Orange Book Highlights |
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| The following Orange Book Highlights were provided by Cal Burke and Donald Childs | ||||
| The Orange Book is the name given to the document which contains the rules and regulations for athletics in the Los Angeles City Section of the California Interscholastic Athletic Federation. Some people mistakenly say L.A. City and CIF when they mean Los Angeles City Section and Southern Section of the CIF. Notice that Los Angeles is a Section of the CIF. | ||||
| NOTE: | Possible penalties for Infractions of any rule listed in this book could include, but not be limited to: | |||
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A) Loss of student eligibility. B) Loss of team or Individual playoff participation. C) Sanctions on coaches. D) Sanctions on teams or school program, which could include probation or suspension. |
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| 100 | Rules applicable to the CIF Los Angeles City Section may be more stringent than those of the CIF but in no case may they be less stringent. | |||
| 101 | QUESTIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS | |||
| 101-1 All communications, questions, or grievances involving high school interscholastic athletic contests shall be referred to the Inter- scholastic Athletics Committee at least one week prior to its meeting, except for emergency circumstances. | ||||
| 101-2 Grievances are to be reported to the principal. The original written communication shall be sent to the Director of Interscholastic Athletics. | ||||
| 102 | PROTESTS | |||
| 102-3 A school may not protest a game because of a decision based upon the judgement of an official. | ||||
| 103 | EXCEPTIONS TO RULES | |||
| 103-1 Rules governing policies for high school interscholastic athletics may not be changed or suspended except by action of the Interscholastic Athletics Committee. | ||||
| 103-2 The Interscholastic Athletics Committee has the authority to decide all cases referred to it. The spirit of the rule must always be considered, even where these rules may not fully cover them. | ||||
| 104 | APPROVED SPORTS (CIF Rule 1200) | |||
| 104-3 All athletic activities in sports approved by the CIF involving two or more member schools must be conducted under the rules and regulations of the CIF section in which it is held, and of the Federation Council of the CIF. Ineligible students shall not compete as representatives of the school in any CIF contest. In CIF competition, no person shall be permitted to participate as an unattached athlete or an unofficial entrant. (CIF Rule 500) | ||||
| 112 | POSTPONED GAMES | |||
| When a contest is rained-out or postponed for any reason, the home school is responsible for notifying officials, notifying the Athletics Office, and rescheduling the contest. Any exceptions must be cleared by the Athletics Office. | ||||
| 113 | STARTING TIMES FOR CONTESTS | |||
| 113-1 All afternoon contests begin at 3:00 p.m., unless other arrangements have been made between the participating schools and noted in the schedule of that sport. | ||||
| 113-2 Afternoon football games will begin at 2:15 p.m., following the change from Daylight Savings Time for Standard Time in the fall. | ||||
| Frosh-Soph games must terminate thirty (30) minutes prior to the scheduled start of the varsity game, regardless of time remaining on the game clock. | ||||
| 114 | TERMINATION OF CONTESTS | |||
| All afternoon outdoor contests shall be terminated at ten (10) minutes after sunset, as determined by the United States Weather Bureau at Los Angeles (or earlier, based on provisions of National Federation Rules.) See Appendix for Sunset Table. | ||||
| 115 | LIMITATIONS ON PRACTICE | |||
| 115-4 Practice sessions or contests for any interscholastic athletic activity may be curtailed or canceled during declared air pollution alert. | ||||
| 115-6 No interscholastic games or practices of any kind are to be held on December 25 or on any Sunday. Los Angeles City Section rules also prohibit games or practices on all Saturdays and other school holidays unless specifically granted. | ||||
| 119 | WEARING OF EYE GLASSES | |||
| In all contact sports, it is mandatory for all students who wear glasses to wear a protective cage, have lenses of unbreakable material, or wear contact lenses. | ||||
| 122 | UNIFORMS AND APPEARANCE | |||
| It is the responsibility of each school to ensure that all uniforms meet the National Federation specifications for that sport. | ||||
| 123 | RALLIES AND DEMONSTRATIONS: NOISE PROCEDURES | |||
| 123-5 No artificial noise producers shall be used by students or spectators at any athletic contest. | ||||
| 123-6 Goal posts may not be decorated at football games. | ||||
| 125 | OFFICIALS | |||
| 125-1 Assignments of officials for all competitions (including playoffs) will be determined by the Director of Interscholastic Athletics. | ||||
| 125-2 Assignment of officials shall be made in conformity with the policy established by the Interscholastic Athletics Committee. | ||||
| 125-3 Regularly scheduled contests will use rated or qualified officials. If, however, an official does not appear, all games may by conducted as scheduled. Coaches may select adults who are in attendance, qualified students, or them selves as officials, If both teams agree. Once a contest is started, all IAC and CIF rules apply. | ||||
| 125-4 Problems involving officiating should be referred to the Director of Interscholastic Athletics or the person designated by the Director. | ||||
| 125-5 Officials will be assigned and compensated on a gender-neutral basis. | ||||
| 125-6 All sanctioned tournaments must use federated rated officials. | ||||
| 125-7 Comments regarding performance of officials, if submitted to the Athletics Office, must be done so on the appropriate form. | ||||
| 126 | COACHES (IAC and State CIF Rule 506, 507 and 509) | |||
