Rules
General Rules:
- Individuals utilizing this facility do so at their own risk. The property owner(s), league operators, officers and owners and staff of First Presbyterian Church of Orlando or Cross, Fernandez & Riley, LLP (“C\F\R”) assume no liability for any injuries or accidents, which may occur. Please refer to your Liability and Injury Waiver Release Forms.
- Conduct within the facility and on the courts should be conducted in the spirit of good sportsmanship.
- No food, drinks, chewing tobacco, chewing gum, spitting or cleats permitted on playing surface. No sunflower seeds or similar type products are permitted in the facility.
- No glass containers on the playing surface or in the player boxes.
- C\F\R reserves the right to refuse play or service to anyone.
Sign Up Guidelines and Fees:
- Teams sign up on a first come, first serve basis.
- Teams can sign up until May 7, 2010. Deposits and individual fee payments will only be refunded if C\F\R does not have a spot available for your team.
- Full-payment is required by May 13, 2010 or your team spot could be forfeited.
- No teams will be accepted after May 13, 2010.
- No individual will be allowed to participate in any game, until a release form has been properly completed and signed.
Player Rosters:
- Player rosters must be turned in prior to the game.
Equipment:
- Tennis shoes or similar sport court shoes are required for all players.
- Teams must be dressed in their reversible jerseys with a number. Jerseys will be provided before the tournament.
Sportsmanship:
- Individuals are expected to play under control and within the rules of the game, and to the best of their ability will avoid causing injury to themselves and other persons using the facility.
Referees:
- Referees appointed to officiate each game have complete authority on the field of play, and their decisions on points of fact connected with the game are final. Do not discuss officiating or the officials with the facility staff during or immediately after your game.
Unsportsmanlike Policy:
- There is a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY toward fighting. Anyone fighting will be ejected.
- No Ringers. Ringer is a person that does not work for the law firm participating. Participants in the tournament must work for the firm. They do not have to be attorneys. A ringer could cause the firm to be disqualified.
Basketball Rule Book
Note: All official NCAA basketball rules apply except for the amended rules below.
Game Length:
- Adult Game Length: Two 20-minute halves with a 4-minute half time.
- The clock will run continuously except for the last two minutes before the end of the game.
- During the last two minutes before the end of the game, the clock will stop for the referee’s whistle.
- Time outs: Each team will have one full sixty second timeout and one thirty second timeout per half.
Shot Clock/Delay of Game:
- There will be no shot clock.
- Teams must try to work the ball to score. Four corner offenses and other delay tactics will not be permitted. Referee’s will give a warning first and if delay tactics continues will then force a change of possession.
- Teams that continue to purposely delay the game after the referee has awarded a change in possession will be warned first, and then the delaying team will be forced to forfeit the game. The referee has sole discretion to make this decision.
Substitutions:
- Teams can only substitute when play has stopped. (Free throws, ball-out of bounds, after a score).
- Teams may have an unlimited number of substitutions. However, the player being substituted for must be off the court before his/her replacement can enter the game.
Technical Fouls/Foul Out Rules:
- Any player who commits five fouls during the course of the game will be ineligible for the remainder of the game.
- Players who are charged with 2 (two) technical fouls during any game will be immediately ejected.
- As a result of any technical foul, the opposing team will have 25 seconds to shoot two free throws and that team will also be awarded possession of the ball.