MBC Sportsmanship Rules
Game Set up:
*Game - Play- Simulation
*Difficulty - All Madden
*Quarter Length - 8 min. (No Accel Clock)
*Injuries - On (Off Preseason)
*Pre-Existing Injuries - Off
*Fill Roster - Off (Stops CPU from making moves)
*Must Create a Coach
*Custom Playbooks Are Allowed
*Cool Down Option on Play Calling Will Be Set So You Can Only Use A Play Every 4th Call To Help With Mixing Up Play Calling.

We Are a PS5 SIM league
We are al suppose to be grown, we are not here to babysit you guys. So just follow the simple rules and lets have fun playing the "Game"!
Use appropriate language at all times. This is a league for adults ,which means you show respect to everyone. If you are upset about something, that does not give you an excuse to start name calling or cursing. This goes for all communication (Text, Chat, Over the Mic, ETC). Be respectable at all times.

Egos are not a welcome thing in this league , so if you have one either leave it at the door, or find another league because it will get you removed from this league. You are being warned now.

If your opponent pauses the game, please allow two minutes for them to text you an explanation of why it is paused. If it is paused for longer than two minutes without communication, feel free to start the 30 second countdown to start the game.

If your opponent pauses the game about a rule infraction, discuss it rationale and do not leave the game paused for more than 5 minutes unless both parties agree.

Do not rage quit. If you rage quit, then you put yourself in place for a punishment that could be harsher than the infraction against you.

If there is a rules violation, please privately message (with evidence) or a member of the rules committee. Calling out someone in the chat or making accusations without evidence are rarely productive.

Remember not to run up the score on your opponent. If you are up by 29 points, then you are only allowed to score field goals, defensive scores or special teams touchdowns.This also includes if game is clearly out of reach near end of game, unless the opponent is still calling timeouts, you should not be trying to score.

If you choose to call time outs when the game is out of hand and could potentially have the clock run out, then your opponent is allowed to continue to try and score no matter the score.

The following is protocol for Punishments for infractions *(not for same thing, any infractions) :

1st offense - warning

2nd offense - Sim loss (or loss of incentives for end of season, committee choice)

3rd offense - removal from league .

PUNISHMENTS FOR PLAYOFFGAME INFRACTIONS:

Auto loss in the Next round of the Playoffs, and possibly something into the next season Re: loss of draft picks ETC... If you have infraction in the Super Bowl, you will loss all Draft picks in coming season.
                                                           
                                MBC Gameplay Rules

                                           
                                 4th Down Rule:
                 
-  You can go for it on 4th and 2 or less  inside 40yd line or closer. Most cases we recommend you take the 3pts.
- If you are down in the 4th quarter with less than 4 minutes left to go, then you can go for it at any time.

                                                           
                                 Onside Kick Rule:

-   If you are down 8 or less, then you may onside kick it with less than 2 minutes remaining in the game.
If you are down by 9 or more, then you may onside kick it with less than 3:30 minutes remaining in the game.

                                     
                                 PlayMaker:

-   Playmaker is banned . You may not use playmaker feature in this league .

                                         
                                   Play Call Ratio Rule:

  -  Offense: Offensively, you must mix up your run to pass play call ratio. The minimum is 70-30% ratio. We also highly recommend mixing up play types and formations. If you are found to be using the same formation/play type the entire game, then this will be looked further into.

  -  Defense: Defensively, you must mix up your play calls. Call different types of zones, coverages, blitz, etc. If you are found running any play type more than 50% of the game, then this will be considered against the rules.

                               
                                    Fake Punt/Fake Field Goal:

Once a season (including playoffs), you may use 1 fake field goal and 1 fake punt( 1 of each) You must post that you used it to Discord

                                     
                                    Hurry Up Offense:

  -  You may only run persistent hurry up if there is less than 2 minutes left to go in the half or at the end of the game.
 
  -  You may run hurry up once per drive.

  -  If you are down by 17 points or more, then you can run hurry up at any point past the 2nd quarter.

                     
                                     Coaching Adjustments

   - The Aggressive Pash Rush Coaching Adjustment it not allowed at any time in this league.

 
                                    Manual Substitutions:

Below are the only allowed manual substitutions;

    QB - QB Only
    RB - RB/FB Only
    FB - FB Only
    WR - WR Only
        TE - TE Only. If you only have 2 TE’s on your roster, then your FB may be listed
                       as the 3rd TE on your depth chart.
    OL - OL Only
    DT - DE and DT Only
    DE - DE, DT, OLB Only
    OLB - DE, MLB, OLB Only
    MLB - MLB and OLB Only
    CB - CB, FS, and SS Only
    FS - FS, SS Only
    SS - FS, SS Only
    P - P Only
    K - K Only

                                                 Play Call Limits:

- You May only pick chew clock after 2 minute warnings in each half of you have the lead. If the person losing by a lot concedes game by picking chew clock themselves before then. If they do that then the person with the lead may use it the remainder of the game.

