REVISED
3/22/07
DECATUR PARKS & RECREATION ADULT
BASKETBALL LEAGUES WILL BE GOVERNED BY CURRENT NATIONAL
FEDERATION OF STATE HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONS GUIDELINES WITH
LOCAL LEAGUE EXCEPTIONS.
I. ENTRANCE FEE
Entrance
fee for the season shall be $425.00 if paid by 5pm Monday,
October 1, 2007 and shall be $475.00 if paid after October 1,
2007. NO TEAMS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE 2007-08 SEASON IF THEIR
ENTRY FEE HAS NOT BEEN PAID BY OCTOBER 8, 2007. THERE WILL BE
NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE. Due to the limited number of gyms
and playing times, it may become necessary to limit number of
teams, so it will be important to enter a team as soon as
possible. Entry fee includes a 12 game season and a single
elimination tournament. Checks for fees should be made payable
to Decatur Parks and Recreation. Checks must have the current
street address of the person signing the check, home phone
number, a work phone number and the person’s driver’s license
number. No two–party checks will be accepted. Entry fees may
be paid at Wilson Morgan or mailed to:
PO Box 1315
Decatur , AL 35602
ATTN: Adult Basketball
II. ELIGIBILITY
A. Players must be entered on
roster form. Roster must be turned in to league director by
October 8, 2007. Any rosters turned in after the deadline will
be charged at a rate of $1/player as will all other player
additions. Any games played after this date by teams who have
not turned in signed rosters shall be considered forfeits. New
players must be added before the last regular scheduled league
game.
B. Players must not be playing
or have played this season on high school varsity, junior
varsity, B-team, junior college or varsity college team.
C. Minimum
age for players is 15 years old.
D. Team players must
regularly attend the church for which he plays. However, each
team will be allowed to pick up a maximum of two other players
who do not attend that church. These pick-up players cannot
play on any other Decatur Parks and Recreation Church team and
must be designated on the team roster under "Non-members".
E. Before a new player is
eligible to play, a roster addition form must be filled out and
a $1/player fee paid to the Center Staff and a receipt presented
to the scorekeeper before the start of the game. Addition form
must be signed by minister. New players must be added before
the last regular scheduled league game.
F. Each
team may carry a total of 20 players on its roster.
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G. Players may
participate in any leagues sponsored by the Parks and Recreation
Department. Once a player has played in a league game on one
team, he becomes ineligible to play on any other team in that
league. Exception would be if player participating in the
Industrial league has changed jobs and his new place of
full-time employment has a team participating in the league he
must play for that team. Once the player is no longer employed
by his first company he can no longer legally play for that
team.
III. FORFEIT
A. There will be no grace
period. Failure of a team to be ready to play at
the scheduled time will constitute a forfeit to opponents,
provided said opponents are ready to play. There will be no exceptions to this rule.
B. Failure
of both teams to be ready for play shall result in a forfeit for both teams.
IV. PROTEST
A.
Protests on player eligibility must be made as follows:
1.PRIOR TO THE GAME:
If a player is protested, he must provide a picture ID or he
will not be permitted to enter the game. If he has proof of ID,
he may participate. The protesting team may require the game to
be played under protest (if they think the player does not work
for the company or attend the church for which he is playing).
The league director will contact the church or company for
verification and then rule on the protest.
2.DURING THE GAME:
If a player is protested, he must be able to show a picture ID
or the game will automatically be forfeited. If a player has
ID, the game will continue under protest as above.
3.THERE WILL BE NO
PROTEST ONCE THE GAME HAS ENDED.
B. All protest
must be accompanied by a $10.00 fee, which will be returned if
protest is upheld.
V. UNIFORMS
A. Team jerseys shall include the team member’s number,
which shall be at least 6 inches high on the back and at least
4 inches high on the front and not less than ¾ inch in width
excluding the border. The number shall be centered vertically
and horizontally. Each team member shall be numbered on the
front and back of the team jersey with plain Arabic numerals.
The following numbers are legal:0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 00, 10, 11,
12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35,
40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55. A team member
list shall not have both numbers 0 and 00.
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VI. MISCELLANEOUS
A. The
first team listed on the schedule is the home team.
B. Teams
will not have access to facility locker rooms.
C. In the event of a tie for
first place, co-champions will be awarded a trophy. In case of
a tie for second place, season record between the two teams will
determine which team places second. If season record is tied, a
play-off game will be played between the two teams. Expense
will be shared by the two teams involved.
D.
Line-ups must be turned in to the scorekeeper 20 minutes prior
to game time.
E.
Ejection from a game may result in:
1. A
player being ejected for the remainder of that game.
2. A
player being suspended for the next game.
3. A
player being suspended for the next three games.
4. A player being suspended from the league for the remainder
of season and tournament. Degree of severity will be determined
by officials.
F.
Quarters will be 6 minutes.
VII. TECHNICAL FOUL RULES
A. There are some acts,
which will be technical fouls that will not carry a fine or
suspension. For example:
1. Hanging on the rim.
2. Too many players on the court during play.
3. Slapping the backboard.
4. Not checking into the game properly.
5. Improper uniforms.
B. All
other technical fouls will be unsportsmanlike and
will be handled as follows:
1. Each player will be allowed three (3) technical fouls per season.
Upon receiving the third, he is out of the league.
2. Each team will be allowed five (5) technical fouls per
season.Upon receiving their fifth, the
team will be out of the league for
the remainder of the season and/or tournament.
3. Any player or coach ABUSING an official will be eliminated from the game and the
league for at least the remainder of the season. If it is
determined that this act was team oriented, the above applies
for the entire team.
4. Any
unsportsmanlike technical will require player to sit out for 2
minutes.
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5. The fines for
technical fouls for a player will be as follows:
A. $10.00 for the first technical foul;
B. $25.00 for the second technical foul;
C. $25.00 for the third technical foul;
D. The third also
will constitute the player being suspended for the remainder of the season and/or
tournament.
6. All fines should be
paid by the COACH to the league director before
their next scheduled game. Failure to pay fines prior to the next scheduled
game time will result in a forfeit of that game and all future
games until the fines are paid. If a coach or player wishes to
discuss the fine please call the league director for an
appointment
** If a
team has been found to have an ineligible player participating
and is protested legally that team will be eliminated from the
league with no refund.