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The Adult Sports League Football Gender
Rules
GENDER RULES
Teams MUST
use a female player as an Operative Player within 3 consecutive plays, or a penalty
will be assessed.
The cycle using a female player within 3 consecutive plays DOES NOT stop after a
TD.
If a team runs 2 male plays in a row and scores a TD on the 2nd male play, a female
MUST be used as an Operative Player for the PAT.
On 4th down the gender rules do not apply if the offense chooses to punt.
The Gender count
resets after each change of possession.
Gender play Examples of
Accepted Gender Plays:
Attempts a forward pass behind the line of scrimmage.
Receives a hand-off or lateral behind the line of scrimmage and is used as the primary
runner.
Is the intended receiver in the eyes of the Referee.
A female plays quarterback and is tagged by the defense.
A female plays quarterback and attempts a forward pass
A female plays quarterback and runs for yardage.
A female runs the ball of as a running back.
A female receives a lateral or hand-off and attempts a forward pass to anyone.
A female is the intended receiver in the eyes of the Referee.
A female catches a deflected pass.
Examples of NON-Gender Plays:
A female plays quarterback and laterals or hands of to a guy.
A female passes to a male behind the line of scrimmage
A female plays center and snaps to a male quarterback.
A female QB takes a knee.
A female QB intentionally grounds or spikes the ball.
Grounding of a pass by a guy at a girls feet purposely in the eyes of a referee
Any play deemed to be a gender play by the offense that fails to comply with the
gender rules. That play is lost and
the gender play must be complied with on the next play.
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