- No motion or shifting by the offense
- Offense must have a tight end in all formations
- Offense may have 1 or 2 receivers on the same side
- Intentional grounding is legal
- Defense must run a 4–3 at all times, though the Cover 2 and press coverage is allowed[14]
- No blitz
- No blindside or below the waist blocks
- Can not rush punts, PATs or FG attempts
- Two timeouts per period. If team has one unused timeout left over at end of the odd period they can carry over to next period; however they can not carry over from one half to next, nor from 4th period into first overtime.
- Coin toss determines who receives first; loser receives to start 3rd period
- Kickoffs are eliminated (including free kicks)[14]
- Teams will start on their own 25-yard line after any score or at the start of each half/odd overtime[14]
- 38-second play clock to run plays
- Clock will not stop on sacks outside last 2 minutes of regulation/4th overtime
- Clock stops in last 2 minutes of each period when team with ball can not gain any yardage. Exception applies to team in the lead in 4th period, who can let their QB kneel down and use up the leftover time to win it.
- 44-player roster per team
- Clock starts after incompletions on referee's signal outside last 2 minutes of 2nd period/2 OT or last 5 minutes of 4th/4 OT