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In order for a summer basketball league to be certified, a certification application form must be submitted each year to the NCAA national office. To be certified, the following criteria must be met by each league: (Revised: 1/13/03, 4/14/03, 4/29/04)
(a) All-Star Games Prohibition. No all-star game of any kind shall be permitted;
(b) Geographical Limitation. League play shall be within 100 air miles of the city limits of the student-athlete's official residence at the end of the previous academic year or the institution the student-athlete last attended as a regular student. If a league does not exist within 100 air miles of the student-athlete's residence, a student-athlete may participate in the summer league located closest to the student's official residence; (Revised: 8/2/91)
(c) Payment Prohibition. No member team shall make any payments for play or expenses directly or indirectly to any player;
(d) Postseason Competition. Postseason play-offs or tournaments shall be permitted, provided they involve intraleague competition and are completed by August 31;
(e) Player Limitations
(1) Number from Any One College. Each team shall include on its roster no more than two players with intercollegiate basketball eligibility remaining from any two-year or four-year college (other than a Divisions II and III member institution); (Revised: 1/10/91, 4/27/00)
(2) Replacement of Student-Athlete Who Withdraws. A student-athlete who is listed on the roster of a team and withdraws or is injured and will not continue to practice or compete may be replaced for the remainder of the season by another basketball student-athlete from the same institution. The institution is permitted only one replacement per team; and (Adopted: 1/11/94)
(3) One Team, One League. All Division I players must limit their competition to one team in one league; (Revised: 10/18/89)
(f) Revenue. No admission shall be charged for any game, no fee shall be charged for parking to attend any game, no revenue shall be realized at any game from raffles or similar activities, and no revenue shall be realized from over-the-air or cable television or radio rights fees for any game;
(g) Staff Limitations
(1) Neither the league nor any member team shall have on its staff or as a participant any person associated in any employment capacity with any two-year or four-year college, except that institutional employees who are not athletics department staff members and do not have responsibilities directly related to the athletics department may serve as game officials. (Revised: 8/6/93)
(2) Neither the league nor any member team shall have on its staff or as a participant any individual who has been found guilty or pleaded guilty in a court of law for having been involved in sports bribery, point shaving or game fixing; (Adopted: 4/20/99, Revised 1/13/03)
(h) Venue. A certified league shall not be conducted in a venue where sports wagering on intercollegiate athletics is permitted or on property sponsored by an establishment that permits sports wagering on intercollegiate athletics or branded with signage for such an establishment; (Revised: 11/01/01, 1/13/03)
(i) Operation and Management. The league (and any team participating in the league) shall not be operated or managed by any individual or agency involved in the marketing of any individual's athletics reputation or ability; and (Adopted: 1/13/03)
(j) Awards. League participants may receive an award, provided the cost of the award is included in the participant's entry fee. (Adopted: 1/13/03)