Today's Tidbit… IFA Rule #24 Return to Onside

This is #24 in a series covering football's original 61 rules adopted by the Intercollegiate Football Association in 1876. Normally, we review one rule each Friday but are reviewing this week’s rule on Thursday to allow another Tidbit to be published tomorrow.

Some elements of the original onside and offside rules remain in football today, but they eliminated the last vestige of Rule 24 from football more than one century ago. Nevertheless, the rule played a part in the early game, so it merits e...