Sevens and HDBC are primarily a fun environment. The games can be crazy and volatile and that can be stressful, but our basic approach is; don't be a dick. Conduct yourself courteously


Completing games, extensions and forfeits
It is expected that coaches try their best to complete all their games within each tournament.
Once your opponent is known please contact them ASAP via FUMBBL PM to arrange a time to play. Share some good times for you in your initial message. Note that HDBC is primarily an EU timezone league, but we welcome coaches from anywhere in the world.

Real life happens and and so if the odd game doesn't happen then we understand, but please make every effort to communicate issues to a HDBC admin and your opponent as quickly as possible.
In the cases where a game is unplayed then HDBC admins will forfeit in favour of the coach who was trying hardest to make it happen. Yes this can be totally subjective. If that is a problem then work hard to get your games played :-) The forfeit will be scored as a 2-0 win.

If no coach is at fault, or no clear communication occurs then the game will be forfeited at random, but the scores will be amended to put the result down as a 0-0 tie.

Also please note that a team who is at fault for forfeits scores 0 points for the game (compared to a loss which grants 10). Additionally if a coach consistently forfeits or doesn't communicate, HDBC admins reserve the right to withdraw that coach from the league.

In general there will be no extensions granted, but HDBC admins reserve the right to do so in exceptional circumstances.


Concessions
We would prefer to have no concessions, but we follow the FUMBBL concession guidelines. These allow for "legal" concessions in the rare state when you can't field more than 2 players during setup. Please note that if you concede at other times then FUMMBL will enforce the rules for "illegal concession":
A coach that concedes before setting up for a kick-off where he could only field 2 or less players suffers no additional penalties. If one coach concedes the match for any other reason then the winner gains all the loser's winnings and MVP from this match. In addition the loser automatically loses 1 Fan Factor and may not roll for a new one, and any players in the loser's team that have 51spp or more will leave the team on a D6 roll of 1-3. Roll separately for each player with 51spp or more to see if they leave.


Timing out
Timeouts are not acceptable. Real life often intrudes at awkward times, and we are a friendly environment. If you feel your opponent is abusing the clock or taking excessive time on multiple occasions please reach out to a 7s admin on Discord or PM sokeeffe here on FUMBBL.


Tiebreakers
Tiebreakers within each tier are: Head to head record (if only two teams tied), TD delta, CAS delta, TD total, CAS total, coin toss


Inducements
Standard BB2020 inducements available (extra team training, wandering apothecaries, bloodweiser kegs, bribes, wizards, mercs), the major difference is Star Players, where HDBC has its own custom stars.

Note that using Mercenaries could take you above the 4 of limit for positionals, this is allowed in the league rules.

Additionally due to the glut of cash in BB2020 (especially in 7s) we do not allow overdogging (higher TV team spending treasury on inducements). Please only use the money that appears in the "Petty Cash (Free)" box during the inducements phase.


Injuries
The official 7s rules deal with injuries slightly differently to regular BB, but on FUMBBL we do not have those options in the ruleset to mimic it.
We will support the option to try and heal niggles, or have a player sit out a season to heal a perm (this only occurs of the team actually plays in a tournament).

Additionally Miss Next Game (MNG) statuses will be cleared for teams that are applying to tournaments, but not prior to the playoff stage of a tournament.