2019 Football Rules Changes

[FredFan7]

Biggest change is the 40-second play clock.

Any thoughts from HS officials out there?

www.nfhs.org/articles/40-second-play-clock-postseason-instant-replay-among-football-changes/

[mkeil]

At first I thought it was a dumb idea.  But here in Oregon there is an adult spring tackle football league that uses the 40/25 clock and I have to say it worked better then I thought it would. As a white hat I blew the whistle a lot less and it helped us out greatly when a team ran a hurry up offense. And so far in Oregon we were told that, one a first down, the white hat can start the game clock when the ball is spotted rather then waiting for the chains to get set up. I will be fascinated to see how it is going to work out at the sub varsity and youth levels.