WASHINGTON COUNTY ELECTRONIC DART ASSOCIATION

RULES AND REGULATIONS

TEAMS AND PLAYERS:

• ALL PLAYERS  ** MUST **  BE 21 YEARS OF AGE AND PRODUCE ID UPON REQUEST;
• ALL TEAMS NEED FOUR PLAYERS TO BEGIN MATCH;
• ROSTERS NEED TO BE FINAL BY THE START OF WEEK FOUR;
• ON OR AFTER WEEK 4 NO TEAM SHOULD LET A PLAYER BE PUNCH IN, BUT IF THE CAPTAINS AGREE TO LET A PLAYER BE ADDED THE SCORE IS FINAL - NO PROTESTS WILL BE HEARD;
• NO TEAM SHOULD ENTER THEIR TEAM TO START A MATCH WITHOUT THE OTHER TEAM PRESENT.
• THERE IS NO CHANGING OF PLAYERS IN AT ANY POINT IN MATCH – START AND FINISH WITH THE SAME TEAM.
• NO PLAYER CAN PLAY FOR 2 DIFFERENT TEAMS ON THE SAME LEAGUE NIGHT – YOU CAN ONLY SUBFOR ONE TEAM.
• IF YOU ADD A PLAYER AT THE BOARD – ADD FIRST AND LAST NAME OR CALL WITH THE FULL NAME.
• NO TWO PRO LISTED PLAYERS CAN PLAY FOR THE SAME TEAM THE SAME NIGHT. (HFBR)

DARTS:

· SHOOTERS PROVIDE THEIR OWN DARTS OR MAY USE BAR/HOUSE DARTS

· DARTS CAN NOT BE LONGER THAN 8 INCHES OR WEIGH MORE THAN 18 GRAMS

THE BOARD:

• THE BOARD IS ALWAYS RIGHT  ** ALWAYS **
• IF A PLAYER THROWS OUT OF TURN - YOU CAN USE THE GO BACK ON THE BOARD TO CLEAR THE DARTS
• NO DARTS MAY BE MANUALLY SCORED(TAPPING THE DART) - UNLESS THE TWO CAPTAINS AGREE
• ** NO PROTESTS ONCE CAPTAINS AGREE **

LEAGUE NIGHTS AND GAMES

• VARY BY AREA
• ALL 01 GAMES WILL USE THE FREEZE RULE - UNLESS LEAGUE SET UP NOT TO PRIOR

LEAGUE DUES:

• $12.00 PER TEAM PER LEAGUE NIGHT
• ALL LEAGUE DUES ARE RETURNED AT THE END OF THE SEASON - MINUS ANY LEAGUE EXPENSES
• NO DUES ARE PAYED FOR PLAYOFFS
• INDIVIDUAL TEAMS MAY BE AFFECTED BY FORFEITS AND/OR MONIES OWED

DIVISIONS:

• DIVISIONS MAY/WILL BE ESTABLISHED AS NEEDED
• THE LEAGUE HAS THE RIGHT TO ADJUST TEAMS INTO DIVISIONS AS JUSTIFIED BY STATS/PLAYER OR TEAMS
• HISTORY
• THE LEAGUE WILL DO ITS BEST TO BALANCE DIVISIONS

FORFEITS:

• IF A TEAM FORFEITS IN WEEK 1 OR MULTIPLE TIMES, THE LEAGUE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REMOVE THE TEAM FROM THE LEAGUE 
•  IN THIS SITUATION: ALL MONIES PAYED IN DUES OR OWED IN WINS WILL BE FORFEITED!!

· START TIMES VARY BY AREA 

• ** 15 MINUTE GRACE PERIOD MUST BE GIVEN TO ALL TEAMS
• AFTER THE GRACE PERIOD, **YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT!
• THE TEAM THAT IS PRESENT**MUST ENTER DUES AND FORFEIT FOR IT TO BE COUNTED.
• Burgettstown area....forfeiting team gets 13 loses and team that showed gets 8 wins.
• Washington/Canonsburg area....forfeiting team gets 15 loses and team that shows gets 10 wins
• Teams that forfeits is fined 12.00 (equal to dues owed)
• Any team that forfeits in the last 2 weeks of season....forfeits all win monies for the season this is to stop forfeits from affecting playoffs positioning .....

