Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Ground Rules and Guidelines for Sports


ATENEO FIESTA 2014

I.             QUALIFICATION

1.     A participant must be a bona-fide student (officially enrolled for the 2nd semester of school year 2014-2015) or an employee1 of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University.
2.     A student officially enrolled in a particular course must play for the academic organization to which his course belongs. In case he is enrolled in two courses, he must choose only one academic organization to represent.
3.     The Committee on Sports shall provide entry forms for each event an academic organization shall choose to participate in. A clear photocopy of the athlete’s identification card shall be pasted on the forms together with an indication of his status (regular or alternate).The Entry Forms shall be verified for its authenticity and signed by the Department Chair (in case of Business Management and Accountancy Academic Organizations) or the College Dean or High School/Grade School Principal as the case maybe.
4.     Only players officially registered with the Committee on Sports will be allowed to participate in any event.
5.     An athlete’s participation in games shall be in accordance with the organization’s population, to wit:

          POPULATION                        PARTICIPATION
          1 to 300                                  unlimited number of events
          301 to 600                              3 events/per athlete
          601 to 900                              2 events/per athlete
          901 +                                      1 event/per athlete

6.     Any athlete caught playing in more than the allowed events shall be barred from further playing in all his other events; the last event in which he was caught playing shall be declared a forfeited game.
7.     A handicapping rule shall be applied to varsity2 players. This rule shall not apply when the opponent is the High School Unit.

          Basketball                               2 varsity players @ a time
          Football                                   4 varsity players @ a time
          Volleyball                                2 varsity players @ a time
          Individual events                    2 varsity players @ a time
          Dual events                            1 varsity player @ a time
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1For purposes of the Ateneo Fiesta, the term “employee” shall include the security guards and the Ateneo de Zamboanga University Multi-Purpose Cooperative employees currently and directly serving the community.

2The term “varsity” shall include all regular players currently undergoing official training in each sports event under the Office of the  Athletics Sports Coordinator and those who have resigned/dropped from the roster during the preceding semester. To be a regular varsity member, an athlete must be included in the official roster submitted to the Office of the Athletics Spots Coordinator  to represent the institution in any inter-school competitions.

8.     Varsity coaches shall likewise be considered as varsity. Varsity coaches of individual/dual events are not allowed to participate in the event in which they are coaching.

 
Notes:

a.   Deadlines
Submission of checklist:                               November 11, 2014
Submission of Picture Gallery/                     November 17, 2014
     Parental/Medical Certificate
     Solidarity Meeting:                                        November 17, 2014 @
3:00 P.M. Venue TBA
                                                                            
Minor changes in line-up:    Before the start of the   team’s 1st game, and upon approval by the Committee on Sports.

II.           ACADEMIC ORGANIZATION COLORS AND UNIFORMS

1. The colors for each organization shall be as follows:

a.   Accountancy                                                            -
b.   Business Management                                            -       
c.   School of Education                                                       -
d.   College of Nursing                                                          -
e.   College of Science & Information Technology         -
f.     Faculty & Staff                                                        -       
g.   Grade School                                                           -
h.   Graduate School/ College of Law                            -
i.     High School                                                             -
j.     School of Liberal Arts                                                    - 
k.  School of Medicine                                                 -

2.   Players are required to wear their organization uniform in all events.  However, should an organization prefer to have a separate jersey for a particular event, they may do so provided that the jersey is of the same color as the academic organization color.
3.   During the elimination round (except the first game), players may wear their previous organization uniform, provided however, that the color of the previous uniform is the same as this year’s uniform.
4.   Numbers shall be printed at the back of each uniform or jersey in events such as basketball, football, frisbee, futsal, volleyball and softball.
5.   An organization banner (76x106 cm) is mandatory during the Ateneo Fiesta.  A banner raising ceremony shall be a part of the opening program.

III.          TEAM COMPOSITION:

          Badminton (M/W)                                     - 4 players
          Basketball (M/W)                                      - 15 players
          Standard Chess (M/W)                             - 4 players
          Blitz Chess (M/W)                                     - 3 players
          Football (M/W)                                          - 14 players
          Frisbee (Mixed – 10men, 5 women)         - 15 players        
          Judo (M/W & by weight)                            - open
          Sepaktakraw (M)                                       - 6 players
          Softball (M/W)                                           - 15 players
          Table Tennis (M/W)                                   - 5 players
          Taekwondo (M/W & by weight)                 - open
          Tug-of-War (M/W & by weight)                 - open  
          Volleyball (M/W)                                       - 12 players




IV.   GAME RULES

1.   All winners in individual, dual or team sports/events shall be awarded certificate; for the champion, 1st runner-up and 2nd runner-up.
2.   For team sports/events, teams (champion, 1st runner-up and 2nd runner-up) shall be awarded certificate based on the number of players,
3.   For purposes of determining the general champion and the ranking of the competing units, point system shall be based on the modified tally as in the reference below:




3.1  TEAM EVENTS


3.2  INDIVIDUAL/DUAL
EVENTS
CHAMPION


25 pts



15 pts
1ST runner-up


15 pts



10 pts
2nd runner-up


10 pts



7 pts
3rd runner-up


   5 pts



   4 pts
4th runner-up


3 pts



3 pts

4.   Certificate shall be awarded immediately after the conclusion of each sport/event when the winners (champion, 1st and 2nd places) have been officially declared. However, the general championship trophy shall be awarded during the Awards Night.

V. TOURNAMENT FORMAT: The Ateneo Fiesta 2014 shall adopt the double elimination format except in judo, and taekwondo.  Teams shall be seeded based on the results of the previous ADZU Fiesta sports competition. Raffling shall be conducted for judo and taekwondo.

VI. DEFAULTING/FORFEITURE TIME: A team shall default/forfeit its game if it cannot field a starting line-up fifteen (15) minutes after the scheduled time and/or after the last call has been announced.  However, during championship games, schedules can be arranged and re-scheduled subject to the approval of the event Tournament Manager and provided further that the re-scheduling is concurred by both teams.

A fee equivalent to the referees’/game officials’ honorarium per game shall be charged against a team which shall default/forfeit its scheduled game.  The team shall not be allowed to play its next scheduled game unless the default/forfeiture fee has been paid to the ADZU Finance Office and receipt presented to the event Tournament Manager.  

     Should the game be the last game of the team in the round (elimination, semi-finals and/or finals), the notice of payment shall be delivered to the academic organization governor or sports coordinator for the necessary action.  Failure to comply with this provision, the notice of payment shall be re-delivered to the next year’s organization governor or sports coordinator for proper action.   
    
VII. PROTESTS AND COMPLAINTS: Only the Organization President/Governor or the Sports Coordinator or the Team Captain may file protests or complaints before or when the game is on-going. However, protests shall be limited to any violation of the general ground rule and not based on technicality.  No protests shall be entertained after the games.



VIII. UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT: Any player who shall be ejected from any game for unsportsmanlike behavior shall automatically serve a one-(1) game suspension.  However, after a thorough review, the suspension shall not prevent the Committee on Sports from meting a stiffer penalty should the incident warrants.

IX. ALL OTHER RULES not specifically stated in this Ground Rule shall be referred to the rules of the game as specified by each event.


Prepared by:

COMMITTEE ON SPORTS

Ateneo Fiesta 2014

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