BASKETBALL

I. Eligibility and Requirements

1. Each team must have a maximum of fifteen (15) players and each team from
each division shall pay the following tournament fee:
2. Each team should have a uniform (jersey or matching colored shirts) with
unique number at the back to participate in the tournament.
3. Players of each team should play for only one team participating in the
league.
4. Each team must submit the following: Registration form per team from the
organizers of the league.
5. The deadline of the registration form, and tournament fee is on April

II. Coach and Team Captain Responsibilities

1. The coach and team captain should attend the meetings set by the organizers
for proper implementation of the league.
2. The coach or team captain should disseminate information to its team
members, submit the league requirements, and pay the tournament fee.
3. They are the only ones allowed to discuss calls to the officials.
4. They are also responsible for the behavior of their team.
III. Player’s Decorum
1. A player who is ejected out of the game by the referee shall not be allowed
to continue to play.
2. If the player is ejected out of the game for the 2nd time, he will be suspended
for the remaining games of the league.
3. Players who are ejected from the game should not be replaced on the team
roster.
4. Once a player has played for a team, he cannot move to another team and his
spot on the roster is locked. He cannot be replaced.
5. Any team member that engages in fist fight, brawl, argument before, during,
and after the game within the venue of the game will be subjected to:
  Automatic disqualification from the league and banned from the future
league;
 Liability for any physical injury and property damages or losses;
 Civil case by the organizers.

6. Walk-out: After 15 minutes, automatically, the team who walked out will
be declared disqualified from the league.
IV. League Rules (FIBA RULES)
1. When a player is assessed his 5th personal foul, he is considered fouled-out
and shall not return to play in the game.
2. Substitutions will only be allowed on dead ball situations. The substitute
must report to the committee and may only enter the court when called by
the referees.
3. Players must stay in their designated areas at all times during the game play.
4. All technical fouls count towards the players 5 personal foul allowance. Two
technical fouls committed by a player in the game will be ejected and leave
the court premises.
5. For safety of all, the players must remove all jewelry prior to the start of the
game.
6. Players must notify the committee prior to the beginning of the league if
they have a medical condition. Organizers are not responsible for whatever
circumstances and unavoidable injuries may happen.
V. Defaults/Forfeits
1. If a team is not yet ready to start the game with at least five (5) players
signed in and out of the court at the scheduled game time, ten (10) minutes
grace period will be given to the team. After10 minutes, they will
be forfeited.
2. Forfeit fee: a fine of 1,000 pesos is charged to the team forfeited.
3. Teams that are forfeited twice shall be disqualified in the league.
VI. Protest
1. No protest shall be entertained while the game is on-going. All clarifications
and complaints will be dealt with accordingly on a case to case basis. It must
be in writing and must be submitted within 24 hours after the conclusion of
 the game to the committee. The team captain or coach may file the
complaint and must have specific details about the player’s information.
2. Protests must be accompanied by a 1,000 protest fee, which may be returned
if the protest is ruled in favor of.
VII. Player/Coach Ejections and Technical fouls
1. Any player that is ejected from the game shall pay 500 pesos reinstatement
fee to be able to play again in the league. A player may not resume play in
the league until the fee has been paid.
2. A player may be ejected from the game if he receives two (2) technical fouls
in that game.
3. If a player is ejected from the game twice, he is ineligible to participate in
the league.
4. If a team receives four (4) technical fouls in one (1) game, they will
be forfeited and must pay forfeit fee of 1,000 pesos.
VIII. Other rules
1. No participation in the opening will result to penalty:
 300 pesos for incomplete players and the player who didn’t attend the
opening and parade will be suspended on their first game.
 300 pesos for the entire team absence and they will have a standing of 0 win
and 1 lose.
2. There will be a penalty of 250 pesos for each technical foul of each team.
3. No uniform on the following will result to a penalty:
 Opening – 300 pesos
 On the first game, if the team has incomplete uniform or if some players
don’t have uniform, there will be +10 points to the opponent.
 NO UNIFORM, NO GAME