- Every player who participates in the Clarkston Draft League (C.D.L) will need to register through the website, during Registration periods, to participate in the draft league. DURING REGISTRATION, YOU MUST READ AND ACCEPT THE PLAYER CODE OF CONDUCT and LEAGUE RULES.
The Code applies to participants before, during and after all league games.
Players will be respectful to other players, officials, and patrons of the park and facility.
Violence and unsportsmanlike conduct will not be tolerated, the C.D.L board/ Independence Township Parks and Rec has the power to impose penalties.
CONDITIONS
- The Code of Conduct applies to all participants including players, coaches, managers, and sponsors, involved in any C.D.L games or events.
- The Code will be strictly enforced.
- The Code applies to participant conduct before, during and after all league games.
- Participants will be held liable for damages caused by willful, destructive conduct.
- It is the responsibility of each team manager to ensure that all participants know and adhere to the rules and regulations of the league, including the Code of Conduct.
ENFORCEMENT
- The League Board has the power to impose penalties as prescribed within the Code.
- The League Board will collect all necessary documentation. In cases where penalties are specific, the League Board will impose said penalty. In cases where the penalty may be imposed in degrees, the League Board will meet within ten days to rule on the violation and impose the penalty.
- Within five business days, penalized participants may appeal in writing any decision made by the League Coordinator, to an Independence Township Parks and Rec Department Representative.
- Appeal decisions made by the Independence Township Parks and Rec are final.
VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES
STRIKING OR THREATENING AN OFFICIAL OR PARTICIPANT – No participant shall bump, shove, strike, touch in a threatening manner or threaten with bodily harm; any official, participant or township staff.
The official is required to immediately suspend said participant from further play and notify a C.D.L Board Member. Said participant will remain suspended until he/she is reinstated by the NODL Board.
The minimum penalty is a 30-day suspension. The maximum penalty is suspension from all C.D.L for life. A second incident involving the same participant will automatically invoke a minimum penalty of suspension for five calendar years.
UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT – Any verbal abuse directed at an official or participant, or any other objectionable behavior, including demonstrations of disagreement with an official’s decision, shall be defined as unsportsmanlike conduct. Unsportsmanlike conduct will be punishable by immediate ejection from the game and suspension for the next two scheduled and contested league games. The official is required to immediately notify the League Administrator. A subsequent ejection of the same participant shall result in said participant’s suspension from all Independence Parks and Recreation sponsored leagues for one calendar year.
DISCUSSION OF AN OFFICIAL’S DECISION – No participant other than the team manager or the designated team captain shall discuss, in any manner, an official’s decision. Offenders will be warned by the official. Continued discussion shall be judged as unsportsmanlike conduct, and the offender will be subject to the penalties described as such.
UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS – Intentional rough tactics in the play of the game directed toward another participant shall be defined as unnecessary roughness. Unnecessary roughness shall be judged to be unsportsmanlike conduct and will be subject to the penalties described as such.
EJECTION: FAILURE TO LEAVE – Any participant ejected from a game by an official must immediately leave the facility or field area; out of sight and sound. Failure to do so will carry a penalty of forfeiture of the game for said participant’s team and said participant will be suspended from the Clarkston Draft League for one calendar year.
EJECTION – A player that is ejected due to unsportsmanlike conduct is not allowed to participate in their team's next scheduled game. A player who is ejected three times for unsportsmanlike conduct in one season will be suspended for the remainder of the current season (and possibly all, or a portion of any following season entirely under the discretion of the C.D.L Board). Offending players will cause their team to forfeit the game in which said player appeared.
CLARKSTON DRAFT LEAGUE
LEAGUE RULES
1st & 2nd seed receive byes. The first 4 games will be played Wednesday. The Championship will be played Thursday at & 7pm
- Run differential for record tiebreaker
- 1 seed chooses first round matchups and their respective fields, and home/away assignments per 1st round game. 1 seed, and remaining higher seed, post round 1 also maintain “Home” designation. Matchups to be submitted by the Sunday before playoffs.
