Florida's mercy rule requires (once a 35-point differential is reached after halftime) agreement from both head coaches to move to a running clock to begin the third quarter, and moves automatically to a running clock if the margin is still 35 or more at the start of the fourth quarter. Under the adopted proposal, the running clock begins at the start of the third quarter without needing the approval of either head coach and only stops for timeouts or injuries, bringing football in line with other team sports. This was not done in the Chaminade-Pompano Beach game.