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Business caging opening pushed back
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Posted on Jan 28 2015
Organizers of the 2015 Inter-Commercial Business Basketball League pushed the opening date to Feb. 3, next Tuesday, as it set a final meeting tomorrow at 6pm at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium conference room.
Coaches or representatives of confirmed participating teams need to attend since the $530 entrance fee, necessary document, and other forms are due in the meeting. The ground rules will also be discussed. The entrance fee is payable to the Basketball Association of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Marpac-Budweiser, Saipan Stevedore, Pacific Islands Club, IT&E, Docomo Pacific, Mobil-JP World and the Public School System are some of the teams that confirmed their participation to the league.
Fiesta Resort is reportedly interested, while McDonald’s pulled out because of their workload. Joeten Enterprises and Saipan Ice &Water have yet to confirm if they are joining.
Teams that will join the league are advised to bring a copy of their respective 15-player rosters.
Only employees of the said businesses are allowed to participate and 12 players can suit up for each team every game. The Human Resource managers of each business establishment need to certify that players listed on their respective rosters are employees of the company they are representing.
Tournament format will follow single round-robin elimination and a double-round elims in the playoffs. Two games, at 6:30pm and 8pm, will be played every Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Ada gym.
All teams are required to have their respective complete set of uniforms.
