Now that rule seems to totally contradict this one -
Section 6: Team Cards
5. Team cards for all divisions/grades after being correctly filled and signed shall
stay with the club unless, (1) there is a dispute regarding the score, (2) player
eligibility or (3) incident. If any of these has occurred the team card has to be in
the hands of Mainland Football within 48 hours of the said game.
So if the dispute comes to Mainland say Wednesday afternoon (still within the 7 days but outside the 48 hours) clubs technically don't have to hand the card over? Why on earth would they let the cards stay in the hands of the clubs unless their was a dispute? Ahhhhh, money! Remember how all teams got prepaid team cards that had to be posted by the day after the game or you risked getting the club fined for late cards? That's why we have such ridiculous rules, we need $800,000 in the bank and a pointless competition with clubs getting by hoping no-one picks up on their mistakes. It's such a simple game.