Admin Notice S36 Rules and serial_thrilla Thread

[Kennedy Parker]

Ophidian Old Boys have been issued an Official Warning under 6B for an incorrect player signing under 4D. The Old Boys submitted a team sheet with rookie TJohn listed as a free agent signing as at the squad submission deadline 11:59pm 29th July 2023, AWST. TJohn's first post on the forum evidencing the signing was made at 9:56am today after the deadline.



4D) Free Agency

Off-Season

Free agency occurs between seasons from the grand final to squad submission date. Free agents may only be signed with permission. Player movement between clubs is unrestricted with permission of the player.

Players who are new to the league signed during the offseason are required to make a post on the main Sweet FA forum confirming their participation with their club before officially being added to the squad.

Any player movement not specified in the rules is not considered legal. In the event of uncertainty, the club must contact the administrator for consideration with the committee.

6B) Minor Offence

The following list of offences will result in a Strike under a 'Three-Strike Policy'. Which is outlined below:

1. Official Warning
2. 1-game suspension to the captain, if there are multiple captains at a club, the captain of the offending club will be randomly selected for suspension.
3. 2 point deduction, plus a 2-game suspension for the captain (if there are multiple captains at a club, the captain of the offending club will be randomly selected for suspension)

• Incorrect player signing as per 4C and 4D

Elton Johns Wig Tigerturbulance

 

[Kennedy Parker]

The Ophidian Old Boys have been found to be in breach of 5B for naming an ineligible player Bonz who received a site ban in the grand final after the team sheet deadline so he played. That ineligibility carries over to Round 1 S36 but that has not been accounted for in the team sheet.

5B) Eligibility

Players that receive BigFooty site bans (red cards) should not be named in team sheets where possible. Players who receive 'Day Off' bans or Infractions which accumulate points, will only be considered ineligible for one match should it be a direct result of breaching rule SEC[1] or 2A on the SFA Board and should not be named in team sheets where possible. All other day off bans will be not render players ineligible. "Gifted" bans, whether permanent or not will also not render players ineligible for selection.

If a player becomes ineligible after the team sheet submission deadline they will be allowed to play the match they are named in and will be considered ineligible for any subsequent matches after that for the duration equal to that of their ban.

More than one ban given for breaches of SEC[1] or 2A of Sweet FA rules in one season will result in the offending player ruled ineligible for individual awards of that season.

Should a club claim to have been unaware of a banned player, the Administrator reserves the right to waive a penalty.

An eligible player must have an active BigFooty account, and be listed on the club's Official Squad by the submission deadline, or prior to the team sheet deadline if the player was recruited in-season. Closed or permanently banned accounts are not consider to be active and therefore those players must be removed from the submitted squad and the squad minimum criteria must still be met.

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OPHIDIAN OLD BOYS FFC OFFICIAL TEAM SHEET
Season 36: ROUND 1 vs East Side Phoenix

B: Ned_Flanders / BRAB / The Cryptkeeper

HB: Fleabane / Elton Johns Wig / TJohn

C: kenneyswarriors / Ligma / U2tigers

HF: Ace Rimmer / Robertio / Freddy Swift

F: haydo / Bonz / Wickzki

Foll: Tigerturbulance / Braklet / Mrs Turbo

INT: Hoos / Wacky Tiger

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After the committee insisted upon a vote, the fumbler signing situation as at squad submission deadline is revised and as fumbler was not a free agent as the time of the permission being sought. He is therefore ineligible to be listed for the Ophidian Old Boys at the date of squad submission deadline. This is a minor offence under 4D.

4D) Free Agency

Off-Season

Free agency occurs between seasons from the earlier of; the elimination of your team from finals or the conclusion of the grand final to squad submission date. Free agents may only be signed with permission. Player movement between clubs is unrestricted with permission of the player. The onus is on the club that is making the signing to be able to, upon request, present evidence of the permission being granted within the free agency period. Instances where a signing is disputed or there is no public evidence of the player's commitment to the club can be subject to such requests.

Players who are new to the league signed during the offseason are required to make a post on the main Sweet FA forum confirming their participation with their club before officially being added to the squad.

