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PROCEDURES FOR STARTING AND RESUMING GAMES |
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PROCEDURES
FOR STARTING AND RESUMING GAMES |
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SUBJECT TO THE AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE
AND OF REFEREE
League
Personnel and referees will be guided by the following
procedures for starting and resuming games that are
affected by emergencies |
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1.
If, because of an emergency, a regular-season or
postseason game is not started at its scheduled time
and cannot be played at any later time that same day,
the game nevertheless must be played on a subsequent
date to be determined by the Commissioner.
2. If an emergency threatens to occur during the
playing of a game (for example, an incoming tropical
storm), the starting time of the game will not be
moved to an earlier time unless there is clearly
sufficient time to make an orderly change.
3. All games that are suspended temporarily and
resumed on the same day, and all suspended games that
are postponed to a later date, will be resumed at the
point of suspension. On suspension, the referee will
call timeout and make a record of the following: team
possessing the ball, direction in which its offense
was headed, position of the ball on the field, down,
distance, period, time remaining in the period, and
any other pertinent information required for an
orderly and equitable resumption of play.
4. For regular-season postponements, the Commissioner
will make every effort to set the game for no later
than two days after its originally scheduled date and
at the same site. If unable to schedule at the same
site, he will select an appropriate alternative site.
If it is impossible to schedule the game within two
days after its original date, the Commissioner will
attempt to schedule it on the Tuesday of the next
calendar week. The Commissioner will keep in mind the
potential for competitive inequities if one or both of
the involved clubs has already been scheduled for a
game close to the Tuesday of that week (for example, a
Thursday game).
5. For postseason postponements, the Commissioner will
make every effort to set the game as soon as possible
after its originally scheduled date and at the same
site. If unable to schedule at the same site, he will
select an appropriate alternative site.
6. Whenever postponement is attributable to negligence
by a club, the negligent club is responsible for all
home club costs and expenses, including, subject to
approval by the Commissioner, gate receipts and
television-contract income. [See Section 19.11 (C) of
the NFL Constitution and Bylaws.]
7. Each home club is strictly responsible for having
the playing surface of its stadium well maintained and
suitable for NFL play.
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