February 5, 2012  Login 
AGES AND WEIGHTS


Ages and Weights

1) All players must meet the age limits in order to certify.

2) All players must meet the weight limits in order to certify.

a) Beginning with the 2009 season players will be required to make weight each week for certification purposes.

b) Visiting team will weigh-in one (1) hour prior to the start of the game.

c) Home team will weigh-in 45 minutes prior to the start of the game.

d) Player’s will only be allowed to weigh-in during the weigh-in period. Once both teams have left the weigh-in area no other weigh-ins will be allowed.

e) All players will weigh-in at Jamboree.

f) Any player failing to make weight by the first (1st) game of the regular season will be dismissed from the team.

g) Players may not participate in jamboree or regular season games until they have certified.

3) Players may only attempt to certify for one age group/division.
 
a) Player card has to be in the official book prior to stepping on the scale.

b) A player that does not certify at jamboree may move up to the next level and certify at weigh-in by the first (1st) regular game day.

4) Players may only attempt to weigh-in one time per weigh-in session.

5) Any player not certifying by the first (1st) game of season will be dismissed from the team.
6) The players' age on 08/01 (August 1st) of the current year shall be the certified age for the coming season.
 

Age

Mighty Mite

1

Jr. PeeWee

PeeWee

Jr. Midget

Midget

2,3,4

 

 

7

Up to 90

 

 

 

 

8

Up to 90

Up to 100

 

 

 

9

OL Up to 60

Up to 100

Up to 120

 

 

10

 

Up to 100

Up to 120

Up to 140

 

11

 

OL Up to 70

Up to 120

Up to 140

Up to 175

12

 

 

OL  Up to 80

Up to 140

Up to 175

13

 

 

 

No OL

Up to 175

14

 

 

 

 

Up to 175

 

1) It is up to each individual association if the wish to allow 6 (six) year olds to participate and the number of 6 year olds they will accept.

2) Midgets are limited to a maximum of 8 (eight) High School players.

3) High School Players may not older than 14 years old (age on August 1st of the current year).

4) Freshman players can weigh no more than 175 (one hundred seventy-five) pounds for certification. After that they are subject to normal weight gain rules.
 
5) Older Lighter Rule for the lower three (3) squads is for the 2011 season only. Maximum 4 players per squad. Rule to be evaluated and discussed by the league Presidents at the end of the 2011 season to determine if rule the rule will be made permanent.
 
X-Man

 

 

Age

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

X-Man Weight

Mighty Mite

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

No Limit 

Jr. PeeWee

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

No Limit 

PeeWee

 

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

No Limit 

Jr. Midget

 

 

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

No Limit 

Midget

 

 

 

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No Limit 

Cells with "Yes" in them are eligible X-Man participants. All others are NOT eligible.

1) Freshman are prohibited from being X-Men. All Midget players must bring previous year report card and/or transcript.

2) X-Man players shall be limited to a maximum of 4 (four) players per team with the exception of Midgets. Midgets may employ up to 6 (six) X-Men.

3) X-Man players are limited to Line of Scrimmage between the Tackles positions. Ex: May be: Guard, Center, Tackle May NOT be: Defensive End, Tight End.

4) X-Man players must play from a 3-point or 4-point stance.

5) X-Man players may not advance the ball, except on a fumble or interception.

6) X-Man players may not be on the Kick-off or Kick-return team.

7) X-Man players must wear a jersey numbered in the range of 90 – 99.

8) Any player wearing numbers 90 – 99 will be deemed an X-Man for rules interpretation.

9) Any player wearing numbers 90 – 99 is not an eligible receiver.
 
10) No limit X-Man Rule is for the 2011 season only. Rule to be evaluated and discussed by the league Presidents at the end of the 2011 season to determine if rule the rule will be made permanent.

In Season Weight Gain

Players may gain 1 (one) pound per week during the season starting after the 1st REGULAR season game until the season is complete including play-offs.

Eligible Receivers

1) Offensive Players whom at the snap are lined up in the Backfield or Players at either end of the LOS are considered eligible Receivers.

2) X-Men are NOT eligible receivers.

In-Eligibility

In-Eligible game players are those that:

1) Are Over-weight or Under-weight.

2) Are Over-age or Under-age.

3) Have falsified data concerning the above or any part of the certification process.

4) Are participating in other organized TACKLE football programs while the NCSA season is in progress.

a. Player will NOT be ruled ineligible for participating in School sponsored FLAG football.

5) Have been ejected or suspended from the previous game they were eligible for.

In Eligible Teams are those that:

1) Play with in-eligible players. They shall forfeit all games in which the in-eligible player participated.

Roster Size

1) Roster size shall be inclusive of Older/Lighter and X-Man players.

2) Minimum roster shall be 16 players.

3) Maximum roster shall be 35 players.

Mandatory Play Rule (MPR)

The following shall be the minimum MPR for all NCSA teams:
No. of Eligible Players at Game time
Minimum Plays per player
 
14-21
14
22-28
12
29-35
10
 
1) The MPR requirement is determined by the number of eligible players at the start of the game.

2) Injury or other loss of players during the course of a game will not alter the MPR rule as determined prior to the start of the game.

3) A Play shall not count towards MPR requirement if the play results in a dead ball penalty that causes the down to be replayed.

4) Failure to meet the MPR requirement will result in all of the following penalties:

a) Forfeiture of the game

b) Head Coach will be suspended from any interaction with the team for the following game.

c) If this was last game of season the penalty follows coach to the following season in which they are a coach at any level.

5) Failure to suit a minimum of 14 (fourteen) players (tentative rule for 2010 season) for any game is a forfeit. Scrimmage is allowed.

6) Coaches may NOT use fewer than the required minimum plays as a form of discipline.

Explanation: If a player is not scratched from the days roster prior to game time they are subject to the Mandatory Play Rule. Benching a player for the entire game is subject to each association’s internal policies.

7) MPR monitors will stay between the goal line and the 20 yard line at either end of the field during the game.

8) Prior to the start of the fourth (4th) quarter each President or their representative and each head coach will meet in the center of the field at the 50 yard line to determine the player’s that have not completed MPR.
a) Those player’s that had not completed MPR will start the fourth (4th) quarter and will remain in the game until their MPR is completed.
 

 


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