League Rules

These rules are maintained directly in the website source code by the commissioner, not in Airtable.

League Settings

Setting Value
Game Style Competitive
Quarter Length 6 minutes
Injuries Off
Rosters Updated NFL rosters
Difficulty All Pro
Games Per Week 1

House Rules

Scheduling Games

  • To keep league stats accurate, please try and play 1 game per week.
  • Reach out to your opponent via the contact information provided or in the #scheduling channel.

Game Completion Deadlines

This is not a hard rule, but try and complete your game for the week by Sunday evening.

Disconnects and Restarts

Things happen sometimes. Work with your opponent to come up with a fair plan. Try and keep stats intact.

Sportsmanship

Keep it friendly and respectful.

Streaming or Recording

Feel free to stream or record your games if that is what you are into.

Pausing Games

No excessive pausing. Only pause before a kickoff or while you are on offense.

Running Up The Score

Do or do not, that is the question.

Play Calling Restrictions

Call whatever plays you want. It is the other team’s responsibility to stop it. Every year there are plays that are considered "cheesy" but I feel they can all be stopped.

Fourth Down Rules

Go for it whenever you want. Just make sure you get it!

Onside Kick Rules

There are no specific rules regarding onside kicks. I believe the game only lets you do it in certain situations anyways.

Commissioner Decisions

Anything not covered here will be adjudicated by the commissioner.

Playoff Qualifications and Tiebreakers

  • The top 4 teams from each conference will make the playoffs.
  • It will be seeded, 1-4, with 1 playing 4 and 2 playing 3.

Tiebreakers are as follows:

  1. Head-to-head — If the tied teams played each other, winner gets the higher seed.
  2. Conference record — Best winning percentage in conference games.
  3. Common-games record — Best record against opponents both teams played.
  4. Strength of victory — Combined winning percentage of the teams you beat.
  5. Point differential — Points scored minus points allowed for the season.
  6. Random draw — Last-resort tiebreaker.

Playbooks

Use whatever playbook (standard or custom) that you’d like.

Stat Collection

Since we don’t have a full league, we can’t run it through the online Madden league stuff. Each game will be "play now" against a friend.

Once the game is complete, please send screenshots of the following items (either in the #game-stats channel, or via email/text):

  • Team stats
  • Player stats — Passing (pass yds, attempts, completions, TD, INT), Rushing (attempts, yds, TD, long), Receiving (receptions, yds, TD, long), Defense (tackles, sacks, INT, forced fumbles, fumble recoveries, defensive TDs)