11.01 Forfeit for Non-Appearance. Any team failing
to arrive for a scheduled tournament or a team forfeiting an NABF
Regional or National Tournament game for nonappearance (insufficient
players) shall be barred from further play in that tournament. The minimum
penalty for such a forfeiture shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00)
imposed on the team’s franchise; the maximum penalty shall be
forfeiture of the NABF franchise held by the association
which sent the team.
11.02 Failure to Appear for Tournaments. Any team
intentionally failing to appear or abandoning an NABF
Regional or National Tournament in progress will be subject to NABF
sanctions. Such sanctions may include one or more years suspension
for the team and/or team’s supervisors and/or fines levied on
the team’s supervisors or the NABF franchise
held by the association which sent the team.
11.03 Protests on Interpretation of Playing Rules.
Protests on matters involving the interpretation of playing rules must
be made in writing to the Official Scorer at the time of the alleged
infraction of the rules. The manager must notify the chief umpire and
official scorer that the game is being played under protest from that
point on. A duplicate of the written protest must be presented, along
with a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00), to the Chairman of the
Tournament Committee within one (1) hour after the protested game has
been completed. Protests shall contain the date, time and place of game,
the names of the teams, the name of the chief umpire and official scorer,
and the rule or section of the rule or rules violated, and all the essential
facts involved in the matter under protest. The chief umpire must also
make out a signed statement of the official scorer at the time of the
alleged infraction of the rules, and it is the manager’s responsibility
to inform the chief umpire of his obligation to do so. The original
score sheet with all this written information on it shall be presented
to the Chairman of the Tournament Committee at the hearing of said protest.
The chief umpire and the official scorer must attend the hearing. Should
the protest be upheld, then the fee shall be returned, otherwise, it
shall be forfeited to the treasury of the NABF.
11.04 Eligibility Protests. Protests on the eligibility
of any team player or players must be made in writing and accompanied
by a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00). The written protest and fee
must be presented to the Chairman of the Tournament Committee within
one (1) hour after the completion of the game under protest in which
the team player or players participated. Proof of ineligibility must
be presented by the protesting team. If the protest is upheld the fee
shall be returned and the game awarded to the protesting team. The team
player or players proven guilty of violating Rules of Eligibility shall
be immediately suspended. If the protest is denied, then the one hundred
dollars ($100.00) fee shall be forfeited to the treasury
of the NABF.
