THE DREAM LEAGUE
Women's Basketball Leagues
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Issue 2 | Winter/Spring 2005 ::: Issue 1 | Summer 2004 Upcoming Leagues (from SF to San Diego to NYC) Deadline for upcoming Bay Area Asian Leagues is February 6, 2005 NYC Asian "Uptown" and "Downtown" Leagues Start Wed Jan 26 and Sun Feb 6 San Francisco Sunday Women's and Weeknight Open/Intermediate League Sign-Ups San Diego Asian American League in Formative Stages Join Our Staff and Play for Free Tips for Captains on How to Form and Manage Teams Upcoming Tournaments (from SF to Las Vegas to NYC) Inaugural Asian New Year Tournaments in SF and NYC Las Vegas Asian American Elite Tournament of Champions Talks Underway News From the 'Hood Pay Off Parking Tickets by Working at Dream League! DLNY's Gino de Jesus and The Investor Relations Group, Inc. Donate $500 Bay Area Grant Matching Reaches $3,200 DLNY's Andre Liu and Pequod Give Big Assists to Dream League Dream League Applies for No Child Left Behind Act Funds San Francisco Teenage Statcrew to Attend "Coach Carter" Deadline for upcoming Bay Area Asian Leagues is February 6, 2005 The deadline for the upcoming Bay Area Asian Leagues has been extended to February 6, 2005. However, teams that want to get started on Feb 6 are welcome to do so and will get an extra bye week later in the season somewhere in between February and June. Also, the league will likely undergo a stratification process among its approximately 50 teams, so as to ensure more parity and a fair environment for achieving the glory of building and participating on a championship team. As such, we are proud to announce a new 6'0"-Under Recreational Division. Most likely, the free agent teams will play in this division, too. Back to top NYC Asian "Uptown" and "Downtown" Leagues Start Wed Jan 26 and Sun Feb 6 The 3rd installment of the NYC Asian American Leagues started Wednesday night for the Uptown Conference and for the Downtown Conference, the full launch will be on Sunday, February 6. Da Bien will be looking for a 3-peat, but about a dozen or so other teams have something else to say about that. Contact brian@dreamleague.org for details or check the NYC Asian American League registration page. Back to top S.F. Sunday Women's and Weeknight Open/Intermediate League Sign-Ups Two more leagues are coming up this Spring in the San Francisco... First, our new Weeknight Open/Intermediate League. Don't worry, this won't be like our current above-the-rim Thursday night Top Gun League. In the Weeknight Open/Intermediate League, only one player on each roster can be over 6'2" and it will be a chance for our Sunday Asian American Dream Leaguers to finally involve their non-Asian buddies. Right now, we're leaning towards Tuesday nights, but we're giving you an opportunity to tell us your preferences. Click on the Ongoing Signups for Weeknight Leagues link from our homepage for details. Also, our third installment of the Women's League is now accepting sign-ups. Click on the Ongoing Signups for Women's League link from our homepage for more detailed info. Back to top San Diego Asian American League in Formative Stages Former Dream Leaguer Chris Tsai recently moved out to sunny San Diego and got the itch to form an Asian league out there. He's been scouring the courts at UCSD, SDSU, and San Diego U. He's been passing out flyers and gauging interest. At least six teams and we should be good to go! If you have a buddy out in San Diego who would want to play, please let us know at info@dreamleague.org. Thanks, Chris, for all of your hard work! Back to top Join Our Staff and Play for Free If you're into stats, watching other talent go at it in the league, or improving the lives of less fortunate kids from the 'hood, then joining our Dream League staff could be perfect for you! Staff positions include scorekeepers, post-game online stats, and online beat writers. All scorekeepers need to do is show up one game before and/or stay one game after their regularly scheduled game. And all you need to do online stats and/or articles is broadband Internet access! All staff members get to play in our leagues for free or highly discounted rates, assuming they do good work on time and show dedication. Also, did you know that mileage, bridge tolls, cab fares, and other public transportation to Dream League games are deductible items on your taxes if you are a Dream League staff member? This is because we're a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and when you don't get reimbursed or when you're not officially on our payroll, you are by definition volunteering for a nonprofit organization! How easy is that?! Come out and join our staff today! Back to top Tips for Captains on How to Form and Manage Teams Having a responsible captain who acts as the communication hub for a team can be critical to winning a championship. Just ask our championship teams -- roughly 80% of all championship teams have rosters of 9 to 12 players and less than 1% of the time have they forfeited any games. Here are some tips on how to ensure you've got enough guys registered and committed each week, and that they represent championship-caliber talent: (1) Make a list. Believe it or not, it's that simple. It's probably better to do everything by email, assuming your players have it. Even if not, you should simply write an email to yourself listing at least 5 core position players and 3 subs, just like you would for a fantasy league. Leave spaces where needed for positions you have not filled. Keep a running tab of who's out and why. Here's an example of a roster you should email yourself. It is missing two players, one starting small forward and another backup power forward:
