Site Rules
From Sim Dynasty Rulebook
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Site Wide Rules
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 Single Season 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 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.
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 cancel your subscription.
Trade Abuse Reporting
Owners who feel that trades are severely lopsided, and whose league doesn't have a specific rule and process for reporting abuse of the trade system, should use the Report Trade Abuse feature on the Help menu to report the problem. If three owners report a trade, a league vote will occur. Trades will be reversed if 66% of the league (those that actually vote) feels they should be. The 2 owners involved in the trade do not vote.
Trade abuse reports are NOT part of the simulation; they are an administrative function to report abuse of the game. Abusing the trade abuse report function may result in losing the ability to initiate further trade abuse reports.
No Using Multiple Accounts To Get Around Restrictions
Each owner is allowed to have only 1 team per league. There may also be restrictions on the number of free trial leagues that an owner may have at any one time. Creating multiple accounts to get around these restrictions may result in the owner losing control of the duplicate teams and/or teams over the limit without notice.
Message Board Posting Guidelines
1) The following will not be tolerated on the message boards or via U2U:
- Personal attacks, flaming, insults, or threats of any kind
- Swearing
- Racial or Sexual Harassment
- Attempts to disrupt the league or interfere with others' enjoyment of the game for any reason
2) Controversial topics (including, but not limited to, politics and religion) that serve no purpose but to start an argument are not permitted.
3) Topics and posts in the "Sim Forums" should remain relevant to the game and forum; any personal discussions - or disagreements - should remain in "Other Stuff" or a league specific forum from which they arise.
4) Inappropriate, adult, or obscene content will not be allowed. Please realize that users come from many backgrounds and ages; teenage minors may be users on the site, other users may view or share teams and messages boards with family, and all owners have different standards of decency and obscenity.
5) Spamming and other advertisements are not permitted. Established customers who wish to review, suggest or advise others on other sites or opportunities may not use inappropriate forums and should not use direct links or engage in unsolicited and/or unwanted advertisement or recruitment via the message boards. Other contact information such as email and U2U gained through SimDynasty may not be used for unrelated purposes.
Violation of any of these policies or refusal to respond to staff warnings may result in being banned from the message boards. Violating these guidelines on the main site may result in loss of access to the site, including forfeiture of any teams. If you lose a paid team die to violation of this rule, or choose to quit a league because of enforcement of this rule, no refunds will be given.
