All teams must submit rosters and completed waiver/concussion forms two weeks before their first play date or absolutely no later than the deadlines listed in the third bullet below. All teams must submit the following information.
Rosters and Liability Waiver/Concussion forms must be submitted two weeks before the first date your team plays and absolutely no later than the following deadlines for each grade level:
All information submitted for each team or player are kept in the League’s office – not circulated to meet hosts – please do not turn them in to anyone at the host community. If you have questions, please contact Jen Myer, who is handling roster, Liability Waiver/Concussion Agreements, at jen@gnbl.org. Failure to comply with these rules by not returning completed rosters or failing to complete online submission of Liability Waivers/Concussion Agreements could result in the loss of meets this year or exclusion from League play next season. Liability Waivers/Concussion Agreements must be submitted each season for each player and each coach.
Each team will be allowed to carry as many players on its roster as it wants. Teams with more than 12 players on their roster are encouraged to rotate the players they bring to each meet so that there aren't a large number of players on the bench, which will work to decrease the number of mass substitutions and shorten the overall length of games. Conversely, teams are expected to have sufficiently large rosters, or have access to players at a younger grade level who can be moved up when needed, so that one or two injuries or illnesses do not cause them to cancel attendance at a meet. This will not be considered a legitimate, non-weather related excuse within the meaning of Rule A-5.
Girls will not be allowed to play in League meets for boys. Likewise, boys are not allowed to play in League meets for girls.
All players must be from the same school district or same community, except where:
However, no player attending public school, and living and going to school in the same community, can play on two unaffiliated teams during the same season. Some examples: a 7th grader from the territory covered by Eau Claire North High School can play on that team's "Blue" team one week and on its "Red" team another week, and "up" on the 8th grade team another week – these teams are all "affiliated." But that same player cannot play on a different weekend for another Eau Claire team that is not associated with the 7th and 8th grade teams described above.
Also, a middle school basketball coach, who lives in District A, but is paid by District B to teach in their schools and/or coach a middle school basketball team, will be allowed to have his/her son or daughter (as long as his/her son/daughter is the same gender and in the same grade as the grade the parent is coaching) play in Saturday League meets, in limited situations, for the team representing District B. For that to be allowed, both of the following conditions must be met:
The rationale for this latter middle school coach exception to the general rule against players from multiple districts playing on the same team, is to allow coaches who are contractually obligated to coach another team of the same age as their son or daughter, the opportunity to spend quality time with their child on weekends.
The objective of this rule as detailed in the various bullets above, is to have League teams that are community-based, and not regional or metropolitan area all-star teams.