OUT: Lebron James (picked up by Rams), Brad Pitt (getting divorced), Joey Tribiani (working out of town), Michael Jackson (surgery), Michael Jordan (retired), Joe Schmoe (broken leg). In the above example, first of all let's assume you're Steve Nash. So you've inserted yourself as the starting point guard. Perhaps Joey Tribiani was supposed to be the starting small forward, but he's out because he'll be spending the entire spring out of town on a job. So you leave that position blank, but to the right, you list some guys you would want in his place. Also, notice that you're still not quite sure if you want to carry a 9th player, so you list Yuta Tabuse as a possible 9th player, who would be a backup point guard. Then you send out emails to the various potential players listed on the right, from left to right. Remember you still have until your 4th regular season game to make changes. (2) Sometimes it's good to have guys who are non-committal. Save them in your back pocket in case regular guys don't show up. It is strongly advised that you find at least 5 guys who are 100% committed and will move their personal schedules around to make the games. Then invite the non-committal guys to show up when you're short players. Of course, don't forget that those roster spots need to be paid for in advance. Maybe have those non-committal players pay you $8 per game played, or something. If you don't continue to use the extra spots beyond the minimum of 8, you can always ask for a pro-rated refund from the league -- keep in mind, those spots will not be available for you during the playoffs, of course. (3) Avoid flakes like the plague! There's a difference between being non-committal and flaking. You don't want the latter under any circumstance. Those players are most likely to not call you back, not pay, not show up on time, and spoil any chemistry you guys have already built up. It is better to get a so-so player who shows up all the time instead of a star player who barely shows up. Anyhow, this example is all fun and games, but the bottom line is, you've got to write down your roster and come up with possible scenarios. And if all else fails, please take advantage of probably the most powerful resource who can help you find players: your Commissioner! The Commish will likely have a list of committed players or free agents who are trying to find a home. Back to top Inaugural Asian New Year Tournaments in SF and NYC Asian/Chinese New Year is Wednesday, February 9 and what better way to celebrate than to hoop! Please note that all participants must be of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Vietnamese decent. In Oakland and San Francisco, our inaugural Asian New Year Tournament is scheduled to start on Tuesday night, February 8 and last through the weekend of February 12 and possibly even to as late as Thursday, February 17, just like the Chinese New Year celebration. Format, cost, and number of teams will be determined based on the number of teams interested. In New York City, the inaugural Chinese New Year Tournament is scheduled to be on a weekend, probably Sunday, February 13. But it won't happen unless there are enough teams interested, so contact brian@dreamleague.org if your team wants in. Back to top Las Vegas Asian American Elite Tournament of Champions Talks Underway Talks with the cream of the crop of Asian American championship teams in the United States are already underway for an elite National Tournament to be held in Las Vegas sometime in March or early April. Right now, our feedback tells us that the first week of April may be the most agreeable date. These invitees include the perennial powerhouses of the IndoPak tournament circuit, the Maryland Five Pillars and California Shockwaves. Then you have the core group of Japanese champions from the West Coast, the LA Tigers, Setai Cossa, Sacramento Barons, and San Jose Kidz. Add to that the Chinese Nationals' Chicago Dragons, Alpine Striders, and company. There are all-star teams from Minneapolis and Arizona, believe it or not. And then let's not forget the Filipino stalwarts, the Bay Area HEADS and Vegas ABL Select. Finally, of course, we have our very own Bay Area Dream League All-Stars, recent champions of the prestigious Japanese/Chinese/Korean/ Vietnamese "LVI" Tournament, and hopefully a squad or two from Dream League New York. If you're part of the above list and don't know about this tournament yet, consider this posting your invitation and have your captain contact us ASAP. If you know of any other championship-caliber team interested in participating, please contact us. Please note that we expect each participating team to have done some damage at some Asian American stage in the U.S. Again, the tournament is slated for March. Back to top Pay Off Parking Tickets by Working at Dream League! No, it's not too good to be true (well, only in the Bay Area -- New York will have to wait)!!! Remember, Dream League is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and that means you can work off community service hours with us, whether that's scorekeeping and supervising a teenage statcrew member at a Dream League game, or mentoring a kid after school by attending his varsity basketball practice, or helping us with paperwork, the list goes on. In Alameda County, we have already had one instance of a Dream Leaguer paying off his parking ticket by working 6 hours with us. We signed a letter confirming his work and our 501(c)(3) status and that was that. In San Francisco, we're a registered community organization with the city's Project 20 Pre-Trial program for parking tickets. If you're disgusted with SFDPT, then this is your ticket out! Just take your citation to the SFDPT office on 10th and Howard, and ask to be enlisted in Project 20. We must warn you that the wait at SFDPT can be like at the DMV. You are advised to arrive at 7:30AM and wait until the doors open at 8:00AM. Contact us for ideas on how to make this part of the process better -- we may have other Project 20 candidates who can stand in line for you and vice-versa (the more, the merrier!). Then contact Dream League immediately so that we may give you our corporate name and federal id number for Project 20 to process and sign you up. SFDPT will have given you a form which you take to the Project 20 office near 7th and Bryant. You sign up with us, then you come work for us at the going SFDPT rate of $6/hour, and we sign your timesheet. Return the timesheet to Project 20, then SFDPT, and voila, your parking tickets are paid off! Now are we here for you or what? Back to top DLNY's