| 126-1 All public school teams must be coached by a person who meets the requirements of the California Education Code and the California Code of Regulations, Title V. | ||||
| 126-2 The officially assigned coach is the only person who shall present the team line- up prior to the game or arbitrate with the game officials on items concerning the game and must be on the bench during the entire contest. | ||||
| 126-4 In sports with only one officially assigned coach, when the coach of that team is removed by an official or the rules governing the contest, that contest/match shall be immediately forfeited. | ||||
| 126-9 Any paid coach whose actions cause the forfeiture of a contest or who is ejected from a contest by an official, will not be able to coach or attend the team's next contest If the ejection occurs during the last contest of the season, the penalty will carry over to the next contest. | ||||
| 126-10A volunteer coach whose actions cause the forfeiture of a contest and who is ejected from the contest by an official, will not be able to attend the team's next contest or have any contact with athletes prior to the next contest. A sec- and violation will result in the dismissal of the volunteer coach for the remainder of the season, and a report must be sent to the Athletics Office. | ||||
| 127 | FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE | |||
| 127-1 A certificated person must be present at all practice and league contests. A team shall not be recognized unless accompanied by a faculty representative who shall be responsible for the conduct of the team. The certificated person must remain until the contest is over and all team members have left the school grounds. | ||||
| 127-2 An administrator or appointed faculty member with designated authority, other than the certificated person in charge of the team, shall be present at all contests where any considerable number of spectators from the school or community is present. In addition, an administrator or appointed faculty member must be present at all athletic contests that are held on an off-campus site. | ||||
| Supervisors must remain on the premises until all athletes and spectators have departed. | ||||
| 128 | RESPONSIBILITY FOR SPECTATORS | |||
| 128-1 Schools are responsible not only for the conduct of their own students at athletic events, but also for the development and display of proper attitudes and conduct on the part of alumni and other community groups which attend such contests. | ||||
| 129 | RESPONSIBILITIES OF HOME SCHOOLS | |||
| 129-1 The home school is responsible for the supervision and general conduct of all spectators with the exception of the students from the visiting school. Faculty, Los Angeles Police, and School Police personnel shall be provided as needed. Details to be coordinated with the visiting school shall include: seating, parking arrangements, traffic control, dressing facilities, and towels. | ||||
| 129-2 The home school shall be responsible for the preparation of the playing area and all supplies and equipment needed for conducting the contest. | ||||
| 131 | PLAYER BENCH | |||
| 131-1 Persons permitted on the players bench shall be limited to players In uniform, members of the physical education staff, administrator, athletic director, assistant athletic director, physician, and no more than four student managers including water attendants. The instructor in charge of the team shall be responsible for maintaining orderly conduct on, and in the vicinity of, the bench. | ||||
| 131-2 Twenty-two Sideline Passes will be issued to each school for all football con- tests. These are to be worn by ALL personnel on the sidelines except uni- formed police officers, school administrators, and adults with press passes. | ||||
| 145 | BENCH-CLEARING INCIDENTS | |||
| Any player who leaves a bench and actively engages in or provokes a fight shall be suspended from all interscholastic athletic activities for a period of one calendar year from the date of said Infraction. | ||||
| 146 | PHYSICAL ASSAULT ON GAME OFFICIALS (CIF Rule 522) | |||
| Any student who physically assaults the person of a game or event official shall be banned from interscholastic athletics for the remainder of the student's eligibility. A game or event official is defined as a referee, umpire or any other official assigned to interpret or enforce rules of competition at an event or contest. A student may, after a lapse of eighteen (18) calendar months from the date of the incident, apply for reinstatement of eligibility to the State Commissioner of the California Interscholastic Federation. | ||||
| 148 | UNIFORM ATTACHMENTS (CIF Rule 1206) | |||
| All uniform attachments are prohibited by State CIF Federated Council action except where provisions are allowed under National Federation Rules. | ||||
| 242 | PLAYER EJECTION | |||
| When a player in any sport is ejected from the game, the player will be Ineligible for the remainder of the game, and for the next contest. It is recommended that a conference be held with the player, coach, and principal or designee, prior to the next contest in which the player participates. If the ejection occurs during the last contest of the season, the penalty will carry-over to the athlete's next sport. | ||||
| SECTION
XI: FOOTBALL |
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| 1100 | RULES | |||
| The official Football Rules of the National Federation of State High School Associations shall govern all contests when not in conflict with rules of the CIF Los Angeles City Section | ||||
| 1101 In football, the home team shall wear colored jerseys, and the visiting team shall wear light jerseys. | ||||
| 1107 Each CIF Section is authorized to establish a tiebreaker system for regular season football games and playoff football games. The Los Angeles City Sec- tion authorizes the "10-Yard Line Overtime Procedure", as outlined in the National Federation Football rulebook. This tiebreaker will be used for all Varsity football Conference and Playoff contests, except for the Championship game. | ||||
