All rule violations will be enforced and dealt with by either recruiting sanctions, sim loss, league suspension, or ban
Gameplay/General Rules:
1. Coaches must stay at their school. Period. Coaches will start at level 20, and
ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE THE UPGRADES THROUGHOUT THE DYNASTY.
2. Restarts will be dealt with by the commish, as they happen. I understand things happen and games freeze, but it will only be excused if you can provide a video or photo from your cell phone. That will NEED to be provided in order to earn a restart. If not, it will be up to the SIM gods!
3. User vs. User disconnects can happen. Each team should provide a photo or video and explain what happened. This should not have to be brought to the commish unless you cannot come to an agreement. We are all adults here. If you choose to replay, ONE (1) replay will be allowed. After that it will be determined by the commish, on how to proceed.
4. Do not abuse “money plays” or CPU AI. These include
-Nano blitzing
-Constantly running the same few plays over and over
-QB scrambling is allowed if pressured, or you have gone through all reads. What is not allowed is calling a pass and immediately sprinting out to the sideline to throw or run. If you want to roll out, call a designed roll out pass play. (They are in the playbooks)
-QB drop backs should be of 3, 5, and 7 steps. QB’s are not allowed to drop back 10 yards just to throw a pass
5. When up by
30 going in the 4th quarter users should run clock and put in backups. Stat boosting will not be allowed
***Applies to User vs. CPU games only***
6. Any issues with another user should be dealt with between the two coaches in groupme. If you cannot come to an understanding, it should be brought to the attention of the commish. Describe the issue at hand in detail and it will be dealt with accordingly. If this process is not followed there will be sanctions or bans placed on the user
7. 4th down attempts should not be attempted unless:
-User is losing in the 4th quarter
-User is out of FG range and too close to punt(please use your better judgment)
-short yardage inside the 5 yd line
-4th and short when leading with less than 2 minutes left: User may attempt to go for it to run the clock out
-You are on, or inside the opponent's 35 yd line, and have 5 or less yards to the first down. Anthing outside of that is against the rules.
8. User catch on offense or defense IS allowed
9. No huddle offense is allowed. Do not go no huddle when the play goes out of bounds, or any dead ball play. Also, you shouldn't use it if you are stopped for loss of yards or no yards. Use it realistically
10. Run commit is
NOT allowed
11. Play calling should be realistic. Do not call the same play over and over. I will not restrict # of runs vs. # of passes. There are too many variables to control that and we all play a different style
12. Super-Simming vs CPU is strictly prohibited
13. If you miss your scheduled game time with another user without notifying, the user will be allowed to play the CPU. There is no excuses with the technology we have now to just be MIA for no reason. COMMUNICATE
Recruiting Restrictions
- All recruiting assistance should be turned
OFF
TRANSFERS
- Since we're using updated rosters, the creators of said rosters added ALL Transfers to the teams. Even the ones that are NOT eligible to play this season. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO RED SHIRT THOSE TRANSFERS THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE IN THE 2015/16. We will be checking
League Participation
I understand we all have lives(or at least most of us do), so I am not going to get crazy with this, but I do want to make sure this league is active and users are somewhat involved. It makes it a lot more fun when everyone communicates and participates with each other. It shouldn't be too much to ask for you all to reach out in a timely manner to another user you are playing that week. Or even the following week. It helps keep the league moving, and fun for everyone.