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Private leagues will generally follow these same guidelines without explicit league rules to the contrary, but may have specified unique procedures for implementation; please consult your league rules.
Due to abundance of cheating in free Trial Leagues, staff intervention is more likely and all reversals of trades or other transactions and removal of owners will be at the discretion of the site staff.
- No "Renting" Of Players -
Players may not be borrowed to other teams for any reason. Whether it be to develop the player or his stats, to help a certain team win, or any other reason which places a player on the major league roster of another team with the intent of returning him. Exception: CP trades will still be allowed in leagues which do not have specific rules against them, as long as the players involved are not purposely played in the majors.
- Draft Pick & CP Trades -
Draft picks can be traded out in dynasty leagues to however many seasons each owner is renewed for, up to 5. In private and speed leagues these can only be traded up to your renewal, and limited by a preset number of seasons out. This applies also to CP trades. You cannot trade CPs for seasons beyond your renewal, or beyond the number of seasons set for draft pick trades.
- Details Of Trades And Agreements Must Be Posted -
If you make a trade/agreement with another owner which includes something not clearly detailed as part of the transaction, you must post the details on the league message board. This is intended specifically for CP trades, conditional draft pick trades, or another other agreement which is made that other owners can not normally see the details of. Please note that these trades are completed at your own risk, and the site administrators will only offer limited support and assistance.
- Inactive Owners May Be Removed -
Sim Dynasty is most enjoyable for everyone in a league when all team owners are actively managing their teams. Although we know you may not be able to play every single day, it does become a problem for all owners in the league when an owner doesn't manage his or her team for weeks at a time, especially in faster moving leagues.
Owners who are inactive without previous arrangement may be removed from team ownership and their team sold to a replacement owner. For all Dynasty leagues and other 3 game per day leagues, owners may be removed for four weeks of inactivity. For leagues that play 6 to 9 games per day, inactivity for three weeks may result in removal. Higher paced 12 and 15 game per day leagues may remove owners after two weeks of inactivity. Football owners may be removed after three weeks of inactivity.
Inactivity is normally judged by the last date you were active in a league (looking at the standings or roster, not just connecting to the home page); however, if your team is not being actively managed (more than 25 players in the minors in baseball, or leaving high-rated draftees on the Inactive roster in football) for the inactivity period, you may lose your team even if you are logging in just enough to appear to be active.
Usually the league Commish will attempt to contact you before listing your team for sale due to inactivity, however if you are inactive your team may be removed without notice. If you have an active subscription to a league, being removed from the league will not automatically cancel your subscription; it is your responsibility to [url=http://rules.simdynasty.com/index.php/Cancelling_A_Subscription]cancel your subscription.[/url]
- Excessively Lopsided Trading -
Trades that appear to excessively benefit one team will be reversed. This extends to accepting offers made to you which excessively benefit you. It doesn't matter who offered the trade, if it's lopsided, it hurts the whole league. Typically, we will only reverse obviously collusive deals in Trial leagues using this policy. I don't recall ever using it in a pay league, but we reserve the right to do this without a vote in pay leagues, specifically when collusion or other foul play is suspected.
- Ratings Limits to Waiving Players -
You cannot waive anyone who has a A- rating or higher or demote anyone who has an A- rating or higher unless they have options (cannot be claimed off option waivers when demoted). This rule is automatically enforced for trial and dynasty leagues; speed and private leagues may have it enforced at their option, or have the limits set differently.
- Trade Challenges in Pay Leagues -
Pay league owners who feel that trades are lopsided, and whose league doesn't have a specific rule and process for trade challenges, should post a private message in Support within 4 days of the trade in question. If the trade was made before the trade deadline, the complaint must also be filed prior to the end of the regular season. We will then allow 3 days for other owners in the league to file complaints on the trade. If we receive a total of 3 complaints, we will put the trade up for a league vote. Trades will be reversed if 66% of the league (those that actually vote) feels they should be. The owners involved in the trade(s) do not vote. Your league could be paused during this voting process for a maximum of 24 hours. A league outsider will be asked to give an opinion of the deal as well.
- Tanking in System 3/4 Speed Leagues -
Owners in Speed leagues that use system 3 or 4 minor league improvements must either 1) Put their team in a position to win the most games or 2) Put their team in a position to best develop major league players. It is unacceptable to develop your team only in the minors and play an entire major league roster of scrubs. If you see a team in your league that does not meet these criteria, please post a private note in Support. We then may contact the owner in question for an explanation of why he is playing the players he is playing and come to a decision.