Any player movement not specified in the rules is not considered legal. In the event of uncertainty, the club must contact the administrator for consideration with the committee.

6B) Minor Offence

The following list of offences will result in a Strike under a 'Three-Strike Policy'. Which is outlined below:

1. Official Warning
2. 1-game suspension to the captain, if there are multiple captains at a club, the captain of the offending club will be randomly selected for suspension.
3. 2 point deduction, plus a 2-game suspension for the captain (if there are multiple captains at a club, the captain of the offending club will be randomly selected for suspension)

• Failing to satisfy the maximum squad list requirement in season (30 eligible players) as per 4A
• Incorrect squad changes as per 4B
• Incorrect player signing as per 4C and 4D
• Naming an ineligible player on a team sheet as per 5B
• Incorrect spelling of player names in a team sheet as per 5A
• Incorrect team sheet formatting as per 5A
• Any post in the squad submission thread notifying a squad change that did not occur as per 4A & 4B

These two combined offences result in Strikes 2 and 3 to incur and result in a total of 3-game suspension and 2-point deduction for the Ophidian Old Boys.

Falconista please amend the ladder accordingly.

Elton Johns Wig Tigerturbulance

 

[Kennedy Parker]

You make a convincing case serial_thrilla there fumbler was not a subtraction between the previous season's final squad vs the current season's initial squad.

The Ophidian Old Boys have been penalised under 6B for incorrect changes as per 4B and have been issued an Official Warning as Strike 1.

6B) Minor Offence

The following list of offences will result in a Strike under a 'Three-Strike Policy'. Which is outlined below:

1. Official Warning
2. 1-game suspension to the captain, if there are multiple captains at a club, the captain of the offending club will be randomly selected for suspension.
3. 2 point deduction, plus a 2-game suspension for the captain (if there are multiple captains at a club, the captain of the offending club will be randomly selected for suspension)

• Incorrect squad changes as per 4B

4B) Squad Changes

Any changes to the previous season's final squad must be listed in the current season's initial squad submission denoting the additions as "INs" and subtractions as "OUTs".

If a change is required to a team list for any addition or subtraction it must be noted in a post in the current season's squad submission thread.

The change must include alteration to the player list, and the list of any additions ("Ins") and subtractions ("Outs")

The initial squad submission must be altered (preferred) or re-posted (if original poster unavailable) to reflect these changes.

Squad changes are considered complete once both of these above actions have been carried out.

Any players involved in squad changes are unable to be named in a team sheet for the new team until a valid change has been completed.

Any players that have closed or permanently banned accounts are not considered to be active and therefore those players must be removed from the submitted squad and the squad minimum criteria must still be met.

A player may only have one account as a listed player in the Sweet FA. No aliases allowed. A minimum 8 game suspension applies for a breach. Alias accounts may be used in a joking manner in media and match threads only, any alias accounts posting in a sign up thread will be considered a breach.

Failure to adhere to these Rules will be punished under Sec[6] of these Rules, as determined by the Administrator.

 

[Kennedy Parker]

"I believe that it is very clear that the player must fill out a form in the sign up thread prior to signing up to their next club, and although fumbler did fill out a form in the sign up thread last week, he was not a free agent at the time and therefore the application was invalid. A new post was required once he was made a free agent." - serial_thrilla

Ophidian Old Boys have been penalised for an error under 4D for incorrect signing of an in-season free agent. TBH even I can't find a justification to throw out this one, there wasn't even an obscure precedent.

In-Season

After the squad submission deadline, listed players are contracted to their club. However, any players that were delisted by the club's voluntary action during the season (that were on the original squad) can be signed as a delisted free agent by any other club (including the original club).

The player must enter the team sign up thread and the same process applies as if they were a new or returning player to the Sweet FA.

Once a player has moved clubs within the season through In-Season Free Agency, they may not move clubs again until the following season through any means.

