Tragedy struck
B.O.B. when Anthony Santos suffered a leg injury
in his college basketball class. Six months
later and Santos has bounced back with a furry
for Game Bang DT. His team, B.O.B. is on pace to
set a record 21-3 in a span of 3 seasons.
SCOREBOARD
CALENDAR
Hanz Jimenez
Commish
FANS 6.27.09
Some Fans needs to learn what the word respect
means.
Here's some background... SSBL's only fight was between FANS and
players (Fall, 2008).
Fast-forward to last week...
The Show vs. B.O.B. had benches clear but no
punches were thrown. There was an altercation
but players know the rules. Obviously Fans don't
because a fan brought a chair, yes a CHAIR!
Why are fans escalating tension?
B3 vs. Young Gunnaz...
I'm doing stats and saw a fan walk right through
the court during a time out. Then the fan tells
me we need better refs. The team she's cheering
for is down 21-0 because most of their players
just played the game before (Platinum Division,
Relics) You would expect them to be tired
instead the fans call me out for not having
better officials?
One approaches me and I say, "walking on the
court fixes that?"
Next thing you know, I get a Jerry Springer
reaction. WTF?
Need some new refs? We tried that and you saw
what happened, all hell broke loose last Fall.
(Fall 2008, Association refs)
As a team, you need to keep your fans in check.
Disrespecting me or my staff because your team
is losing won't be tolerated. You pay to play
organized basketball, not to be on the Jerry
Springer show.
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PLAYER OF THE
WEEK
Diamond: Sean Marshall, Nazo
Platinum: Rahsaan Reyes, GG
Gold: Chris Ostos, Hoopaholics
Women's: Brenda Chavez, LBC
LeBronze: Desmond Ann, Bad News
San Diego: Amos Battle, LA>SD
01 - T.I. - What You Know (Instrumental)
02 - Dr. Dre - Still Dre (Instrumental)
03 - FM vs Danity Kane - Damaged (Blend)
04 - Rihanna - Disturbia (Instrumental)
05 - Rihanna - Disturbia (Blend)
06 - Nas - Hate Me Now (Instrumental)
PAYPAL > NEW TEAM - $380
> REF FEES - $280
> RETURNING TEAM - $340
> EARLY DISCOUNT - $600
> WOMEN'S TEAM - $280 (7
GAMES)
> WOMEN'S REF FEES - $245 (7
GAMES)
> WOMEN'S LEAGUE + REF FEES
- $525 (7 GAMES)
REFEREE FEES
8 Games x $35 per
game
$280.00 - Men's,
$245.00 - Women's
Avoid the
hassle of collecting
referee fees during
games. Pay in
advance. We
recommend paying in
advance because even
when your players
miss their game,
they're still paying
for their ref fees.
* $600 discount only
available for teams
currently registered in
WINTER 2009 season.
Hanz Jimenez
Commish
H1D1 6.26.09
That H1N1 or whatever I had had done me up.
I don't know how Kobe or those basketball
players play with the flu because lil ol me had
to be bed-ridden last week.
If you follow me on twitter... well there wasn't
much to follow since I was knocked out sick all
week.
I don't know how much NyQuil I had but I woke up
to Shaq getting traded to the Cavs, Air Canada
flying thru Florida, and King of Pop passing
away.
What in the world is going on.
MICHAEL JACKSON Love the music. Loved the lyrics. The
Moonwalk. Billie Jean. Rock With You.
Girlfriend. Bad. Thriller. The man was the 80's.
I grew up on him, dance because of him, cried
when I first saw Thriller... not because I liked
it but because I was afraid of werewolves at the
time. LOL
When I saw it the second time around, I was
dancing and yes, I was a lil b-boy back in
Manila.
(Before I started making SSTV videos, I was
practicing with this dance footage...
never knew what to do
with it,
but it was practice for editing.)
Loved the music, but didn't like him as a
person. Who am I to reserve judgment but that's
for God to decide. I only hope we can celebrate
the man for what he brought to this world and
not the negativity his demons created.
R.I.P. Mike.
Hanz Jimenez
Commish EXIT INTERVIEWS 6.19.09
I want to thank the General Managers who filled
out the Exit Interviews this past week. Some
things that I am aware of that needs to be
cleaned up for the upcoming season are listed
below.
- Scheduling: This has always been
tough to manage. Teams with 4 different players
may be playing for 4 different teams and we get
a lot of complaints from players when they don't
get their way. How about we just have a rule
where you can only play for 1 division?
There's a proper way of doing things. Have your
GM fill out the schedule request and your
request will be taken care of. We take care of
the teams who pay first. When you pay first, you
get priority. That's not a hard concept to grasp
yet some people always want their game times at
certain times...and that was when they weren't
even fully paid.
- Payment: There was a time when the
League trusted teams and players to submit their
full payment in due time. This is no longer
the case. Players bail out when they have to
pay and it leaves a lot of GMs having to pay the
rest of the fees. I've heard every excuse in the
book and in the last 2-3 weeks of the season,
I'm basically stressing over gym fees and not
getting the website updated on time. To make
matters worse, I get hated on for having things
late. Um... how can I work on the site when I'm
stressing over gym fees?
Over 80 percent of GMs I spoke with want this
new rule: PAY BEFORE YOU PLAY. They are
tired of fronting fees for players who don't
want to pay.
- Your Computer Sucks: Damn right it
does. This is the first time my PC crashed in 4
years and to be honest, I'm still not fully
recovered. Every time I open certain programs, I
get errors and it gets discouraging. I'm really
looking forward to this break, re-format
everything, and get ready for the new season.
