There is no direct snap. The player who receives the snap must be at least two yards behind the offensive line of scrimmage. All players must begin play with a flag belt. The ball carrier must make an attempt to avoid the defensive player. Runner shall not flag guard by using their hands, arms, or ball or by lowering their shoulder to deny the opponent the opportunity to pull or remover the flag belt.
Offensive players are responsible for retrieving the ball after a scrimmage down.
The snapper will bring the ball from the huddle to the scrimmage line. Failure to retrieve the ball, delay of game 5 yards. A runner may pass the ball backward anytime except, to intentionally throw the ball out of bounds to conserve time. A backward pass or fumble which touches the ground between the goal lines is dead at the spot where it touches the ground and belongs to the team last in possession, unless lost on downs. If thrown after team possession has changed during the down.