Rec rules

[Mark Padgett]

Just got info about a kids fall rec league at a facility near here. The league is for boys and girls grade 4 - HS. It has some really good rules I thought I'd share and get comments on.

Two 22 minute running halves with stop clock only in the last 2 minutes of the second half if the point spread is 10 or less.

Halftime is 3 minutes.

Each team gets two 30s per half (they don't carry over) - no fulls.

Mercy rule (no backcourt) if spread is 25 or more. One warning then T.

No foul out rule - if a team is down to 5 players, each foul over 5 on a player is an "administrative" T plus the foul. Shoot the T first, then the foul.

Unsportmanlike (non-administrative) technicals are two points, two shots and the ball.

If a player is ejected, they must have a meeting with the Event Director to be reinstated.

I like these so much, I'm going to discuss them with our local rec league Board to see if we can adopt them for our league. We have some of them already.

What do you guys think - especially about the extra penalty for unsportsmanlike technicals?