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Time Clock Modifications Continued…  b. Minor and Major Division

i. All quarters will be 12 minutes continuous clock ii. The clock will only stop for timeouts, injuries, official measurements, penalties, touchdowns, and the last 2 minutes of the 2nd and 4th quarters. 1. At that point the officials will follow NFHS rules for stops and starts (time‐outs, incomplete passes, out of bounds, penalties and first downs‐moving the chains). 2. There will be a 7 minute half time.

iii. Each team will have 3 time outs per half iv. Offense will have 30 seconds between plays

1. The referee will give an offense a 10 second warning

Offensive Modifications a. Offenses must use Official Whitepoint hole and back numbering system b. Offense must keep 3 backs (QB included) in the guard box. c. No quarterback sneaks. d. Offense may not run any type of unbalanced formation at any time. e. The maximum splits for an offensive lineman is 3feet or 1 yard between their feet.

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Defensive Modifications a. Defense must use Official Whitepoint Gap Lettering System

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b. No Blitzing

i. Only down linemen can rush the passer ii. Linebackers and Defensive backs must wait for the RB or QB to turn their shoulders up field before crossing the line of scrimmage. iii. If the QB rolls‐out or scrambles outside of the Tackles he is considered a running back and can be tackled by anyone. iv. It is up to the discretion of the referee whether or not a blitz or quick read has taken place.

WHITEPOINT YOUTH FOOTBALL 2014 RULES  6