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Mission

To promote brotherhood and camaraderie amongst all Filipino basketball fans. This will also help promote physical activity and a fun, yet competitive spirit that aims to help people achieve good health and an acceptable work-life balance.

Committee Members

• Commissioner: Coach Jeffrey Perlas
• Deputy Commissioner: Kiko Sanchez
• Stats / Technical Committee Head: Coach Rommel Vicente N. Gador
• Graphics Artist: Alvin Rapada

• Each team will have a minimum of 10 players and are allowed a maximum of 12 players.
  • A player must play in at least 2 elimination round games to be eligible to play in the playoffs (semis+finals).
• Each team is required to pay a Commitment fee of PHP 2,000 joining fee, which will cover for league Technicals. Remaining balance will be returned after tournament.
  • NO PAY, NO PLAY.

Tournament Format

• Elimination round will be in a single round-robin format, wherein each team will play 3 games within their group.
• Quotient System will be used to break any three-way ties.
  • Formula: Total team score divided by Opponent team score. (QUOTIENT SYSTEM)
  • For two-way ties, or teams with the same quotient, a win-over-the-other rule will be implemented.
• Top 2 teams of each group after the elimination round will advance to the crossover semi-finals.
• Semi-Finals:
  • Group A #1 vs Group B #2
  • Group A #2 vs Group B #1
  • All are knockout games.
• Championship Game is one-game only.

Tournament Rules

• Games will be played using FIBA rules.
  • 10-minute quarters.
  • 24 seconds shot clock.
    • Shot clock reset to 14 seconds after an offensive rebound under 15 seconds.
  • 8 seconds backcourt violation.
  • 5 seconds inbound violation.
  • 5 personal fouls or 2 technical fouls until a player is disqualified.
  • 4 team fouls before a team goes into the "bonus".
    • NO "2 FOULS IN THE LAST 2 MINUTES" RULE TO GET IN THE PENALTY.
  • Players who commit unsportsmanlike fouls will have to sit out 3 minutes of playing time.
• There will be two (2) referees per game (Eliminations).
  • 3 referees during the semi-finals and championship game
• Teams will be given two (2) timeouts in the 1st half and three (3) timeouts in the 2nd half.
  • Only a maximum of 2 timeouts will be carried into the last 2 minutes of regulation.
    • Teams that advance the ball to the frontcourt in the last 2 minutes will have a 14-second shot clock.
  • Teams will each have one (1) timeout during Overtime periods.
  • Team Fouls (including penalty situation) are carried over into all overtime periods.
• Jersey
  • Jersey color assignment (light/dark) MUST BE FOLLOWED.
    • Request for jersey color swap must be approved by the commissioner before the game.
    • Any change in the color assignment must be agreed upon by both teams and communicated to the commissioner before their scheduled game.
  • Any player who does not wear their designated jersey (design and/or color) on game day MAY be prohibited from playing.
    • Commissioner will ask the team captain of the opposing team if they will allow the erring player/s to play.
    • Technical free throws will be awarded depending on the number of players who fail to wear the designated jersey.
  • The commissioner may update jersey color assignments without prior notice.
• Playing time
  • All uniformed players must play at least 5 minutes per game.
  • MANDATORY Platoon substitution at the 5-minute mark of the FIRST QUARTER for ALL TEAMS regardless of number of active players.
  • MANDATORY Platoon substitution at the 5-minute mark of the SECOND QUARTER for ALL TEAMS regardless of number of active players.
    • This is to ensure that all active and uniformed players get to play.
  • A timekeeper will be monitoring the minutes played by each player and will inform the coach if a player has yet to play the required number of minutes.
  • Players must arrive before the second half buzzer starts.
    • Players that arrive while the second half is underway will no longer be allowed to play.
• Defaults
  • There will be a 15-minute grace period from the scheduled start of tipoff to wait for the team/s to field in the first 5 players
  • If after 15 minutes, the team fails to field in 5 players, they will be awarded a loss and a fine of Php 500 (to pay for the hourly court rate and the referee's fee)
    • Defaults will be awarded to a team (with a score of 20-0) in any of the following situations:
      • The opposing team is not able to reach a 5-man lineup 15 minutes after the countdown expires.
      • The opposing team voluntarily withdraws from a game.

Trade Request

• No trades shall be requested and/or honored between teams.

Fines and Suspensions

• Player Technical Fouls – Php 100 per instance.
• Player Ejection – Php 500 plus one-game suspension.
• Coach Technical Fouls – Php 100 per instance.
• Coach Ejection – Php 500 plus one-game suspension.
• Flagrant Foul P1 – Php 500 per instance.
  • Two consecutive Flagrant Foul P1s by the same player will result in an automatic one-game suspension.
• Flagrant Foul P2 – Php 500 plus one-game suspension.
  • Two consecutive Flagrant Foul P2s by the same player will result in an automatic ban from the league.
• Two Flagrant Foul P1 by the same player in a game – Php 1500 plus one-game suspension.

Banning / Disqualification

• Players will be suspended for the remainder of the tournament by committing any of the following:
  • A player who commits four (4) TOTAL Flagrant Foul P1.
• Players will be banned from the league by committing any of the following:
  • A player who commits two (2) consecutive Flagrant Foul P2
    • Clear path fouls will be reviewed and may be disregarded as unsportsmanlike fouls.
  • A player/coach who will be involved in game-fixing.
  • A player/coach who will make physical contact with a referee with malicious intent.
  • Players who refuse to play for their team even after being included in the lineup.
  • Players who refuse to pay the league quota (fees) in FULL (i.e. players will remaining balance).

Prices / Awards

• The following prizes will be awarded throughout the tournament:
  • Championship Trophy and Championship Shirts (for the winning team)
  • Season MVP (trophy+freebies)
  • Mythical 5 (medals+freebies)
  • Finals MVP (trophy+freebies).
• Additional prizes might be awarded, depending on the funds collected/left and/or financial sponsorship.

Media Coverage

• All Stats will be uploaded in our REBEL BATANG CRAME Portal
• Semi-Finals games and the Championship game will ALL be streamed LIVE on our Facebook page and will be uploaded to our YouTube Channel (in HD quality) 6 hours later.