SAMs lDS 2014 basketball rule changes

Hi all here are some,of the changes we made for the upcoming season.

1)  This is huge, we are going to experiment with this and see how it goes. Remember the priesthood handbook wants us to emphasize participation, and after studying for compliance the Minnesota state high school league handbook we are going to allow high school basketball players to join the our leagues when their seasons are over.   This usually means the last game or two of the regular season and the tournament. Now to keep the league from being over run by high school players and their non-member school teammates and preserve as much as possible the church team that was playing most of the season we are limiting the high school players to only those who are Baptized members of your ward. Should there be more than one high school player from a ward joining the team only one on the court at a time    High school players are defined as 10th, 11th, and 12th grade, a-f squad. Ninth grade players are allowed to play all year on the church team .  For now free agent high school players, meaning players who's home ward does not have a team will not be allowed to join other teams in the  league. (  Baby steps, maybe in the future)
   This is important! A high school team may have to forfeit their games. High school players may not participate in games or even practices where a coach is present during the high school teams season until their team has been eliminated from the season ending tournament.

2) Non-members need only play in one regular season game during the season to be eligible for the post season tournament.

3). Since we have a running clock for most of the game and to preserve playing time, substitutes  can enter the game before the first free throw if they are ready to enter as they are setting up for the first free throw.

4). If a team forfeits twice they are done for the. Season.  It will not be a forfeit if you call ahead  the day before and tell us your team cannot make it. Remember for the season you can bring your fathers, mothers sisters players from other teams to join you and the game will not be a forfeit, it will be an automatic loss. It is not fair for the other team or a the referees to rush home from work and get there early and have not have a team show up.

5). Some of the young men's games will be on Saturday mornings with the young women and  women.


Have a great season.


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