Minecrafted gridiron football
Minecrafted gridiron football is a sport designed by Astaryuu with help from BurnedCharizard. It is intended for play in the Stellar Arena, and is a port of the real-world sport gridiron football such that it works with Minecraft's mechanics.
Rules
The rules are effectively identical to the real sport. Players are dressed in diamond gear with their team's armor trims; this is partially because gridiron football players are dressed in rather robust armor for a ball-game, and partially because the sport uses tridents, which deal more damage than the real-world pigskin they're an expy of. One player, the quarterback, is tasked with either holding the trident and attempting to run it to the goal, or throwing the trident to another player, who then runs with the trident instead. If the trident hits the ground instead of the player, it's a fumble and the play restarts from the original position with one down recorded. The opposing team attempts to strike the player running with the trident, which counts as a "tackle" for these purposes. When the player is tackled, the teams set back up at the position which the tackle occurred, and play resumes.
Each time the team with the ball changes, the players have to cross at least 5 blocks in at most 3 downs; they can also instead choose to attempt to throw the trident directly at the other team's target block for a "punt goal." Punt goals score 3 points, while a player reaching the other team's end zone is a "touchdown" worth 6 points. After a touchdown, the team can choose to go for a "field goal" by attempting to score a punt goal from a distance of 8 blocks away from the end zone. Field goals are worth 1 point. After any form of scoring, the other team receives the trident and starts play from the same position, 8 blocks from the scoring team's end zone. If 3 "downs" (tackles or fumbles) occur without the active team moving the ball 5 blocks from the starting position, the defending team intercepting the ball, or a goal being scored, the other team becomes active at the same position the last down began at.