Three of my teammates got behind more than two weeks on there fees. The league treasure told them that the could bowl and told them that they had until April 30 to catch everything up. They caught up and we won this quarter and made the roll offs by 2 points.

A team filed a protest, saying we should forfeit all points earned by our team while the players were more than two weeks down.  The league president has sided with them, took our points and says he is calling a meeting for a vote on whether our team will be given credit for the points won by the two guys on the team who were current.

I understand that the local rule is that if you are more than two weeks behind, you are not allowed to bowl and you forfeit your point. However, the treasure has always been given leeway on letting people pay and get caught up.

There is no written rule about the team losing the points of the bowlers that are current so they are trying to make one up to keep us out of the rolloff. What would you do, short of kickin the treasure to sleep? 

Is there a USBC Rule that will help us out on this?

Ditto. IMHO, if this case is covered offcially by league statutes, these have priority, otherwise USBC or any governing body's regulation fill the gap.

Additionally - from personal experience - if you have such a case or "special regulation" with the league secretary, treasurer or official, make sure that you have some hard copy document (ideally), or at least neutral witnesses who can confirm the story. Sounds very picky, but spoken words and esp. vague memory mean nothing when you are up against another one's word or opinion.

Sadly, IMO, the written league rule must be enforced.  I would try to get the treasurer replaced next season.  --  JohnP

I have experienced this exact situation before and if the league has not enforced it strictly throughout the season to every bowler in arrears then it is null and void. They cannot go back and retroactively strip teams of points/wins.

When this rule is written it is as a deterrent for the most part. Some guys always slip behind and if so the league has to enforce it that week. If not, then they cannot go back after someone they don't like or someone who is winning violates the rule and then choose to enforce it.

Fight this action to the very end. You will win.

If there are written league rules they must be followed.  If not, the agreement
made with the treasurer should be honored.  Problems arise when rules are not
followed.  As another arguement, if another team member has paid ahead, his
money could be shifted to the non paying bowler at the time.

The league rule becomes invisible the instant a league officer makes an exception. I am good with proven individuals being given some lee way. Stuff happens. Money, comes and goes. As long as it's paid in full at league end, all is good. I could never, in good conscience, protest anything like this. Funny, how people are?

I would contact the National USBC office by email before the meeting.  If the games were bowled and at that time no one protested, then they had up to two weeks to write a protest or within 72 hours the last two weeks of the season and submit it to USBC.  You can't wait until the end of the season to enforce a rule to cut someone out of a roll off.  If the Secretary/Treasurer gave permission to bowl, then they can't go back and say later that its a forfeit because rather then forfeit, they would have borrowed the money or bowled blind to the following week. At least then they would of had an option.

Good luck,