The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 (extracts)

3.-For offences under 2.-(1) A, H, I, L, M, N, and 0, au individual shall be expelled from all English clubs playing Rugby football, and shall not be eligible for re-election or election to any club. For offences under 2.-( I) B, C, D, E, F, G, J, and K, an individual shall be suspended during the pleasure of this Union. For offences under 2.-(2) A, D, H, I, L, 1\1, and , a club shall be expelled from this Union. For offences under 2.-(2) B, C, E, F, G, J, and K, a club shall be suspended during the pleasure of this Union. Any club disregarding a sentence of suspension shall be liable to expulsion. But when this nion is fully satisfied that any offence under 2.-(2) A, D, H, I, L, 1\1, and N, was of an accidental, trivial, or technical character, they may suspend instead of expel. FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION. Players are either amateur or professional. Any player registered with this ssociation as a professional, or receiving remuneration or consideration of any sort above his necessary hotel and travelling expenses actually paid, shall be considered to be a professional. Training expenses not paid by the players themselves will be c~nsidered as remuneration beyond necessary travelling and hotel expenses. Amateur players receiving any payment must give a ,vritten receipt for the same, stating particulars of expenses, and secretaries must pro– duce such receipt to the Council of this Association at any time if required to do so. If an amateur player is engaged by a club in any capacity for which he receives remuneration, the club -U1ay be required to prove, to the satisfaction of the Association, that his services as a player do not affect the amount of remuneration paid to him. Players competing for any money prizes in football contests shall be considered professionals, (a.) when a player is registered as a professional he at once loses his status as an amateur. \Vhen an amateur player is injured whilst playing football he shall, upon obtaining the consent of this Association, or the local affiliated association, be entitled to receive his doctor's fees, or the proceeds of any benefit match, subscription or collection, without losing his amateur status (b) (c). ·where two affiliated associations cover the same area, the permission must be obtained from the senior association. (a) Wages paid by an amateur club to a trainer are training expenses within the meaning of Rule 28. (b) A player (except under provisions of Rule 28) is not entitled to take the proceeds of a benefit match until he has been registered a profes– sional. (c) It is misconduct for any association or club, or any player, official, or member of any association or club, to offer or attempt to offer, eith r directly or indirectly, any consideration whatever to another club, player, or players of any other club, with a view to influence the result of a match. It is misconduct for any club, player, or players, to accept any such con– sideration. AMATEUR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION. No person shall be considered an amateur who has signed a professional football form, or, directly or indirectly, received for playing footuall remuneration or consideration of any kind beyond his necessary hotel and travelling expenses actually paid. An amateur club is a club of which all the playing members are amateurs.