the pass is thrown.
A54 does not commit an illegal touching foul since he did not intentionally touch the ball.
The down ends with Team A in possession on B's 26.
Team B will accept the 15-yard penalty that does not carry a loss of down. COMMENT: None. (CCA00112)
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First extra period. The team that first puts the ball in play fails to score on the first series. Team A becomes Team B on the ready for play to start the second series. On the first down of the second series, B48 recovers a fumble on B's 4 and retreats into B's end zone (no momentum). B48 then advances to B's 24 where he is downed. B76 clips in B's end zone during B48's run.
Ruling?
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