ARTICLE XIV PLAYING LEAGUE STRUC

ARTICLE XIV PLAYING LEAGUE STRUCTURE AND SCHEDULING:

A. The year consist of two (2) seasons.

1. The winter/Spring season (January through May) will start on the third (3rd) Monday in January.

2. Summer/Fall season (July through November) will start on the third (3rd) Monday in July.

B. D.D.A. teams will be divided into leagues of at least two (2) levels of skill play based on past performance of either players or teams.

1. These leagues will be "A" League, "B" League, Etc.

a. Additional Leagues may be added or decreased to accommodate additional teams as needed

2. Teams and players will be rated at the level the team held at the end of the last season played including those promoted/demoted as described in Section C. of this Article.

a. If a lower team picks up 2 higher ranking players, their team will subsequently moved up 1 to 2 divisions as the Executive Board sees fit.

C. Promotion/Demotion Procedure (guidelines use only)

1. The Scheduling Committee has the authority to place any new team at any higher or lower level, regardless of eligibility to maintain a numerical balance of teams as nearly as possible at all levels.

2. Our leagues are labeled as "A" and "B". The last two teams in "A" League, will be moved down to "B" League, providing a majority of established teams have rejoined for the new season. And the two (2) top teams in "B" League, will be moved up to "A" League. This remains true if it is possible to do so.

3. Any tie promotion/demotion or first place between any teams within a division/subdivisionwill require a one game play-off, unless one team concedes to the other.

D. Scheduling League Play

1. Persons designated by the President to do the scheduling will group all teams, established and new, into leagues the teams are qualified for.

2. The leagues will be balanced numerically by placing a team in the next lower league as needed to fill any vacancies.

3. If it is necessary to move teams up, then the next highest established team, based on results of last leg will be moved up.

4. When a central division is activated through all league levels, the schedulers will start in the approximate geographical center of the Central division and working alternately to schedule the Central division.

5. Schedulers will then schedule as many complete rounds as is possible for teams to play each other two (2) times. The number of weeks will be determined by the number of teams in each league.

a. An extra week may be inserted for hurricane season and/or major holidays or time for scheduled preparation if needed.

b. It is permissible for a season to be less than fourteen (14) weeks.

E. All play-offs shall be best two (2) out of three (3) matches based on regular league format.

1. The first team to score ten (10) points wins that match.

2. Should a tie result after a full match has been played, then a team game of 1001 easy on/double out will be played, with six (6) players from each team.

a. If a team played shorthanded, then all players on that team who participated, must play if still present. If shooting with less than six players, a team must skip turns to equal six players.

b. Each team will shoot in rotation.

c. Once lineup has been set, no deviation from the lineup will be allowed.

d. Deviation will be cause for forfeit.

3. All division winner ties, promotion/demotion play-offs, must be completed within fourteen (14) days of season's final game, unless a hurricane or holiday intervenes, then the time limit will be extended if needed. This will be one match only between the two teams.

4. All league champion play-offs must be completed within twenty-one (21) days of season's final game, unless there is a division play-off. Then the play-off must be completed within twenty-one (21 ) days of completion of division winner play-offs.

F. The Scheduling Committee has the authority to:

1. Decide which major division will be subdivided.

2. Decide when to implement a central division.