-  You are only allowed to select goal line formation inside the 10 yard line.

-  All screen plays are banned from within the 15 yard line (not just hb screens, any screen)

-  In general, try to mix up your play calls and formations during each drive.

-  Not allowed to run play action on 3rd and long ( anything over 8 yards)

- If you call a PA  play , you must run the PA , You can not audible  the HB ( or anyone in backfield) to a route or to manually block .If you pick play action run the play action or audible to a totally dif play.

                                   
                                         Pre-snap Rules:

-  If you motion a payer, then you must allow them to become set before snapping the ball.

-  If you place a DL into coverage manually, then you must allow the CPU to control that player. You are not allowed to manually move a DL farther than 5 yards from the line of scrimmage.

You may only have 1 less rusher on defense than you have dline men in the called play. So if you have 3 linemen , you may rush 2 and spy one . If you have 4 linemen, must rush 3 of them and one spy is fine. However no DT should be manually placed in coverage. DTs don’t play coverage in real life . If playing someone you think may run with qb . A spy is ok because of how badly madden handles attacking a running qb. However you can not be dropping dts back into coverage .

-  You may not keep a defensive player in motion presnap ( this includes but not limited to moving side to side, back and fourth, in a circle, etc) .

-  On Defense, you may only manually move a LB as close as 3 yards from the DL. You may only move a DB as close as the LB level. If you manually move a DB up, then you may not blitz with them.

         
                                    Post-snap Rules:

-  You may not drop back more than 10 yards unless you are throwing a screen pass or escaping pressure.

-  You may not manually move the blockers on kickoff or punt returns.

                                      General Franchise Rules:

             
                                       Position Changes:

-  OL changes can be made without needing approval.

-  You can switch players from the right side of the defense to the left and vise versa without permission.

-  You can swap FS and SS without permission.

-  Any additional position swap requires 3 approvals from the trade committee.

                                               
                                        Player Numbers:

-  You may not change the player numbers to anything against NFL rules.

                                                   
                                         Statistics:

-  You may not have more than 50% of all QB Completions with any one player. Example: 24 completions by QB no more than 12 catches by a single receiver.

-  If you are found to have statistics that are unnecessarily excessive, then that player will potentially be up for a 2-4 game suspension.

                                          Free Agent Bidding:

-  Max years you can offer a player to resign is 5 years total. If player is asking for more years than 5 years you must provide a screenshot to admins before trying to resign !

- You may not offer a player more years on the contract they desire in FA Bidding
                                       
                                            Playing CPU:

-  You must stream this game.

-  You are not allowed to score more than 42 points. You are allowed one field goal in a tie game, if it will give you the win. You are also allowed to score special teams or defensive touchdowns if they happen after the 42 points.

-  Remember if your statistics are considered excessive then you are potentially up for a 2-4 game suspension.

- If you have a cpu game, you either play it , or face a sim loss or win ( whichever hurts your team more is what will be done there).

                                      General MBC Rules:

                                      Streaming/Recording:

-  All games must be streamed by the home team. If you are unable to stream, then you will need to ask your opponent if they will be able to. In addition to streaming, you must have your settings ( wherever you stream) setup to record every stream.

- You must have on previous play option . This is so if any questions in playcalling comes up , the info is easily found  to keep from people having debates about things.

                                       Communication:

-  You must contact (thru discord DM) next opponent before advances ( More than an hour before advance).

-  You must be able to give clear times your available as well communicate with opponent your schedule if there are important times you cant play. Do not just give vague times and expect anyone to have to wait around on you. Vague answers like "anytime tomorrow" does not work for anyone. Give specific times your available or you will be finding your opponent getting sim wins. You have been warned.

-  You must agree on and be sure 1 of the two of you post the set time in shoutbox on Daddy Leagues site.This is both parties responsibility to make sure one of you posts.

-  If you set a time and see you will be late ( which you should know in advance), you must DM opponent IMMEDIATELY and let them know what has come up and that you will be running late to see if they can wait. If you do not notify them 30 minutes before set time, they can take sim win or play CPU, their choice.

-  You have 12 hours after last advance to get a time posted in shoutbox or game may face being simmed.It will not be waited on.

-   If you feel your opponent has a very limited time of availability , and you have alot more open time, submit convo to rules committee and they may vote to allow you to play cpu.This will be a committes choice. If you dont want to put it in their hands, make it a point to try to figure out something that works for you both.

                              Being Last Game:

-  Being last game runs the risk of a sim if it can not be played on time. A sim win for the opponent who showed up on time , sim loss for the one not.

-  Owners found posting as last/latest game and playing sooner as a habit , will be placed on a 2 day max probation period for time set by rules committee.

                              If Getting No Response:

-  If you contact opponent before advance and do not hear back by 8 hours after advance, notify admins . If you fail to contact before advance or notify admins , you will be looking at a regular simmed game instead of sim win.

