2013-2014 Rulebook, Revision 1

[NVFOA_Ump]

Has anyone else noticed that the size of the 2013-2014 Rev 1 rulebook is a full 300 mb smaller that the Rev 0 version?  And does anyone have a summary of what changed between the two?  It's 6% smaller, so I'm thinking that a fairly significant amount of text has been eliminated?

[Kalle]

It is also possible that the file has been processed differently.

[JasonTX]

Has anyone received a paper copy yet?

[younggun]

My boss said they were trying to get the crackback block change put into the book that is what the hold up is.

[NVFOA_Ump]

Has anyone received a paper copy yet?

Yes - In fact 2 versions.  The original version in early June and a replacement (Rev 1) version last week.  I can't find any "official" explanation on-line, but it appears that the "early" shipments of books are being replaced with the updated copies now.

[ETXZebra]

I downloaded the latest version today, and compared it to the previous one. I may have missed something, but the difference I found was 9-1-6-a-4, which is added. It states "Players not covered in paragraph 1 (above) may not block below the waist toward the original position of the ball at the snap."

Like I said, there may be more.

[Aussie-Zebra]

download from CFO
Ver 2 pdf is 4.42 Mb
ver 3 pdf is slightly larger at 4.5 Mb

[ajv]

The changes I spotted from V2 to V3 were:

Inclusion of the AR changes from the BBW Clarification memo:

• AR 9-1-6-IV - because it is too much to the opponent’s side and because it is directed toward the original position of the ball
• AR 9-1-6-VII - If A22 is in motion at the snap, his block is illegal if it is toward the original position of the ball.

Also, the following minor editing corrections to ARs:

• AR 3-3-9-II - ... if Team A takes a timeout.
• AR 9-3-3-IX - A12 takes the snap and retreats to pass.

The only change I found from V1 to V2, other than the inclusion of 9-1-6-a-4, was a minor editing change on page FR-6 where the 2012 editorial change list now uses a lowercase "I":

• 2-20 - May include game-clock subtraction in penalty

[ljudge]

Does anyone know if there's any expectation to go with a 4th revision or is this absolutely the final version?  I want to download and have a 8X11 copy produced but don't want to waste money.

[Aussie-Zebra]

Only God and RR knows - and one of them isn't real.