New/Returning Players

The official process for signing players during the season under the new/returning category is that a player who posts an intention to join the league, by posting in the signup thread during a season, will be required to complete the Application form as below:

The official process for signing players during the season under In-Season Free Agency or new/returning is a player who posts an intention to join the league by posting in the signup thread during a season will be required to complete the Application form as below:

FORM:

Name (your BigFooty username):
Preferred Position 1:
Preferred Position 2:
Preferred Position 3:
Number:
Height:
Weight:
Preferred Team (if you have one):
State (optional):
How did you hear about the Sweet F.A?:

Teams may then bid publicly or privately for their services, and the applicant should engage with the bidding teams. If a player nominated a club in the sign up form, then the nominated club is free to sign them after 24 hrs, provided no adjustments to the nominated club have been made in this time period. Any disputes between teams regarding who the player has joined after the 24 hour period must be clarified by the player themselves before they can be added to a squad list. The 24 hour period rule can be waived, only if the team does not have enough eligible players to fill the team and less than 24 hours remains until the teamsheet deadline.




2 Aug 11:35am

Name (your BigFooty username): fumbler
Preferred Position 1 (optional): Injured
Preferred Position 2 (optional): Bench
Preferred Position 3 (optional): Not a team player
Preferred Team (if you have one):Old Boys
State (optional): Westeros
How did you hear about the S.F.A?: I like


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Oh it's been Broughten

6 Aug 5:37pm

Dragons delist fumbler.

Squad list amended.

7 Aug 4:49pm

OOB delist Ligma
OOB sign fumbler

Squad list amended

Even if we were to use the technicality argument, the purpose of the 24-hour cooling period is to allow all clubs the opportunity to bid, and 24-hours never elapsed between fumbler's delisting from the Dragons and signing with Old Boys.

6B) Minor Offence

The following list of offences will result in a Strike under a 'Three-Strike Policy'. Which is outlined below:

1. Official Warning
2. 1-game suspension to the captain, if there are multiple captains at a club, the captain of the offending club will be randomly selected for suspension.
3. 2 point deduction, plus a 2-game suspension for the captain (if there are multiple captains at a club, the captain of the offending club will be randomly selected for suspension)

• Incorrect player signing as per 4C and 4D

Elton Johns Wig Tigerturbulance


There is no need to remove fumbler from the squad list if he reposts the sign-up form 24-hours prior to Thursday's team sheet deadline (assuming no change to preferred club).

 

[Kennedy Parker]

The Committee has voted by a vote of 8-4 to charge and find guilty the Ophidian Old Boys under 6A for the major offence of an invalid initial squad submission due to containing invalid players.

SEC [6]. PENALTIES

The Administrator shall apply the following penalties for breaches of the Rules under Sections 4 and 5 as above.

6A) Major Offence

The following list of offences will result in a 4 point plus a 2-game suspension for the captain (if there are multiple captains at a club, the captain of the offending club will be randomly selected for suspension) in league standings:

• Failing to submit a valid initial squad in the squad submission thread by deadline as per 4A

The wording of 4A has been amended via 3C.

SEC [4]. SQUAD MANAGEMENT/PLAYER MOVEMENT

4A) Initial Squad Submission

A valid player list or 'squad' must be submitted by a representative of each team prior to the deadline set by the administration in the nominated squad submission thread.

A valid squad submission post contains:

• a list of minimum 22 players and maximum 30 players, all of whom have active Bigfooty Accounts that are not aliases, and have been signed or retained through legitimate means - either rolled over from the previous season or signed correctly via 4D in the off-season.
• an identifying characteristic of the team other than the poster.

If a player changes their BigFooty username during the season, both the team sheets and squad submission thread must continue to use the original username at squad submission deadline for the remainder of the season. The simulation output will continue to list their original name.


This means an additional 4-point deduction and 2-game suspension for the captain. cc: Falconista

Elton Johns Wig Tigerturbulance

 

[Kennedy Parker]

OPHIDIAN OLD BOYS FFC OFFICIAL TEAM SHEET
Season 36: ROUND 9 vs Sin City Swamprats


B: Hoos / BRAB / FireKrakouer

HB: Irish BlueBagger / Elton Johns Wig / fumbler

C: kenneyswarriors / U2tigers / TJohn

HF: Ace Rimmer / Robertio / Iva Bigun

F: haydo / Bonz / Wickzki

FOLL: Mrs Turbo / Braklet / Fleabane


CHANGES:
None​

4-point penalty plus 2-game suspension for the captain for the Ophidian Old Boys.

