Football Rules

Once again we are offering seventy brief NFHS football rules review videos to help prepare us for the 2024 high school football season (see list below).  Each topic will include the definition of the rule and most of these videos will also include one or more video clips from local high school football games that …

Good news!  We are offering fifty-five brief NFHS football rules review videos to help prepare us for the 2023 high school football season (see list below).  Each topic will include the definition of the rule, the referee’s signal, and one or more video clips from local high school football games that will help illustrate the …

The MIAA has released a “second” optional 2023 NFHS Football Exam or study guide that contains 50 questions. Some of you may be interested to use this as optional study questions to prepare for the upcoming season. These 50 questions, posted below, are for self-study purposes only. We will release the answers to this second optional study …

The link to the new rules presentation is below. ANEFO – 2023 NFHS New Rules – June 26, 2023https://www.loom.com/share/6a76433d4c614d438c42c41fcd5c146d Once you start the video presentation, there will appear a [-] symbol in the bottom right corner. It is important that you select the [-] symbol to see the video in full screen.  If time is a …

The MIAA Final Four and State Championship Games in each of the eight divisions will include seven-person officiating crews.  In preparation for the increase in officials on each crew, the ANEFO would like to provide you with some resources. When we shift from a five-person crew to a seven-person crew, a “field judge” and a …

President Al Bartolini, presided at the ninth ANEFO meeting of the 2022 Football Season on Monday, October 24, 2022, at the Irish-American Club in Malden.  Al greeted the members and discussed various updates about the football season. The handouts or resources from the meeting can be found online in “ANNOUNCEMENT” and “RULES” tab of our …

Secretary-Treasurer Bob Prestera, presided at the eighth ANEFO meeting of the 2022 Football Season on Monday, October 17, 2022, at the Irish-American Club in Malden.  Bob greeted the members and discussed various updates about the football season including the importance of understanding the rules for disqualify players and non-players (coaches). Tom Brow, Rules Interpreter, was …

President Al Bartolini, presided at the seventh ANEFO meeting of the 2022 Football Season on Monday, October 3, 2022 at the Irish-American Club in Malden.  Al greeted the members and discussed various updates about the upcoming football season including the importance of continuing professional officiating as the teams jostle for playoff positions. There were three …

Bob Prestera, Secretary-Treasurer, presided at the sixth ANEFO meeting of the 2022 Football Season on Monday, September 26, 2022 at the Irish-American Club in Malden.  Bob greeted the members and discussed various updates about the upcoming football season. Bob requested that all members be very careful with checking the Arbiter, especially when game times are …

Bob Prestera, Secretary-Treasurer, presided at the fifth ANEFO meeting of the 2022 Football Season on Monday, September 19, 2022 at the Irish-American Club in Malden.  Bob greeted the members and discussed various updates about the upcoming football season. Bob requested that all members be very careful not to post unprofessional information about high school football …

Al Bartolini, President, presided at the fourth ANEFO meeting of the 2022 Football Season on Monday, September 12, 2022 at the Irish-American Club in Malden.  Al greeted the members and discussed various updates about the upcoming football season. Al also reminded each member about their requirement to register with the MIAA, to take the annual …

Al Bartolini, President, presided at the third ANEFO meeting of the 2022 Football Season on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at the Irish-American Club in Malden.  Al greeted the members and discussed various updates about the upcoming football season. Al also reminded each member about their requirement to register with the MIAA, to take the annual …

Bob Prestera, Secretary-Treasurer, presided at the second ANEFO meeting of the 2022 Football Season on Monday, August 29, 2022 before a packed house of officials at the Irish-American Club in Malden.  Bob greeted the members and discussed various updates about the upcoming football season. Bob also reminded each member about their requirement to register with …

Tom Azevedo, the Interpreter for the Massachusetts State Board of Officials, has released a “second” optional 2022 NFHS Football Exam or study guide that contains 75 questions.  It contains the rule and case references to make it easy to find the correct answers; once we receive our rule books.  Some of you may be interested to use …

The MIAA has released the optional 2022 NFHS Football Exam that contains 55 questions (five of which are video questions).  Some of you may be interested in seeing the national warm-up questions and/or use them as optional study questions. These 55 questions, posted below, are for self-study purposes only. We will release the answers at the next …

Al Bartolini, President, presided at the first ANEFO meeting of the 2022 Football Season on Monday, June 20, 2022, before a packed house of officials at the Irish-American Club.  President Bartolini greeted the members and discussed various updates about the upcoming football season.  He announced the 2022 NFHS Rule Books have not arrived yet due …

Rick Cacciatore, President, presided at the ninth, in-person ANEFO meeting of the 2021 Football Season on Monday, October 25, 2021 at the Irish-American Club. Rick greeted the members and discussed various updates about the football season.   Tom Brow, Rules Interpreter, was the guest speaker. He showed fifteen video clips from seven local high school games including: Austin …

Rick Cacciatore, President, presided at the eighth, in-person ANEFO meeting of the 2021 Football Season on Monday, October 18, 2021 at the Irish-American Club. Rick greeted the members and discussed various updates about the football season.   Tom Brow, Rules Interpreter, was the guest speaker. He showed seven video clips from four local high school games including: Lowell …