Sportspower and Christian Mission Aid (CMA) have recently decided partner in ministry to further the Kingdom of God by reaching the children and the youth of East Africa with the Gospel of Christ.

This remarkable partnership agreement came to a conclusion after the directors of Sportspower Jeremiah and Veronica Hamlet had a chance to go to Kenya Africa for two weeks and work side by side with (CMA). Christian Mission Aid is a ministry that has been dedicated to serving the Lord the last 25 years and Sportspower is proud to be partnering with such a great ministry.

BASKETBALL LEAGUE

RULES OF CONDUCT

1. GO TO YOUR TEAM CAPTAIN IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANOTHER PLAYER OR TEAM.  DO NOT ARGUE WITH THE PLAYER OR TEAM.
2. NO SWEARING OR OTHER BAD LANGUAGE.NO FIGHTING OR ARGUING.
   1. EVERY CURSE WORD HEARD BY THE OPPOSING TEAM WILL BE AN AUTOMATIC TECHNICAL FOUL, RESULTING IN 1 FREE THROW.
   2. MULTIPLE OFFENSES WILL BE DEALT WITH BY THE SPORTSPOWER COMMITTEE.  EXPULSION FROM THE LEAGUE MAY BE NECESSARY.
4. RESPECT CALLS MADE BY THE OPPOSING TEAM.  DO NOT ARGUE CALLS.
5. WILLINGLY SUB IN AND OUT, DO NOT WAIT TO BE ASKED.
6. DISTRIBUTE THE BASKETBALL, EVEN IF YOU ARE THE BEST PLAYER ON YOUR TEAM, SHARE THE BALL.
7. THE SPORTSPOWER COMMITTEE WILL DEAL WITH CONTINUAL ISSUES BY INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS OR TEAMS.

JERSEYS

1.       AWAY TEAM IS THE FIRST TEAM LISTED ON THE SCHEDULE; HOME TEAM IS THE SECOND TEAM LISTED ON THE SCHEDULE.

2.       IF YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR JERSEY, PLEASE WEAR AN APPROPRIATE COLOR SHIRT, WHETHER YOU ARE HOME OR AWAY.

GAME PLAY RULES

1. THE HOME TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OPENING PRAYER.
2. 5 ON 5 FORMAT
3. THERE WILL BE (2) 20 MINUTE HALVES, RESULTING IN A 40 MINUTE GAME.
4. RUNNING CLOCK UNTIL 2 MINUTES REMAINING IN SECOND HALF
5. IF A TEAM IS AHEAD BY 20 POINTS WITH 2 MINUTES REMAINING IN THE GAME, THE CLOCK WILL CONTINUE TO RUN FOR THE DURATION OF THE GAME.
6. THERE WILL BE A 3 MINUTE HALF TIME PERIOD.
7. SCORING WILL BE BY 2’S AND 3’S.
8. THE GAME WILL BEGIN WITH THE AWAY TEAM POSSESSING THE BALL FIRST.  THE HOME TEAM WILL RECEIVE THE BALL TO START THE SECOND HALF.
9. ANY JUMP BALLS WILL RESULT IN POSSESSION TO TEAMS BASED ON AN EVERY-OTHER SITUATION.  IF AWAY TEAM HAD THE BALL TO START THE GAME AND THERE WAS A JUMP BALL IN THE FIRST HALF, POSSESSION WOULD GO TO THE HOME TEAM.  IF THERE WAS ANOTHER JUMP BALL SITUATION, IT WOULD GO BACK TO THE AWAY TEAM, AND SO ON.
10. ALL FOULS WILL RESULT IN AN “IN-BOUNDING” SITUATION, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AN “INTENTIONAL FOUL” IN THE LAST 2 MINUTES OF A GAME AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A SHOOTING FOUL IN THE LAST 2 MINUTES OF THE GAME.  BOTH OF THESE WILL RESULT IN A 1-AND-1 FREE-THROW SHOOTING SITUATION
11. A PLAYER CAN NOT FOUL OUT.
12. AFTER A “DEAD BALL”, THE TEAM POSSESSING THE BALL WILL BE ALLOWED TO BRING THE BALL IN AT A REASONABLE PACE.  NO TRICKING THE OPPOSING TEAM BY QUICKLY IN-BOUNDING FOR AN EASY BASKET.  PLEASE USE COMMON COURTESY IN THIS MANNER.  WITH THAT BEING SAID, AFTER A “MADE BASKET” THERE WILL BE NO SUBSTITUTIONS AND TEAMS WILL BE ALLOWED TO INBOUND THE BALL AS QUICKLY AS THEY LIKE.AT A “DEAD BALL” SITUATION, PLEASE ALLOW FOR EITHER TEAM TO SUB BEFORE PUTTING THE BALL INTO PLAY.
    1. AFTER A “DEAD BALL”, IF THERE ARE NO SUBS AND IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE OTHER TEAM IS UNAWARE OF YOU IN-BOUNDING THE BALL, PLEASE HAVE THE COURTESY TO LET THEM KNOW THE BALL IS COMING BY YELLING, “BALL’S IN”
14. A BALL IS STILL IN PLAY IF THE BALL HITS THE SIDE OF THE BACKBOARD AND STAYS IN BOUNDS.  A BALL IS STILL IN PLAY IF THE BALL HITS THE TOP OF THE BACKBOARD AND DOES NOT GO OVER THE BACKBOARD.  A BALL IS STILL IN PLAY IF THE BALL GOES OVER THE BACKBOARD WITHOUT TOUCHING THE BACKBOARD.
15. A BALL IS OUT OF PLAY IF IT HITS THE BACK OF THE BACKBOARD OR HITS THE TOP OF THE BACKBOARD AND GOES OVER THE BACKBOARD.  A BALL IS OUT OF PLAY IF IT HITS ANY PORTION OF THE “BACKBOARD SUPPORT”.
16. THERE IS NO SHOT CLOCK.  THERE IS ALSO NO 8 OR 10 SECOND BACK COURT VIOLATION.
17. “OVER AND BACK” WILL BE ALLOWED BECAUSE THE COURT IS TO SHORT.
18. AFTER A SHOT ATTEMPT THAT FAILS TO HIT ANY PORTION OF THE BASKET (BACKBOARD OR RIM), THE PLAYER WHO ATTEMPTED THE FIELD GOAL CAN BE THE FIRST TO TOUCH OR POSSESS THE BALL.  THIS WILL NOT BE CALLED A TRAVELING OR AN UP-AND-DOWN VIOLATION.

