Looking for some opinions for this scenario.

Had a league just end on Sunday March 16th.  The previous final date for positioning to determine the league winner was on March 2nd.

The winning team was told on March 16th that all of their wins were forfeited because it came to light that one of the members on that team that bowled each week was not a member of a 3rd party organization that they say the league requires.

It turns out that members across other teams were not members of that 3rd party organization.  So as such all prizes have been halted pending further review of rules.

Is this allowed by USBC rules to have a team forfeit wins that happened weeks ago?  Is there not a statute of limitations?

The closest thing I can see is rule 119 which suggests there is at the very least a 15 day statute:

Written protests are filed with a league officer and shall be filed within 15 days of the series being bowled.


I can't see anywhere in the USBC rules does it say that a league can make up their own statute of limitations.  Let me know your thoughts.