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Football Rules Unit IV
Important Dates
| Monday, August 13 |
First Official Day of Practice |
| Thursday, August 16 |
First Day Full Pads are permitted |
| November 2-3 |
6-Man Semis |
| November 3 at 7:00 PM |
8-Man, A and AA Seeding Selection Mtgs. at NMAA |
| November 9-10 |
6-Man Finals 8-Man Quarterfinals A Quarterfinals AA First Round of 12 |
| November 10 at 7:00 PM |
3A,4A,5A Seeding Selection Mtgs. at NMAA |
| November 16-17 |
8-Man Semis A Semis AA Quarterfinals 3A,4A,5A First Round of 12 |
| November 23-24 |
8-Man Finals A Finals AA Semis 3A,4A,5A Quarterfinals |
| November 30 - December 1 | AA Finals 3A,4A,5A Semis |
| December 7-8 | 3A,4A,5A Finals |
Ticket prices for all football playoff games will be $8.00 for adults, and $5.00 for students (K-12) and Seniors 65+.
For playoff procedures, seeding and selection, home sites, refer to Unit 3 of this document.
For all other information, please refer to Section 7 of the NMAA Bylaws, specifically under “Football.”
Post-Season Football Officials' Assignment Process
The NMAA Administration is ultimately responsible for assigning approved and certified officials for all playoff games. The following process will be utilized for the selection of officials for playoff games:
A. If the two schools can agree on a particular officiating crew, they will be assigned to that particular game if they are the first to request them.
B. Requests for officiating crews by school will be assigned on a first come, first served basis.
C. The request deadline is 12:00 noon on Monday of the week of the playoff game.
D. Request must be made through Mario Martinez, Associate Director, administrator for football, by calling him at (505) 923-3275 or (505) 977-5383.
E. If the two schools cannot agree, or a request is not submitted by the deadline, the NMAA will assign the officiating crew.
F. All playoff crews will consist of five (5) officials regardless of classification.
G. Schools may agree on particular officials to call their playoff games. The following describes how this procedure will operate:
1. Any official who has received a three (3) by a particular school will not be assigned to their particular game under any circumstances.
2. Each of the five regions will designate crews made up of a referee, and an umpire
labeled Crew A, Crew B, Crew C, etc. They will be posted on the NMAA website by October 6, 2006.
3. If two schools agree on a particular crew (referee and umpire), the remaining three
officials will be selected by the Regional Commissioner in communication with his/her group leaders.
4. While the referee and umpire will always work together, the remaining three officials
may change from one game or week to the next. **Exception – if either the referee or umpire does not have certified status, he/she cannot officiate state championship games.
5. All officials need to have “approved” or “certified” status to officiate any playoff game
prior to the state championship games. All officials officiating state championship games must have certified status.
6. When two schools agree on an officiating crew, that crew can be from any region,
from the same community. Example: Cibola and Highland agree on a crew from Albuquerque – this is acceptable.
7. When two schools cannot agree on a crew, the NMAA will assign the officials from
region outside of the two schools, as has always been the case.
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