Why? Team sheet has no bench.

Ta.

Tigerturbulance Elton Johns Wig

cc: Falconista


5A) Submission Rules

The deadline for team sheet submission is the Thursday 11:59 PM Western Australia Time before a match unless stated otherwise by the Administrator

• Team sheets must be displayed in a logical format that is comprehensible by the game simmers. Each positional line {e.g. B, HB, C, HF, F, Foll, INT} must be defined clearly. The only acceptable format is:

B: BP / FB / BP
HB: HBF / CHB / HBF
C: W / C / W
HF: HFF / CHF / HFF
F: FP / FF / FP
FOLL: RU / RR / RO
INT: INT / INT

• Teams must contain 20 eligible players, and be submitted in a single post in the Official Team Sheet Submission Thread each round.
• The team submission post must carry a uniquely team identifying characteristic, (eg team logo) and the correct round number.
• Maliciously hindering the simmers from doing their jobs, by any deliberate acts to alter the team sheet such that simmers have additional difficulty in reading using them, will not be tolerated.

Failure to submit a team sheet in the correct format (20 eligible players, correct spelling of every name within the whole team sheet and in the team sheet submission thread), or AT ALL will result in penalties under Sec [6] of the Rules

SEC [6]. PENALTIES

The Administrator shall apply the following penalties for breaches of the Rules under Sections 4 and 5 as above.

6A) Major Offence

The following list of offences will result in a 4 point plus a 2-game suspension for the captain (if there are multiple captains at a club, the captain of the offending club will be randomly selected for suspension) in league standings:

• Failing to submit a valid initial squad in the squad submission thread by deadline as per 4A
• Failing to satisfy the minimum initial squad list requirement (22 eligible players) as per 4A
• Failing to satisfy the minimum team list requirement in season (20 eligible players) as per 4A
• Failure to submit a complete team sheet in the submission thread by the deadline as per 5A
• Editing the team sheet after team sheet deadline as per 5A
• Deliberately hindering the simulation team through disregard of 5A, 5B and/or 5C.
• Deliberately naming a player that is deemed ineligible as per 5B

 

[Kennedy Parker]

The Bombers seem up and about right now. Clearly they miss being the centre of attention when it comes to incompetence.





The Bombers recently made a squad amendment following Sun Ra's departure (see above).

The squad has been updated, but something appears to be missing:

View attachment 1820854


Sun Ra's name seems curiously absent from the list of OUTs.


As per the rules:

SEC [4]. SQUAD MANAGEMENT/PLAYER MOVEMENT

4B) Squad Changes

Any changes to the previous season's final squad must be listed in the current season's initial squad submission denoting the additions as "INs" and subtractions as "OUTs".

If a change is required to a team list for any addition or subtraction it must be noted in a post in the current season's squad submission thread.

The change must include alteration to the player list, and the list of any additions ("Ins") and subtractions ("Outs")

The initial squad submission must be altered (preferred) or re-posted (if original poster unavailable) to reflect these changes.

Squad changes are considered complete once both of these above actions have been carried out.

Any players involved in squad changes are unable to be named in a team sheet for the new team until a valid change has been completed.

Any players that have closed or permanently banned accounts are not considered to be active and therefore those players must be removed from the submitted squad and the squad minimum criteria must still be met.

A player may only have one account as a listed player in the Sweet FA. No aliases allowed. A minimum 8 game suspension applies for a breach. Alias accounts may be used in a joking manner in media and match threads only, any alias accounts posting in a sign up thread will be considered a breach.

Failure to adhere to these Rules will be punished under Sec[6] of these Rules, as determined by the Administrator.


SEC [6]. PENALTIES

The Administrator shall apply the following penalties for breaches of the Rules under Sections 4 and 5 as above.

