Tampa Jam Game Rules

• Tournament is open to ages 18 and over
• All games are two 20 minute run time halves
• Championship game is two 25 minute run halves with the last 2 minutes of the game stop time
• Half Time is 5 minutes
• Two one-minute Time Outs per half per team
• Tie games will be played out in two 4 minute run time halves only (Sudden Death)
• Championship game will play until a winner is determined, changing ends after every 4 minutes (Sudden Death)
• In the event of a tie for the final seedings, the following rules will apply:
  1. head to head competition results, including top seeded teams head to head result 
  2. record vs. common opponents
  3. plus/minus on game scores for all games played
  4. Coin toss (furthest team traveled gets the call)
• Game clock will begin at scheduled game time regardless of teams being ready to play.  The latest team will be penalized with a 1 minute non-releasable man down penalty with no face off to start the game.
• Teams are allowed to play with less than 10 players 
• Penalty clock begins when the penalized player enters the penalty box
• Unlimited long sticks allowed on the field at any time
• Unlimited clearing time (no 10 second count)

  Note:  Clarification on game rules must be addressed to the game officials prior to the start of your first game.