RULES
How it's done
We run a program that simulates a full length football game. The winner is decided based off multiple parameters. Everything from the stats of your individual players to your offense/defense strategy to random occurrences (like fumbles or penalties) can change the tide of a game.
How a season runs
Each season will be 8 weeks long, 2 games every week (16 games.) Play-offs will be be the top four teams from each of the two (East and West) divisions.
Season order
1. Players will retire. (Skipped for start of SII and SIII.)
2. SFL Rookie Draft.
3. Pre-season games. (2 games a week for 2 weeks.)
4. Regular Season games.
5. Play-Off games.
6. Pro-Bowl (Skipped for end of SII)
How to Coach
1. SIM IT: Let the sim call the shots based off your team play style.
2. REAL TIME COACH: Get yourself a copy of Action! PC Football, we'll send you the league file and you coach your own games. Also for human opponets net play is an option as well as YIM coaching (ask for more details). **HIGHLY RECOMMENDED**
View stats/game results/league leaders
on the main site (where your at now) there's an option in the above menu called "STATS." Most if not all you'll need to know about your team will be found there including box scores and player attributes.
Trades
The trade deadline is week 8, to initiate a trade post a message on the trade board (Located in our forum). If the trade is accepted the other team GM must respond to that post. Trades can be set up in PRIVATE MESSAGES but still must be posted on the trade board as described above. Any trades after SATURDAY will not take effect till the upcoming games have been played. Sim Football staff reserve the right to refuse a trade.
Free Agents
On our main site you'll see a listing for "Free agents." Find what you want then vist our forums and log in. Then simply follow the instructions in the free agent board of our forums. Post a message on this board with the player and position you wish to "offer a deal." Please make the subject the name/position. If somebody else wishes to offer a deal to the same FA they respond to your thread with a "counter offer."
When Saturday rolls around the FA signs, if there are no counter offers you automatically get the FA. If there are counter offers SFL staff will use lottery style picking system to decided where the FA goes.
You can only sign 1 FA a week, but can make as many offers as you like. The earliest offers are decided first. If you offer 3 free agents a spot on your roster and win the first one all other offers are removed.
Basic Rules
1. No real teams!
2. You can only GM ONE team!
3. No "hate speak" towards any other members of the SFL of any types on the Sim Football board.