| 1110 | LENGTH OF QUARTERS | |||
| All quarters in Class A or Frosh/Soph games shall be 12 minutes in length. | ||||
| 1111 | MEDICAL ATTENDANT | |||
| A licensed physician should be present at every inter-school scrimmage, practice game, and league game. Arrangements for such service shall be made by the home school. In the event a physician is not available, a school nurse, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) or Paramedic must be at the game to assist until an ambulance or emergency help arrives to treat serious injuries. | ||||
| 1113 | COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT | |||
| 1113-1 The use of phones, walkie-talkies, or other means of communication between spotters and the bench shall not exceed the bounds of good sportsmanship,i.e., intercepting opposing team communication, use of imaging devices, unequal and unfair vantage points, etc. Each school shall be responsible for providing itself with at least one temporary telephone set. | ||||
| 1113-2 Recognized coaching staff members of the participating schools are the only persons authorized to use these methods of communication. | ||||
| 1113-3 If a stadium is not equipped with permanent phones, each school shall be responsible for providing itself with a temporary communication system. The home team will designate a location of equal vantage for spotters of both schools. | ||||
| 1113-4 If a stadium is equipped with phones for spotting purposes, optimum facilities must be provided for both schools. If a stadium is equipped with permanent phones for spotting purposes, and one set becomes inoperative, then the other school shall not use its set. The stadium manager shall be responsible for verifying that the set is inoperative and for notifying the other school. | ||||
| 1113-5 If video tapes are to be taken, equal vantage points must be provided, and no video-taping personnel may have communication with the sideline coaches. | ||||
| 1113-6 In all cases, the spotters must remain in fixed locations behind the spectators' restraining fence (outside the game enclosure). | ||||
| 1113-7 At no time will a portable lift, "cherry picker". be allowed as a means of spotting or filming at schools within the Los Angeles City Section. | ||||
| 1114 | BAND AND DRILL TEAM | |||
| In the matter of half-time activities, it is left to the individual leagues (or the two competing schools in a non-league contest) to determine the nature of activities and the division of time between competing schools. The National Anthem will be played ten minutes before kickoff time, and football players should not be on the field at this time. Refer to the Guidelines on Auxiliary Athletic groups last published by the Senior High Schools Division. | ||||
| 1121 | OFFICIAL NATIONAL FEDERATION AUTHENTICATION MARK | |||
| Beginning with the 2000-2001 school year, only balls with the National Federation authentication mark may be used in the sports of baseball, basketball, field hockey, football, soccer, softball, volleyball and water polo. | ||||
| APPENDIX F: RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR ATHLETIC CONTESTS IN PROGRESS | ||||
| It is in the best interest of all concerned that every attempt be made to have athletic contests start and finish as scheduled. Completed games prevent problems with supervision, crowd control and team control. | ||||
| It is recognized that there are times when extenuating circumstances change the normal pattern of a contest and some measures may need to be taken to alter the contest. Rules of many sports provide a means to help solve these circumstances by: | ||||
| 1. Shortening the time of the quarters. | ||||
| 2. Use of running time. | ||||
| 3. Setting time limit for the contest. | ||||
| 4. Mutual agreement to play minimum complete game requirement. | ||||
| Note: In some cases, the rules of the sport may not allow a modification of game-ending procedures. | ||||
| The above decisions may be used when mutual agreement of the two teams and officials has been established, and if the NFHS or the rules of the governing body of the sport allow. All the above alternatives must be considered before a contest is forfeited, cancelled, or stopped. | ||||
| Before a contest is forfeited (unless by the rules of the game), cancelled or stopped, the administrators in charge are to meet with game officials to assess the circumstances and make a mutual final decision. (When assessing the circumstances, the administrator should meet with his/her coach. In the event that a mutual decision cannot be made, the final decision should be made by the administrator of the team who is losing the contest.) If there are player injuries and a medical attendant is present, his/her recommendations should be considered in arriving at a decision. | ||||
| If the decision is made to forfeit, cancel or stop the game, the following guidelines must be followed: | ||||
| 1. Only administrators may forfeit, cancel or stop contests, unless there are provisions for such in the rules of the game. | ||||
| 2. The decision must be in compliance with Appendix G (Rained Out or Postponed Contests) Rules and Regulations Governing Interscholastic Athletics. | ||||
| 3. Where possible, the contest should be stopped at the half, the quarter or between innings and not during the progress of the game. | ||||
| 4. A public address announcement will be made informing the spectators as follows: | ||||
| a. All supervisory personnel, police and security will be notified of the decision. | ||||
| b. A public address announcement will be made informing the spectators as follows: | ||||
| (1) The contest is forfeited, cancelled, or stopped, and the reason. | ||||
| (2) The plan for crowd dispersal | ||||