Finals Qualification Rules

Hi Boys,

In the event we make finals... Just want to know the ruling when playing players in a grade... I got this from the association... Does this mean a guy needs to have played (66%) 11games for that grade for him to qualify ?
Christ with all the injuries we've had and the shuffling around this is a bit of a balls....

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E51 FINAL SERIES PLAYER ELIGIBILITY

(a) The eligibility of a Player to play for a Reserve or Third Grade in a Finals Series Match shall be determined by the Regulation that each Player competing in that Grade must have been listed in the starting eleven (11) of that Grade for not less than sixty-six percent (66%) of the Official Fixtures Draw Matches for the competition Season in which that Grade has competed (designated Goalkeepers exempt). Any Player who plays for a Reserve or Third Grade Team in a Finals Series Match without meeting the 66% requirement will be deemed an Ineligible Player for that Grade and the appropriate Regulations shall be applied. Each Club will be responsible for determining the eligibility of its Registered ZFL Players and must maintain a system of tracking each of its Players for the full competition Season by recording from Team Match Sheets the Players in the starting eleven (11) for each Grade for each Competition Match; this will allow the Club to list Players who qualify for each Grade by meeting the 66% requirement. It is anticipated that FoxSP will have a program that will permit this tracking to be done.

(b) Suspended Players are not eligible to play in ANY Competition or Final Series Fixture until the complete suspension has been served. Such suspended Players are not eligible to have Competition matches (whilst on such suspension) credited to their eligibility for participation in Finals Series Matches.



(c) A Player can only be in the starting eleven (11) Players in one (1) Semi-Final, one (1) Final and one (1) Grand Final in any one year (with the exception of designated Goalkeepers).



(d) A Designated Goalkeeper is a Registered Zone Football League Player who has played for the majority of the Season in this specialist position and who must be named as a designated Goalkeeper prior to the commencement of the Final Series. Such Player will be exempt from these qualifying Regulations.



(e) A Team playing an INELIGIBLE Player (see Rule C 03 (e)) in the Final Series may be fined and/or the Team removed from the Final Series and/or further penalties may be imposed following referral to the Competition Administrator (Disciplinary).



(f) For purposes of Player eligibility in a Final Series playing two (2) grades on the one day in Qualifying Rounds is evaluated as playing in the higher grade.



(g) A NON PLAYING Substitute ie one who has been listed on the Official Team Sheet but has not actually taken to the field of play in a Match, is deemed not to have participated in the Match for purposes of eligibility.



Below is a link to our Zone Football rules and regs, which may come in handy:



http://www.newcastlefootball.com.au/...ION_E_2014.pdf

I am not to sure of how this system will work for our club, we are looking at first grade and ressies in the finals this year. We rotate about 16 players in firsts due to unavailability and injuries that won't make the 66% rule to play ressies, what happens if all players are available for finals , which is more than likely gonna happen for us. These rules should be overlooked if a club has multiple teams in the finals series, surely no club is going to stack there ressies to see firsts weaker. We obviously can't name 16 in firsts, so if your the 15th or 16th best player in the club you won't get a game at all because you can't qualify for ressies. Surely not!

I was under the impression that, from the email from the association, that this 66% is only going to apply to players playing DOWN a grade this year, aka anyone who has played 66% or more in 1st grade is ineligible to start for reserves, with everyone else being eligible.

For leagues with 3rd grade, same deal, if youve played 66% or more in a higher grade then there is no playing down.

Players who have been spread about or just come back from injury etc, are eligible for any grade.

Irish, if you werent in on this email, your club has received it. Russell clarified in his response.

Yes I also spoke to someone at newcastle football.

I thought it ment 66% of all games.

But like you said it means if a player has played 66% of there games in the higher grade it makes them ineligable.

So a player that has played 10 first grade and 8 reserves they are still eligable for reserves.

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Originally Posted by beersfc

Yes I also spoke to someone at newcastle football.

I thought it ment 66% of all games.

But like you said it means if a player has
played 66% of there games in the higher grade it makes them ineligable.

So a player that has played 10 first grade and 8 reserves they are still eligable for reserves.

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Pretty sure it doesn't work like thst beers having had to work through it last year. On your example your player has only played 8 out of 18 games in reserve grade which is only 44.44% of his games so he would be not be eligible to play. If he played all 18 games in the season he would have to start 12 games in reserve grade to qualify

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Originally Posted by winner

Pretty sure it doesn't work like thst beers having had to work through it last year. On your example your player has only played 8 out of 18 games in reserve grade which is only 44.44% of his games so he would be not be eligible to play. If he played all 18 games in the season he would have to start 12 games in reserve grade to qualify

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it was like that last year, but this is not the case this year.

the 66% is only to disqualify you from a lower grade. if you have played 65.9% of your games in firsts you are eligible for reserves.

this is directly from the assoc.

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Originally Posted by NLFCZL

it was like that last year, but this is not the case this year.

the 66% is only to disqualify you from a lower grade. if you have played 65.9% of your games in firsts you are eligible for reserves.

this is directly from the assoc.

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In our case we have a couple of players that have played about 7-8 first grade games and only 3-4 ressies games but after a long injury stint no longer fit into our first grade squad , what happens to them?

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Originally Posted by XRanger

In our case we have a couple of players that have played about 7-8 first grade games and only 3-4 ressies games but after a long injury stint no longer fit into our first grade squad , what happens to them?

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Because they have played less than 66% of first grade games they will be eligible for both grades come finals time.

One thing to note for everyone, the rule only applies if you have started the higher grade.

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Originally Posted by Hotline

Because they have played less than 66% of first grade games they will be eligible for both grades come finals time.

One thing to note for everyone, the rule only applies if you have started the higher grade.

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Thanks for that clarification