Finals Elegibilities
1st GRADE
To be eligible to compete in a particular club‟s 1st grade for the Finals, a player:
[a] must have started or pitched in a total of 10 games for that club during the regular season, in any grade; (refer Rule 7).
[b] The top 9 players for the club, ranked by
(1) The % number of 1st grade games a particular player has started in or pitched in during the regular season out of the total number of games that player has started in or pitched in during the regular season for the Club are eligible only for 1st grade final series.
(2) Where some of the top 9 players for the club can-not be determined because they share the same %, the Club will nominate which of those players comes within the top 9, and are therefore eligible only for the 1st grade final series.
[c] The 1st grade fresh starter Rule in Rule 7 [d] (2) shall apply in the 1st grade final series games, but only to game 2. It will not apply to games 1 or 3.
2nd GRADE
To be eligible to compete in a particular club‟s 2nd grade for the Finals, a player:
[a] must have started or pitched in a total of 5 games for that club during the regular season in 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade or Womens.
[b] After the top 9 players for the club have been determined according to paragraph [b] of the 1st grade, above, the next top 9 players for the Club, ranked
(1) According to points for games started or games pitched in for the club during the regular season (1st grade 5 points, 2nd grade 3 points, 3rd grade, 4th grade and 5th grade 1 point and 1st grade DH 1 point) are eligible only for 2nd grade final series.
3rd GRADE
To be eligible to compete in a particular club‟s 3rd grade for the Finals, a player:
[a] must have started or pitched in a total of 5 games for that club during the regular season in 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade or Womens competition, or the junior competition.
[b] After the top 18 players for the club have been determined according to paragraph [b] of the 2nd grade competition above, then the next top 9 players for the Club will be ranked 19-27 and will not be eligible to compete in the 4th grade or 5th grade finals.
4th GRADE
To be eligible to compete in a particular club‟s 4th grade for the Finals, a player:
[a] must have started or pitched in 5 games for that club during the regular season in 4th grade, 5th grade, the Women‟s competition, or the junior competition.
[b] where a players has played in two different teams within the 4th grade competition, they will be locked into the team where they have played the majority games.
[c] Where a player has accrued an equal number of eligibility points in more than one 4th grade team, the player‟s club will nominate into which of the 4th grade teams the player will be locked in to for the finals.
5th GRADE
To be eligible to compete in a particular club‟s 5th grade for the Finals, a player:
[a] must have started or pitched in 5 games for that club during the regular season in 5th grade, the Women‟s competition, or the junior competition.
[b] where a players has played in two different teams within the 5th grade competition, they will be locked into the team where they have played the majority games.
[c] Where a player has accrued an equal number of eligibility points in more than one 5th grade team, the player‟s club will nominate into which of the 5th grade teams the player will be locked in to for the finals.
Women’s Competition
To be eligible to compete in a particular club‟s Women‟s team for the Finals, a player:
[a] must have started or pitched in a total of 5 games for that club during the regular season in its Women‟s team/s or the junior competition.
[b] where a players has played in two different teams in the Women‟ competition, they will be locked into the team where they have played the majority games.
[c] where a player has accrued an equal number of eligibility points in more than one Women‟s team, the player‟s club will nominate into which of the teams the player will be locked for the finals.
NOTES:
(1) A player qualified in a particular grade may play in a higher grade provided he meets the eligibility requirements for that grade. However, if that higher grade loses whilst that player is a fresh starting player and is subsequently eliminated from the finals, that player cannot return to the lower grade.
(2) A player used as a DH is considered a starter, but not counted as a fresh player. Thus, a player used as a DH during the final series is considered a starter in the particular side in which the player is used as a DH, such that if the player is used as a DH in a higher grade, and that higher grade is eliminated from the finals, Note 1 would preclude the player from returning to the lower grade in which the player might have been qualified for the following finals game.
(3) There are normally no concessions for any players who have not played the minimum number of games to qualify in any grade unless they fall into the category of the disability/ illness clause (see Rule 15 [d]) and players representing the ACT. Any requests for dispensation must be cleared by the Board no later than one calendar month prior to the commencement of the final series.
[i] If a club has been informed of an ineligible player and subsequently plays that player knowing they are in contravention of the Rules, that club will be fined $100.00 and forfeit that game. Until the fine is paid no other of their teams will be allowed to play in the final series and the club will be deemed un-financial to the ACTBA.
(6) Players representing the ACT at any tournaments ie for Australia, ABL, Claxton Shield, Provincial, National and Masters coinciding with regular season scheduled games will be granted game credits forthe duration of the tournament. The player will receive game credits for the Grade in which he/she last played prior to the tournament.
(7) Individual agreements between competing clubs that are contrary to these Rules are invalid.