-  If opponent only responds with a vague answer and does not give a more clear answer by 8 hours after advance, same as above applies, notify admins. You will get a sim win (if you contacted before advance only)  if they cant give a set time before 12 hour period to post.

                   
                            Owners Not Responding:

-  There will be a thread in forums keeping up with owners not responding to texts and DMs within first 8 hours after advance. Owners found doing this 2 times may face removal from the league.

                   
                               Going on Vacation:

-  Be sure to post in the forums for “ Going out of Town” the dates you will be gone and return. Failing to do so and not answering opponents text will place you in the Owners not responding area and 2 of those can get you removed. Also, you need to go ahead and DM all your opponents you believe you may have while you are out of town and let them know the dates you will be gone and tell them to go ahead and play cpu.

                   
                                Playoff Rounds:

-  Playoff Rounds have a set 2 day max advance.

- If you know you don't have the time to play all of your playoff games, then you concede your 1st available game so no one gets a force win later in playoffs.

                            Simmed Games:

-  Any owners who have 5 or more games simmed/not played in a season ( due to any reason ,except being on vacation or family member or self in hospital) will be facing possibility of being removed from the league.If your not actively seeking your opponents before advances, then your not active enough to be a part of this league.

- Any teams in 3rd or 4th place after week 7 , that misses 3 games will lose their 1st and 2nd round picks they have( forced to give them to 1 of the lowest 10 teams that played all year in a random draw and that does not have 2 -1st or 2nds already )

- If there are no games that are set for sim win during a week, we will NOT turn off injuries for simmed games that week.

                              Trade Rules :

       Every trade must be posted in forums for approval.It takes 3 approvals by trade committee before it can be processed in game. You can not trade players you got in current season or just drafted that season.

  -  Any new owner must prove to the league they are willing to stick around before being allowed to trade. Anyone can pass a try out game. Before we allow people to move players , they must prove to the league they can follow the leagues rules for a season as well stick it out even if they are losing . So all new people must play a season before they are allowed to trade.
                           
                               
                             Number of Trade Moves Per Team:
 
- First season everyone who can trade gets 6 moves. Any team with 10 wins or more in previous season(after season 1) gets 4 moves. Teams with 9 and under get 6 , unless they had 2 or more games simmed or not played after week 7. In those cases they only get 4 moves to keep people from tanking under 10 wins.

-  No team may have more than 10 picks. Also no team may have more than 2 picks in any round. (exception first season with real life trades that happened and they already have more than 2 per round or over 10).

-  No playoff teams may have 2 top 15 picks in the next draft.

                     
                             Guys Needing to be Resigned:

-  You may only trade a player that needs to be resigned in that current season if you make sure person your trading with knows he has to be resigned.

                                 
                              Posted Trades:
 
-  Do not post a trade in forums needing approval until you both are sure and agree.Once it is posted , can not go back on the deal unless it is denied by committee.

                     
                              Friend Trading:

-  If you bring in any body to the league or play in another league with same owner, you are not allowed to trade with one another, for at least 2 seasons.
                   

                            In Case Of Disconnections:

It is highly suggested if at all possible to have your PS4 hardwired with an ethernet cable. They even make a thing called a powerline adapter (Google it) you can buy that just plugs into your wall outlet where you can connect an ethernet cable directly to ps4 from that works well. This greatly reduces DCs.

                              If a DC happens :

-  Note time, score, possession, placement on field .Contact opponent to see how they want to proceed from the following: 
                         
                           - Option 1 - If it was at start of game ( 1st quarter) both can agree to just resart ( unless one opponent has a 2 score lead already then it is that persons choice)
                         
                           - Option 2 - if game was clear who was going to win, losing opponent can concede, in which notify admins ( with proof of him conceding , admin will set you to sim win)
                           
                           - Option 3 - Note how much time was left. Both agree to start a new game, but to give ball back to correct person who had it last , as close as possible to same place ( situation) as when the DC happened. At that point pause, and both agree a set time to play to be the “end of game” . Add up the score from first game at DC point with the score that happened from there to determine winner. Notify admins who should be set to sim win.
Any major player seen to be injured in a game then a DC happens, will be subject to being forced to sit out 2-4 game after that game to ensure people are not DC to keep from having injured player.

                                Other Things To Know:
   
           By joining this league , it is required that you be active at all times.This includes, but not limited to, responding to texts, dms, playing your games, keeping up with where we are in season( by checking in the chat daily as well as checking pinned messages daily), resigning your players, etc. Its on you to keep up. If constatly found not doing this, you will be removed.

-  Being in and using the discord chat daily is a requirement for this league

-  You may not drop a player into FA then turn around and resign them just to get them on a cheaper deal.

-  No FA may be signed starting in week 14

-  If you are placed on auto due to infractions, your opponent will be getting a guaranteed win.