LUBBOCK SOCCER ASSOCIATION

BY-LAWS

and

GENERAL RULES

September, 1987

REVISED: August, 2006

LUBBOCK SOCCER ASSOCIATION

BY-LAWS and GENERAL RULES  

Chapter 4: By-Laws of the Lubbock Soccer Association

Lubbock Soccer Association

General Rules

4. Chapter 4: Lubbock Soccer Association Playing Rules

    4.7. FORFEITURE

          4.7.1. A team will forfeit any game in which:

                   4.7.1.1. it fields an ineligible player or a player under suspension.

                   4.7.1.2. it has a suspended coach appearing at a game to coach.

                   4.7.1.3. it fails to field a team with at least:
                                   two (2) players (3v3 teams)
                                   three (3) players (4v4 teams)
                                   four (4) players (6v6 teams)
                                   five (5) players (7v7 teams)
                                   six (6) players (8v8 teams)
                                   seven (7) players (11v11 teams)
                               within fifteen (15) minutes of the scheduled starting time according to
                               the Referee’s watch. If neither team can field the minimum number of
                               players, the game shall be recorded as a loss for each team.

                    4.7.1.4. it violates the minimum playing time requirements for any player on the
                                team.

            4.7.2. When a game is forfeited, the score will be recorded as 1 - 0. Since any
                     forfeiture may affect the final standings of that league, the League/Conference
                     Commissioner will make a complete inquiry concerning the forfeit.

            4.7.3. A team playing in a sanctioned tournament during scheduled league play will
                     have their regularly scheduled Lubbock Soccer Association game rescheduled.
                     The coach of a team planning to play in a tournament which will conflict with a
                     regularly scheduled Association game must notify the League Commissioner
                     as soon as plans are started for travel to a tournament. The re-schedule
                     coordinator will work with both teams when scheduling make up games to try
                     to arrive at a time convenient for both teams. However, due to constraints
                     placed on the Association by the City Parks & Recreation Department, the
                     re-schedule coordinator will be the final authority on when make up games will
                     be played. The more notice the coordinator has of the necessary make up
                     game, the more likely that each team will be reasonably happy with the time
                     and place of the make up game.