Originally Posted by Swampboy:
Adoption of any or all of the NFHS's suggested speed up rules is up to each state association, so it would depend on whether your state has adopted them and whether its rule is more specific than the suggested rule, which doesn't discuss this issue….
Not to get off-track here, but before someone in Ca gets the wrong idea, each of the 10 sections is treated like a state in that they get to make their own determinations about the speed-up rules. But it sure seems as though whether the speed-up rules are used or not may well be a lot more variable than whether the state/section assn decides they are or aren’t applicable.
Here’s an excerpt from one of the sections rules.
2.7 The speed-up rule may be used if requested by both coaches prior to the game. If requested, they may agree to use all the speed-up rules or agree to use any part of the speed-up rules. (See National Federation Rule Book for details of rule.)
After doing a little research, I found out that leagues in some sections also have the ability to use or not the speed-up rules too, and that’s dependent on the section assn.. In short, as uncomplicated as a question about this stuff should be, obviously a lot depends on more than just the NFHS rulebook. 