The Rule Book :Major

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MAJOR EDITORIAL CHANGES FOR 2011

Gloves may be of any color.

Any player may wear a towel.

A disqualified player must leave the playing enclosure and remain out of view of the field under team supervision for the duration of the game.

The game clock does not stop when the ball carrier’s helmet comes off.

The foul for twelve men on the field, whether a live-ball or dead-ball foul, carries a 5-yard penalty.

After the ball is ready for play and before the snap, if the offense never has all eleven players set for a full second, it is a false start (dead-ball foul). If they become set and then make an illegal shift without re-setting before the snap it is a live-ball foul at the snap.

For Team A to avoid a foul for intentional grounding it is no longer required that a receiver have a reasonable opportunity to catch the pass. He must only be in the area.

Penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct by Team B include an automatic first down.

Fifteen-yard penalties are reserved for personal fouls, unsportsmanlike conduct fouls and pass interference.

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