Sec.12-574-F53. Players' manager

(a) Duties. The players' manager or assistant shall attend, observe and maintain a record of the play-by-play scoring of each game and shall be on call during a performance to the chief court judge or division judge, except when a game is actually in play. The players' manager shall discharge all duties imposed on him by sections 12-574-F50 to 12-574-F56, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and report to the division judge, as the case may demand, any violations of sections 12-574-F50 to 12-574-F56, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies coming under their notice. The players' manager shall keep a complete record of all games and shall report to the division judge any violations, scratches or changes in the program as soon as he becomes aware of them. If there is an additional change in the program while the games are in progress, such change and the reasons for it shall be reported immediately to the division judge and the mutuel manager. The players' manager shall have the right to inspect all players and players' room attendants' licenses. The players' manager may also sit as a member of the board of administrative judges and as such shall have the power to cite any jai alai player or game official for game infractions and recommend the penalties to be imposed therefore as set forth in section 12-574-F13(d) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(b) Players' quarters. The players' manager shall be in complete charge of the players' quarters. It is his duty to see that all players are identified properly before the start of every game and to preclude the admission of any person not authorized by the division to the players' quarters excepting those duly licensed by the division. Any irregularities shall be immediately reported to the division.

(c) Restriction against brothers, fathers and sons. The players' manager shall see that neither brothers nor fathers and sons play in the same game against each other.

(d) Matchmaker program. Notwithstanding section 12-574-F12(d) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the players' manager shall be responsible for matchmaking and shall file with the chief court judge and the division a proposed program of games not less than twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the performance. It shall be the responsibility of the players' manager to insure that all games are competitive. The players' manager shall so list an official substitute player or players for each game who shall be used in the event that a player scheduled to play has to be replaced due to injury, disqualification or other extraordinary circumstances.

(e) File daily program. The player's manager or designee shall maintain a signed program of games played, describing the history of the game.

(Adopted effective October 3, 2001)