- Your Refs Suck: Some of them do, some
of them don't. In Sports, you will always have
scapegoats. There's a winner, there's a loser
but to lose with dignity is commendable. It's
easy to blame refs but if you actually see how
refs are calling the game, you could actually
use it to your advantage. If the refs aren't
calling anything, play physical. If the refs are
calling every single thing, then drive the
middle and force the calls. There were officials
we did speak with regarding they're officiating.
Some of them forget the rules and we did correct
that.
- What happened to the Player of the Week
pictures?: We will take them at the All Star
Game. Last time, several All Stars felt they
didn't need to attend. Listen cool guy, you were
given an honor, to represent your team as an All
Star so show up and represent. If you were a
Player of the Week, we will take your solo. All
Star Page will have all the POWs at the top of
the page.
I'm flooded with schedule requests for the
Playoffs. It's the Playoffs! How much do you
want it? You worked all season long for this and
you're not going to show up? Regular season, we
can change your schedule, but The Playoffs?
Wait. This is THE PLAYOFFS! Hey, in case you
didn't realize, most of the teams play to make
it to the Playoffs. If your team can't
make it, let me know cuz a lot of the other
teams are willing to take your spot.
PEACE and Good Luck.
Hanz Jimenez
Commish POMONA UPDATE 6.13.09
We have Pomona HS after 2 p.m.
Tomorrow is Media Day so uh, smile for the team
photos. Unlike in season's past, I should have
these up in 3 weeks. Summer break, working on
team photos.. FML
We need to be strict as far as payment goes.
A lot of GMs are asking for payment plans. The
way I see it, this should have been taken care
off on Week 3. There's a lot of teams that
babbled about payment plans in the past. 50
percent of those ended up as 80's List teams so
uh.. NO PAYMENT PLAN
Thanks.
Hanz Jimenez
Commish OVERTIME 6.12.09
No I'm not talkin' bout the Lake Show.
It's Friday and now I have people disputing
their balances.
You had a chance to meet with me on Wednesday to
pay it off.
You had a chance to e-mail me...some even
Instant Message'd me to get
it squared off and that's fine and all... but
now.. it's Friday. I'm Filipino and all but is
everyone on here on Filipino time?
Balance sheets were sent out. If you
didn't email me or show up on Sunday, you will
get ignored. Please have the league fees and ref
fees in full on Sunday or it's an automatic DQ
plus 80's List.
RECAPS AND SSTV
...are all late. Remember back in the 80's, WWF
had this
guy.
1 Man Gang. Yup. That's pretty much me right
now, except I'm not smiling.
Between recaps, SSTV, getting gyms, working on
the website...blah blah blah...you might as well
add bill collector cuz that's what I've been
doing late this week. The league is what you
make it out to be. If people are late, it
affects everyone. Some more bad news...
POMONA HIGH SCHOOL
...is a no go this weekend. We will probably
have another facility but we'll get it squared
away. Schedule won't be final until Saturday
morning. Your schedule requests are out the
door. All the Laker Haters are playing at 7 - 8
p.m. No requests.
SOME GOOD NEWS
...we hooked up with some good people. We're
starting a Varsity Division next season and a
7th division for Year 4 is a great way to open
the new Year for us. More info will be
available.
PROFESSIONALISM
...so this is how next season will go.
We may potentially have scouts that will be in
the stands. We have kids playing in the league
this summer and we may have NBA talent on the
gym floor. The New Year (Year 4) marks our
transition from being one of the premier leagues
in So Cal to being the best basketball league in
Southern California. How do achieve that in just
3-4 years?
The website will go up in quality, the schedule
will be done on Wednesday, and profanity will
not be tolerated on the gym floor. Teams with
nice looking uniforms will be scheduled during
the gyms busiest hours will the scrubby looking
teams w/ no jerseys can play at um... =X. A
mandatory Ref Meeting with the GMs will be set
up so that GMs have a better understanding of
how calls are made. Taking this one step further
next season...
MEDIA DAY
Please fill out the Exit Interview and take your
team pictures at half time. Thank You.
Hanz Jimenez
Commish
MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS 6.11.09
Only a handful of you guys showed up.
Thanks.
It's your league. I only run it.
Don't be surprised if we don't have Walnut this
weekend.
We have confirmed hours at Brea Canyon and
another facility. The last thing you want to do
is lose Walnut Rec but no one is stepping up to
the plate.
Having to double check figures and looking at
the amount collected for 70+ teams... to top it
off, the file I created was corrupted when my PC
crashed so I basically had to re-do it. F
M L
DIVISION REPORT
There's a huge balance in Diamond Division.
Platinum Division - half are Fully Paid.
Gold Division - believe it or not, the league's
most popular division has a lower balance
compared to Platinum and Diamond.
Only 2 teams have a balance in LeBronze.
Only 1 team has a balance in Women's.
WORKING FOR US
...is a privilege. Taking stats, working for
Superstar... is a privilege.
I can do stats myself.
Sad to say but other players take the
opportunity to try and get a free season and
they expect their GM, the person working for us,
to pick up the slack.
NO NAMES MENTIONED.
Let's say uh.. "Bobby" or "Anna" works for the
league. The rest of his teammates end up
expecting "Bobby" or "Anna" to pay their league
fees. This is an adult league. Pay to play. Man
up and handle your own. It sucks that some
people have excuses for everything but I got my
Ipod on and I'm not hearing it.
Bottom line is we need gyms to be paid.
Thanks.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK - WEEK 6
Sean
Marshall, Nazo dbl-header: 63
points,
26 rebs, 5 assists
Deon Marcus, MBL United 36 points,
9 rebounds, 4 steals
Hanz Jimenez
Sean
Marshall, Nazo
Rahsaan
Reyes, GG
Chris
Ostos, Hoopaholics
Amos
Battle, LA>SD