Nashville Adult Flag Football League

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    LEAGUE BYLAWS

(These rules override any other rules that may be printed)

ALL Insurance Roster Waiver Forms must be turned in to a Field Supervisor/Statistician before the first game of each season.

ALL rosters are due by first game and Final Rosters are due by the Sixth(6) game.  NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!

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MISC ITEMS

FORFEITS – Should a team have to declare a forfeit, your team will incur a referee’s fine of $40 which will be due in the league office by Wednesday at 8:00pm following that game.  Should a team not pay by that due date then they will declare the next week’s game as a forfeit and be suspended from league with NO MONEY REFUNDED.  ANY TEAM WITH 2 FORFEITS IN A SEASON WILL FORFEIT THE REMAINDER OF GAMES AND INCUR AN ADDITIONAL DEPOSIT THE NEXT SEASON THEY WISH TO PARTICIPATE ($250) WHICH WILL BE DUE ALONG WITH THE LEAGUE FEE.

A player can play on multiple teams, BUT NOT in the same division.  For example, you could play on an 8-Man team, a 5-Man team and a Co-ed team.  However, you cannot play on two 8-Man teams in the league. 

Fill out League Evaluation Forms when you have a problem or have ideas on how or what you can do to improve the league.

The protest fee is $25.  A protest must be officially filed and paid for within 24 hours after your game.  The competition committee will make a decision on all protest.  Also, you must file the protest with the referee before the next play.  You can only protest rule interpretation problems, not judgment calls.

Parking may be charged at some parks that have youth associations or private property, it will be either $1 or $2 per car.

Roster Limits will be imposed on teams 8-Man and Co-ed (25), 5-Man (12), 4-on-4 Flag (8).

Winning Team captains or a member of team is responsible for calling in the score to the League office (419-3804) no later that Wednesday, following game.  Should a team not report their score then it will be deemed by the league office as a win, but the score will be 6 to 0, so you may lose much needed points which determine standings at end of season. 

Please call (615) 419-3804 for rainout information.  Information will be available at least 45 minutes prior to game time.  Should your team contact not get a call 45 minutes prior to game time, then all teams assume that games are being played as scheduled.  Will be determined at field.  Information on make-ups will follow within the next 3 weeks. 

FINES will be imposed on Teams/Players or Spectators which violate League Rules.  All fines are due in the League Office by Wednesday at 5:00PM.  Otherwise your team will be suspended from play and forfeit the following scheduled games until the fine is paid in full.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE GIVEN A WARNING.  
THIS IS YOUR WARNING!
You violate the rules, you get yourself and possibly your team in trouble.  We are all adults so you should not have to be warned if your abusing or causing problems. 

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LITTERING

1^st Offense - $25.00 fine for littering sidelines, parking lots or any part of the facility we use.

2^nd Offense – League Disqualification (MONEY WILL NOT BE REFUNDED)

Littering will be reported by Teams that play behind you and also refs, if you don’t report a team for trashing the field, then you may get blamed for it.  WE CAN AVOID ALL PROBLEMS BY KEEPING THE FIELDS AND FACILITY CLEAN.  THE TEAM MUST PAY FINE BEFORE YOUR NEXT GAME, or TEAM WILL FORFEIT ANY FOLLOWING SCHEDULED GAMES UNTIL THE FINE IS PAID. 

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VERBAL ABUSE OF OFFICIALS

1^st Offense – Possible 2 game suspension or Player Suspended for the Rest Of The Season.  Team Fine of $50, Team Thrown Out Of league and /or Community Service Work selected by League.

2^nd Offense – Banned for Life in the League

Any player/coach or spectator that touches or assaults an official will forfeit all remaining games for his team and be banned for life from the league.  NO MONEY WILL BE RETURNED TO PLAYER OR TEAM.

Verbal abuse of official will not be tolerated.  The player will be ejected from the game and can be suspended up to 2 additional games.  If conduct persist from the same team, officials have the right to declare a forfeit.  This applies to fans as well.  PLAY THE GAME, BAD CALLS HAPPEN, LET IT GO, YOU MUST CONTROL YOUR TEAM AND YOUR FANS.  REFEREE’S ARE NOT HERE TO BABYSIT!!!! 

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FIGHTING

1^st Offense – Possible 2 game suspension or Player Suspended for the Rest Of The Season, Team fine of $100, Team Thrown Out Of League and/or Community Service Work selected by league.

2^nd Offense – Banned for Life in the League.

The player/team suspended does not play until the fine is paid.  FIGHTING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.  If things are getting heated between two individuals, the coaches have been instructed to ask the player/s to sit out a couple plays to cool down.  If player/s get into a shoving/wrestling match, they may be ejected until the end of the 1^st half or the remainder of the game depending on the severity.  Depending on the referee’s decision the player will be eligible to play the second half, but if another occurrence of any type then that player/s will be ejected and depending on severity can be suspended and fines incurred. (THIS ONLY APPLIES WHEN PUNCHES ARE NOT THROWN)  If punches are thrown then the maximum penalty will be enforced.

For players serving 2 game suspensions, if they are ejected in the first half, then that game will count as one(1) of their two(2) games.  If it happens in the Second half, then it does not count as a game.

PLAYERS/TEAMS THAT LEAVE THE SIDELINE CAN ALSO BE EJECTED OR THE GAME(S) MAY BE DECLARED A FORFEIT OR A DOUBLE FORFEIT AND FINES AND SUSPENSIONS MAY BE ENFORCED.