12.01 Gambling Prohibited. It is hereby declared to
be the policy of the National Amateur Baseball Federation, that any
and all forms of gambling in or upon the grounds of any club or any
association member of this Organization conducting games, whether in
the preliminary elimination or final series, shall be absolutely prohibited
and condemned. Therefore, any and all persons, players and managers
in particular, are hereby prohibited from engaging in or conducting
in or upon the grounds any bookmaking, pool selling, betting or gambling
in any form upon the result of the game or innings. It is hereby made
the duty of those in charge of such games to secure a strict enforcement
of the rules, and eject from the grounds any and all persons violating
its provisions.
12.02 Authorized Team Personnel. A team shall have
no more than one manager, three coaches, one scorekeeper, two bat boys,
and one trainer along with the maximum of twenty-one (21) players. These
people shall constitute what shall be referred to as “Authorized
Team Personnel”. All Authorized Team Personnel shall conduct themselves
in a sportsmanlike manner at all times. Failure of any team or individual
team member(s) to observe NABF rules of conduct shall subject such individual
team member(s) or the entire team to
NABF sanctions by the NABF Board of Directors. Such sanctions may include
one or more years suspension for the team and/or individual team member(s)
or suspension of the NABF franchise held by the association which sent
the team.
12.03 Permitted on Field. Authorized Team Personnel
are the only members of the team permitted on the bench, in the dugout,
or on the playing field during the game.
12.04 Conduct. Any member of a team’s authorized
team personnel making any untrue verbal or written disparaging remarks
about NABF officials, umpires, scorers, tournament committee members
and/or the authorized team personnel from his/her own or any other team
may be suspended from tournament play. Any member of a team’s
authorized personnel conducting themselves in such a manner so as to
violate local, city, county, state and/or federal criminal and/or civil
laws off the field during a tournament may be suspended from tournament
play. It is the duty of the team manager or head coach to be in control
of players at all times. Any team or member(s) of a team’s authorized
personnel responsible for damages or nonpayment of hotel/motel facilities
will be barred from participation in any NABF tournament
until full restitution is made.
12.05 Discipline of Team Personnel. Managers and
coaches are to prohibit any unsportsmanlike act toward opponents, umpires,
officials or spectators. Managers are to prohibit bench jockeying, including
personal and malicious remarks and obscene language toward opponents,
umpires and spectators. Any umpire shall remove from
the game any manager, coach, player or other team personnel for unsportsmanlike
conduct. The umpire may first warn any violators before removing them
from the game. After a manager, coach, player or other team personnel
have been removed from the game, they shall leave the field immediately.
They shall leave the ball park and shall not communicate with their
team or the umpires. Failure to abide by this ruling will result in
forfeiture of the game to the opposing team and suspension from all
remaining tournament games.
12.06 Intentional Contact With Umpire. Any manager,
coach, player or other authorized team personnel making intentional
contact with an umpire in any manner shall be suspended from all remaining
tournament games that season.
12.07 Team Leaving the Playing Field. Under no circumstances
whatsoever shall a team leave the field in a Tournament Series Game,
under the penalty of forfeiture of the membership of the team’s
association in the NABF.
12.08 Do Not Sign or Dicker with Contracted Players.
No association, club or individual affiliated with either, shall have
the right to sign, dicker with, or in any manner approach a player or
players of any club which is a member of an association affiliated with
the NABF while such a player is under contract to said
member association. A violation to this clause shall subject any association,
club, or individual to suspension.
12.09 Use of Drugs, Tobacco and Alcohol Prohibited.
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the NABF that any and all
use of illicit drugs be prohibited in or upon the grounds of any club
or association in this organization. The use of tobacco products and
alcoholic beverages are prohibited from the playing field and dugout
areas of any NABF series of games. Offenders of this
policy shall be ejected from the game and grounds. Failure to comply
with this ruling will result in forfeiture of the game to the opposing
team and suspension from all remaining games.
12.10 Inappropriate Physical Conduct (Fighting)
Any manager, coach or player involved in inappropriate physical conduct (fighting) is to be immediately disqualified from both regional and world series/national tournament play. Any manager, coach or player retaliating will also be disqualified. Anyone entering the melee and retaliating will also be disqualified.
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