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Revised September 2, 2007
(1) NUMBER OF PLAYERS ON THE FIELD
Teams will
play with 8 players on the field. The
offence must have at least 3 players on the line of
scrimmage; four less than for 12
player football. The "Tackle" position has been eliminated. Receivers
can line up either on or off the line of scrimmage.
(2) PRESSURE DEFENCE RESTRICTIONS
The defence can have as many defensive lineman as the the offense has interior
offensive lineman (ie. C, G, TE). Linebackers and
defensive backs are not allowed to blitz.
Defensive ends cannot line up wider than an "outside
shade" on the most outside interior offensive lineman, (i.e.
G, TE). The defensive end's inside foot cannot be outside of the offensive
lineman's outside foot.
Linebackers and defensive halfbacks must line
up at least 3 yards
off the line of scrimmage. Corners are exempt from this rule.
If this rule is violated the defence will
be penalized 5 yards for "illegal defence".
This rule is not in effect when there is 2 yards or less to go for a first down or when the offense is scrimmaging
inside the defensive team's 3 yard line.
This rule also
applies to special
teams.
Any receiver player lined up
on
the line of scrimmage
must be at least 3 yards
outside the G
on
the snap to NOT be
classified as a TE for the purposes of this rule. Any player
lined up behind
the line of scrimmage
(other than the QB) must be at least 3 yards behind the line of
scrimmage OR 3
yards outside the G on
the snap to NOT be
classified as a TE for the purposes of this rule.
(3) FIELD WIDTH
The field will be 40 yards wide.
When playing on a standard 65 yard wide Canadian Football field pylons will be
placed on one set of hash marks in
order to narrow field width to 43 yards.
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