{"id":171,"date":"2013-02-09T19:05:29","date_gmt":"2013-02-09T22:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milezeroultimate.com\/?page_id=171"},"modified":"2018-03-31T14:50:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-31T17:20:21","slug":"captains-clause","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.milezeroultimate.com\/?page_id=171","title":{"rendered":"Captain&#8217;s Clause"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"column1\">\n<p>One of the rules of Ultimate is the Captain\u2019s Clause which states:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Allows two teams to play the game under any variation of the rules that they wish, as long as they agree on it prior to the game.<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are a number of exceptions in MZU Leagues, Captains cannot make agreements that change the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Team\/gender composition<\/li>\n<li>Any rule which impacts the safety of the players\/teams<\/li>\n<li>Players serving a suspension<\/li>\n<li>Players involved in physical alterations<\/li>\n<li>Player eligibility (subs, age, etc&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Game length and end time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>New for 2018 &#8211; Weather Related Timeout<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If prior to the start of a game, the weather is deemed to be a potential issue for some players or result in series of long points (e.g., extreme temperatures, gale force winds, etc.), Captains can agree that if a point lasts in excess of 20 minutes a weather timeout will be called, and they can decide whether or not substitutions will be allowed during this timeout.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the rules of Ultimate is the Captain\u2019s Clause which states: Allows two teams to play the game under any variation of the rules that they wish, as long as they agree on it prior to the game. 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