DailyGammon NFL Tournament rules:                                 Home

 

Home team invites opponent to visit their ground;

 

Match is played as a11 point game with a ‘Once a Day’ time control.  Matches will be titled NFL;

 

Matches will be automatically created by clicking the link to the visiting player;

 

If a player scores more than 11 points, the actual score will count (may help in tie breaks);

 

Should a game automatically end when a player is almost certain of gaining a gammon or backgammon, it should be assumed the game ended with the extra points counting;

 

All opponents will be as per NFL regular season games using DailyGammon NFL tournament divisional positions for the previous season for each team rather than NFL positions;

 

Games will be posted and are to be played and completed during the following months:

 

Regular season schedule	Date posted
Weeks 1 through 6	April 2007
Weeks 7 through 12	May or June 2007
Weeks 13 through 17	July or August 2007

 

Invites will be issued by the home teams ASAP after the link to the matches has been posted on the DailyGammon discussion board;

 

Once games have started, the visiting player should post that they have accepted the invite in the relevant thread within the DailyGammon discussion board.  Player should state their opponent’s team and week number;

 

The player that wins the match should notify me of result by the same method, stating the actual match score [i.e. Cincinnati 15, Pittsburgh 0…. Sorry wickster! ;o)];

 

The posting dates for groups of matches may move forward or back if the matches are completed earlier or later than expected.  The postseason will start immediately after the qualifying teams and seedings have been established;

 

Any games where a player times out will be awarded to the other player.  The player timing out will be given a score equivalent to the number of points they had won to the point of timing out, with the other player given 11 points.

Should an owner time out in more than one game and not communicate a valid reason why, ownership rights will be lost and a new owner for the team will be appointed from the list of reserve players.

Results and standings will be updated regularly on this site and a link will be posted on DailyGammon discussion board;

 

Pairings in postseason will be determined in the same way as regular NFL rules;

 

Postseason will be played as 11 point matches.  As homefield advantage is seen as being of importance in the postseason and has been voted on by owners in 2004, the ‘home player’ will offer a double to their opponent who must drop and play continues as normal.  i.e. home team needs10 points to win, visitor needs 11;

 

The DailyGammon SuperBowl reverts to normal play as no homefield advantage would apply.  The DailyGammon SuperBowl will be played as an 11 point match;

 

All owners at the end of the season will be given the opportunity to renew their team ownership for the following season.

 

 

Stuart

 

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