A. Teams may forfeit 1 game without financial penalty providing that notice has been given to the SAS office more than 48 hours in advance. The opposition will be awarded three points for the forfeit win with a 3-0 score line.
B. Teams who forfeit regular season and/or playoff games (i.e., do not have enough players to play, fail to produce I.D. cards, or cancel games with less than 48 hours) will be fined as follows:
i) 1st game - $100
Note: The fine for the first forfeited game will be waived if the team notifies the office 48 hours prior to the start of the game that they will be forfeiting.
ii) 2nd game - $100
iii) 3rd game and every game thereafter - $200
C. If a regular season game has been cancelled due to a team forfeit with 7 days or less until the game, then the following procedure will be followed in numerical order:
i) An opposition will be found to play a sanctioned exhibition game against the team who did not forfeit. If an opposition is found, then neither team will be reimbursed anything at the end of the season.
ii) If an opposition is not found, then the non-forfeit team may use the field for practice. However, the practice is a non-sanctioned event, and any liability is assumed by the players themselves. Also, the team will not be reimbursed for any portion of their team fees.
iii) If the non-forfeit team does not want take advantage of the slotted time, they will be reimbursed $100 at the end of the season.
D. If a playoff game has been cancelled due to a team forfeit with 7 days or less until the game, the non-forfeit team will be declared the winner. The Playoff prize will be awarded however no reimbursement will be provided at the end of the season. If 8 days or more, the next seeded team will move up.
E. Games in which both teams forfeit, either with or without notice, shall be deemed as cancelled and not rescheduled by the association.
F. When both teams forfeit the same game, neither team will earn a point. The game is not included in the standings at all.
G. Forfeited games are considered by the SAS as being a Sanctioned Game. Therefore, they can be used as games served by suspended players.
H. SAS has the right to forfeit games if a team has not paid their fees until payment has been made. These games do not count towards the fine outline as in section B above. (See 46.0. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY for further information)
I. Teams will be removed from the league without refund if they meet or surpass more than 25% of their schedule with forfeits.
J. When the field or weather are not in playing condition and the game cannot start, any team that does not have the minimum number of required players will still lose by forfeit.
K. It is not the choice of the teams/players if a game is cancelled. Games will result as 0-0 forfeit and will not be rescheduled if both teams choose to leave.
L. Goal Statistics for forfeited games will only be counted for the non-forfeited teams. If both teams forfeit, no goals statistics will be counted.
Games will be overturned 3-0 if the offending team originally won. If the offending team did not win, the score line will remain the same, but the goals scored by the offending team’s players will be null and void.
