CCC FOOTBALL
Procedures and Regulations

A. All contests shall be governed by High School Federation Rules where applicable and/or as amended by the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference and the Central Connecticut Conference.

B. Sub varsity contests shall be four (4) twelve minute quarters. (A.D. Meeting – 12/5/91).

C. Sideline seating is the responsibility of the home team. Unauthorized personnel shall be restricted from the sidelines and team area.

D. The organization of pre-game and half time activities with the visiting school is the responsibility of the home team.

E. A pre-season exchange of rosters by conference schools is mandatory. Rosters shall include the name, height, weight, class, number and color of home and away jersey of all players.

F. Suggested pre-game checklist: Officials, Arrangements (related groups), Special Seating, Camera Location, Dressing Facility, Introductions and Announcements, Pre-Game Activities, Half-Time Activity, Post-Game Activity, Game Security, Police, Faculty Aide, Sanitation Service, Chain Crew, Ticket Sales and Collection, Medical Coverage, and Ambulance.

G. It is recommended that an electronic scoreboard be used as the official game timer (must be operated by a member of the Association of Football Officials for it to be official).

H. Spring Practice – Follow C.I.A.C. Regulations.

I. Sideline officials (chain crew) shall be three (3) adults for all varsity games.

J. Official game ball – the offensive team has the preference to the kind of football to be used (shall be provided by that team if different than host school ball).

K. All varsity, junior varsity, and freshman games shall be played at the same site with the same school, unless agreed upon prior to the game by both schools’ athletic directors.

L. All games with a given school shall be played on the same weekend (Thursday-Monday). Exception: last game of the season.

M. Medical Services – refer to medical services section of these bylaws (see page 20). It is recommended that an ambulance be present at all varsity football games.

N. Selection of 48 all division players must be based on merit and a total season’s effort.

O. Preseason Practice: Preseason practice sessions will follow the CIAC guidelines for preseason football practices. Any CCC school’s football team planning on attending an “off-campus” preseason camp, must not leave their high school campus for this off-site camp until after the last, the 5th , day of the mandatory 5 days of conditioning. Any CCC football coach planning on taking his team to a preseason, off-campus camp, must inform the CCC AD football liaison by the last day of June.

P. Football scouting will be limited to the spectator area only (A.D. Committee 2-3-92) and between the 20 yard line and 20 yard line only. No scouting will be done from the end zone even if spectator seating is available. Scouts are allowed to film/video/CD a game between the 20 yard lines.

Q. Coaches are permitted to scout their first opponent’s last scrimmage.

R. Football coaches may exchange as many videos with other CCC coaches as desired.

S. If a CCC game ends in a tie score at the end of regulation time, a winner will be determined by using the CIAC Tie-Breaker Rule.

T. If a home team has the technical ability and equipment to film their home games from the end zone, an “exact same” copy of the film will be made available to the opposing/visiting team at the end of the season upon request.

A visiting team may film from the end zone, only with permission from the home team’s athletic director. A request from the visiting team, to film from the end zone, must be made prior to the date of the game. If permission is granted, the visiting team will provide an “exact same” copy of the end zone film/video/CD to the home team, at the end of the season upon request.

U. It is considered unethical for any CCC football coach to distribute any CCC game film to an “outside of the CCC” team unless requested to by the CIAC (CIAC playoff game film exchange mandates).
All CCC coaches are expected to demonstrate their loyalty to our conference and professionalism by denying any and all requests for CCC football game films at any time from outside the conference teams.

Contest Guidelines:

Varsity:
a. Games will be played on Friday afternoon/night or Saturday.
b. Friday night games will start no later than 7:30 p.m. Saturday games will start no earlier than 10:30 a.m.
c. All teams will play each other once within the same division.
d. Two mandated crossover games will be assigned for interdivisional play. One additional game will be available for teams to schedule traditional (or non-traditional) end of season opponents either within the conference or with non-conference opponents. (Revisions: 7/08/09 JT)

Junior Varsity
a. By mutual agreement of coaches, JV games will be played either Friday afternoon, Saturday morning following Friday night games or Monday afternoon.
b. JV teams will play the same opponent as the varsity team each week, unless mutually agreed with the approval of the conference administration. (Revisions: 7/08/09 JT)
c. Saturday games will start no earlier than 9:30 a.m. Monday afternoon games will start no later than 3:45 p.m. (after daylight savings time, no later than 3:00 p.m.).
d. All teams will play each other once within the same division. Teams will schedule the JV games with their last opponent prior to the last varsity game.
e. Three open dates – two of which are committed to interdivisional play.

Freshman
a. By mutual agreement of coaches, freshman games will be played either Thursday or Friday.
b. Freshman teams will play the same opponent as the varsity team each week except in cases where the varsity opponent has no freshman team. (Revisions: 7/08/09 JT)
c. Games will begin no later than 3:45 p.m. (after daylight saving time, no later than 3:00 p.m.

MEDICAL SERVICES

Adequate medical services will be provided for the health and protection of conference athletes.

The host team shall provide an on field medical doctor for all varsity football games to serve both teams. However, under unusual circumstances you may start a varsity football game without a medical doctor present if on the sidelines you have a Paramedic/EMT, Registered Nurse, or other certified medical authority and you have the consent of both participating schools.

The host team shall also provide a medical doctor for junior varsity and freshman football games. In the event that a physician is not available, coverage may be administered by an EMT, certified athletic trainer, registered nurse, or other such trained personnel as approved by the school medical advisor. If for any reason such emergency first aid coverage is not forthcoming, the junior varsity or freshman football game shall be cancelled or be played under controlled scrimmage conditions, i.e., with the elimination of kick-offs and scrimmage kicks.

Ambulance services shall be available for all athletic contests.

The attending physician or alternate assigned emergency first aid personnel in attendance shall have final say as to the playing status of an injured athlete.
Ice Hockey medical coverage must be provided on site by the home team. Medical coverage shall be approved by the host school medical advisor.

Medical services will be provided by the host team as necessary. The financial burden for performed medical services shall be the responsibility of the injured party.