League
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yet," Briot says.
Although there are two
women's divisions — an A and
a B league — Briot says, "there
isn’t much difference between
the two."
The Flakensteins have only
nine players on the roster —
seven below the league limit.
Briot designed it that way to
allow each woman more
playing time.
The Flakensteins did not play
in the regional or state
tournament for city-league
teams last season, but they
beat the state tournament
champ during the regular
season, Briot says.
Professional players may
play in summer leagues only.
Also, university or junior
college team players can play
only in the summer leagues.
And those players who were
cut, quit or red-shirted may play
only in the AAU or A leagues
during the winter season.
To qualify for competition in
the over-30 league this season,
a player must have reached 30
years of age by Jan. 1, 1981.
Teams may apply to play in
any league, but the athletics
supervisor has the final word in
the placement.
And if teams are needed to
fill a league, the top finishers in
the league immediately below it
may move up into that bracket
of competition.
For a team to qualify as a
Eugene team, it may not
include more than three players
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who live outside the city. Any
team with four or more players
who reside outside the city is
classified as a Non-Eugene
team.
A College team is any team
which has more than three
college students on its roster
who are under 25 years old.
College teams are restricted to
the AAU or A leagues.
A team's classification may
determine whether it can enter
the league or not. Many teams
are turned away each year
because the league fills to
capacity, Hessel says.
All Eugene teams, returning
or new, have an equal
opportunity to enter the league.
If there are more teams than
openings, a drawing is held to
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determine which teams will be
able to enter.
Returning teams are given
registration priority, as long as
it is a Eugene team with more
than half of its players returning
from the previous year. If fewer
than half the players return, it
would be treated as a new
Eugene team.
EPRD games have four
13-minute quarters, with a
one-minute rest between
quarters. There is a five-minute
half-time break.
Teams have five 30-second
timeouts.
If the score is tied at the end
of regulation playing time, there
is a five-minute overtime. If the
game is still tied after the
five-minute overtime period, a
second overtime is played and
the team that scores the first
basket wins.
If the official thinks the game
is “no longer competitive," he
can stop play.
Also, a team forfeits if it
accumulates three technicals.
At the end of the regular
season, if two teams in the
same league finish With
identical records, whichever
team beat the other in league
play will finish higher in the
standings. If more than two
teams are tied, the standings
are determined by the
point-spread in the games
between those teams.
The EPRD basketball code of
conduct makes the league a
very safe place to watch, play
and officiate basketball.
A player can’t "shove, push,
threaten or lay a hand upon an
official because of a decision
made by the official during the
game.”
The penalty for striking an
official — whatever the reason
— is explusion from the league.
The code also states, "No
player shall physically attack,
make threatening gestures
toward, or strike an official,
player or spectator.” A similarly
worded rule covers the use of
abusive and vulgar language.
Anyone interested in playing
city-league basketball this
season should contact EPRD
Athletics Supervisor Mary Kay
Hessel at 687-5360.
Story by Gabriel Boehmer
Photos by Dennis Tachibana
Low Riders
Continued from Page 3B
ketball and the brand Oregon's
men’s team plays. Passing,
scoring and foul rules remain
unchanged. Wheelchair ball al
lows five seconds in the key and
there's no penalty for double
dribble.
"Some people are pushing
for a constant dribble rule,"
Faller says.
"Otherwise, it's college rules
all the way."
There is one other difference
that helps keep wheelchair
teams competitve with each
other, says Crandall. “A team
can only have 12 points on the
floor.”
The points refer to the level of
disability each player has.
Those with no trunk balance are
"one," those with some trunk
imbalance and lower trunk im
pairment, "two," and amputees
and those with total trunk
balance, “three."
“There can be no more than
three threes on the floor —
max," Crandall says. "And you
have to field five starters. This
just makes it (wheelchair bas
ketball) more open to the var
ious handicaps.
“The preamble to the wheel
chair sports rule book states
that wheelchair sports exist to
provide an opportunity to play
sports — for everyone,” Cran
dall says.
The Low Riders are just one
extension of the local effort to
provide sports for the han
dicapped, Faller says. “We al
low recreational capabilities for
the entire handicapped popula
tion.
Wheelchair basketball
provides an alternative to the
Easter Seal stereotype, Faller
says. “We learn how to compete
in life by competing in games.
“Every he man in his younger
days, including myself, played
football. Wheelchair basketball
provides the same thing —
competition.”
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