Season 18 Rules

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Season 18 will have a ladder format. This is so that people can play at their own pace without the concern for a weekly commitment that potentially holds up the league or leads to concedes for undesirable matchups that just feed one team spp. Season 18 will therefore have the following rules:

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• Season 18 is open to regular or mixed teams

  • Team must have originated in Beantown​

• A coach can have as many teams as they like in the ladder and play as many games as they like.

  • At the end of the season, a coach may only bring one team to playoffs and must choose an eligible team, and the seeding that goes with it.​

• Concedes for any reason will disqualify a team from playoffs

  • Don't start a match you will not finish

  • Concedes feed the non-conceding team and skew the league results​

  • A second concede will eliminate a coach from the ladder all together

• Rigged matches during the regular season period will disqualify offending teams.

  • "Rigged" as judged by me.​

• Teams entered into the ladder may not be greater than 1500 total Team Value as determined by their team members, including MNG players, loners required to achieve 11 players (the most expensive lineman possible for a mixed team) and the team's bank.

• The season will be two months long.

• Rank points for a team will be determined by:​

  • +3 for a win​

  • +1 for a draw

  • +1 for causing 3 casualties (not pushouts or fouls) in a single match

  • +1 for scoring 3 TDs in a single match

  • +1 for holding your opponent to 0 TDs in a single match

  • +1 per 200 TV lower than your opponent in a single match, determined by the TV reflected in Mordrek's data

• Playoffs will be 4 or 8 players at the end of season (determined by my final decision based on league activity throughout the season) and will be determined by Rank Points first, then tie break by TD difference, then a second tie break based on total TDs.​ Only teams in the ladder at the end of the season are eligible for playoffs.

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This format has some interesting consequences. The game will not match teams with greater than 500 TV difference so that is a hard limit that I can do nothing about. Since matches are not strictly required to be played, it is good to be on good terms with other league members as they can simply avoid your game, leaving you with a reduced chance to earn rank points. Also, newer teams can play each other first under this format before playing the more established teams. The lack of weekly turns also means that should you hit a rough spot where you cannot play for a week, you also will have the time available to make up for the lost time.