6A) Major Offence

The following list of offences will result in a 4 point plus a 2-game suspension for the captain (if there are multiple captains at a club, the captain of the offending club will be randomly selected for suspension) in league standings:

• Failing to submit a valid initial squad in the squad submission thread by deadline as per 4A
• Failing to satisfy the minimum initial squad list requirement (22 eligible players) as per 4A
• Failing to satisfy the minimum team list requirement in season (20 eligible players) as per 4A
• Failure to submit a complete team sheet in the submission thread by the deadline as per 5A
• Editing the team sheet after team sheet deadline as per 5A
• Deliberately hindering the simulation team through disregard of 5A, 5B and/or 5C.
• Deliberately naming a player that is deemed ineligible as per 5B

6B) Minor Offence

The following list of offences will result in a Strike under a 'Three-Strike Policy'. Which is outlined below:

1. Official Warning
2. 1-game suspension to the captain, if there are multiple captains at a club, the captain of the offending club will be randomly selected for suspension.
3. 2 point deduction, plus a 2-game suspension for the captain (if there are multiple captains at a club, the captain of the offending club will be randomly selected for suspension)

• Failing to satisfy the maximum squad list requirement in season (30 eligible players) as per 4A
• Incorrect squad changes as per 4B
• Incorrect player signing as per 4C and 4D
• Naming an ineligible player on a team sheet as per 5B
• Incorrect spelling of player names in a team sheet as per 5A
• Incorrect team sheet formatting as per 5A
• Any post in the squad submission thread notifying a squad change that did not occur as per 4A & 4B

Kennedy Parker you know what to do.

This all checks out, at the time of the change to the squad, Monday 6:05am the Bombers did not include the change in the listed outs.

The Baghdad Bombers have been issued an official warning for Strike 1 under 6B.

Pugsley please correct the squad list OUTS.

It should look like this:

OUTS - burningdwarf (Delisted), Citroin (Delisted), Dadda Dave (Delisted), LicoriceAllsorts (Delisted), Sun Ra (permabanned)

 

[Kennedy Parker]

4-point penalty plus 2-game suspension for the captain for the Ophidian Old Boys. Fighting Furies.

The team sheet was submitted 49minutes after midnight Western Australian time.




5A) Submission Rules

The deadline for team sheet submission is the Thursday 11:59 PM Western Australia Time before a match unless stated otherwise by the Administrator

• Team sheets must be displayed in a logical format that is comprehensible by the game simmers. Each positional line {e.g. B, HB, C, HF, F, Foll, INT} must be defined clearly. The only acceptable format is:

B: BP / FB / BP
HB: HBF / CHB / HBF
C: W / C / W
HF: HFF / CHF / HFF
F: FP / FF / FP
FOLL: RU / RR / RO
INT: INT / INT

• Teams must contain 20 eligible players, and be submitted in a single post in the Official Team Sheet Submission Thread each round.
• The team submission post must carry a uniquely team identifying characteristic, (eg team logo) and the correct round number.
• Maliciously hindering the simmers from doing their jobs, by any deliberate acts to alter the team sheet such that simmers have additional difficulty in reading using them, will not be tolerated.

Failure to submit a team sheet in the correct format (20 eligible players, correct spelling of every name within the whole team sheet and in the team sheet submission thread), or AT ALL will result in penalties under Sec [6] of the Rules

SEC [6]. PENALTIES

The Administrator shall apply the following penalties for breaches of the Rules under Sections 4 and 5 as above.

6A) Major Offence

The following list of offences will result in a 4 point plus a 2-game suspension for the captain (if there are multiple captains at a club, the captain of the offending club will be randomly selected for suspension) in league standings:

• Failing to submit a valid initial squad in the squad submission thread by deadline as per 4A
• Failing to satisfy the minimum initial squad list requirement (22 eligible players) as per 4A
• Failing to satisfy the minimum team list requirement in season (20 eligible players) as per 4A
• Failure to submit a complete team sheet in the submission thread by the deadline as per 5A
• Editing the team sheet after team sheet deadline as per 5A
• Deliberately hindering the simulation team through disregard of 5A, 5B and/or 5C.
• Deliberately naming a player that is deemed ineligible as per 5B

And since the Furies are one of those teams that have multiple captains we gotta randomise this shit.

CONGRATULATIONS James Colorado ! You win a 2-game suspension!

omgfridge James Colorado

cc: Falconista