03 Captain and Player Responsibilities

3.1       Captains are responsible for registering their Team online at www.melbournenetball.com.  During the online registration process, Captains must read and agree with the Captain's Declaration and Captain's Contract.  Captains must also undertake to read and agree to abide by the By-Laws prior to the commencement of each netball season.

3.2       Upon activation of online accounts for individual players, an email is generated and sent to the player ("the inaugural email").  All players are required to read and agree with the inaugural email as well as follow the link to and read the By-Laws prior to playing their first game.

3.3        All information, notices and communications from Melbourne Netball for the teams throughout the season will be sent to the online team account messageboard, which will be linked to each team member's individual online account.  Players are responsible for keeping up to date with all information, notices, and communications posted on their online team account messageboard by their Captain and Melbourne Netball and must check their online team messageboard on a regular basis.  Captains are responsible for conducting regular communication with players through the team messageboard and email.

3.4        All teams and players must ensure that their online account passwords remain confidential.  Online account passwords are not to be used or shared with other parties.  Breach of this By-Law will result in the offending player's online account being suspended or terminated, or the player being suspended from the netball competition for the season at the discretion of Melbourne Netball.

3.5        Upon registration and prior to the commencement of a team's first game, the captain shall sign an undertaking that he/she will advise Melbourne Netball when a new, substitute or inexperienced player is playing.  When a new or substitute player is playing, the Captain shall also ensure that the player is included on the Team Registration sheet and that the player has signed the team waiver form.

3.6 (a)  All players are responsible for reporting to Melbourne Netball any injuries sustained during a game.  The injury report must be recorded in writing by a member of Melbourne Netball staff and signed by the injured player and the Captain of the injured player's team. 

3.6 (b)  All injuries must be reported during or immediately after the game in which they were sustained.  No injury reported after this time will be eligible for an insurance claim.

3.7        Captains and players are responsible for completing the weekly Team Registration sheet, recording the names of all players for the game.  If a player's name is not recorded on the Team Registration sheet, that player will be deemed not to have played the game for the purposes of determining whether the player is a Qualified Player and the player will be unable to make an insurance claim for any injury sustained in that game.

3.8        Captains are responsible for ensuring that their team is available to play at the allocated game times.  There will be no amendments to game times as a result of the unavailability of a team.