SAMNA Mixed By-laws - CommunityWebs

8.6 Non-attendance at a tribunal hearing by the reported person without prior notification
shall be interpreted as an admission of guilt.
8.7 Umpires during the course of a game can issue warnings to players, depending on the
severity of the complaint a formal warning can be listed on the official scorecard. Any
player receiving three carded warnings in a season will be automatically suspended for
one match. Each subsequent warning during that season will incur one match suspension.
8.8 Any player, who is sent off court during a match, will receive an automatic one-week
suspension.
Please Note: This is a social competition and the SAMNA Board will not tolerate any unduly
rough play, swearing, disputing umpiring decisions or any abuse directed towards opposing
players, umpires or officials.
9. Illegal Players
9.1 The penalty for playing illegal players is automatic forfeiture of the match or matches in
which the offence occurred.
9.2 Illegal players will be defined as follows:-
Failing to pay SAMNA player registration fee (payable on a players third game)
Non-observance of transfer regulations
Playing in more than one game within the same program session
Non-observance of qualification criteria for finals matches
Playing whilst under suspension by SAMNA
Playing under an assumed name
9.3 A player knowingly playing under an assumed name, or a coach playing as player under
an assumed name, will be reported for misconduct.
10. Team and Player Nomination / Registration:
10.1 Each team must have paid their team nomination by the third round of the competition.
Any team, whose nomination is not paid by this time, will be removed from the
competition.
10.2 Every player must be registered to SAMNA by their third game; teams using unregistered
players will forfeit the current game and any other games breached
10.3 All teams may use fill in players for two games without having to register the player,
during minor round games. However if the same player is used again they must pay their
registration fee to SAMNA.