Ground Rules:
The tournament shall apply the International Amateur Rules in Basketball with the following ground rules.

• Defaulting / Forfeiting time is Ten (10) minutes after a team’s scheduled game.
• Only the team captain in the floor can communicate with the game officials including table officials regarding technicalities but not judgment call. However, it should be in a courteous and calm manner.

3. A player shall be disqualified / send out of the game if:

• He commits two (2) technical fouls in a game;
• He commits two (2) unsportsmanlike fouls in a game;
• He commits both or combination of the two type of fouls mentioned beforehand
• The technical committee has the power to disqualify any player that may cause detrimental values to the league.

4. A player/coach disqualified or send out of the game shall be automatically be suspended on his next game. Repeating this offense shall be automatically disqualified from further participation in the league. In case it’s the last game, the suspension will be imposed on the next league.

5. The following are prohibited from the gym’s premises:

• SMOKING
• ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
• PROHIBITED DRUGS
• GUNS or DEADLY WEAPON/S

6. Team members found positive either on alcohol or high on drugs cannot sit down on team’s bench and cannot play on that day. The committee still has the final decision on this matter.

7. A team who “walked-out” on the game shall lose the game by forfeiture.

8. A team who lost by two (2) defaults / forfeitures shall be disqualified from further participation.

9. Fine for a default or a walk-out of a game is P5,000.00.

10. In case of fights, every player involved will be automatically banned from the league. A fight means: someone who has thrown a punch or kick an opponent or other physical contact that is not related to basketball. The officials and the technical committees still have the final decision.

11. All postponed games will be re-scheduled at the end of the round. There will be no games when typhoon is raised to Signal No. 2 & up.

12. In the absence of the coach, the team captain will act as the playing coach.

13. Coach and/or team officials must be in proper attire (not in slippers, shorts or in sleeveless shirt). Anyone who violates this rule may not sit on the team’s bench and may not guide their team on that game.

14. Fine/Penalty should be paid in cash before an individual player or the team will be allowed to play in their succeeding game/s.

15. Player/s caught giving an obscene sign such as dirty finger or heard saying bad words to any official/s, technical committee/s, or to an opponent, that player/s will be given a:

1. Technical foul (Fine of P1,000.00) on the first offense;
2. Thrown out of the game on the second offense and will be suspended on his next team game. Also a penalty of P2,000.00 will be assessed to that subject.

Protest
The protesting teams must follow the procedures stated:

1. Protest on player’s eligibility shall be entertained even during the championship game.
2. Decision of the committee shall &will be final.

Committee on Protest

• The committee on protest shall be composed of members to be designated by the Organizer of the Grace Alumni Basketball League

After 20 minutes that the force-majeur have occurred, the following procedures shall be applied:
1. If the force-majeur occurred before the first half of the game, that game shall be canceled and re-scheduled at the end of the round. The game will start from the beginning. Only those present team members on that canceled game can play on the re-scheduled game.

2. If the force majeur occurred after the first half of the game, the game shall be continued at the end of the round. All scores, fouls, team fouls, time remaining, etc. shall be valid. Again, only those present team members on that canceled game can play on the re-scheduled game.

3. If the electronic scoreboard and/or electronic time malfunctioned, hand held game watch or stop watch &chalk board shall be used.

4. If the Technical Committee decides to postpone a game/s because of “Force Majeure” before it has begun, the said games will be played at the latter part of the tournament.

*** VERY IMPORTANT ***

• Any player of a team caught defrauding, cheating, lying, plagiarizing any of the rules & requirements shall be strictly imposed with the following consequences.
• Team won game/s shall be forfeited and consider approved by a lost game/s.
• A fine of P5,000.00 will be imposed.
• Second offense of the same team shall be banned from the remaining duration of the league.