ATHLETIC ELIGIBILITY RULES

All Athletic Eligibility shall not conflict with the USADB’s rules and regulations.

The registration forms including all financial requirements must be postmarked on or before February 1st (basketball) and be sent to the SEAAD, INC. Secretary by CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL. Failure to abide by this rule shall result in a fine

No player may register with more than one member club team. If a player signs a second registration form, this play automatically be suspended from all USADB competition for a period of two (2) years from the date of the second signature.

Any student attending post secondary educational institution (undergraduate, college or university, Junior or Community College, Vocational and trade) is eligible to participate in Club or tournament games. Each Club team is limited to have three (3) student players in basketball.

The players who are students must include a letterhead or email from his/her institution; if no letter, he/she cannot participate.

All participating team members shall sign a waiver and release form before participating in the annual SEAAD, INC. tournaments. In case of failure to sign, no team member shall be eligible to participate in any SEAAD, INC. tournament games.

All games in the annual SEAAD, INC. basketball tournament shall have 16 minutes per half and the final championship game shall be 20 minutes per half.

All games in the annual SEAAD, INC. basketball tournament shall have 2 basketball certified officials except the championship game to have 3 basketball certified officials.

There shall be 3 minutes overtimes in the case of ties in any basketball game except the championship game, which shall have 5 minutes overtimes.

All team’s players shall have a full uniform of the same color and design with the numbers on the back and front of the jerseys.

In violation of uniform code rules by any players, coaches, and managers. 1st offense = $10.00; 2nd offense = $25.00; 3rd offense = $50.00 and suspended from the tournament.

Any participating team that does not have its players on the court ready on time for their scheduled game times shall forfeit their game.

If a participating team has less than 5 players in uniform on the court at the start of a game, that team shall forfeit their game.

In event that the Championship Team is unable to send 8 or more players to the National Tournament in compliance with the USADB Rules and Regulations, the regional runner up shall be sent instead.

Any players who are involved in physical confrontations during the tournament weekend shall be suspended for one (1) year.

Additional rules and regarding games of the annual meeting of the Board of Directors.

METHOD OF DRAWING RULES

Seeding for the basketball tournaments shall be limited to top 4 teams from the previous year tournament. All other pairings shall be drawn from a hat in pairings the teams in the hat are matched with the seeded teams starting from the top to bottom of the diagram.

Single Elimination system shall be if 8 or more teams are entered. For 5, 6, or 7 teams, Consolation system shall be used. For 4 teams or less Round Robin system shall be used and the Executive Board shall, before the start of the tournament, determine the method for deciding the championship team.

The host club shall amount a timetable of the tournament to the SEAAD, INC. related Tournament Director.

The Tournament Director shall notify the participating team coaches of the SEAAD, INC. team rosters, results of the drawings and time of the games 15 days prior to the annual SEAAD, INC. tournament.

Once such annual SEAAD, INC. tournament pairings have been made, approved, and announced, no changes whatsoever may be made in the diagram.