Southern Ontario Touch Football Officials Association
The SOUTHERN ONTARIO TOUCH FOOTBALL OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION officiates both womens and mens touch/flag leagues from minors to adults.
We are part of Touch Football Ontario and Football Canada. Our members participate in Trillium Tournaments across the Province of Ontario including the Provincial and National Championships.
We are dedicated to our sport and strive to provide the best service possible to our clients. We are always looking for new recruits for our program.
REMEMBER: RECRUITMENT IS THE KEY TO HELPING US TO GROW
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UR RULE on QB REVISED
Rule Changes – 2010
1. Application of Major and Personal fouls will be unrestricted inside the 50 or 30 yard lines respectively, therefore no longer subject to the half-way to the goal line rule. The full 25 or 15 yards will be applied up/back to the 1 yard line.
If against the defense, an automatic first-down is awarded.
(Rule 12 Cases 16 and 17 added.)
If the penalty occurs on a scoring play, the unrestricted yardage cannot be applied to the Convert attempt. Convert choice is still 2pts from 5 or 1pt from 2 ½ or apply the full yardage on the kickoff. (Rule 4 Case 17 added.)
2. Case 9 under Rule 12 removed as it contradicted 2007 Rule Change #1…The defender/rusher will be called for a Personal Foul if they make ANY kind of contact with the Quarterback’s throwing arm OR hand OR above the Quarterback’s shoulders (head area) while the Quarterback is attempting to make a pass, this includes the Quarterback’s natural follow-through motion.
3. Added Comment to Rule 8 Equipment - Case 8 regarding unfair balls:
Comment: The referee does not have to wait for someone to complain to remove a ball from the game.
4. Rule 3 Case 12 corrected as it gave the impression that any punt from the end zone that hits the goal post is a safety. A return punt is a single as stated in Rule 4 Case 4.