Hellenic League Handbook 2015-16

UHL SPORT HELLENIC LEAGUE HANDBOOK 2015-2016

17.9. An appeal by a contract Player against a fine or suspension imposed by his Club under Football Association Rule C1m must be made within seven days to the Competition Secretary. 17.10 If so requested the Board may arbitrate on any disputes, protests, appeals, claims or complaints between two mem- ber Clubs in which event both Clubs shall send a non-returnable fee. Such arbitration shall be final and binding upon the parties to the arbitration.

18. MISCONDUCT OF CLUBS, OFFICERS, PLAYERS (a) Undertakings to be given by Club Employees

All Clubs must incorporate in any contracts of employment with their employees, including Player, an under- taking on the part of the employee not to bring The Competition or any Club into disrepute and an undertak- ing on the part of the employee not knowingly to do anything or omit to do anything which will cause the Club to be in breach of the Laws of the Game, the Rules of The Football Association or the Rules of The Football Conference. Without prejudice to the generality of this rule, all Clubs must ensure they, and where appropriate any Offic- ers of the Club, comply with the obligations of The Football Association’s Owners’ and Directors’ Test. (b) Misconduct in pre-arranging the result of matches. Any Club, Official or Player offering or receiving a payment or any form of inducement to or from any Club or the Official or Player of any Club; or any Club, Official or Player receiving or seeking to receive any payment or other form of inducement from any other person or organisation to win, lose, or draw a Match under the jurisdiction of the Football Conference or in which the Club participates by reason of membership of the Foot- ball Conference shall be deemed guilty of misconduct. (c) Any person charged and found guilty of bringing the Competition into disrepute and any Club, Officer or Mem- ber charged and found guilty of misconduct as defined by the Board or of inducing or attempting to induce a player of another Club to join his own Club shall be liable to such penalty as the Board shall deem appropri- ate. 19. TROPHY The Company shall present to the Winners and Runners Up of all divisions in the Competition a souvenir, for the Players, who have played in at least fifty (50%), for the secretary, team manager, assistant manager, coach and therapist. Additional souvenirs cannot be presented except by consent of the Board, and then at the expense of the requesting Club. In addition, a Competition championship trophy and runners-up trophy will be presented as and when the Board de- termine. The Clubs concerned will also receive a permanent souvenir. The trophies are the property of the Company and may never be won outright. The recipient Club shall be responsible for engraving their details on the trophy before returning same. The following agreement shall be signed on behalf of the winners of the trophies: “We, A.B. the of Football Club, C.D. and E.F mem- bers of and representing the said Club, having been declared winners of the [ ] Trophy and the same hav- ing been delivered to us by the said Competition, do hereby on behalf of the said Club, jointly and severally agree to return the same to the Competition Secretary, on or before 31st March next in good order and condition, suitably inscribed, in accordance with the Rules of the Competition and if the said Trophy is lost or damaged whilst under our care, we agree to refund to the Competition the amount of its current value or the cost of its thorough repair.” Any Club not returning the Competition trophy by the due date, returning them in poor condition or without being engraved will be fined. ALTERATIONS TO RULES No alteration to the Rules shall be made until they have been approved by The FA. Alterations to Rules shall be approved at a general meeting of the Company. 21. ADMISSION CHARGES The minimum charge for admission to all matches shall be determined from time to time by the Board. Admission charges, excluding home Club concessions as appropriate, must be the same for home and visiting sup- porters at Competition matches. Clubs may, with the written permission of the Board, have a maximum of three Competition Match days each Play- ing Season during which they can vary admission charges for adults including allowing free admission. [The minimum charge shall apply pro-rata to any Season Ticket albeit with a discount of up to 15%. A Club may pro- vide its Sponsors with complimentary tickets at any time but the value of the said complimentary tickets shall not exceed 10% of the value of the relevant sponsorship per season,] 20.

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