Playing Up/Second Game/Multiple Teams/ Rep Points

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PLAYING UP AN AGE GROUP

• Any player who is eligible to play in the junior domestic competition may play in no more than one age group above their current age competition.

       Example: A player eligible in U14 can only play up to U16 competition.  That player cannot play in the U18 competition.         

       Note:  Anyone 15 years or under cannot play in U20s and above.

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SECOND GAME/MULTIPLE TEAMS

• A junior player is not permitted to play in two teams in the same age group. 

• The only time they can is as an emergency or fill-in player.

   SBA by-laws for specifics around this or see below: By-Laws – Southern Basketball Association

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Emergency / Fill-in Player

• From time to time a team may be required to use a fill in player so a team can take the court- a team can take to the court with a minimum of 4 players.

• A player must not take the court and play under another player’s name.  

*Team managers - Your age coordinator will be able to support you with the fill in process. Please contact your age group coordinator for a full list of teams to request fill ins from.

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EMERGENCY PLAYER

• This rule can ONLY be implemented if a team has less than five (5) players eligible to play that game- i.e. only 4 players available.

• An emergency player is a player that is NOT registered with the Club they are filling in for.

• Should a sixth player or fill-in player registered with that Club enter the court, the emergency player will then be substituted off the court for the rest of the game.

• All emergency players can play one game unregistered with the SBA. All emergency players must be registered with the SBA prior to taking the court before their second game and can be from any club or entity team. Failure to register will result in a forfeit for the offending team.

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FILL-IN PLAYER

• This rule can ONLY be implemented if a team has less than six (6) players eligible to play that game- i.e.- 5 players or less available.

• A fill-in player must be registered with the same Club- Mentone Mustangs. 

• A fill-in player may play up to three (3) games a season in a higher grade of the same age group. Once the player plays a fourth game in a higher grade, they are no longer eligible to play in the lower grade and will have to join the higher graded team for the remainder of the season.

• Junior players are not permitted to play in a grade that is equal to OR lower than the team they have registered to play in. Therefore, an A grade player cannot fill-in for another A grade team and a B grade player cannot fill-in for a B grade team and so on.

• If your team is in the lowest grade for your age group then you must get fill-ins from the age group below.

• When there are multiple levels within a grade- such as C1/C2/C3 etc. each level is considered a separate grade.

      E.g. C3 player filling in for C2 team is considered playing up a grade and is allowed.

• If a 6th registered player for the Team arrives anytime during the game, the fill in player is to remove themselves from the game.

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REP POINTS

• A fill-in player may play for a team as long as the addition of said player does not exceed the total representative points allocation for that team (14 points).

• ​A fill-in player’s representative points will take the place of an existing player's points if the existing player is not playing. The new players points cannot exceed the team limit, or the players points they are replacing.

      E.g.- if a rep player with 4 rep points replaces a rep player with 1 rep point, the 4 rep points will count so please check that

      the total points for the team will still equal 14.

 

Late Player Inclusion in Team

 

A late player registration may be added to a team after the commencement of each season. 

Note: If a player is joining after grading season, written approval must be granted by the SBA CEO.

 

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Failure to abide by these by-laws will result in a forfeit for the offending team.