PALLEY ROUNDBALL CLASSIC RULES

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Basketball Rules:

- Don't forget, the court is SMALL and DANGEROUS and YOU ARE PLAYING AT YOUR OWN RISK!  If you sue the owners of the house we will not invite you back next year!

- It will likely be hot so make sure to hydrate.  Beer doesn't count.  To quote Mr. Seth Wellisch, as we sat in the right field bleachers at Yankee Stadium, drinking beer (because the stadium ran out of water in the 3rd inning) when it was about 175 degrees... "it's like borrowing money to pay your mortgage." 

- Standard college basketball rules apply unless noted below or the tournament host says so. Greg Z. is a former college ref so he can decide any disputes.

- Remember WE ARE THERE TO HAVE FUN!  NOT BEAT EACH OTHER UP OR GET HURT.

- Points scored will be 2's and 3's.  No free throws.

- Games are straight up to 21... championship game to at least 25 though.

- This is a double elimination tournament (so championship game could be back to back games).

- Call your own fouls but don't be a punk about it... or you may not be invited back.

- Games will be 3 on 3 and each team can have a sub (or two)

- Teams will be picked by shooting free throws unless one team looks too good (or too bad) in which case arbitrary trades can be made.  (If a group petitions the tournament host to play as a team he may allow it... for example, a bunch of scrubs like McClure, Howe, et al can play together).

- There is no age limit so youngsters can play and old-timers can play... but individuals (or their parents) representing both those groups should make sure they are ready... though we aren't good some of us will play with some fire!

- Jumping off the ledge at pool end of the court and calling time out, in mid-air, while holding the ball is acceptable... but please don't hurt yourself and please don't crash into my pool fence!

- Wall/fence/bench/grass/dirt are out of bounds.

- Trees are in-bounds.

- Lastly, as a reminder again, THIS IS FOR FUN!

Updated 3/31/8