{"id":1357,"date":"2012-01-19T09:27:17","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T09:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newspaper.ctsi-logistics.com\/?p=1357"},"modified":"2012-01-19T09:27:17","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T09:27:17","slug":"2nd-mbfnmi-season-to-start-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/2nd-mbfnmi-season-to-start-in-february\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd MBFNMI season to start in February"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\u00bbMonday organizational meeting set<\/div>\n<div>By Walter J. Sutherland<br \/>\nReporter<\/div>\n<p>The Masters Basketball Federation of the NMI is gearing up for its sophomore season tentatively slated for February.<\/p>\n<p>The MBFNMI is holding a 5:30pm meeting this Monday at the Carolinian Utt in Garapan to discuss the start and format of the league.<\/p>\n<p>All coaches, managers, and team representatives are expected to attend.<\/p>\n<p>This year, a 50 and Above (50A) age class will be added to the original 35A, 40A, and 45A groupings.<\/p>\n<p>The four divisions are all limited to 10 teams on a first-pay basis that comes with choice of uniform. All players are required to provide proof of age eligibility.<\/p>\n<p>The entrance fee is set at $350 per team and is due by the start of each team&#8217;s second game.<\/p>\n<p>The MBFNMI board of directors is permitting players to form their own teams to represent a private company or government department; teams from Tinian and Rota are invited as well.<\/p>\n<p>In the name of its slogan \u201cFit, Fun, Forever Young\u201d the MBFNMI incorporates an \u201cEveryone Must Play Rule\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>If the rule is not honored a bench technical foul will be subjected.<\/p>\n<p>There is a 12-player maximum per roster and the league will be formatted primarily under FIBA rules with a few ground rules such as time outs allowed from the bench and when a team simply holds possession of the ball.<\/p>\n<p>Neither the opening date of the season nor its venue was disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Last January, Armatech and Top 45 Builders reigned supreme in the 40A and 45A divisions.<\/p>\n<p>The renovation of the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium, meanwhile, hindered the start of last year&#8217;s 35A season. IT&amp;E was the last MBFNMI 35A champion back in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Players who are interested in joining and do not have a team are to email mastersbasketball_670@yahoo.com or contact any of the board members listed below.<\/p>\n<p>MBFNMI chair Ray Lizama, vice chair Joe Pangelinan, secretary Scott Norman, treasurer Yosh Gabaldon, with members Bruce Berline and Dante Olivos organized the league.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00bbMonday organizational meeting set By Walter J. Sutherland Reporter The Masters Basketball Federation of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}