Rule Update | October 6, 2014
While the following steps were outlined last season via email, I have just now officially added them to the rules.
By it’s nature, the league is a self-officiating league. As such, it is the responsibility of BOTH teams to understand the rules and abide by them as best as possible. If there is a question about the rules, then the rule sheet should be consulted to resolve the issue. As rules are constantly being refined, the most up to date rules will always be online.
If an incident occurs which the rules do not address, or if the rules are unclear about how to handle such an incident, then both teams should come to agreement as to how to resolve the issue. This agreement will stand as the official resolution for THAT MATCH, regardless of how the rules are adjusted thereafter. If the two teams cannot come to an agreement, and assuming there are two distinct paths to take on how to resolve the issue, then the teams should agree to play out the match in the fashion of each team’s interpretation of the rules (ie. play the game in conflict twice). At this point the incident should be reported and a final judgement will be rendered based on the league’s official ruling.
If a team refuses to abide by the above guidelines, or by the written rules on a single issue, then the following steps must be taken by the other team in order for the league to render proper judgement:
If all of the above guidelines have been met, then the league will have grounds to make a final judgement and rule on the match outcome. A team that has blatantly ignored written rules will be issued a warning, and future occurences by the same team will be grounds for discipline.