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MUMBAI RINK FOOTBALL LEAGUE

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• Mumbai Rink Football League is a platform that will blend an age-old interest of small format (formerly known as Rink Football) with modern-day turf facilities coupled with the execution and structure of a professional franchise-based sporting league
• The league aims to give Mumbaikars a platform to showcase their talent and will also provide players an opportunity to generate alternate income from sports
• MRFL will also look to develop an entire sporting ecosystem around the sport of football, where franchise owners, coaches, physio’s, players and other support staff will be involved in the long run. It aims to be Mumbai’s premier league for small format 5-a-side football
• The city of Mumbai with a history of producing sporting talent at the national and international level lacks a LIVE sporting event, MRFL will intend to plug that gap and provide citizens of Mumbai an immersive experience with LIVE Rink Football
• In additional to LIVE sports, MRFL will combine the traditional sporting business with new age technology to harness the attention of the younger generation

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• MRFL will have multiple leagues set up to ensure representation of different audiences
• The league will begin with an open tournament for men & women followed by a league for Veterans and Under 21’s. This will allow the entire demographic of Mumbai to be involved in the sport. The league subdivision ensures participation of the rich demographic dividend of the city and will celebrate local rivalries through franchises and players. The league is currently being planned to spread across a 21-day format.
• The Open & Veterans league will consist of 32 teams split into 8 groups of 4. Every team plays the other team in each group and will play 3 games in total in the league round. This will be followed by the knock out stages. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the round of 16, winners will then play the quarters finals, semi-finals and lastly the finals.

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• Mumbai is city divided and opiniated by locality rivalry. From the Queen of the suburbs, Bandra, to the suburban footballing powerhouses of Malad & Borivali, or for that matter the city-based hub of Kalina, Dadar & Churchgate or Eastern suburbs of Chembur, it has always been about locality rivalry & bragging rights
• MRFL will look to build this sporting rivalry and Franchises will be based on Localities only (with prefix or suffix added to the locality name). Each franchise will be required to contract a minimum of 50% local talent (from individual locality) for the first year with the minimum representation to be explored in future years.
• All franchises (teams) will be auctioned and pre-determined event. For enquiries please email us at connect.mrfl@gmail.com
• Each franchise will be permitted to register a maximum of 15 players in the squad
• However, only 10 players will be present in the match day squad with 5 on field and 5 substitutes
• A franchise can further register a manager (or Coach), Physio along with a CEO (or a Franchise owner)
• The game will be played with 4 outfield players and 1 goalkeeper per team

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PLAYERS

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• All players will have to be mandatorily compensated (paid) by the franchise while signing the contract
• Players will not have to pay any money to play the league and will be contracted to an individual franchise for a specific duration, all players will have to adhere to guidelines provided by MRFL
• Player protection and rights will be guaranteed through a tri-party agreement between the player, franchise and the league representatives.
• Players are allowed to represent only one franchise at a time and will be allowed to play only one sub-league
• This will allow players to negotiate their own contracts and fees with individual franchises.
• For the duration of the contract, no player will be allowed to play any other league, sport and represent another franchise. Violation of this clause will inevitably disqualify them from competing in MRFL

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NEWS

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TO BE LAUNCHED SOON

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RULES

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• A game will be played in two halves with each half consisting of 10 minutes divided by a 2.5-minute halftime interval
• A team is permitted to have 5 players on-field, one of which will also be a goal keeper
• Added time (injury time) is allocated if periods of the game is lost through stoppages

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Halfway mark

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Penalty kicks

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Corners and throw-ins

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SCORING AND WINNING

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The team that scores the most goals during a game is the winner. If both teams score an equal number of goals, the game ends in a draw. In the knock out phase, extra time and penalties will be implemented to determine a winner

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• Substitutions during a game and are unlimited
• Substitutions can only take place during a stoppage in play (e.g., a goal kick, free kick, restart, etc.). The referee must be notified of this change. The substituted player must pass the boundary line (off the pitch) before the new player can enter play
• All substitutes must remain outside the pitch
• Any player or substitutes can replace the goalkeeper. The game will continue, even if the new goalkeeper is putting goalkeeper gloves on
• Time wasting during a switch will result in a free kick/goal kick to the opposing team

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• Goalkeeping area: This is defined at each end of the pitch around the goal. This area defines the boundaries within which the goalkeepers can use his hands.
• If a goalkeeper makes contact with the ball outside of the area, a resulting free kick for the attacking team is awarded
• The goalie can either throw or roll out the ball with their hands. The goalkeeper cannot kick the ball to teammates

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• A kick-off is performed at the start of both periods of play. A kick-off is also performed after a goal has been scored. All players must be inside their own half when the opposition are taking a kick-off. The ball must be stationary on the center mark and the kicker must not touch the ball more than once until another player has touched the ball
• A goal may be scored directly from the kick-off
• Goal attempts can be made from anywhere on the pitch
• The ball must be stationary when taking a free kick. The free kick taker cannot touch the ball a second time, until it has touched another player
• All opponents must retreat at least 5 yards from the free kick position. The ball is back in play once the free kick taker has touched the ball

[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Fouls and misconduct” tab_id=”1665393332931-9e18fe8c-a2f1″][stm_spacing lg_spacing=”76″ md_spacing=”76″ sm_spacing=”76″ xs_spacing=”76″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1665591684897{margin-bottom: 23px !important;}”]Players can be excluded from play if they commit any of the following offences, below is a list of fouls and misconducts that would constitute as a ‘direct’ free kick:

• Dangerous play – Kicking, tripping or charging an opponent
• Excessive tackling – Recklessly or careless tackles
• Slide tackling – Slide tackles are not permitted
• Hand ball – Excluding the goalkeeper within their own areas
• Time wasting – Attempts to slowdown play
• A yellow card handed to a player will require him to be benched for 2 minutes during the half. The player will be called back on by the referee after 2 minutes.
• A second yellow will ban the player for the entire duration of the game with a further one match suspension.
• A direct red car will suspend the player for the current and a further 2 games in the tournament.
• Striking or attempting to strike another player
• Spitting at an opponent
• Unsportsmanlike conduct
• Verbal abuse to the opposition or referee

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VENUE & FIXTURES

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The League date will be announced shortly

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The venue for the league will be announced shortly

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