GENERAL POLICIES

Registration & Refunds

REGISTRATION / REFUNDS

Registration will not be accepted without full payment.
Refunds and transfers are subject to a service charge and will not be issued prior to the end of Realignment.
Prior to the beginning of Realignment, an Individual may join an existing team. A refund will not be issued until a completed Transfer Request form is submitted to the Administrator. The BVL will retain a $10 service charge to cover administrative costs.
If a person withdraws from a Team entry, the BVL is not obliged to refund any portion of the Team entry fee.

COMMUNICATIONS

Each Individual team (hereafter referred to as 'Indy Teams') will be required to designate a Captain and Alternate Captain.
- Each team must provide the name, phone number (home & work), of a designated Captain.
- The BVL Administrator will contact the Captain via email or telephone to convey important or time-sensitive information. It is the responsibility of the Captain or designated co-captain to convey all information to the members of their team.
- A representative of each team will be required to attend the Captains meetings.

ELIGIBILITY

Participants must accept the referees' decisions with sportsmanlike conduct, without disputing them. In case of doubt, clarification may be requested only through the game captain. Participants must refrain from actions or attitudes aimed at influencing the decisions of the referees or covering up faults committed by their team. Participants must behave respectfully and courteously in the spirit of fair play, not only towards the referees, but also towards other officials, the opponents, team-mates and spectators. Communication between team members during the match is permitted.

A member may be listed on the roster on only one team per division. Only players confirmed on the team roster are eligible to play. A player cannot be on more than one roster in a single Division.
All players will be required to sign the BVL waiver form which must be submitted before the start of the regular season.
For a player to leave one team and join another, requires the completion of a "Player Transfer Form" and payment of the $10 transfer fee. Once the transfer is approved, the BVL will contact the Captains of the affected teams.
Prior to the playoffs, each Head Referee/On-Site Coordinator will be provided with a copy of the Rosters. Disputes concerning eligibility must be directed to the Head Referee/On-Site Coordinator in any given facility. If the Head Referee/On- Site Coordinator can confirm the identity of the disputed individual, the person may be permitted to play. The game may be played under protest. If the Board determines that the player is ineligible, the games in which they played, will be forfeit.
Refusal to comply with a request from a representative of the BVL may result in sanctions which affect the entire team.
Failure to comply with a BVL rule may result in the interruption of a game. If the transgressor continues to defy the instructions of an authorized BVL representative (i.e. a referee, a convenor, an instructor, the Administrator, or a Director), their team may be assigned a default. If the objectionable conduct persists, the individual, or the team, may be subject to additional penalties.
A Disciplinary Committee will consist of at least three Directors from the BVL Executive, none of whom can be a party to the incident. The Disciplinary Committee will be formed, investigate the incident, and respond within 7 days from the date of the incident. All involved parties will be advised of the Committee's findings and of any disciplinary measures that result.
A Team Captain may protest any game when they feel their opponent or referee is in violation of a BVL rule. Any BVL member not participating in the game in question may also protest the game if they feel the teams or referees are in violation of a BVL rule. A referee's ball handling calls are not grounds for protesting a game.
A team may lose a protest for being unsportsmanlike, even when they are in the right.
Any team that defaults games on an entire evening during the season will receive a written warning from the League Executive. A second evening of defaults will lead to another written warning and a fine from the League Executive. A third evening of defaults will result in another fine. Any subsequent evening of defaults may result in ejection from the BVL for the remainder of the season. NO REFUND WILL BE ISSUED! The BVL reserves the right to deny the team (or its members) entry in subsequent seasons. Teams comprised of Individual Entries may be given special consideration.

Performance Bonds will be NO LONGER be collected as part of registration. Instead, teams which are in violation of certain BVL Policies will be fined under the following system. It is the responsibility of the captain to ensure that his/ her team is aware of these policies

Defaults: Any team that defaults games on two (full) evenings during the season will receive a warning from the League Executive and will be fined.
- 1st evening of Defaults: Warning from the Executive Board Members
- 2nd evening of Defaults: $50.00
- 3rd evening of Defaults: Additional $50.00
- 4th evening of Defaults: Possible ejection from the BVL without refund.
Organizational Meetings: This refers to Captain's Meetings, Annual General Meetings (AGM) and any additional meetings deemed necessary for the continuation of the BVL. Each team must have a minimum one representative at the designated meetings.
- Failure to have proper representation: $50.00

GENERAL

To ensure the safety of all concerned, the Board reserves the right to deny an individual the opportunity to participate in a BVL event. The reason for such an action must be explained to the Directors and to the offending party. This may, or may not, relate to the physical state of an individual.
Prior to further participation, any player who discovers that she is pregnant must submit a Doctor's note to the League Executive. The note must confirm that the risks of personal injury to the mother and/or fetus associated with physical activities involved in volleyball play have been discussed and the participant has agreed to accept all responsibility for such risks in order to continue playing.
All commitments and/or information (spoken or written), pertaining to the BVL or the BRAMPTON VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE, must be pre-approved by the BVL Board of Directors.
Realignment is the process of ranking teams. Teams will play a series of short games to determine the level where they will begin the Regular Season. New teams and teams made up of individual entries, are slotted into positions in the existing ladder. Realignment enables teams to move up, and down the ladder each week.
Transgender girls/women and transgender boys/men in developmental and recreational sport will be able to participate in either their sex assigned at birth or the gender category in which they identify. Any transgender girl/woman or transgender boy/man who needs to invoke this Policy must only communicate this to us by emailing info@bramptonvolleyball.com to give advance notice for the Referees and Onsites.