- Following matchups will return to standard seeding, with the remaining highest seed determining field of choice.
- Coaches must be part of the coaches chat group for the entire season.
- Individual player fee is $145. Ump fees, Jersey, and Ball costs ARE included. Please operate on a “If the ball CAN be brought back, return it” Policy
- There will be one (1) Umpire for each early game. (2) Umpires will be together on Field 1 for all regular season late games.
- 9 week regular season. If a player misses 4 scheduled (non makeup) games. Said player will be disqualified from playoff participation, and is ineligible to be replaced, no exceptions. That player is free to participate in all remaining regular season games. In the event of a season-ending injury, reach out to your coach or any board member
- Games will be played Wednesdays at Clintonwood Park. Any and all make-up games resulting in the league start date being pushed back, or weather. Will be made-up on subsequent Thursdays. (Late Aug. - Late Oct.)
IN-GAME RULES
- C.D.L is mat ball rules. Unless the umpire calls the pitch illegal or flat, if the ball hits the mat, it is a strike.
- Teams will play a single 9 inning game each week. 7 pm & 8:45 pm starts
- NO mercies.
- All players on the game day roster must be in the lineup and bat. Players may switch and rotate defensive positions including DH during the game(s).
- Teams will have 7 +1 Home Runs per Game. Any home run hit beyond the +1 will result in an Out.
- Game Time is 90 minutes PLUS ONE inning. At the conclusion of 80 minutes, there will be 1 more inning played. Example 1: 7th inning has just started, 2 batters in and No outs, timer goes off; the 8th inning will be played and will be the final inning. Example 2: The 7th inning has just concluded, the field is changing over, timer goes off; the 8th inning will be played and will be the final inning.
- A courtesy runner may be used. The runner must not be coming up to bat, and if they are on base when they are up, that at-bat will be an OUT. The same courtesy runner may run a second time in the same inning, for the same batter.ase when
- If a game ends in a tie, we will go to OVERTIME
- International Rules*.
- Lineups from that game reset (No order altercations allowed).
- If a team is caught altering their OT lineup, it will result in automatic loss
- Coach Selects a runner to start on second (Coaches Discretion). If the runner's still on base when he's up to bat, it's an out (no additional runners may be used or swapped for guys on base ).
- 1 total out of the park Home Run allowed per team in OT.
- Any extra HRs hit will be an out.
- Any Player intentionally walked in OT, is an automatic double.
- 3 outs per OT inning (as needed). OT will continue until there's a winner.
SUB & REPLACEMENT RULES
TEAM ELIGIBILITY
- A team must be missing at least 3 or more players to be eligible for a sub/subs.
- The coach must 1st declare the 3 players out in the coaches chat. Once a player is declared out, they are unable to play in the game that week. No exceptions. The out declaration will also serve as a marked absence on the season. Coaches, declare out players responsibly.
- A coach is able to get as many subs as needed to get to 10, no more. However, they are not required to get to 10, if they so choose
- The beginning declaration time for out players, in regards to regular Wednesday night games, and Thursday makeups will begin Tuesday at Noon
- Once a coach has declared their players out in the coaches chat, they will submit sub requests to the C.D.L group page. Any qualifying player can opt in to being a sub. Coaches can also reach out to qualifying players they'd like to sub as well.
- Said coach will declare their qualifying subs in the coaches chat, and on their respective post.
- Once a sub is declared, they are locked into that games roster. Should they fail to attend, the team will be short that respective player. Player (X) will subsequently be disqualified from subbing the remainder of the season.
- If a sub is required for any reason, and is able to withdraw within 1 hour prior to game time (6 or 7:45 pm), they will not be disqualified from future sub requests. The team is not eligible for another sub at that point, and will play with what they have.
- Coaches may not replace, swap, or change a sub once that sub has been declared. Any attempt to do so will result in the team forfeiting that sub spot, and the corresponding out player will no longer be eligible for a replacement sub.