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Site Wide League Rules
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[font=times]Punishment for breaking the following rules will be determined on a case by case basis. Punishments may range from simple warnings, to reversal of trades (or other actions), to loss of players, loss of picks, or loss of the franchise.Private leagues will generally follow these same guidelines without explicit league rules to the contrary, but may have specified unique procedures for implementation; please consult your league rules.
Due to abundance of cheating in free Trial Leagues, staff intervention is more likely and all reversals of trades or other transactions and removal of owners will be at the discretion of the site staff.
- No "Renting" Of Players -
Players may not be borrowed to other teams for any reason. Whether it be to develop the player or his stats, to help a certain team win, or any other reason which places a player on the major league roster of another team with the intent of returning him. Exception: CP trades will still be allowed in leagues which do not have specific rules against them, as long as the players involved are not purposely played in the majors.
- Draft Pick & CP Trades -
Draft picks can be traded out in dynasty leagues to however many seasons each owner is renewed for, up to 5. In private and speed leagues these can only be traded up to your renewal, and limited by a preset number of seasons out. This applies also to CP trades. You cannot trade CPs for seasons beyond your renewal, or beyond the number of seasons set for draft pick trades.
- Details Of Trades And Agreements Must Be Posted -
If you make a trade/agreement with another owner which includes something not clearly detailed as part of the transaction, you must post the details on the league message board. This is intended specifically for CP trades, conditional draft pick trades, or another other agreement which is made that other owners can not normally see the details of. Please note that these trades are completed at your own risk, and the site administrators will only offer limited support and assistance.
- Inactive Owners May Be Removed -
Sim Dynasty is most enjoyable for everyone in a league when all team owners are actively managing their teams. Although we know you may not be able to play every single day, it does become a problem for all owners in the league when an owner doesn't manage his or her team for weeks at a time, especially in faster moving leagues.
Owners who are inactive without previous arrangement may be removed from team ownership and their team sold to a replacement owner. For all Dynasty leagues and other 3 game per day leagues, owners may be removed for four weeks of inactivity. For leagues that play 6 to 9 games per day, inactivity for three weeks may result in removal. Higher paced 12 and 15 game per day leagues may remove owners after two weeks of inactivity. Football owners may be removed after three weeks of inactivity.
Inactivity is normally judged by the last date you were active in a league (looking at the standings or roster, not just connecting to the home page); however, if your team is not being actively managed (more than 25 players in the minors in baseball, or leaving high-rated draftees on the Inactive roster in football) for the inactivity period, you may lose your team even if you are logging in just enough to appear to be active.
Usually the league Commish will attempt to contact you before listing your team for sale due to inactivity, however if you are inactive your team may be removed without notice. If you have an active subscription to a league, being removed from the league will not automatically cancel your subscription; it is your responsibility to [url=http://rules.simdynasty.com/index.php/Cancelling_A_Subscription]cancel your subscription.[/url]
- Excessively Lopsided Trading -
Trades that appear to excessively benefit one team will be reversed. This extends to accepting offers made to you which excessively benefit you. It doesn't matter who offered the trade, if it's lopsided, it hurts the whole league. Typically, we will only reverse obviously collusive deals in Trial leagues using this policy. I don't recall ever using it in a pay league, but we reserve the right to do this without a vote in pay leagues, specifically when collusion or other foul play is suspected.
- Ratings Limits to Waiving Players -
You cannot waive anyone who has a A- rating or higher or demote anyone who has an A- rating or higher unless they have options (cannot be claimed off option waivers when demoted). This rule is automatically enforced for trial and dynasty leagues; speed and private leagues may have it enforced at their option, or have the limits set differently.
- Trade Challenges in Pay Leagues -
Pay league owners who feel that trades are lopsided, and whose league doesn't have a specific rule and process for trade challenges, should post a private message in Support within 4 days of the trade in question. If the trade was made before the trade deadline, the complaint must also be filed prior to the end of the regular season. We will then allow 3 days for other owners in the league to file complaints on the trade. If we receive a total of 3 complaints, we will put the trade up for a league vote. Trades will be reversed if 66% of the league (those that actually vote) feels they should be. The owners involved in the trade(s) do not vote. Your league could be paused during this voting process for a maximum of 24 hours. A league outsider will be asked to give an opinion of the deal as well.
- Tanking in System 3/4 Speed Leagues -
Owners in Speed leagues that use system 3 or 4 minor league improvements must either 1) Put their team in a position to win the most games or 2) Put their team in a position to best develop major league players. It is unacceptable to develop your team only in the minors and play an entire major league roster of scrubs. If you see a team in your league that does not meet these criteria, please post a private note in Support. We then may contact the owner in question for an explanation of why he is playing the players he is playing and come to a decision.
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