GBL BY-LAWS

1. PLAYER ELIGIBILITY: Players must be of Greek Orthodox descent/culture. A team can have Two "Philhellenes" players. A "Philhellenes" is a player not of Greek Orthodox descent that is close to the community.  If ever the rules change concerning # of “Philhellenes” or Greek Orthodoxy, a “grandfather clause” will be issues to players that participated in the league before the rule changes.

1. All players shall be at least 19 years of age and/or out of high school on January 1^st of that year. No exceptions!!
2. All players must sign a waiver and release of liability form.
3. No player shall play on more than one team the same night/day unless authorized by an official of the league.
4. There shall be a maximum of twelve (12) players on each team roster.
5. The team captain shall submit to the League before the first scheduled game an official roster with all the players on his team. Changes, additions, or deletions can be made prior to the FOURTH scheduled game of the season. These changes must be called to Demetri Papoulias at (240) 353-8072. It is the team's captain's responsibility to make sure that all rosters and changes have been submitted.
6. Each team is allowed to have a substitute roster in case they will not be able to come up with enough players in a certain week. These players must be of Greek Orthodox descent/culture. These players are not eligible for playoffs and must be called in to the League before games are played on Sunday.
7. A player must participate in a minimum of four (4) league games to be eligible to play in the playoffs. A player who has not participated in the minimum number of games because of an injury shall be eligible to play in the playoffs upon approval of the League Commissioner. A written notice must be given to the commissioner one week prior to the start of the playoffs. Documentation brought on the day of the playoffs will not be accepted!
8. Any team using an ineligible player shall automatically forfeit all games in which the ineligible player participated. If a team is expelled, all games played and all scheduled games not played shall be forfeited to the opponents. Ant player who participates under an assumed name will automatically be suspended from all Greek Basketball League activities for a period of one season from the date of the incident.
9. Protests regarding player eligibility must be submitted to Demetri Papoulias (240) 353-8072, Michael Passas (301)754-0521 or any of the League Board members. It will then be reviewed and dealt with ASAP.
10. All fees paid to the league are non-refundable!!

 II.     PLAYER RULES

1. Unless modified by these rules, all games of the League shall be played in accordance with the current National High School Federation Basketball rules (except for release on free throw).
2. The number of players to start a game shall be as follows: A game may start with a minimum of 4 players. A team must start a game at the scheduled starting time if the minimum numbers of players are present. (NOTE: Once a team has met these requirements, a team may finish the game with as few as 2 players providing said the team has a chance to win the game.)
3. Each team shall be allowed 6 Team Fouls per Half before the one-and-one rule shall apply. One-and-one takes effect on the 7^th team foul and continues until the 10^th team foul at which time two (2) shots will be taken on all common fouls.
4. All games shall consist of two 20-minute halves. There shall be a 5-minute rest-period between the two halves. There will be four (4) one-minute time-outs that can be used at ant point in the game. The clock will stop on time-outs only, except during the final minute of the first half and the final two minutes of the second half when it will be stopped for all whistles.  In the semi finals and championship game stopped clock will be the last 5 minutes of each half.
5. The first 2 overtime periods shall be 3 minutes each. Stopped clock will be in effect for the final minute of overtime. The third overtime will be sudden death meaning the first team to score a point wins the game.(In playoff games there will be no sudden death rule)
6. Teams are responsible for knowing the schedule and the time they are supposed to be at the gym. It is recommended that a team show up 15 minutes prior to the game scheduled. A team must start the game at the scheduled starting time if the minimum numbers of players are present. The subsequent games that evening shall start at the scheduled starting time or within 5 minutes after completion of the previous game, whichever is later.
7. The team captain shall be the only person allowed to register complaints, in a normal manner, to the referee concerning play of the game.

  III.   DISCIPLINARY ACTION

1. A player, manager, coach, or spectator, who receives a technical by an official and gets a second technical during that game, shall get suspended from the game. They may get suspended for the next week’s game or more based on the referee's suggestion to the Greek League Board. A player cannot appeal a suspension to the league.
2. Any player, manager, coach, or spectator who approaches an official in a negative manner after the conclusion of a league game shall be suspended for a minimum of one game based on the referee / Greek League Board judgement.
3. Anyone who makes physical contact with/or threatens an official shall be suspended for at least one season from the date of the incident and must apply for reinstatement with the management committee.
4. Any unsportsman-like conduct may result in barring the player(s) or the team from further participation in the League.
5. The Greek League Board, the League Director, and the Commissioner shall deal with all decisions regarding disciplinary action.

1. Inclement Weather Policy: In case of inclement weather on the day of the game, call the recorded message at (301) 217-6799 and/or listen for announcements on WTOP, WRC, WINX, and WMAL radio stations. We will be doing whatever Montgomery County does.
2. No Smoking or Drinking: Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages are not allowed in Montgomery County Public School facilities. Teams reported, as violating this policy will be dropped from the League. We must maintain good with the schools or we may lose the use of them.
3. Playoff Tournament: All teams make the playoffs for the last three weeks of the season. Seeding will be based on W-L record. In case of ties, the tiebreaker procedure will be as follows:

PLAYER PROTEST

PLAYER ELIGIBILITY: Players must be of Greek Orthodox descent/culture. A team can have Two "Philhellenes" players. A "Philhellenes" is a player not of Greek Orthodox descent that is close to the community.  If ever the rules change concerning # of “Philhellenes” or Greek Orthodoxy, a “grandfather clause” will be issues to players that participated in the league before the rule changes.

1) Protests regarding player eligibility must be submitted to protest@greekleague.com or Demetri Papoulias (240) 353-8072.

2) Protests will remain anonymous.

3) If there is a protest against a player the team captain will be notified and then given a specific “timetable” to come up with a baptismal form for that particular player or players.

4) Failure to come up with documentation will result in a forfeit for games that that player has participated in. Games will not be forfeited unless there is failure to come up with documentation.

5) All documentation brought to the league will be reviewed by the Greek League Board for verification. The Greek league Board will make a decision regarding the protest.

6) A player, coach or team may not protest an entire team or the entire league.

7) No protest over orthodoxy will be taken once the regular season is over and the playoffs begin.  Only situations where the team might be playing with someone that is not on their roster.

The Greek Basketball League will be strictly enforcing player eligibility. 

PLAYOFF TIEBREAKERS

More than two teams ties: As soon as one or more teams are eliminated at any step, then begin process again from step 1 of either A (two teams remain tied) or B (more than two teams tied).

1. Better record among all head-to-head games involving tied teams

2. Better point differential in games involving tied teams (Capped at 15)

3. Better record against all teams with a .500 or better record*

4. Coin Toss

Two-way tie: In order to break a tie, the following criteria will be utilized in this order:

1. Better record in head-to-head games

2. Better record against all teams with a .500 or better record*