Soccer Brawl League

Rules

1 Team Requirements
2 Captain Requirements
3 Player Requirements
4 Field Rules
5 Game Rules
6 Match Procedures
7 Latency
8 Substitutions
9 MVPs
10 Rules of Conduct
11 Miscellaneous

1 Team Requirements

Each team must have all of their players squad joined on the roster of the official web site (http://www.sbleague.org).

Each team must have at least 5 eligible players present to begin the game, or they will be given a forfeit.

1	Captains from either team can use their delay to post-pone the start of the game to allow teams to gather the required players.

Each team will be permitted to play with up to two (2) Non-Team Players, provided the match referee agrees to the selections.

Team captains may choose to use waivable ineligible players that are on their roster, provided the match referee agrees and the player does not violate any other requirements.

1	Team captains can not, under any circumstances use players who are marked as Non-waivable (NW).

2	Team captains can not, under any circumstances use players who are marked as No-Permit (NP).

If a team forfeits three (3) games in a season or two (2) games in a row, they may be removed from the league (deemed by the administration).

If both teams fail to show the required players at game time, a double forfeit will be awarded

1	Both teams will have the option of re-scheduling their game, but it will be of lower importance in the scheduling order than any future games

A team is eligible to play for the match if they abide by all the requirements.

2 Captain Requirements

Each captain may assign up to two players to be co-captains.

Every captain & co captain should visit the forums between Monday and Wednesday every active SBL week in an attempt to schedule their teams game.

Each game must be scheduled for a specific slot (:00, :15, :30, :45 of every hour).

Every attempted scheduled game will need to be confirmed by the SBL.

For a game to be confirmed for a specific slot it must:

1	Be scheduled during a valid time (3 to 11 pm est on sunday).

2	Be at least 30 minutes away from any other game (for example, if a game is scheduled for 8:00, the closest games to it can be 7:30 or 8:30).

Captains have until 11:59PM Eastern Standard Time on the Wednesday prior to the upcoming game to agree upon and schedule a time.

1	If captains are able to reach an agreement after this time, it will be honored by the league assuming the slot is available and their is a referee able to officiate the game.

For each game where the captains have not agreed a time by 11:59PM on Wednesday, the SBL Administration will force schedule the game. Force scheduling is done based on a combination of available times and any requested times by the teams involved. The SBL

1	Force scheduling is done based on a combination of available times and any requested times by the teams involved.

2	In most cases the league will schedule the closest slot available to the middle of the times requested by both teams.

3	The SBL reserves the right to schedule any time it deems fair, and the time can not be challenged by either captain.

If captains feel like they can not play on the scheduled weekend, they may attempt to agree a pre-game postponement with the opposing captain.

1	In the case of extenuating circumstances, a captain can appeal for the match postponement to be made. An postponement appeal will only be considered if sent prior to the forced scheduled game time and will be voted on by the Directors.

2	The postponement agreement must be verified by the SBL for it to be valid.

If at game time either team is unable to show the required minimum players, the opposition captain can agree to postpone the game.

If a captain wishes to submit an official complaint, replay request, or any additional comments they should be submitted via PM to the current League Commissioner. This information can be found by vie

1	Only the captain, and not any co-captains can submit such requests.

2	The league reserves the right to take any, or no action on any claims submitted.

3 Player Requirements

All participating players must have a permit, shown on the official site.

All participating players must be on the roster of their respective team on the official site (http://www.sbleague.net).

Players may only be in one squad.

Non-Team Players(NT's) must be in the Active Player Pool. NT's and ineligibles will be handled by the matcth's referee. It will be at their discretion to allow them to play or not. The referee will only allow them to play if they are required to make the game 7v7 (or 6v7 etc).

1	Non-team players can play directly after signing up to the league and will not serve any ineligibility while in the Active player pool.

2	Non-team players can only play for one squad per week.

All players must serve a 3-day unwaivable ineligibility period for joining a squad.

All players must serve an 8-day waivable ineligibility period for joining a squad.

All aliases with granted powers are not allowed on the field of play during a match, unless they are the referee of the match.

A player is eligible for the match if they abide by all the requirements.

4 Field Rules

1	One (1) player per team must be assigned as the goalie prior to the start of a game.
2	The Goalie may be changed in the middle of a game by the captain or squad representative in the match chat, but this change will be subject to a suitable delay as imposed by the referee to ensure this
3	The white goalie box (crease) is off limits to any defensive player not designated as a goalie. Initially any defensive player found inside the crease will receive one (1) team warning, any subsequent violations will result in the team losing a player slo
4	Defenders who are checked into the crease by the attacking team will be given the opportunity to leave the crease immediately to avoid being penalized, they must take the shortest & most direct route
5	Any non-designated goalie that intentionally creases to save a shot or to force an offensive player to adjust will be ejected from the game and their team will lose a player slot for the remainder of the match.
6	A goal will be awarded to the attacking team if a defensive player creases in order to save a shot if their is no goalie inside the inner crease at the time of the shot & the shot is on target.
7	If a goalie leaves the game, any player on that team may defend from within the crease. It will be assumed that this player is the replacement goalie; goalies will need to be requested and re announce
8	Any player who abuses a map bug, for example sticking the ball into the wall forcing it to respawn at center after 30 seconds will be ejected from the game. The team will lose a slot.

5 Game Rules

1	Each match is 7 a-side. If one team only has 6 players then the match will played 6 a-side. If during the match this team gains another player then the match can be adjusted to 7 a-side.
2	The match result points system is as follows: 4 for a win 3 for an OT win 2 for an OT loss 1 for a loss
3	Normal match time will last 30 minutes.
4	A sudden-death overtime will occur at the end of regulation if the game is tied.
5	If one team does not show atleast 5 eligible players, they will incur a forfiet loss. The winning team will be awarded a 10-0 victory.
6	If both teams fail to show 5 eligible players, they will be awarded a forfiet loss.
7	If both captains agree, and the SBL Administration agrees, the teams will be given the oppertunity to re-schedule the game at a later date.

