|
Senior Soccer League
|
|
By Laws -
manage internal affairs 1. Players must
be born in the year 1954 or earlier. 1.1. Under aged
players are expelled, team forfeits the game in which the player participated and the team
manager is suspended (no playing or coaching) for one week and fined $10. 1.1.1. The
challenging Team Manager notifies the Trial Board Chairman who notifies the other team
managers of the expelled player. 1.1.2. Team Manager
penalties are avoided if the Team Manager validated the player's age in good faith with
the Age Verification coordinator prior to the game. 1.2. If a player's
age is challenged, the player must produce a valid ID to the referee before playing. See item 2 for valid ID 2. Team roster
shall be submitted at the beginning of the season to the Registrar. 2.1. The roster
contains player's name, date of birth, and document identification, e.g. California
driver's license #. 2.1.1. The proof of
age document may be a California driver's license, other state driver's license,
California ID, or passport. 2.1.2. New players
must show original proof of age document. New players that do not have an ID must present
a valid driver's license, 2 pictures and $5 to play one time before they get their ID 2.1.3. A team
manager who plays an unauthorized player is fined $25 2.2. Each team can
have an unlimited number of players on their roster. 3. Players must
sit out one published scheduled game to change teams and pay a $20 transfer fee + $5
registration fee. 4. Team managers
will encourage their players to exhibit good behavior, e.g. no bad language, arguing
referee calls etc. 4.1. Teams out of
control before, during or after the game are subject to suspension. 5. Team
continually short players must disband and join other teams. 5.1. The Board
will issue a 2-week warning before suspension is implemented. 6. Points and
game standings will be kept 6.1. 3 points for
a win, 1 for a tie, 0 for a loss 6.2. Each team
will email their game score to the League Standings Administrator by Wednesday. Identify both teams and each score. 7. League fees
must be paid by due date or the team may be dropped from the schedule. 7.1. Due date is 1
month prior to the start of the new season 7.2. New teams
will pay an entry fee set by the Board of Directors. 8. The league
provides referees for all published scheduled games. 8.1. Each team
pays the referees $36 prior to the start of the 2nd half, $25 from each team if
there is only one referee 9. Teams not
providing a representative to the league meetings will be fined $20. ____________ Rules - that
govern games 1. FIFA rules
apply except 1.1. No excessive
hard play, even when FIFA legal, to avoid injuries and lost time at work. 1.2. No slide
tackles 2. No drinking
of alcoholic beverage on or near the soccer field or school grounds 3. No smoking or
urinating on or near the field. 4. No parking in
the parking lot red zones. 5. Unlimited
number of substitutions on a dead ball with the referee's permission. 5.1. Injured
players may be substituted at any time during the game with the referee’s permission. 6. A team unable
to field more than 6 players will forfeit the game and pay referee fees ($72) for both
teams. 7. A player can
only play for one team. See By Laws items 2
& 3 7.1. When a team
has less than 11 players and with approval of the opposing team manager, players from
other teams can play to bring the fielded players up to 11 but they forfeit the game. A guest player cannot play, and keep a team
player out. 7.1.1. Teams playing
non-rostered players without approval will be fined $20. 8. A player
receiving a yellow card must leave the game for a minimum of 5 minutes. The player may be substituted. 8a. A player receiving a red card is
automatically suspended from the game and can not be substituted. He’s out the next
published scheduled Game, and the following are minimum additional penalties the Trial
Board can apply: 8.1. Fighting 8.1.1. 6 games if he
is the initiator 8.1.2. 2 games if he
is the retaliator 8.1.3. 8 games, plus
6 months probation for repeat offender within the last 12 months 8.1.4. Any player
fighting at an Edgar based game, friendly or league scheduled, on the field or off it,
will be fined $100 the first time, $300 the second time and expelled for life the third
time. The fine must be paid before the player
can play again. This penalty is in addition
to any game suspensions that are issued. The
fight count is for the life of the player. 8.2. 1 year
suspension for violation of probation 8.3. Intentionally
hitting the referee - expelled from League 8.3.1. Intimidating
the referee - 3 games 8.4. Other
violations - suspended for next game. 8.5. A player has
only one appeal for the duration of his penalty or one year which ever comes first 8.5.1. Player can
appeal penalties more than 3 weeks suspension by submitting an appeal to the League
President. Must always serve 3 weeks 9. Game
cancellations 9.1. Referee fees
are avoided if the team manager notifies the referee coordinator and opposing team manager
by Sunday prior to the game. That game is a
forfeit. 9.1.1. Failure to
comply is forfeit of the game and pay both team's referee fee ($72) 9.2. The League's
Board can cancel games due to rain 9.2.1. If it rains
on Friday, call the referee coordinator for game status. League
Organization
|