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Quick Connects on Football.Refs.Org Are you an EXCELLENT Official? A workshop by Dan Louie - This is one of the favorites here NCAA Football Rules Revisions the low-down on this year's NCAA rules changes -- NCAA Football Rules Committee Press Releases NCAA press releases (from 1997 to the present) about college football rules & rules changes High School Football Rules & Rules Changes (Updated April 2007) a little history of NFHS rules & 35+ years of their changes Officiating Mechanics for 5, 6, and 7 man crews stay on top of your game Football Links other sites you may enjoy -- Site Map for Football.Refs.Org Detailed listing of the site Over twenty years ago, long ahead of most of the available football sites today, we had the foresight to take our knowledge and share it by publishing it here on the web. At one time, and for quite some time, we ranked in the top ten for search engine results for football rules and for officiating mechanics. Times have changed, the game has changed, and in our opinion, not all of it is good. So, yes, we have not updated our content in quite some time. Nonetheless, we will continue to keep this site alive for those of you who may value, from a historical perspective, the information contained. High School Football Rules Changes for the 2009 season are announced Read the NFHS Press Release highlighting the changes for this coming year: The horse-collar tackle has been added to the list of illegal personal contact fouls in high school football . College Football Rules Changes for the 2009 season are announced Read the NCAA Press Release highlighting the changes for this coming year: NCAA Football Rules Committee Strengthens Rules to Protect Student-Athletes and Confirms Sportsmanship Enforcement . Get the latest official NCAA Football Rules Book (currently 2009) Read it online by clicking on the following link: 2009 NCAA Football Rules Book 2007 NCAA Football Rules Book -- (You also can save the rules book to your computer .... In Internet Explorer, right click on the link and choose "Save Target As..."; in Mozilla/Foxfire, right click on the link and choose "Save Link As...") ( requires a .pdf file reader - If you do not have one by now, we recommend that you Download Acrobat Reader ) Over 240 football links - and still growing. The categorized links section is located at http://refs.org/links.html . The Refs.Org database has over 240 links of interests for football officials -- which includes links to over 130 local football officials' chapters/associations nationwide -- and the list is still growing. If you know of a link that others might like, submit your suggestions to us online from anywhere within the links section of the site. -- When in doubt , refer to our Site Map . Thank you for your patience as we continue our work to improve the site. -- Looking for a list of illegal actions and their penalties? We have added a summary of almost every notation of penalties listed in the NF rules. The link to start your rules journey is: Football.Refs.Org/rules/ NCAA Press releases from prior years have been added to the rules section, soon to include mid-year releases related to football rules. You may review the changes of the last several years at Football Rules and Rules Changes Just a reminder - personal use of the materials contained on Football.Refs.Org is permissible, but any other use of materials on this Web site -- including reproduction, modification, distribution, republication or commerical use -- without the prior written permission of Refs.Org is strictly prohibited. | Rules | Mechanics | Workshop | Links -- | Site Map | Labeled with ICRA We rated with the Internet Content Rating Association This page validates to W3C CSS Standards We're a Safe Surf rated Site This page validates to W3C HTML Standards ©1998 - 2018 Refs.Org All rights reserved. Unless otherwise noted, all material on this site is the exclusive property of Refs.Org Refs.Org Privacy Statement Refs.Org Terms of Use Refs.Org NO-Spam Policy...