 *****  PLEASE CALL IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE LATE OR RESCHEDULE THE MATCH  ****

PLAYOFFS AND AWARDS:

• Player must play in 2 regular season matches in Washington/Canonsburg Area to play in playoffs.
• Player must play in 4 regular season matches in Burgettstown Area to play in playoffs.
• NO REGULAR PLAYER THAT IS PRESENT AT THE PLAYOFF MATCH – CAN SIT OUT AND LET A SUB PLAY.  ** YOU ARE A REGULAR PLAYER(NOT A SUB) – PLAY!
• PLAYOFF SEED IS DETERMINED BY REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS ( 1 VS 4 AND 2 VS 3) IN EACH DIVISION
• DURING THE PLAYOFFS HANDICAPP WILL BE TURNED OFF FOR THE WASHINGTON/CANONSBURG AREA
• WINNERS OF 1ST ROUND PLAY FOR GRANDCHAMPION AND 2ND
• LOSERS OF 1ST ROUND PLAY FOR 3RD AND 4TH
• TROPHIES WILL BE GIVEN BASED ON PLAYOFF RESULTS
• HIGHER SEED IS ALWAYS HOME TEAM  ** EXCEPT WHEN BOARDS ARE FULL AT HOME LOCATION DUE TO HIGHER DIVISION
• MVP’S:  MUST PLAY IN 75% OF GAMES TO QUALIFY – BASED ON REGUALR SEASON STATS.  50% FOR WASHINGTON/CANONSBURGH AREA.

Will be based on wins for 01 nights

Will be based on a combination of wins and assists on cricket nights

Will be based on combination of wins and assists for cricket plus wins in 01 for combo nights

• WIN/LOST RECORD TIES WILL BE DECIDED BY HEAD TO HEAD TOTAL RECORD DURING REGULAR SEASON: (2 OPTIONS FOR TIEBREAKER)
• IF DID NOT PLAY OR STILL TIED TIEBREAKER WILL BE TEAM AVERAGE IN MPD/MPR ETC… THE FOUR PLAYERS FROM EACH TEAM WITH THE MOST GAMES PLAYED WILL BE ADDED TOGETHER AND DIVIDED BY FOUR TO GET TEAM AVERAGE
• IF PLAYERS TIED WITH GAMES PLAYED, THE REGULAR PLAYER'S AVERAGE WILL BE USED(NOT A SUB)
• IF TWO SUB ARE BEING USED AND THEY ARE TIED FOR GAMES PLAYED, THEN PLAYER WITH BETTER AVERAGE WILL BE USED. 
• OR  THE 2 TIED TEAMS CAN PLAY HEAD TO HEAD TIE BREAKER GAME
• IT MUST BE PLAYED AS NOT TO CONFLICT WITH THE START OF THE PLAYOFFS.
• FULL MATCH SET UP 15 GAMES FIRST TEAM TO 8.
• TEAMS MUST AGREE WHERE TO PLAY TIE BREAKER WITHOUT CONFLICT OR LEAGUE WILL USE AVERAGE TIE BREAKER RULES

SPORTSMANSHIP:

• HAVE FUN - THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT
• ALWAYS SHOW RESPECT FOR OTHER PLAYERS, OWNERS, BARTENDERS, AND OTHER CUSTOMERS
• NO ABUSIVE LANGUAGE, FIGHTING, OR HARASSMENT WILL BE TOLERATED
• IF YOU ARE BANNED FROM A LOCATION - YOU ARE BANNED
• THE LEAGUE DOES NOT GET INVOLVED IN OWNER / CUSTOMER RELATIONS
• WE RUN THE LEAGUE NOT THE BAR
• NO PRACTICING ON OTHER MACHINES WHILE LEAGUE IS BEING PLAYED
• ALWAYS LET THE CAPTAINS RESOLVE ANY ISSUES, IF NO SETTLEMENT CAN BE REACHED.

• FOLLOW THE RULES EXACTLY. IF NO SOLUTION CAN BE REACH - CALL THE LEAGUE COORDINATOR
• THE COORDINATOR’S DECISION IS FINAL!!

DO  NOT  ABUSE  THE DART  MACHINES

THE MACHINES ARE EXPENSIVE COMPUTER OPERATED MACHINES, IF ANY MACHINES ARE DAMAGED, THE PERSON WHO DID THE DAMAGE WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PARTS/REPAIR COSTS.

****   CLOSING STATEMENTS   ****

• ONCE THE MATCH IS PLAYED - IT IS FINAL - WORK OUT PROBLEMS BEFORE MATCH STARTS
• IF A TEAM NEEDS TO RESCHEDULE - IT MUST BE OK'D BY BOTH TEAMS AND LEAGUE OFFICE NOTIFIED
• IF A TEAM IS WILLING TO WAIT LONGER THAN GRACE PERIOD FOR A TEAM TO SHOW - FEEL FREE
• IT IS ALL ABOUT PLAYING THE LEAGUE MATCHES

THE LEAGUE IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND WE WILL DEAL WITH EACH NEW SITUATION AS THEY HAPPEN  -  SOMETIMES EXCEPTIONS NEED TO BE MADE!

THE W.C.E.D.A. IS YOUR DART LEAGUE    BUT   THE W.C.E.D.A. RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE OR   ALTER RULES DURING OR AFTER ANY SEASON. ALL CHANGES WILL BE DISCUSSED AT CAPTAIN MEETINGS, BUT WE WILL MAKE THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEST FOR THE LEAGUE.