Your Bylaws

[fordman1]

Have you ever read you league bylaws?
Do you have a copy in your bag.
If you were the league "TRUMP" what rules would you change?
Would you change it to help make the league fair for everyone or to gain an advantage for your self or team?

[drlawsoniii]

I would probably ban smoking. More because it's an annoyance to wait on people. In a 5 person team league if an entire team goes out to smoke you can be waiting on them for 15 minutes as they're BSing with other smokers. That and the fact that we have to smell the stale cigarette and smoke smell when they come back in the alley.

[NewToBowling]

I don't think you can ban smoking. You can ban smoking indoors but not smoking altogether

[drlawsoniii]

I don't think you can ban smoking. You can ban smoking indoors but not smoking altogether

If you are the president of the league you can ban smoking during league time. It may diminish the number of bowlers in your league, but you can do it.

[fordman1]

I would probably ban smoking. More because it's an annoyance to wait on people. In a 5 person team league if an entire team goes out to smoke you can be waiting on them for 15 minutes as they're BSing with other smokers. That and the fact that we have to smell the stale cigarette and smoke smell when they come back in the alley.

15 minutes is Totally unacceptable. Get a time limit between games something like 3-4-5 max minutes. then start giving them zero.

[drlawsoniii]

If you are the president of the league you can ban smoking during league time. It may diminish the number of bowlers in your league, but you can do it.

If you can't go 3 hours without smoking, you have a problem. You might want to see an addiction specialist.

[1VegasBowler]

If you are the president of the league you can ban smoking during league time. It may diminish the number of bowlers in your league, but you can do it.

Actually, the league president cannot add a rule to the By Laws. Only the membership of the league can do that by a proposal and vote.

[RobLV1]

Actually, the league president cannot add a rule to the By Laws. Only the membership of the league can do that by a proposal and vote.

I believe that once the League Bylaws have been accepted by the membership on the first day of bowling, it takes a 100% acceptance vote by all of the team captains to change any rule or add anything new.

[fordman1]

That is correct once the first ball is thrown no changes without 100% approval of the board of directors. post number 666 look out

[JJKinGA]

Everyone should have the league by-laws in their bag. Then you know if your league officers are doing their job or not.
As far as the smoke breaks, if the league is sanctioned or if the by-laws have it in there, a team can be penalized for Delay of Game (Rule 11). The penalty is forfeit if the team does not respond to the request to proceed with play. As a league officer, I would not enforce it on smoke breaks unless it was really causing harm to the whole league. If it was just a team getting antsy sitting around I would encourage them to be magnanimous. Even in a highly competitive league we are all paying to have some fun. I might remind the violators that they need to minimize the break so i don't have any reason to use rule 11. It really would depend on who was being the jerks to the rest of the league - the complainers or the smokers.