FORFEIT RULE | RULEBOOK

FORFEIT RULE | RULEBOOK

Teams must have at least 7 official Lyndon players that are on the current official roster of that team in order to play the game.  If there are less than 7 players, the game will be a forfeit.  This rule is in effect to start the game and to finish the game.  This applies for all reasons including injuries.

  1. During the spring season, Both teams may play against each other if there is a forfeit but it will be treated as a scrimmage game and umpires will not work a forfeited game.
  2. During the fall season, the rule still applies however since all fall games are scrimmage games, the umpire will work the forfeited games as long as all players are current Lyndon players.  





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