A Constitution in Super Bowling, under the rule of the World Super Bowling Confederation, November of 2002:We the players of this great sport and members of this Confederation, in order to protect the interests of the players of the sport, the institutions of the sport, and above all, the sport itself, place these restrictions upon the actions of the Confederation and play sanctioned thereby.

Article One:

The sport, in and of itself, is rewarding. The sport shall not be corrupted by the exchange of rewards (including, but not limited to, money, trophies, or food items) upon entry into, winning, or losing any matches or for participation in the Confederation as a player or a voting member of the Confederation Committee on Rules and Grievances. The exception is traveling titles, belts, trophies and the like.

Article Two:

The rules, actions, events, complaints, arguments, and disputes of the Confederation are to be addressed in the Confederation Committee on Rules and Grievances. Decisions made thereby are to be passed by a three fourths vote unless otherwise noted in this documents or the Amendments thereof. This committee is to be made of two voting members of each Association.

Article Three:

The aforementioned Committee shall also deal with the transfer of players from Association to Association. After the Committee passes a transfer by a three fourths vote, the issue must be placed before the members of each of the Associations involved and the issue must be passed by a majority vote in each Association.

Article Four:

All disputes within an Association are to be decided by a majority vote by the members thereof.

Article Five:

The voting members to be sent to the Committee shall be elected by the members of their respective Associations. The official voting structure of each Association is to be determined therein.

Article Six:

In the event that a retired person comes out of retirement, he shall return to the Association of which he was a member at the time of his retirement.

Article Seven:

For another Association to be formed, the charter thereof must state their intentions on paper in a declaration of sports independence. The new Association may not become a part of the Confederation unless voted for by three fourths of the Committee and then a three fourths vote in all of the various Associations.

Article Eight:

The sport, in and of itself, is ordered. Therefor the rules stated in this document are not to be broken for or by any individual, Association, or particular grounds, under penalty of forfeit, loss of points in a round, loss of titles, fines (in respect to destruction of balls, trash cans, or other privately owned items) or expulsion from the confederation.

Article Nine:

Amendments to the rules may be passed unanimously in the Committee and by a three fourths margin in each of the various Associations.

Article Ten:

This document and the attached amendments shall be made official when signed by seven of the ten members of the Confederation.

The Bill of Rules and Amendments to the Constitution of the World Super Bowling Confederation:

Amendment One:

The game is to be played by hurling, bouncing, or rolling an inflated ball of no less than 30" in diameter at either trash cans or buckets or a combination thereof totaling no less than three and no more than six trash cans and/or buckets. Each player is granted two consecutive hurls, the second of which will be minus the targets knocked down in the first throw.

Amendment Two:

The score is to be determined by the number of cans/buckets knocked down. Victory is reached when a player reaches a set score and has a score higher by two points than the other player or closest player. Extra points totaling no more than two points for a strike and one point for a spare may be awarded for strikes (all targets knocked down on the first throw) and spares (all targets knocked down on the second throw or in combination with the first throw) according to the local ground rules.

Amendment Three:

The ball must be hurled from behind a set line and the plain of said line may be broken provided the hurler's foot is not set upon the ground beyond said plain before the release of the ball.

Amendment Four:

Failure to comply to these rules may result in the removal from the scores held in such contests from the official records in addition to those penalties listed in Article eight.

Amendment Five:

The ground rules of each of the various grounds are to be stated before the first event of the day, and repeated at the request of the participants of any event held at the venue that day. Ground rules may include the number of targets used, total score needed to win, the conduct of the participants and fans present, the interference of immovable or temporary obstacles and may not be contradictory of the rules of the Confederation.

Amendment Six:

Before participating in a head-to-head match, both members will be allowed no more than 15 practice throws.

Amendment Seven:

There are to be three seasons a year and each season there will be a World Tournament. Each Association shall have a tournament each season to decide their champions. The Associations shall send their top two ranked players to the World Tournament each season.

Amendment Eight:

Each Associations shall rank their players according to their own practices.

Amendment Nine:

Records are to be kept in the format of head-to-head wins, head-to-head losses, and open tournament wins.

Amendment Ten:

Expulsion from the Confederation must first be unanimously voted for by the Committee then must be voted for by seven eighths of those not being expelled in the Confederation and may only be executed in the most egregious of circumstances.