PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB 7833 Walker Dr. Suite 430 Greenbelt, MD 20770 Fax: (301) 446-6801 / TTY: (301) 699-2544 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Byron Thompson Countywide Sports Coordinator 301-446-6818 Byron.Thompson@pgparks.com Lawrence Sedgwick Executive Director 301-446-6800 Executive.Director@pgcbgc.co m Annie Willis Administrative Support (301) 446-6839 Annie.Willis @pgparks.com 2022 P.G.C.B.G.C. BASKETBALL RULES (BOYS AND GIRLS) FOR RULES AND INFORMATION GOVERNING MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS, DUES, ID CARDS, QUESTIONNAIRES, FORFEITS, GAME OFFICIALS, AWARDS, BILLING, TIED LEAGUES, FINES, ROSTERS, ELIGIBILITY, PROTESTS, POSTPONEMENTS, PLAY-OFFS AND GAME POINTS REFER TO PGCBGC GROUND RULES (Rev. 10/18). IMPORTANT NOTES: I. All Coaches, Including Assistants must now complete a mandatory PGCBGC Background Screening Check, Abuse Prevention Training Certification (APT), Basketball ASEP course and PGCBGC Code of Conduct form prior to start of the season. Uncertified coaches will not be allowed to coach any sanctioned county games. Team Parents completing PGCBGC Background Screening checks and Abuse Prevention Training Certification will be given a sanctioned I.D. badge to be worn and displayed during all competitions. Please visit www.pgcbgc.com/coachescorner for more details. MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION DUES : The following fees are in place for the basketball season: 1. Registration fee - $30 per player for PGCBGC member organizations & $40 per player for independent organizations 2. Franchise fee - $100 per team charge for any independent organization that does not have a home gym to host league games II. LEAGUES: Boys 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 18 & Under Girls 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16 & Under III. CLASSIFICATIOINS: There will be two (2) league classifications for participation in the PGCBGC basketball program. The leagues will be (AAA) and (AA). The (AAA) league will be considered “Competitive” and the (AA) League will be considered “Developmental”. Unit clubs shall submit their team league designation requests on the Sport Questionnaires. For competitive balance and the structural integrity of the league, there will be a fair representation of AAA and AA teams in all age groups. Unit club requests for team designations will be reviewed and scheduled accordingly by the PGCBGC Sports Office/Sports Specialists. IV. LEAGUE AGE ELIGIBILITY: Age groups are based on the age the player becomes on January 1, 2022. V. LEAGUE OPENING: All leagues will open the week of January 15, 2022. [1] VI. ELIGIBILITY: Refer to PGCBGC Ground Rules (Rev. 11/24) and the following: 1. Each player must have either a valid Maryland MVA ID card, and/or any sanctioned government issued ID card that includes a photo and DOB (i.e. US Passport, Military Dependent ID card), or a PGCBGC laminated ID card. Should the eligibility of a player(s) be in doubt after the exchange of ID Cards, a coach can demand the player(s) sign his score-book, for further verification in the Boys/Girls Club Office. If the eligibility is in question while a game is in progress, the protesting team must use a time-out in order for the player(s) to sign the scorebook. 2. INELIGIBLE PLAYERS AND PENALTY FOR USE OF INELIGIBLE PLAYERS: Ineligible players, whether protested or not, will result in forfeiture of all games in which the ineligible player participated. However, if both teams use ineligible players, a double forfeiture will result. The player(s) and Head Coach may be suspended for the current season, at the discretion of the Executive Director. VII. GAME PROCEDURE AND RULES: PLEASE MAKE THE REFEREE AWARE OF THESE PLAYING RULES PRIOR TO EACH GAME. (A copy of these rules should be kept at the scorer’s table.) 1. Length of Games - Running clock - the clock stops on jump balls, SHOOTING FOULS and time outs. SUBSTITUTIONS can be made during all dead ball situations provided your player is present/kneeling at the scorer’s table. The clock will stop on all whistles in the last two minutes of the 2nd half only. 8, 9, 10, 11, & Under 12, 13, 14, 15 & Under 16, 17, 18 & Under - 15 Minute Halves 16 Minute Halves 16 Minute Halves The halftime intermission will be five (5) minutes in length. 2. Each team has three (3) full and two (2) 30-second time outs per game. One (1) additional full timeout will be granted for each additional extra/overtime period. 3. Overtime: Each extra/ove