NON PAYMENTS
AUGUST 28, 2007
 

By Hanz Jimenez
Contributing Writer
 

Superstar Basketball League has dropped two of its teams, Cali's Finest and Lingustic Legend's' after both teams failed to show up for their respective games on Sunday, August 26th. Cali's Finest (1-4) was scheduled to play against Zero Balance while Lingustic Legend's' (1-4) was scheduled to play against Angkor Wat.

League officials made contact with the General Manager, Dimitrios McKay, and the GM was aware of last weekend's schedule. The GM responded, "...my bad yo....my team dropped out on me... they didn't have my back... I don't think my team will cover the fees either."

Swingman, Chris Lacy, was in attendance for his Lingustic Legend's' game but was surprised to see that he was the only player ready to play. He was informed of the league policies in regards to non-payments.

League representatives did make contact with 2 other players from the teams at an undisclosed location and Quincy Johnson stated, "...Dimitrios told me that our game was cancelled."

Both teams have two payment options.
a. Pay $340 for each team + $80 forfeit fee for each game ($160 total).
b. IF the GM doesn't want to deal with it, each player can pay their $50 return fee (per player, per team) before the season ends. The current season ends, on October 16, and the fees will increase to $85 per player.

LINGUSTIC LEGEND'S' ROSTER
CALI'S FINEST ROSTER

The fines are cohesive with the fines and the rules of Superstar Basketball. The following fines are listed below for reference and can be seen by clicking here.

FINES
a.       $80 - Reinstatement fee for teams that forfeit. (GAME TIME FORFEIT which means not showing up to your games).

b.       $50 - Reinstatement fee for any suspended Player involved in other altercations.

c.       $40 - Return fee for all checks that bounce.

d.       $5 -   Failure to leave the bench clean will result in a $5 fine. Stats-keepers, refs, staff may assess the fine but there must be photographic evidence showing exact time and date.

The League has different solutions to fix the subject matter and with 4 teams not paying their registration fees in the last 2 seasons, the League Commissioner will make changes to the registration process for the next season. Teams signing up will be placed in an "INTEREST LIST". Teams can make their full payment or put a down payment of $200 and they have until Week 4 to make the full payment. Teams that make their payment before the season starts will be OFFICIALLY REGISTERED.

The League Commissioner issued the following statement:

"I know how it is, I've been there and at the same time, we do all we can to prevent this from happening... we even created a separate page so that players are educated on the financial breakdown of their team. In the past, I've trusted that our teams make the full payment by the end of the season and for the second season in a row, this is what happens. You've seen how much Superstar Basketball has evolved in a year and we're hoping you'll experience the 'Superstar Basketball experience' but first things first... you have to pay the fees."

Two teams dropped out by Week 3 on Spring 2007 and players are still on the "85" list. Each player must pay $85 just to play in the League again.