Suburban
SPFL Agenda
May 25th, 2017
7:00pm at Visitation
· Opening Prayer and Comments
· Approval of February Meeting Minutes
· 2017 SPFL Board Members
o Commissioner: Frank Salinas (St. Mikes) will assume the role of commissioner at the conclusion of the May meeting
o Treasurer: Chris Leonard (Sacred Heart) will begin his 3rd year in the role of treasurer
o Secretary: Looking for new league member to volunteer to serve on the Board
· Treasurer Report
· 2017 Key Dates
o Date of first practice Monday, Aug. 7th
o First Weigh-in /Saturday, Aug. 19th
o Regular Season: 8/27; 9/3; 9/10; 9/17; 9/24; 10/1; 10/8
o Play-offs 10/15
o Championship Game 10/22
· 2017 Game Schedule
o All 10 programs reporting to field both JV and Varsity Teams
o 5th Qtr/B games
o Programs using Satellite Organizations
· Signed forms from all organizations must be submitted by Aug. meeting
· Items for Vote
o By-Law Revisions
· Constitution Art. V, Sect. III updated commissioner rotation
· Constitution Art. IX, Sect. I & II Defined member programs
· By-law Art. I, Sect. III Amended play-off week and edited tie break rules
· By-law Art. I Sect. VII Added in Concussion training requirement
· By-law Art. II Sect. III Added in elimination of JV B kick-offs
· Updated Exhibit A—listing approved satellite programs
· Added Exhibit B—examples for tie-break rules.
o Proposals
· Formation of permanent sub-committees (short descriptions attached)
· Scheduling/ Play-off
· By-laws
· Rules
· Satellite
· Flag football
· Adopt May 1st as a standing yearly date for programs to declare teams/ numbers
· Should there be any consequences for teams that drop after the deadline?
· If yes, consequences should be discussed and voted on in absence of any specific case.
· Extra time out, w/o coaches in huddle, for any games being played with 15 or fewer players
· Can a game be played with less than 11 players?
· Add B games w/ running clock as an option along with 5th Qtr/ B games
· Incremental increase in Striper weight requirements to allow for player growth
· Any minimum requirement of players from parent program?
Next meeting 7:30pm August 17th, 2017