LEAGUE RULES ( head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New">LEAGUE RULES (updated April 2007)i>font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New"i>Articlesi>font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New"i>- ib>ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS - ARTICLE 2 - THE ADMINISTRATIVE BODY AND THE COUNCIL OF CAPTAINS - ARTICLE 3 - OFFICIAL ROSTERS - ARTICLE 4 - PLAYOFFS - ARTICLE 5 - GENERAL GAME RULES - ARTICLE 6 - DEFAULTS - ARTICLE 7 - PITCHING - ARTICLE 8 - BATTING - ARTICLE 9 - BASERUNNING - ARTICLE 10 - FIELDING - ARTICLE 11 - EQUIPMENT - ARTICLE 12 – APPEAL PLAYS - ARTICLE 13 - UMPIRES AND EJECTIONS - ARTICLE 14 - PROTESTS AND APPEALS - ARTICLE 15 – POST SEASON AWARDSb>font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New"b>ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONSb>font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New">1.1 The Captains' Softball League (the League) is intended as a recreational activity and as such a high level of sportsmanship shall be maintained at all times.font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New">1.2 Before the outset of the season, the Administrative Body shall determine the division alignment and the playoff format. 1.3 The Administrative Body shall further divide the teams into conferences and divisions accordingly.font>p> 1.4 The Administrative Body shall set the team fee which includes a $200.00 team deposit for defaults, jersey and all other rule violations.font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New">1.5 No team with unpaid fees shall be permitted to play in the Captains' Softball League.font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New">1.6 A team which has exhausted its $200.00 team deposit will only continue playing its schedule after the Commissioner has received an additional $100.00 deposit from that team. fontfont color="#000080" size="2" face="Courier New">Any games defaulted due to non-payment will be subject to the standard default procedures as detailed in article 6.2. fontfont face="Times New Roman"br> fontfont size="2" face="Courier New"b>ARTICLE 2 - THE ADMINISTRATIVE BODY AND THE COUNCIL OF CAPTAINS b>font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New">2.1 The Administrative Body is the ultimate decision-making body of the League and is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the League including all administrative matters that may arise.font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New">2.2 The Council of Captains shall be composed only of each team captain.font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New">2.3 The Council of Captains shall be responsible for voting on league issues as determined by the Administrative Body (ie- rule changes, participating in the protest process and for any other matters concerning the well-being of the League).font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New">2.4 A meeting of the Council of Captains may be called by the Commissioner, or at the request of a majority of Council members.font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New">2.5 In order for a decision to be taken by the Council of Captains, it must be agreed upon by 50% of the members plus one. All decisions shall be by simple majority.font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New">2.6 Any decision of the Council of Captains may be overturned upon further review by the Administrative Body. Any decisions overturned must be done only if the decision is deemed incongruent with league policy or potentially damaging to league interest (as determined by the Commissioner). font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New">2.7 Any captain unable to attend a Council meeting is required to send an alternate representative or will forfeit his vote on any issue. font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New">2.8 Any captain of the League may make representations to the Administrative Body with respect to any matter connected with the operation of the League.font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New"b>ARTICLE 3 - OFFICIAL ROSTERS AND DISABLED LISTb>font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New">3.1 Each captain of the League shall submit an Official Roster of not more than 15 playersb> to the Commissioner by a specified date and must meet any specific criteria as determined by the Administrative Body.*font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New">3.2 Each captain shall be responsible to manage his team’s roster with respect to injuries, dropped or added players. The sole method of communicating roster changes will be the team mailboxes on the league web site. In the event of the website being unavailable, then a message may be relayed by phone or e-mail to the Commissioner. 3.3 Only players whose names appear on an Official Roster or daily substitutes may participate in a League game. Daily substitutes must be declared before the game.font>p> <pfont color="#000000" size="2" face="Courier New">3.4 Daily substitutes are only permitted to field a line up of no more than 11 players. If a team has 11 players present from their Official Roster, then no daily substitute will be permitted to play for that team.font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New">3.5 Daily substitutes are only permitted to bat in the final position(s) in the batting order. There is no limitation to where daily substitutes can play defensively during the regular season.font>p> <pfont face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0000FF"b>3.6 Teams can add or subtract from their roster May 1st and May 15th with the final rosters being frozen on June 1st. Any teams requiring additional players due to injury following this date will have to use daily substitutes.b>font>p> <pfont face="Courier New" size="2">3.7 A player on an Official Roster may not play for any other team in the Captains' Softball League.font>p> <pfont face="Courier New" size="2">3.8 A player on an Official Roster may not substitute for any other team in the Captains’ Softball League.font>p> <pfont face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0000FF"b>3.9 All injuries must be reported to the League Exec, any decisions on playoff availability will be looked at on an individual basis.b>font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New">3.10 Any team found to be abusing the disabled list will lose all injury status from the season and may be subject to further discipline.font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New">3.11 The Communications Officer shall ensure that the Official Rosters are maintained accurately and up-to-date on the league web site. ARTICLE 4 - PLAYOFFS b>font>p> <pbfont face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0000FF">4.1 All teams make the playoffsfont>b>p> <pbfont face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0000FF">4.1.2 In the Finals and Semi Finals no inning shall begin after 10 minutes to the allotted 2 hours.font>b>p> <pbfont face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0000FF">4.2 Any player on an Official Roster who has played in at least half + 1 of his team’s games and has at least 48 plate appearances is eligible for playoffs.font>b>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New">4.3 Should a team be unable to field a team of 10 players from their Official Roster for any playoff game, the Council of Captains, excluding those captains involved in such game shall select as many substitutes as are necessary to give the team a maximum of 10 players.font>p> <pfont size="2" face="Courier New">4.4 A</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="/media/leagues/graphics/dot_clear.gif" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=10 BORDER="0"></TD> </TR> </TABLE>

The following are effective as of April 30, 2007