6 Match Procedures

Each match must be coordinated by at least 1 staff member, usually and preferably 2 or more staff members.

If no staff member is online or available to referee the game, the league reserves the right to force-postpone the game.

1	The force postponement may only last a matter of minutes as it is likely a referee will be online but busy either playing in another league or another SBL game.

2	If no referee is available for the remainder of the evening, the game will be force postponed until the week after.

Both participating captains and their squads are recommended to be present 5-10 minutes before the scheduled game time.

1	The arena game timer must be started 5 minutes prior to the start of the game (for a 6:00 game, the arena game timer starts at 5:55)

2	Each team may use one (1) five (5) minute delay to push back the game time.

3	Team delays begin at game time and continue on for 5 minutes (6:00 is game time, delay starts at 6:00 and runs to 6:05).

If the match is postponed the captains have the option of requesting the match to be replayed or continuing the game with the previous score/time.

Any situation in-game that surfaces (but is not yet addressed in these rules) will be dealt with by the referees at the match. If needed, the SBL will review the decision and make proper changes.

Two representatives from each squad must enter an assigned game chat designated by the referee.

The roster and goalies must be submitted through the captains` chat.

1	All requests that want to be honored must be done through the captains' chat. Any requests made in public, team, or spec chat will be ignored.

It is recommended to make your requests notable to the referees (capitals, double lines, etc.)

7 Latency

Players are not allowed to play over the lag limits of 250ms current/last and 2.0% combined packet loss. Players with 1.5% or higher Server2you or You2server packet loss are ineligible to play. Players are not allowed to play if latency meets or exceeds of 75% of last ping.

1	Please note that when dealing with a player who has a + and a - packet loss, the calculation is simply X plus Y (For example, player A with -2.1 c2s and 1.5 s2c will be considered as having a combined packet loss of 3.6).

Players are not allowed to play with excessive visual lag (deemed by the head referee). eg. jumping, continuously eating multiple checks, continuously bugging the ball.

If a player is spectated by a referee, they will be ineligible for 5 minutes. Their slot will not be lost and any other player may be substituted in.

1	If a player is spectated by a referee three times they will become ineligible for the remainder of the game.

Lag goals can be removed from the game with a majority vote between both participating captains and the head referee (2 out of 3). Instances of lag goals are the following (lag goals will be determined by the referee).

1	Blatant shot directly through one player.

2	Shot passing through the proximity of two players.

3	A goal scored due to server lag.

8 Substitutions

Substitutions may only be made by request of the representatives in the game chat.

Substitutions will be done by referees right away, but this change will be subject to a suitable delay as imposed by the referee to ensure this change was not requested in order to illegally get a player back defending.

A referee can accept a substitution request under any of the following conditions:

1	The team making the substitution either has possession, or the ball is in the other team's half.

2	The player to be substituted out is next to his/her own crease, and substituting in a player will have no readily apparent effect on the offensive team's possession.

3	The player who is to be taken out does not have the ball, is not in a position where he/she will be getting the ball within the short foreseeable future and will not have an immediate impact on the current play.

4	If a goalie enters spec, he/she may be unspecced assuming any of the above conditions are satisfied.

Whenever a substitution is requested, the player being substituted will be specced first, the referee will then deem this substitute to be legal, and then the replacement will be unspecced.

When substituting goalies, it will be the player's responsibility to re-enter the net.

9 MVPs

1	MVPs will be decided by the winning team's captain (or representative). The MVP may be on either the winning or losing team.
2	The MVP must be a player that has participated in the match.
3	The MVP may not be a Non-Team Player.

10 Rules of Conduct

Overt spamming in any SBL match-arena will not be tolerated.

The SBL does not allow spamming or racism on its website or forums and any player who partakes in these acts by either being directly racist, quoting racism, or being racist while using shortened words or any form of sign to replace letters or separate them will have action taken against them.

1	Racism will be dealt with on a case-to-case basis and the punishment and decision to decide a comment is racist is purely the responsibility of the SBL Administration.

2	Spamming will be dealt on a case-to-case basis and the punishment will be dependent on the individual history of the offender.

The SBL will not tolerate excessive harassment or racist remarks of players, referees, or administration made in any SBL match-arena. If this is violated, the player(s) will be removed from the arena for the remainder of the match, even if they are participating in it.

Team Sabotage is not allowed in the SBL. Any player team sabotaging will face severe post-game punishment.

Any team organized act that breaks SBL rules will result in the minimum of post-game punishment, with the potential of the team losing points, losing players, or potentially losing league points.

Punishments include, but are not limited to: warn, silence, removal from game (arena), removal from the SBL (zone, web site), (not in any specific order).

Any player found to be detrimental to the survival of the league or to be harming public soccer brawl play with malicious intent will be subject to league punishment with or without warning.

1	Such acts include Spamming, Racism, Pulling, abuse of game bugs or team sabotage and these acts include actions in both Soccer Brawl and the SBL league zone.

The administration of SBL reserves the right to remove a player from league matches and events if the player cannot abide from the rules listed above.

11 Miscellaneous

Playing the SBL and using the SBL site acknowledges a few rights for the SBL:

1	The SBL reserves the right to terminate, remove, or edit (site) accounts; refuse participation to a player (league), or ban a player (temporary or permenantly) at the discretion of the administrators.

2	The SBL reserves the right to deny a squad entrance to the SBL or to remove a squad from the SBL at the discretion of the administrators.

Any issue that surfaces (but is not yet addressed) may be dealt with by the SBL.