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KENSINGTON LAKES ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL BY-LAWS
SCHEDULE:
Pre-Season head coaches meeting will be held prior to the season, Post-Season head coaches meeting: Monday of week 9 @ 6:30 PM.
Single round of games, (dates 2 -7) with a conference cross-over week 8. Schedule rotates every two years.
The freshmen and junior varsity play the same school as the varsity that week, but at the opposite site.
Freshman game will begin at 4:30 pm. The JV game will start 15 minutes following the end of the freshman game. Varsity plays at 7:00 PM unless arrangements are
pre-arranged.
CHAMPIONSHIPS:
A.) Division - School with the best division record after 5 division games will be the champion.
B.) Division Championship tie breaker:
__1.) If two (2) teams are tied for first (1st) place through five (5) division games, head-to-head competition will determine who
crosses-over for the Conference Championship Game.
__2.) If three (3) or more teams are tied through five (5) division games, the use of the MHSAA playoff point total through seven
(7) games will determine who crosses-over for the
Conference Championship Game.
__3.) If two teams have identical playoff point totals through seven (7) games, then headto- head competition will determine who
crosses-over for the Conference Championship Game.
MERCY RULE:
Adoption of the MHSAA Football Rule Alternative II (6-11/93).
OVERTIME:
Adoption of NFHS 10-yard line overtime procedure.
AWARDS:
A.) TEAM:
__1.) Division champions will receive a permanent award
__2.) Conference champions will receive a permanent award
B.) INDIVIDUAL:
__1.) Each team will be given positions on the team based on their finish in the conference.
__2.) The All-Conference breakdown should be as follows:
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1st place = 11 players
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2nd place = 9 players
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3rd place = 8 players
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4th place = 7 players
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5th place = 5 players
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6th place = 4 players
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7th place = 3 players
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8th place = 3 players
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70+2 kickers = 72 players x 2 conference = 144 total medals
__* Each team will also be allowed 4 HM players, (their choice) - these players receive no medals.
3.) There will be no more than one medal difference between teams that tie
4.) All Conference team will be released on Monday after the ninth football game by the football commissioner.
FILM EXCHANGE:
A.) Each team will be responsible for filming your next week opponent.
B.) Each team will provide press box filming access, (when physically possible) for your next week opponent.
C.) League opponents will be responsible for filming their next week opponent and also to exchange the two previous games or one game early in the season when
two games have not yet been played. Film exchange will take place at game site of the visiting team the week before the contest. The scouting team will
initiate the exchange in the press box before the game. In the unlikely event that either team does not have film on site to exchange, the exchange will not
take place and the responsible team will deliver the film to the opponent's head coach by 9:00 AM the following morning.
D.) Film exchanges will be copies of reasonable quality VHS format, (minimum - digital is also acceptable) and will not be re-exchanged. Endzone film will not
be exchanged unless mutually agreed upon.
E.) All film exchanges will be head to head exchanges and the KLAA football coaches agree that there will not be any non-opponent film exchanges made with
other teams during the season or the playoffs in order to aide another school in preparing for a KLAA opponent.
F.) Should disaster strike - no game tape is available - the coaches involved will meet by 9:00 AM the following day to exchange film.
STANDARD ROSTERS:
Standard rosters must be exchanged with all schools within the division no later than Monday of week 1. Standard rosters must include name, jersey number and
year in school. Schools may go beyond this but name, number and year are mandatory.
FIELD ACCESS PRE-POST GAME:
No visiting spectators are permitted on the field before, during or after the game.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
A.) Equal warm-up facility space will be provided for each team.
B.) One film man and two coaches will be provided space on-in press box whenever possible.
C.) If prior arrangements are made, varsity football teams may dress at opponents sites. Junior Varsity and Freshmen football teams will dress at their home
facilities.
D.) Locker or meeting rooms will be available at halftime for all varsity contests. Locker or meeting rooms will be available at halftime for all sub-varsity
contests whenever possible.
E.) Half-time will be fifteen + three minutes as set on the scoreboard clock. Half-time can be extended five minutes for homecoming by the home school and five
minutes at other games by mutual consent of the athletic directors.
F.) Visiting team marching bands will perform only at the invitation of the host school.
G.) Pep bands (twenty-five (25) persons including the sponsor) with supervision may play at away football games, if arrangements are made with host school
prior to the game. Additional members may be admitted with the group but those in excess of 25 will be charged the admission fee.
H.) Freshmen games are twelve minute quarters.
PRE-GAME SCHEDULE:
K - 90:00 (5:30 PM) Field available for football pre-game activities
K - 15:00 (6:45 PM) Football teams leave field, Band takes field for pre-game performance
K - 4:00 (6:56 PM) Football teams take field
K - 3:00 (6:57 PM) Pre-Game announcement is read
K - 2:00 (6:58 PM) National Anthem is played - football teams stand at attention on sidelines, helmets in hand
K - 0:00 (7:00 PM) Band leaves field - Kick-off
K - = number of minutes prior to kick-off. The "on-field" clock will be used for this purpose. Please do not rely on individual
stopwatches.
INCLEMENT WEATHER:
These procedures are based upon the following principles:
1. We will make every reasonable effort to play and complete the contest Friday night, (transportation, officials, contest management, contest help, crowd,
facility availability, etc.) but will not sacrifice the safety of the participants to do so.
2. Should inclement weather force the postponement of the game, the game will be resumed @ 7:00 PM Saturday, (unless mutually agreed upon otherwise). Should
the participating schools decide to play at an alternate time, all other division coaches must be notified of the alternate time. In the event inclement
weather, (the presence of thunder or lightening) forces a stoppage in play, we will follow the following operational procedures:
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:
"Ladies and Gentlemen: Severe weather is present in the area and at this time the contest has been suspended for at least the next 30 minutes. We ask that
you please leave the stadium and seek shelter immediately. The HS field house is available for your use. Announcements will be made regarding the resumption of
play and all spectators will then be re-admitted free of charge."
** SUGGESTION: UNPLUG YOUR SCOREBOARD, (MAKE NOTE OF TIME, DOWN/DISTANCE, SCORE, ETC. TO PREVENT ELECTRICAL DAMAGE**
• A stoppage in play lasting more than 30 minutes in length will result in a warm-up duration of 20 minutes.
* A stoppage in play lasting more than 30 minutes that occurs prior to halftime will result in halftime being shortened to 10 minutes.
• A stoppage in play will last no longer than 1:30, (which, when coupled with a 20 minute warm-up, will result in a stoppage of play not to exceed 1:50).
Delays on nights not followed by school for all the competing teams may be longer by mutual agreement of participating schools.
• In the event of multiple stoppages in play, the stoppage clock will be cumulative, (ex. 1st stoppage is 30 minutes, 2nd stoppage is 35 minutes, 3rd stoppage
can be no longer than
25 minutes).
In accordance with NFHS rules, films should be confiscated by the home team administration and secured until the contest resumes the following evening. Neither
team shall show video during the suspension.
** Should severe weather force the suspension and ultimately the cancellation of a sub-varsity contest, the contest will not be resumed. However, but mutual
consent of both schools, a scrimmage format without officials may be utilized the following day.
