7 MIN QUARTERS
SIM MODE ON ALL MADDEN
7 Play Cool Down
ADVANCE EVERY SUNDAY TUESDAY & THURSDAY OR 48 HOURS FROM LAST ADVANCE
COMMISSIONERS:
ShowOut, JdM_EcKO
DO NOT USE ANY MAADEN EXPLOITS OR GLITCHES ETC
GENERAL SETUP
ROSTER LIMIT:
53 (No Limit on positions but please follow game start requirements)
PLAYBOOKS:
ALL PLAY BOOKS ARE ACCEPTED (CUSTOM & STOCK)
TRADING :
Trading with CPU is strictly prohibited. All trades will be posted to the forums sections of this site. Please check all pre-requisites prior to trade. (i.e. Cap consequences & player contracts,). Both coaches must agree to the trade. So whoever post the trade must have the other owner hit approve prior to any commish approving the trade. All trades must be approved by 2 commissioners. Once approved by all parties trades are considered final and are allowed on PS5. After approval of trade any “renigs” shall result in a restriction of trade for the season.(NEW COACHES ARE REQUIRED TO PLAY A MINIMUM OF 4 GAMES BEFORE TRADES ARE ALLOWED).
Scheduling: Advances are set for Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 10pm EST. Please try to contact your opponent within a timely fashion. Should you require and extension please notify a commissioner at your earliest convenience prior to advance. In the even that we advance earlier than schedule the next advance date will be 48 hours from the start of the new week. If the two teams can't agree on a mutual time to play the game will be simulated.
XP SLIDERS :
XP SLIDERS WILL BE SET TO 150% FOR ALL POSITIONS.
Regular Season - Penalties
1. Common Game Play Rules
1a. Warning
1b. Player dev Removed - Top Rated Player
1c. 3 Players Dev Removed - Top Rated Player
1d. Removal From league
Playoff - Penalties
2.Common Game Play Rules
2a. 1 Player Dev Removed - Top Rated Player
2b. 3 Players Dev Removed - Top Rated Player
2c. Removal From League
Position Changes
The Following Position Changes are not Allowed.Any owner found to be using other positions changes for XP benefits will be suspended and/or will lose a dev trait:
1. No players can be moved out of there position group
2.QB Group
3. HB cannot be moved to FB / Only in Depth Chart
4. WR/TE - Wrs must be wrs/TEs must be TEs
5.Oline - Can be moved between the OLine(Oline to TE not allowed
6.Dline - LE/RE/DT can all be interchanged but only between those positions. No DE/DT to LB or Vice Versa
7.LBs - LBs can all be interchanged between all LB groups (Cannot be moved to DE/DT)
8.DB - DBs can all be interchanged between all DB groups(Cannot be moved to LB/DE/DT)
9.K - No player can be moved to K/P
10. Any of these changes are not allowed will result in an automatic 1 GM Suspension or Player Trait moved down.
GAMEPLAY RULES
QUITING: WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AUTOMATICALLY 1 GAME SUSPENSION
STREAMING - NEW
Regular Season - Streaming is now a requirement. The AWAY team will need to stream all regular season games and post the link in chat before the game begins. Streaming allows commissioners to validate claims and/or rule violations. You are not required to broadcast if the home team is broadcasting then and only then are you not required to stream and don't incur any penalties
Penalty For Not Following Streaming Rules
1st Offense - Suspension of a player ( if that player has any stats during the week he's suspended, you will take a one game Suspension.
2nd Offense - 1 Game Suspension
3rd Offense - 3 Game Suspension/Removal from league
We strongly encourage our member to stream and archive all stream via twitch/YouTube.
Setup for Twitch
DASHBOARD > Channel Setting> Stream Key & Preferences. Check Box “Store Past Broadcasts”
Playoffs - All Playoff games must be broadcasted, you and your opponent can decide between the 2 who will broadcast. If you can't come to an agreement then it will default to the away team needing to broadcast.
