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A. JUNIOR LEAGUES (Grades 7-8)
1. Playing rules
- High School rules apply for both Boys and Girls Leagues
- Games will consist of four (4) eight minute periods. Games will stop as close to four minutes as possible, preferably on a dead ball, for substitution. (this is not a time-out and players are to get on the floor immediately so game can continue).
- Coaches are not allowed on the court during substitutions.
- There will be three (3) one-minute time-outs and one (1) twenty second time out per team per game.
- There is no halftime break.
- The 15 point “blow-out” rule supercedes all other rules.
· anytime that a team is ahead by 15 or more points, that team is not allowed to “press” until such time that the lead is down below 10 points
- There is only one assistant coach allowed on a team’s bench during games
- All players must sit on the team bench closest to the scorer’s table
- Tie breaker for playoff seeding:
a) head-to-head result
b) coin flip
- Tie games:
· There will be one (1) three-minute overtime period at the end of a tie game.
· If the game is still tied at the end of the extra period, then the game will be declared a draw.
· The only exception to the tie game rule would be a playoff game.
2. Playing Time Rule
- All players must play an equal amount of time (within a half quarter of each other player).
- All eligible players present at the game must play in the 4th quarter.
- Any eligible player may play in an overtime period. There is no substitution in an overtime period.
- At the beginning of the 4th quarter the scorer will notify a coach if there is any player in danger of not fulfilling the minimum playing time requirement. That player must play the remainder of the game.
- Players who arrive late must and can only play ½ the time remaining in the game.
- When replacing a player who is injured, has fouled out or been ejected, the coach must select his/her player who is nearest in ability to the player being replaced, while still following the basic playing time rule.
· The Board suggests that the coach should seek approval of opposing coach for appropriate substitution. If coaches can’t agree then the League Director or his stand-in will make a decision.
3. Player Conduct Rules
- players are expected to exhibit good sportsmanship at all times
- any player involved in a physical confrontation will be immediately ejected from
the game and will be suspended for the team’s next game
- any player committing a flagrant intentional foul will be immediately ejected from the game
- High School rules apply in regard to technical fouls.
All players and parents must sign the NYBA Code of Conduct
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