Current NCS/CIF official rules shall be used with the following amendments in-season:

1. Each varsity team is allowed to participate in 2 contests with each participating EBAL team, along with 2 non-league scrimmages.
2. a. A varsity team shall consist of the following: 4 Girls Singles 4 Boys Singles 3 Mixed Doubles 3 Girls Doubles 3 Boys Doubles.
Players may not play more than one league match per contest.
3. The Sportsmanship Preamble of the EBAL Constitution must be a point of emphasis at the preseason coaches meeting. 
4. Yonex Mavis 350 Shuttlecock shall be used in EBAL Tournaments.
5. During league meets, each coach is to complete his/her lineup in writing to his/her opponent by 3:45 p.m. No substitutions or lineup changes will be allowed after 3:45 p.m. All players not in the gym at 3:45 p.m. may not be included in the lineup.
EBAL tournament times: Finals will be played on the last Saturday of April. Finals may be hosted at Dougherty Valley or Dublin High Schools’ gyms.
6. Competitors shall be arranged in order of skill in each category (singles doubles, and mixed doubles) with the highest-skilled players competing in the number one position, the next highest-skilled players competing in the number 2 positions, etc. for the overall varsity. (If any highly skilled player is unable to play for whatever reason, all other players are moved up in order of skill to fill all brackets.)
7. All doubles games and men’s and women’s singles games shall use rally scoring to 21 points. If tied 20-All, the first one to win by 2 points or the first to 30 determines the winner. Each match is 2 out of 3 to determine the winner.
8. a. The EBAL Coed Badminton Tournament will run in a double elimination format and allows the following number of entries per school: 3 Girls Singles 3 Boys Singles 3 Girls Doubles 3 Boys Doubles 3 Mixed Doubles
Starting time is 9:00am. Each participating school will provide two (2) tubes of shuttlecocks.
b. Seeding for the EBAL Coed Badminton Tournament will be held on the Thursday following the last league dual meet. Each coach will come to the seeding meeting with his/her teams for each category written out on separate pieces of paper. Coaches wanting to submit top seeds will circle the names on the pieces of paper before turning them in. Each coach will have enough copies to give one to each opposing coach. The finals will be held on the following Saturday. 1. Seeded players cannot be replaced. 2. Unseeded players can be replaced. 3. Players in the draw cannot switch to different brackets. 4. All changes must be reported to the tournament director before the start of the tournament. 5. Players cannot be replaced once the tournament begins.
c. A 24-person bracket will be used with one to eight players being seeded according to the vote of the coaches. Coaches may vote for their own player with the highest vote tally being No. 1, the second highest vote tally being No. 2, etc. Seeds will receive byes during the first round, and schools will be separated by school in quarter brackets.
d. Alternate entries to the NCS Championship are the highest seeded players after the top four EBAL qualifiers are selected. These players will be the 5th and 6th place finishers from the EBAL Badminton Finals Tournament. This 5th and 6th place designation must be determined by an out bracket game within the existing tournament format.
e. Require uniforms for the EBAL League Matches and League Finals. This consists of matching shirts and shorts of the same color. Shorts may vary slightly in terms of material. Skorts may be worn if the same color. Exceptions can be made for adherence to religious practices, such as long sleeves or headgear, as long as the colors are matching with the uniform.
9. The all-league team will be comprised of the top four finishes in each event.
10. EBAL Division 1: League Tournament Each team will submit 3 entries per event for the Division 1 league tournament. Division 1 All league will be the top 4 singles and top 3 doubles. (girls/boys and mixed) Top 4 finishers qualify for NCS Division 1 Tournament.
EBAL Division 2: League Tournament Each team will submit 3 entries per event for Division 2 tournament. All league Division 2 will be top 1 for all events. Top 3 finishers qualify for NCS Division 2 Tournament