***League Rules***

NO MOTION snapping!!

No intentionally glitches , this is a straight up play league

*ADVANCING AND SCHEDULING*

-THIS IS A 48 HR ADVANCE, SIM LEAGUE; YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SCHEDULE WITHIN 24 HRS OF ADVANCE POST BY A COMMISH

In addition to the rule of reaching out to your opponent and scheduling game within 24 hours of advance, If guys are not using the page to schedule their game and/or reach out to a commish prior to advance day that they attempted to schedule game via pm, the game will be ruled a FAIR SIM.

- 90% Rule basically means by the time we get down to 3 games left, you at least need to have a time set with your opponent; if not, we will advance and your game will just be a FS unless one person reached out of course and the other person didn't. So, you all need to stay active on the page and via inbox to reach out to your opponent once we advance!

-ADV TIMES MAY CHANGE DUE TO SOME HOLIDAYS

-ADVANCE CHANGES TO 24 HOURS AT THE START OF THE PLAYOFFS

-EVERY TEAM MUST HAVE A CREATED COACH 

****GAMEPLAY RULES****

-MUST HAVE 3 COMMITTED DOWN LINEMEN AT ALL TIMES ON DEFENSE. YOU CAN NOT RUSH 3 AND THEN PUT ONE OF THOSE 3 GUYS IN COVERAGE!!!

*4TH DOWN RULE*

-YOU MAY GO FOR IT WINNING, LOSING OR TIED - 4TH AND 3 ACROSS THE 50 YARD LINE.

-IF YOU ARE LOSING BY 2 SCORES (9 PTS OR MORE, YOU CAN GO FOR IT ANYWHERE ON THE FIELD!

-YOU MAY GO FOR IT ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE ON THE FIELD, IN THE 4TH QUARTER & IN OVERTIME

-YOU MAY GO FOR IT 4th and 1 ANYWHERE ON THE FIELD

- the 4th down rule does not apply in 4th and Goal situations inside the 10 yard line and should be treated as a scoring opportunity, in which the offensive coach can elect to run a Fake Field Goal or line up in an offensive formation and attempt to score a TD at any time unless they are up by 17 or more points in which case they must kick a field goal.

NO HUDDLE RULE:

No huddle is allowed no more than two consecutive plays in a row, unless it’s two minutes left in the 2nd or the 4th quarter

CHEW CLOCK RULE:

-You may chew clock with 2 mins left in the first half or 2 mins left in the 4th qtr. Beginning with 2 mins left in 3rd qtr, either team on the side of a 28 point deficit (winning or losing) may elect to chew clock, however this decision must be made mutually by both parties to chew clock. If no agreement is made, game must continue in normal manner. Also, if team down 28 or more points is not trying to end game and is instead trying to pad stats, then team that is up, does not have to chew clock.

-ABSOLUTELY NO QUITTING WILL BE TOLERATED! IT’S A WASTE OF YOUR OPPONENT’S TIME AS THEY LOSE BOTH XP AND STATS

-PROVIDE PIC PROOF IN THE CASE OF A SERVER DISCONNECT OR OPPONENT QUIT

*REPLAYING OF GAMES DUE TO SERVER DISCONNECT*

-USERS CAN DECIDE HOW TO HANDLE IT FAIRLY, IF USERS CANR AGREE A COMMISH WILL DECIDE.

**CONSEQUENCES FOR BREAKING RULES**

1st offense: SIT 4 PLAYERS - 2 OFF AND 2 DEF

2nd offense: BOOT FROM LEAGUE

*POSITION CHANGES*

-NO WR AT TE

-HB AT FB ONLY IF UNDER 90 SPD AND HAS TO HAVE AT LEAST 80 RUN BLOCKING & IMPACT BLOCKING

-No rb can be switched to fb; a rb can not play fb on depth chart or manually subbed to fb during game. There are designed packages that put 2 rbs on field at same time - i.e. one on the left and one right of the qb without substitutions. There is a shotgun formation play with 2 rbs that is allowed when the play calls for one of the rb to perform a fb dive. That is ok. Other than that no subbing of hb to fb or having a hb at fb on team's depth chart. With that being said, every team must roster at least 1 fb!!! Failure to adhere to this will result in immediate removal from league. No questions asked!!!

-NO SAFETY AT LB UNLESS HE WEIGHS AT LEAST 230 LBS. AND NO SAFETIES AT SUBLB IN THE DEPTH CHART

- No player name changes allowed to real life nfl players. Madden created players are fair game! Changing real NFL player names will cause confusion with things such as trades!

STREAM RULE:

Away team must stream game and post link to watch to league facebook page OR LEAGUE CHAT at beginning of every game. Refusal to do so will result in a force loss for your next game

FREE AGENT BIDDING:

- no low bidding. Bids must be in the green.

FREE AGENCY:

Free Agency is off limits to playoff teams during the playoffs. (If there are significant injuries, you may sign at commissioners discretion)

NO SHOW RULE:

If two owners have clearly agreed to a set game time, then said agreed time must be shown on league page or via a screenshot from inbox. If someone is a No Show, they have 30 minutes to post to the page why they are not online.  If the late owner wishes to reschedule the game-time more than 1 hour pass the original set time or if the other opponent cannot wait, then a force win will be given to the guy who got stood up if they cannot connect again before advance, that is if the agreed upon time happens to be the day of advance.

DRAFT PICK LIMIT AND TRADES RULES:

NO MORE THAN 3 first rounders and 3 second rnders

TRADES

All trades must be posted to the page for commissioner approval. You need at least 3 approvals between the 4 commissioners. Please post the player cards showing "overview" and "ratings" tabs.

** WHEN TRADING KEEP IN MIND NO TEAM IS ALLOWED TO HAVE MORE THAN 3 FIRST RD PICKS OR MORE THAN 3 SECOND RD PICKS FOR A GIVEN DRAFT**