Gino de Jesus and The Investor Relations Group, Inc. Donate $500 New York City's Gino de Jesus loved playing in our league and appreciated commish Brian Yang's efforts so much that he brought this and our commitment to neighborhood youth to the attention of his superiors at The Investor Relations Group, Inc. Next thing you know, Dream League had a $500 donation check from IRG. Thanks to Dian Griesel for IRG's generosity. It means so much to us to see the great sport of basketball bring together a community of giving back. By the way, Dream League would also like to thank Phil Nguyen for donating his two lower-level Golden State Warriors vs Orlando Magic tickets last month to one of our teenage staff, James Love. James and his brother thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Back to top Bay Area Grant Matching Reaches $3,200 Thanks to the efforts of Raymond Castillo at Chase JP Morgan and Hank Kim at Deutsche Bank, last season Dream League San Francisco raised $3,200 in grant matching funds. Raymond and Hank thus instantly became Platinum Level sponsors of Dream League and will soon be enjoying their off time shooting around with custom-made Dream League leather basketballs and wearing Dream League t-shirts, not to mention special considerations for future Dream League events, BBQs, and the like. If you work at a large company, check with the HR or Community Relations Dept to see if your employer has a Grant Matching program. If so, any contributions to Dream League will be matched dollar-for-dollar by your company. Typically the annual limits that each individual employee can get matched can reach as high as $3,000 per year. Obviously, your employer's finance and tax department has already earmarked or estimated this money as part of its way of giving back to the community, so why not take advantage of it? It's one of the greatest inventions of all time. When you utilize corporate grant matching, we use it to train and employ otherwise-jobless teenagers from disadvantaged communities. This then results in more timely stats, better game-time scorekeeping, and so on. So when you utilize grant matching, you're making the league better while making the life of an underprivileged kid better, too. Believe it or not, a little structure in a kid from a broken home's life has tremendous positive outcomes. The steps for utilizing Grant Matching are as follows: (1) call your HR or Community Relations Dept, (2) obtain a form from them, (3) sign the form and mail it to Dream League for us to sign, (4) Dream League signs the form and mails it in, and (5) about three months later, Dream League gets a check in the mail from your employer. Thank you in advance for your support! Back to top DLNY's Andre Liu and Pequod Give Big Assists to Dream League For those of you in New York, your Dream League t-shirts were worked on by Andre Liu and his team at Pequod. Andre's cost was our cost and we thank you, Andre, for your generosity. Also special thanks go out to Celeste Dang for leading the effort on the t-shirt design and technical issues. BTW, those nice DLNY brochures also come courtesy of Andre! The Bay Area t-shirts will be based off of Celeste's work. Let's give a big hand to Calvin Ma of the AAA team Franchise in San Francisco, who like Andre will be heavily involved in our t-shirt orders and has told us that his cost is our cost. Thanks for being Platinum sponsors, Andre and Calvin! Back to top Dream League Applies for No Child Left Behind Act Funds In collaboration with International Studies Academy (ISA) High School in San Francisco, in late November, Dream League applied for a federal grant that is part of the No Child Left Behind Act. In its proposal, Dream League outlined how it would lead an after school program, a so-called "21st Century Community Learning Center", for ISA's varsity basketball kids. The program would be designed to prevent kids from getting kicked off the team due to bad grades and enrich the kids' daily lives by relating sports news (think ESPN's Outside The Lines) to issues in the immediate community. Very few proposals will get funded, so our hopes are high but we're cautiously optimistic. Even if the grant fails to come through, Dream League has made a written commitment to work with ISA's Athletic Director in doing what we can to help improve their extremely resource-constrained situation. For example, ISA has literally no funds to attend basketball tournaments. There's little or no money for uniforms, equipment, and field trips. It's pretty grim out there, but every bit of help we can offer, be it employment at our games for the varsity kids or what have you, is a tiny step forward. Back to top San Francisco Teenage Statcrew to Attend "Coach Carter" Later this month, Dream League will be holding a teenage statcrew workshop, which will also possibly include a referees' conference to go over implementation of more NBA rules, a captains' meeting, an open gym, a 3-point shootout, snacks, and a trip to AMC Theatres to see the new movie about local Richmond High, "Coach Carter". Our teenage statcrew has now reached five. James hails from the Sunnydale projects; Carlos, Tony, and Giselle from the Mission District, and Desmond from the Richmond District (not the same as the city of Richmond as depicted in the film). Dream League is very excited about the movie "Coach Carter". The academic portion of Coach Carter's regimen is a semblance of the programs that Dream League intends to bring directly into struggling high school varsity basketball programs, such as that at ISA High School. It's about time someone in Hollywood revisited and emphasized the cultural and class-based difficulties that inner-city teenagers face, and how the individual love for basketball, the commitment to a team, and the support of a community can help overcome those barriers. For those of you in the Bay Area, we urge you to join us. AMC tickets are just $6.00, which is 40% off the regular price, but must be reserved at least three days in advance. We'll have two sessions, one in SF and one Oakland, both on Sunday, January 30. 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