SUBSTITUTIONS

1. A PLAYER MAY ONLY SUBSTITUTE DURING A DEAD BALL SITUATION.
2. DO NOT SUBSTITUTE AFTER A MADE BASKET ON EITHER END.

FOULS

1. INTENTIONALLY FOULING DURING THE COURSE OF A GAME, BEFORE THE LAST 2 MINUTES, IS NOT PERMITTED.  IF IT PERSISTS, PENALTIES WILL BE HANDED DOWN AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SPORTSPOWER COMMITTEE.
2. A PLAYER MUST BE GOING FOR THE BALL, OR ATTEMPTING TO PLAY GOOD DEFENSE, WHEN A FOUL OCCURS.
3. IF FOULED, THE BALL WILL BE PASSED IN, EITHER ON THE SIDELINE OR THE BASELINE.
4. FLAGRANT FOULS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.  CAPTAINS ARE TO PULL AN OFFENDING PLAYER IMMEDIATELY.  CONTINUAL FLAGRANT FOUL OFFENSES MAY LEAD TO SUSPENSIONS OR EXPULSIONS.
5. SHOOTING FOULS UNDER 2 MINUTES REMAINING IN REGULATION (OVERTIME FOLLOW CLOCK STOPPAGE GUIDELINES FOR DETERMINATION…FOUND UNDER OVERTIME SECTION) WILL RESULT IN A “1 AND 1″ SITUATION.  IF THE SHOT GOES IN, THE PLAY SHOULD BE TREATED AS NORMAL, RESULTING IN NO FT’S FOR THE SHOOTER.  THE BASKET WILL COUNT.

