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Welcome to our Summer Season!

Welcome to the 33rd annual edition of our Summer Basketball League. The Regular season kicks off the week of May 24th. You will find the schedule for the first week of the schedule posted on the website, along with the League rules. The schedule for the balance of June will be posted soon after we have had an opportunity to evaluate gyms, divisional alignments and other matters pertinent to scheduling.

STANDINGS

Standings will be posted on the site every Tuesday. The League will use the following scoring system to determine playoff seedings. Each team will be awarded points on the following basis:

Note: In order to qualify for the playoffs, teams must have accumulated at least eight (6) standings points in the first eight (8) games (the last game of the regular season will NOT count for playoff purposes).

POSTPONEMENTS
Please note that the Lawyers Basketball League does not provide for postponements once the regular season or playoff schedule is set. The League goes to extraordinary lengths to accommodate your scheduling preferences, but once the schedule is set and announced, it is without authority or funding to alter it. Further, the League must pay for the gymnasiums and referees even if a game is not played in the allocated slot.

However, teams that have conflicts are free to attempt to rearrange their schedules by getting the mutual consent of all teams involved in the switch and submitting it to the League for final approval.

FORFEITS AND GAME TIME
Forfeit time is ten (10) minutes after game time. In addition, to ensure that we meet gym curfews, the referees have the discretion to start the clock at the starting time, even though the game has not commenced - so urge your teammates to be prompt! Arrive early, loosen up on the sideline, get the rosters signed into the scorebook and make whatever other preparations are necessary while the preceding game is in progress; and as always, please wait outside the gym if a school activity is in progress.

If you know you are going to forfeit in advance, please notify the opposing team captain and the League office as early as possible.

HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENTS
All facilities we rent require the administrators of the League to sign contracts agreeing to indemnify and hold them harmless from any claims or suits (whether groundless or otherwise) arising out of accidents, injuries, or losses to any player. Accordingly, we require each participant to sign a waiver as a precondition to participating. As double "insurance" however, the League will have specially constructed score books with "hold harmless" agreements printed on the top of each sheet. For the first few games, and intermittently thereafter, each player will be required to sign the score sheet and by doing so, agree to the waiver. Your cooperation in administering this process is essential to the operation of the League and is truly appreciated.

PRACTICE GYMS
The League will again have limited weekday practice gyms available for rental to member teams on a rotating basis. Call the League office for details and reservation time.

UNIFORMS
Again we remind you that the rule requiring teams to have jerseys containing the League Logo (unless waived) and legal numbers on both sides will be strictly enforced this year. The referees have been instructed not to permit teams without uniforms to play after the week of June 12th. Individual players out of uniform will be assessed a technical foul, which bears two free throws. If you have not ordered uniforms yet, you can submit your order on line by clicking here.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL TEAMS!

Peter Grean
Steve Frenchman
Commissioners

Steve Stein
Assistant Commissioner