1. Flag Belt Removal
1.1  When the flag belt is taken from the runner, the down shall end and the ball is declared dead. The spot of the ball is determined at the point where the clip of the flag belt becomes detached, not where the belt falls to the ground.
1.2 The player must have possession of the ball before they can be legally deflagged.
1.3  A player who removes the flag belt form the ball carrier should immediately drop the flag at the spot of the capture.
1.4 If during play, the ball carrier’s flag belt inadvertently falls off, play continues, and the deflagging reverts to a one-hand touch of the ball carrier between the shoulders and the knees.
1.5 In attempt to remove the flag belt form the ball carrier, defensive players may contact the body of an opponent with his/her hands. A defensive player may not hold, push or knock the ball carrier down in an attempt to remove the flag.
1.6 No player shall attempt to steal the ball, trip an opponent, contact an opponent who is on the ground, make unnecessary contact with an opponent, deliberately dive or run into an opponent or tackle the ball carrier. Penalty: personal foul, 10 yards (flagrant offenders will be ejected).
1.7  The ball becomes dead when:
b. A legal de-flagging occurs.
c. The ball carrier touches the ground with any part of their body other than the hands or feet.
d. A fumble hits the ground.
e. A snap from the center touches the ground.