Borrowing Rules

Setting Borrowing Rules under Competition allows borrowing restrictions to be set which are enforced across all leagues within the competition.

To access the Competition Borrowing Restrictions, complete the following steps:
 

1. Log in to Dribl.

2. Select Competitions from the Actions menu or the main navigation menu.

3. Click(Borrowing Restrictions) for the Competition you want to add a borrowing rule for. The Competition Borrowing Restrictions form is displayed.

4.  Enter all the required information for the Borrowing Restriction. The default value in each case is Unrestricted.
    

   Team Player Borrowing Limit	The number of times a player can be borrowed per team.
   Match Borrowing Limit	The number of times a player can be borrowed per league.
   Matchsheet Borrowing Limit	The number of borrowed players allowed per team per match sheet.
   Finals Minimum Borrowed Matches Limit	The minimum number of games in a regular season that a player is required to play before they can be borrowed for finals.

5. Click Update.

Borrowing limits can be applied to a specific League in a Competition. The thresholds are applied hierarchically where Competition thresholds are applied (if set), then League thresholds are applied (if set). That is, the League thresholds take precedence over Competition thresholds.

The League also provides an additional level of borrowing rule definition to apply restrictions that align to further competition policies defined by the association or competition organisers. The Borrow Criteria rule builder enables the definition of any rule-based hierarchy. The parameters that can be used in the rules builder are:

• Age: The age the member is turning this calendar year.
• True Age: The current age of the member at the time of being borrowed.
• Team Competition: Enables borrowing inside or outside of the specified competition [tbc].
• Age Group: The age group of the member’s allocated team.
• Team Age Upper Limit: The upper age group limit set of the member’s allocated team.
• Team Age Lower Limit: The lower age group limit set of the member’s allocated team.
• Division Rank: The division priority of the member’s allocated team.

These are used in conjunction with comparison operators to define the rules:

• Less Than
• Greater Than
• Equal To
• Less Than or Equal To
• Greater Than or Equal To
• Not Equal To

To access the League Borrowing Restrictions, complete the following steps:
 

1. Log in to Dribl.

2. Select Leagues from the Actions menu or the main navigation menu.

3. Select the relevant Competition from the upper centre of the page.

4. Click(Borrowing Restrictions) for the League you want to add a borrowing rule for. The League Borrowing Restrictions form is displayed.

5. Ensure that Borrowing is selected and then enter all the required information for the Borrowing Restriction. The default value in each case is Unrestricted.
    

   Team Player Borrowing Limit	The number of times a player can be borrowed per team.
   Match Borrowing Limit	The number of times a player can be borrowed per league.
   Matchsheet Borrowing Limit	The number of borrowed players allowed per team per match sheet.
   Finals Minimum Borrowed Matches Limit	The minimum number of games in a regular season that a player is required to play before they can be borrowed for finals.

6. In the Borrow Criteria section, enter the additional rules required to borrow players for the Teams in the League. Rules can be created by:
    
   • Creating a rule manually
   • Copying a suggested rule
      

   Creating a rule manually

   • Click +(Add Criteria) to create a Borrowing rule.
   • Select the Criteria and Condition, and enter the Value being used in the rule.
      

     Example: Allow borrowing for all players over the age of 12.

     Criteria: Age
     Condition: Greater Than
     Value: 12

   • Click (Save) to save the current rule.
     To create nested criteria using logical operators And or Or, click +(Add Nested Criteria).
   • Add further criteria if required.
   • Click(Save Criteria) to save all the rules.
      

   Copying a suggested rule

   The Suggestions section lists suggestions for borrowing criteria from previous seasons. These can be copied to the current League. Click(Copy Suggested Criteria) for the specific rule and then click(Paste Criteria) in the Borrow Criteria section to apply the rule. Click (Save).
   For some rules, Age Group Mapping is required before copying. To do this, click Age Group Mappings Required (# of rules) and perform all the mapping required.

7. Click Update.

Unrestricted borrowing rules can be set across Teams of a club within a competition. This will allow any players of a team to be borrowed into another with no borrowing restrictions or thresholds enforced. Age eligibility limits can, however, be applied (for example, a 16-year-old playing for the U18s should not be allowed to be borrowed into an All-Age Men’s team).

To access and add a team to be an unrestricted borrowing team, complete the following steps:
 

1. Log in to Dribl.

2. Select Teams from the Actions menu or the main navigation menu.

3. Click(Unrestricted Borrowing) for the Team you want to add a borrowing rule for. The Team Unrestricted Borrowing form is displayed.

4. Click Add an Unrestricted Team.

5. For Allowed Borrowing From Team, select the team from which players can be borrowed without restriction.

6. If required, select Apply Age Restrictions to apply age eligibility limits.

7. Click (Create). Add further unrestricted teams if required.

8. Click Close.