NAC386.723. Football: Manual of alignment of schools; determination of championship team; play-offs; 45-point mercy rule.

     1. As soon as practicable after aligning a school that participates in football as a sanctioned sport within a league pursuant to NAC 386.667, the Board shall include that alignment in a manual prepared by the Association for that purpose.

     2. The championship team for each league into which a school is aligned pursuant to NAC 386.667 must be determined in the manner specified by the Board.

     3. The Executive Director shall ensure that the first game of the play-offs for a football season is conducted 1 week after each school that participates in the play-offs completes its final football game for that season. If a football game results in a tie score for the game during a regular football season or during a play-off game for that season, each school that participates in the game shall break the tie using the procedure for breaking ties set forth in the rules of football adopted by the National Federation of State High School Associations or its successor organization.

     4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, the 45-point mercy rule set forth in the rules of football specified in subsection 3 applies during any football game in which a school uses a team consisting of eight members.

     5. The provisions of subsection 4 do not apply to a football game that is conducted during the state tournament for a football season.

     (Added to NAC by Nev. Interscholastic Activities Ass’n by R206-03, eff. 11-2-2004)