NEW ENGLAND FOOTBALL LEAGUE
99 NORTH END BLVD.
SALISBURY, MA 01952
Phone & Fax: (978) 465-3046
Email: info@newenglandfootballleague.com
BYLAWS
Article I - Name
Section 1: The name of this organization shall be the New England Football League,
hereby known as the N.E.F.L.
Article II - Purposes
Section 1: To provide the opportunity for men, over the age of eighteen years old, to
participate in a full contact amateur football league; to allow qualified teams to
compete in a league atmosphere, so long as it is in the best interest of the
N.E.F.L.; to provide a forum for speakers of reputation and accomplishment to
represent their views; to assist individuals who wish to actively participate in
the N.E.F.L. to realize this goal; to serve the needs of the directors, teams, and
players, as those needs may be determined by the N.E.F.L.; to provide facilities
and personnel to implement full contact football games; to under rules approved by
the N.E.F.L., structure a competitive organization for all participants; and to
enjoy all of the rights, powers, and privileges permitted to non-profit
associations under Chapter 180 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, as amended from time to time, but the League shall at no time
exercise any of its purposes as objects, or any of its League powers in such a
manner as to deprive itself of the right to exemption from taxation under Section
501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 of the United States of America,
as amended, or the corresponding provision of any future United States Revenue Law.
Section 2: To acquire by purchase, lease, gift, bequest, device, endowment, or
otherwise, and to dispose of by sale, lease, gift or otherwise, property of every
nature and description whether real, personal, or mixed, that will benefit both
teams and the N.E.F.L.
Article III - Membership
Section 1: Membership shall be open to men over the age of eighteen who desire to
participate in a full contact amateur football league.
Section 2: All participants in the N.E.F.L. shall sign a waiver releasing and holding
harmless the N.E.F.L., its officers, coaches, directors, and sponsors, as well as
the governing body or bodies of the playing and non-playing facilities that any
N.E.F.L. game will be used or played on.
Section 3: All participants will be required to sign a waiver to declare themselves
physically able to participate in full contact football, so that the N.E.F.L., its
officers, coaches, directors, sponsors, as well as the governing body or bodies of
the playing and non-playing facilities that any N.E.F.L. game will use or play on.
Section 4: Fees may be required by the participants to cover operating or unforeseen
costs, so that the N.E.F.L. may continue its operation.
Section 5: The N.E.F.L. reserves the right to establish conditions precedent to
participation, and also reserves the right to disqualify a current participant from
playing any further for conduct not in the interest of the N.E.F.L.Article IV - Board of Directors
Section 1: The Board of Directors shall be composed of individuals appointed at an
annual meeting of the N.E.F.L. This Board will be responsible for setting rules,
regulations, and policies of the N.E.F.L. and may receive, hold, and dispose of
funds. They shall have the general direction, control and management of the
property of the N.E.F.L., and employ personnel for the furtherance of the business
of the N.E.F.L.
Section 2: Directors shall be appointed for a term of one year, thereafter the terms of
the expired members shall be appointed at the annual league meetings as provided
herein.
Section 3: Any member of the Board appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by
a vote of four-fifths (4/5 ths) of the Board of Directors for cause and whenever in
its judgment the best interest of the N.E.F.L. would be served thereby.
Section 4: In order for any vote to take place, 51% of the appointed Board of Directors
must be present. If 51% of the appointed Board of Directors are not present, then
a vote cannot take place.
Article V - Officers and their duties
Section 1: The president shall preside at all meetings, coordinate and give direction to
the activities of the Board of Directors and perform such duties as are required by
the Board of Directors and the N.E.F.L.
Section 2: All committee chairpersons shall preside over all committee meetings, with
the ideas and results reported to the Board of Directors at the next N.E.F.L.
meeting.
Section 3: The corresponding Secretary, under the direction of the Board, shall conduct
all correspondence of the N.E.F.L.
Section 4: The Treasurer shall be the custodian of any funds, financial records, and
accounts belonging to the N.E.F.L.
Section 5: All distribution for any item or expenses shall be paid by check signed by a
member of the Board of Directors, with all distribution for any item exceeding
$500.00 be paid by check only if specifically authorized by the Board of Directors.
Article VI - Committees
Section 1: There shall be the following standard committees.
1. Financial Committee
2. Competition Committee
3. Expansion Committee
5. Scheduling Committee
Article VII – Adding Amendments to Rules, Regulations and Bylaws
The rules and regulatio