- Coaches may not try and find or request a sub for a player that has not been declared out yet
- The deadline for subs to be requested and chosen/confirmed is 5pm is Wed. Or Thurs. at 5 pm. Gametime rosters will be locked accordingly from that point on
- Subs may be used for regular-season games only. No subs are allowed during the playoffs.
- If a Coach is unable to field an eight-man team including subs, it will be an automatic forfeit. The two teams will split evenly and play a scrimmage on their designated field. The eligible players for that game will still have their stats tracked.
SUB ELIGIBILITY
- Any sub must come from the existing player pool
- Subs must’ve been drafted 1 Rd or later than the declared out player.
- Subs must consecutively (if more than 1 are needed) be replaced at least one round lower than the highest drafted player declared out,
- Ex.) 1st rounder out, sub can be from the 2nd round on. Next out player is a 4th rounder, sub can be from the 5th round on.
- A Sub must not be a player playing in the requested time slot (7 or 8:45 pm).
- Stats will not be tracked or logged for subs.
- 1st rounders are not eligible to be subs.
REPLACEMENT PLAYER
If any player is forced to miss the remainder of the season, his team’s coach will be eligible to request a permanent replacement player to fill said spot for the remainder of the season, including playoffs.
- This player may come from the wait list, or be requested by the coach for review by the board. The board will approve/deny requested player based on how similar in value the skill level of the new player is perceived to be compared to player who’s being replaced.
- This rule cannot be applied after week/game 5.
- Players drafted round 6 and above are mandatory for replacement. Players drafted round 7 and below are optioned at the coaches discretion.
- If a potential replacement player currently plays at “C” Tournament level or above, they are only eligible to replace an equivalent player, regardless of drafted round. No exceptions.
DRAFT RULES
- SLOTTING
The coaches will be slotted. They will have to use their pick from the round they are slotted on themselves. Draft order will be randomly generated.
- POSITION TRADING
Coaches may trade their entire slot to another coach for their entire draft slot (i.e. pick 1 for the duration of the draft for pick 4) up to 2 hours prior to draft.
- DRAFT TRADING
Coaches may propose and accept trade(s) which include an individual player or multiple players. Up to 24 hours following the conclusion of the draft. After that time, trading for the entirety of the season will be closed. All trades must have an equal number of players received by each side to ensure all coaches begin the season with 12 rostered players. Each coach will be allowed to complete up to 3 trades during this window. Trades will be considered complete when a board member is notified of said deal, however, all trades are subject to board approval. The Board has the right to revoke trades that fall outside of good faith and seem to be collusion or lopsided.
- FATHER/SON BUNDLE CLAUSE
- If Father/Son are both registered, they will be allowed to bundle themselves in the draft, per board approval, one time only.
- Whichever player is the higher pick, the lower draft position will be slotted per board vote. Once the higher player is drafted, that lower slotted position is automatically filled for that coach.
- If the father or son of this combo is a Coach, both players will be slotted accordingly by the board, pre-draft.
- If the coach drafts a bundle and they share the same seed as the lower slotted player, the coach will then be “re-slotted” to the preceding higher round.
- After the 1-year bundle has been used, the bundle may not be repeated.
- If the father has more than 1 son, each different son is a new bundle.
- This rule does not extend beyond Father/Son. Father, Stepfather and Father In-Law are all acceptable.
- Board approval will be weighed by variables including but not limited to separation of skill level, player skill comparable to league roster, individual relationship to C.D.L (are both new to the league and/or unknown/un-referred members), previous drafted teammates in the league, and more. If the players do not agree with the board’s slotting of player(s), they may retract their bundle from consideration and take their chances in the draft.
- There are no regulations in place for a coach to draft any family member of their choosing, organically, during the draft process.
- There are no regulations between coaches' “gentlemen agreements” regarding drafting family member players, including no regulation if a different coach breaks that agreement.
- To be considered for your bundle, you must Register on the website here, Father/Son Bundle.