Playoff Wrecker Rule
Beginning Week 16 any team out of the running for the playoff spot and hasnt given more than 1 FL all season will have a opportunity for a dev increase if their playing a in the playoffs or a team fighting for a spot in the playoffs. All you have to do is win the game vs that team and you will earn a dev increase for a player. Only options you have are Normal to Star or Star to Superstar, no dev increases to Superstar to XFactor. Starting Week 15 will announce which games qualify for a dev increase.
SCORING LIMIT: The scoring Limit for This League will be set at 56. Any violation of the rule will result in automatic suspension for 1 Week. Exception for this rule will only be allowed if your lead is less than 21 points. Only then will you be allowed to go over the 56-point limit with more than a quarter to go. Any opponent intentionally caught taking safety or causing their opponent to go over the 56-point limit will be subject to penalty at the commissioner’s discretion.
DEFENSE:
Don’t move multiple defenders on defense pre-snap. You are allowed to move one defender on defense prior to snap. You may pressing using the pre-snap features or back off. Never manually move more than one defender on defense.
New - Motion Rule
You are allowed to motion players on offense but must wait until the player in motion comes to a complete stop before hiking the ball.
You cannot manually move a player to the LOS(Line of scrimmage) or manually move a player behind a any defensive player on the LOS or hover a gap where a Player on the line could shift to.
4TH DOWN SITUATIONS
COACHES CHOICE
COACHES WILL BE ALLOWED 1 COACHES CHOICE PER GAME (GOING FOR IT ON 4TH DOWN)
New: You must punt unless you're down by 14 points or more. If the ball is past the 50 or anywhere in your opponents territory & it's 4th &2 or Less you can go for it. (Going for it beyond the 50 yard line. This DOES NOT USE YOUR 1 coaches choice)
Note: Fake punts and fake field goals count as going for it!
You can ONLY go for it outside of the 4th Down rules (OUTSIDE OF COACHES RULE & 50 Rule):
-NEW - Any Point the the 4th if your tied or Losing, you can go for it.
-NEW - OT has no 4th rule -( Go for it at any Rate)
No Huddle Rules: No Huddle will be allowed once per drive expect for the following cases:
1.If you are down in the 4th quarter by 7 or more you can go no-huddle at any rate.
2.Last 2 mins of the 2nd or 4th qtr
3.Down by 21 at any point in the game
RUSH AT LEAST THREE PLAYERS: Defense is required to rush at least three players per down.
ONSIDE KICK: You can only call an onside kick in the 4th when you are down by enough points where you would not be able to comeback without performing one.
PLAYCLOCK: You can only get into the red 3 times in one qtr - Doesn’t matter that there are still seconds remaining once the play clock hits 10, every time the box for play clock turns red it is counted 1 etc. If you use a timeout it will not be counted against you. Extra point attempts will not be counted as the clock isn’t running.
1st Offense - Suspended Player
2nd - 1 GM Suspension
3rd - 3 GM Suspension
DISCONNECT RULES: Never intentionally disconnect or cause excessive grieving. If you have an issue in a game, pause and speak to your opponent. If the issue remains unresolved, capture video and continue the game to completion. Discuss your issues afterwards with an Admin.
REPLAYING A DISCO: If a game gets disconnected, discuss with your opponent how to best replicate the in game situation during a replay or if you both agree to play the entire game again from scratch.
FORCE WINS: Please never play the CPU in the event you and your opponent are unable to schedule please contact and admin with the conversation and we will decide from there to either SIM or Force WIN the game to a particular coach.
Complaint Reviews: All complaints will be sent to a commissioner in PM. Complaining in main chat will not be accepted as a formal complaint. Video of the game must be provided, a clip will not suffice . We strongly recommend that all games be streamed and archived via your favorite streaming platforms. After review commissioners will determine the outcome of complaint.(55pt rule and quitting still count as auto supension infractions)
Going forward every rule infraction will be a case by case. Meaning there will not be a tier for warnings it will be based on the infraction and what the commishes determine from reviewing the information given. Ex/1st offense could be a 2 games suspension for breaking a single rule
SHORT LIST OF SIMPLE RULES
1.No Name Changes
2.No Dropping and Signing Players for cap relief player shall remain in free agency for 24 hours