The Binghamton Premier Basketball League - Men’s handbook spring 2017
Season Dates: March 29th, 2017 - August 4th, 2017
League Fees: $125 per player for full season and your BPBL reversible jersey (League is 17 and over)
Late registration - Any player that registers AFTER the March 1st deadline, may still register, but they will incur a $10 late registration fee. They will most likely not have their jersey by opening night if they register late.
Referee Fees: $5 per player per game (paid in cash each game prior to tipoff)
Registration Dates: January 15th - March 1st
Games are played Mondays and Wednesdays with tip times at 6pm, 6:50pm, 7:40pm, 8:30pm and 9:20pm (20 minute running halves)
Locations: Davis College, OLGC
Registration process - 4 ways to register
Captain - Unlimited roster option up to 15 - $1350 per team for league fees. For the first time, we are offering captains the opportunity to have an unlimited roster (max 15) for one set price. This means, as a captain you can recruit your own players and you can have as many players on your roster as you wish (up to 15 players ). As a captain, you MUST choose this option prior to the season starting (March 29th), if this is the option you choose to go with. This option is not available after the season starts on March 29th.
Captain - Per player option - Be a captain and recruit your own players, at the cost of $125 per player for league fees if they register before March 1st. Minimum roster of 8 total players. NO REFERRAL FEES PAID OUT FOR THIS OPTION.
Individual - Sign up as a player on a team with an existing captain (must have captains approval) for a cost of $125 for league fees if registered before March 1st.
Individual - Free Agent - If you don’t know enough players to get your own team, you can still sign up as a BPBL Free Agent. Player cost for league fees is $125 per player (if signed up by March 1st), and Free agents are placed on a “Free Agent team” with other players who sign up as Free Agents. Each free agent team will have no more than 10 active players on its roster.
FEES
League Fees - $125 per player, this includes your BPBL Reversible Jersey.
Referee Fees - League fees do not include ref fees. Ref fees are $5 per game per player, paid and signed off at the table prior to tipoff. Ref fees must be paid in full before starting each game (Not at halftime or after the game).
Sub Rules - Teams are eligible to use subs for regular season games only. Sub fees will be $10 per player per game (plus ref fees). Subs may not be brought in for postseason games. Subs must (A.) borrow a jersey of a player on the team, (B.) Rent a BPBL jersey for $5, or (C.) purchase their own BPBL jersey at a cost of $30 per jersey. Subs will no longer be allowed to play without a BPBL jersey. No monetary cap on sub fees, and they are not eligible for postseason play.
Late registration - Any player that registers AFTER the March 1st deadline, may still register, but they will incur a $10 late registration fee. They will most likely not have their jersey by opening night if they register late.
Pro-rate schedule:
Pro-rate - The following will be used as a pro-rate schedule for players who come in after the season begins (subs not included):
After Games 1-5: Full $125 league fees plus $10 late registration fee.
After Games 6-12: Pro-rated in at Jersey cost ($30) plus number of games left x $5 per game remaining in the season at time of pro-rate plus $10 late registration fee.
After Games 13 - 18: There will be no full-time players added after game 12 of the regular season.
Injured players - Captains - If you have a player that suffers a season ending injury during or prior to game 12 of the regular season, you may replace that player with another player at no cost, however they must purchase their own BPBL jersey to participate in the league ($30 per jersey). Replacing an injured player makes the injured player ineligible for the remainder of the season, as they have been replaced. Players cannot be replaced after game 12 of the regular season for any reason.
League Rules
A team may play a game with 4 players. Anything less than 4 will result in a forfeit. Only full-time players may participate in the playoffs.
Player eligibility - Once a player plays in a game, they are ineligible to play for any other team during that season.
Game rules - 20 minute running halves. Clock stops the last 2 minutes of each game. 3 minute warmup time before games (subject to change based on game schedule), 2 minute halftime. Each team gets Three timeouts per game. All overtime periods will be 3 minutes in length.
Personal/Technical fouls - We use the NCAA format for Any players who have fouled out, except we allow 6 fouls. Two technical fouls and a player is ejected for the remainder of that game. If a player is ejected twice during a season, they are suspended 1 game.
Jersey rule - We will no longer be permitting players to play without their current season BPBL jerseys. BPBL jerseys will be available to rent ($5) if you forget your jersey, or you can purchase an additional jersey if yours is lost or stolen ($30). So now that you know this, bring your jerseys to each game!
Standings tie-breaker:
- Overall record
- Head to Head
- Record against other playoff teams
- Least points allowed
- Most points scored
- Coin Toss
Champions - League champs for the Spring season will each be getting choice of a BPBL Fleece jacket valued at $60 per jacket or BPBL Zip hoodie valued at $54. (Subs and pro-rated players not included).