INTENTIONAL FOULS

1. A TEAM MAY CHOOSE TO “INTENTIONALLY FOUL” A PLAYER IN THE LAST 2 MINUTES OF A GAME TO SEND THE OPPOSING PLAYER TO THE FREE THROW LINE FOR A “1 AND 1” SITUATION.  DEFENSIVE PLAYER MUST YELL “INTENTIONAL” FOR IT TO BE RECOGNIZED.
2. IF A PLAYER FOULS WITHOUT DECLARATION, IT WILL BE TREATED AS A NORMAL FOUL (UNLESS YOU ARE PURPOSEFULLY FOULING WITHOUT GOING FOR THE BALL, THIS IS ILLEGAL AND WILL BE HANDLED BY YOUR TEAM CAPTAIN).
3. THE PLAYER YOU ARE TRYING TO FOUL MUST HAVE POSSESSION OF THE BALL.  AN INTENTIONAL FOUL AFTER THE BALL HAS LEFT A PLAYERS HAND IS NOT A FOUL AND PLAY WILL CONTINUE.
4. THE FOULED PLAYER WILL HAVE A “1 AND 1” FREE THROW OPPORTUNITY.  PLAYERS CAN ENTER THE LANE ONCE THE BALL IS RELEASED FROM THE HANDS OF THE FREE-THROW SHOOTER.

TIMEOUTS

1.        EACH TEAM WILL BE GIVEN (2) 30 SECOND TIMEOUTS TO BE USED AT ANY POINT DURING THE COURSE OF THE GAME OR OVERTIME PERIOD(S).

2.        EACH TEAM WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 30 SECOND TIMEOUT TO BE USED OVER THE COURSE OF ALL OVERTIME PERIODS.

3.        YOU MUST POSSESS THE BALL IN ORDER TO CALL A TIMEOUT.

4.        THE ABOVE RULES DO NOT APPLY TO INJURY RELATED TIMEOUTS.  INJURY TIMEOUTS WILL STOP THE CLOCK AND WILL NOT BE CHARGED TO EITHER TEAM.

OVERTIME

1. THE FIRST OVERTIME WILL BE A 3 MINUTE, RUNNING CLOCK PERIOD.  THE CLOCK WILL STOP FOR DEAD BALL SITUATIONS ONLY IN THE LAST 30 SECONDS.
2. IF THERE IS A SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD, THIS PERIOD WILL BE 2 MINUTES IN LENGTH.  THE CLOCK WILL STOP FOR DEAD BALL SITUATIONS ONLY IN THE LAST 30 SECONDS.
3. ALL OVERTIME PERIODS AFTER 2 (3+) WILL BE 1 MINUTE PERIODS. THE CLOCK WILL STOP FOR DEAD BALL SITUATIONS ONLY IN THE LAST 30 SECONDS.
4. INTENTIONAL FOULS ARE PERMITTED IN OVERTIME WITH UNDER 3O SECONDS REMAINING.  FOLLOW THE INTENTIONAL FOUL PROCEDURES AS STATED ABOVE.
5. EACH TEAM WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 30 SECOND TIMEOUT TO BE USED OVER THE COURSE OF ALL OVERTIME PERIODS.

ATTENDANCE/RESPONSIBILITIES

1. WHETHER YOU ARE PLAYING IN THE GAME OR SERVING AS A SCORE KEEPER OR STAT KEEPER; MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO GO AT YOUR ALLOTTED GAME TIME.
2. A TEAM MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF 5 PLAYERS TO BEGIN THE GAME.  THERE WILL BE AN ALLOTTED 5 MINUTE GRACE PERIOD FOR PLAYERS TO ARRIVE.  AFTER THE 5 MINUTE GRACE PERIOD, THE TEAM WITHOUT ENOUGH PLAYERS WILL FORFEIT.  THE FORFEITING TEAM WILL RECEIVE A LOSS, WITH THE OPPOSING TEAM RECEIVING A WIN.
3. A TEAM IS NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A PLAYER THAT IS NOT ON THEIR ROSTER SUBSTITUTE FOR A PLAYER THAT IS ON THEIR ROSTER.
4. IF A FORFEIT HAS BEEN DETERMINED, THE TEAM NOT FORFEITING MAY DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO ALLOW THE OTHER TEAM TO PICK UP HOWEVER MANY PLAYERS NEEDED TO PLAY A GAME.  THE OUTCOME OF THE GAME AND THE STATISTICS THAT OCCUR DURING THE GAME WILL NOT BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, AS THE GAME HAS ALREADY BEEN RULED A FORFEIT.
5. IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH PLAYERS FOR A SPECIFIC WEEK, THE TEAM CAPTAIN SHOULD INFORM THE COMMISSIONER AHEAD OF TIME.

6.       SPORTSPOWER PLAYERS, NOT PLAYING IN A SCHEDULED GAME, WILL BE REQUIRED FOR SCORE/STAT KEEPING.  THESE WILL BE DETERMINED BY A SCHEDUL

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