Hey all DUC Indoor players, Over the past few weeks I have been receiving quite a few questions/complaints about players subbing illegally for the Sunday and Tuesday divisions. Here are the current rules for the SUB LIST as stated on the sub list google doc.

To be eligible to sub you must be a member of Durham Ultimate and not already play in the division you are subbing for. Players that are on the roster for a team in a certain division can not be on the sub list for that same division. For indoor leagues you can only sub for one game per day because the games are all part of the same division.

It is my understanding that some players are playing on multiple teams and playing multiple games in a day. This is definitely against the rules. Looking at the sub list it would appear that nearly all players have not read the rules that are at the top of the sheet. Please remove your name from the Sunday list if you already play on a Sunday team. And please also remove yourself from the Tuesday list if you play on a Tuesday team.

The only players that should be on the sub list are players that do not play at all in either the Tuesday or Sunday divisions.

As far as I am concerned any teams that have played players on a Sunday that already play on a Sunday team are in violation of the rules and should have to default the game. However, I have received emails from captains indicating that this is not their wish at the moment but they do want the sub rules to be adhered to from this point forward. The one exception to this rule is that I believe the league sent out an email, or it could have been in the news, saying that for this year, players could possibly play on two teams so long as they are equal paying members of that team. If this is the case then the players should appear on the roster of both teams. This rule could easily be abused without other teams knowing but we hope that the "don't be a jerk and try to win at the cost of spirit" rule would be enough to scare people away from doing this.

Oh and just so everyone knows, there is one team in the Sunday division that currently has the league's permission to play some duplicate players and that team is the Smelly Pirate Huckers. This team was needed to balance out the divisions to 18 teams and so we made an executive decision to allow it. Which is why we also added the rule to allow players to pay to play on two teams. I have also asked Ryan Poloz and Travis Puckrin to help out the individual red team when ever that team is short players.

If teams are going to be really short for a game the captain should try to get players from the sub list (once the illegal players have removed themselves). If the captain is unable to get players from the sub list then the team should default the game and then they can play whoever they wish.

The league executive will be meeting to determine if new sub rules need to be created, so if you have any input as to how to word the rules just let us know and we will add your input to our discussion. No matter how careful we are making rules there are always some people trying to find the loop holes.

The good news is that other than the complaints about subs, the Sunday and Tuesday divisions have been going really well. I have been checking out the scores each week and the divisions seem to be resulting in some very close, competitive games.

Cheers for now!!!

p.s. remember not to eat or feed your children in the domes and don't dress or undress on the sidelines. If you read this far I am really impressed and thank you from the bottom of my heart. Bye.