The most important rule of WOBBL is DBAD. Don't be a dick!

All other rules should be considered subject to change at all times, based on the whims of admin-in-chief WaffleIron.

Available teams:

All official teams, as seen HERE.
All Secret League teams, as seen HERE.
All additional NAF teams, as seen HERE.

All new teams start with a budget of 1100 TV. All new teams must be fresh!

League participation:

All coaches are required to complete the season they've signed up for. If you repeatedly fail to show up for your games, or fail to make reasonable attempts to schedule your games, you may be kicked out and potentially banned for multiple seasons. If you need to forfeit a round or drop out of the league, please let an admin know.

Scheduling:
Coaches are expected to start scheduling early and give reasonable options for game times. If in doubt, follow the principles of common sense and common courtesy.

We encourage the scheduling to happen on the Discord server, but this is not required, and FUMBBL PMs are valid in any situation where a match might have to be admined. However, coaches should try to stick to one or the other during any single round.

Timeouts:
Timeouts are not allowed. If an opponent is taking an unreasonably long time and is unresponsive about it, take it up with an admin instead.

Conceding:
Conceding is not allowed, unless it is a legal concede. A coach can legally concede when their team doesn't have the three players required to set up a line of scrimmage.

League structure:

Starting with season 2, the structure of the league is as follows:
- One premiership
- One or more divisions of experienced teams
- One or more divisions of fresh teams

Division size will depend on the number of signups, but will likely be 8 or 10 teams. Promotion/demotion spots as well as the number of experienced divs below premiership and their rank relative to each other will also depend on the number of signups. There will always be a division for fresh teams. If we have an uneven number of signups, experienced teams may be slotted in to fill up the fresh division(s).

Post-season:
After the regular league is finished, there is a playoff competition. This is a KO tournament where the best teams from all divisions compete for the title of WOBBL champion. Seeding and tournament size will depend on the number of signups. Seeding will be weighted towards the higher divisions (so the prem will get more playoffs spots than the fresh div). A 16-team tournament is the standard, but may be increased or decreased depending on the size of the league.

Between seasons:

Between seasons, all MNGs are cleared, and any niggles on the team have a chance to be healed. A d6 roll is made for each niggled player, and on a 4+ the niggle is removed (3+ if the team has an apothecary).

Temporary retirement:
Between seasons, teams may be temporarily retired. This means that a coach may reroll with a different team, and as long as the old team hasn't played any games since it was retired it can be brought back in future seasons. There is no limit to the number of temporarily retired teams. However, if a team plays anywhere outside of the scheduled league - eg. in the open play environment - it is permanently retired and cannot be brought back.

TV caps:
TV caps may be introduced to keep the league from becoming too unbalanced. TBD as it becomes relevant.

Ruleset:

Standard 2020 rules on the pitch.

2016 rules for skill progression. This means that when a player reaches the SPP threshold for gaining a level, a roll of 2d6 is made to decide what skills or stats that player is eligible to pick.

SPP thresholds:
Level 1: 6 SPP
Level 2: 16 SPP
Level 3: 32 SPP
Level 4: 51 SPP
Level 5: 76 SPP
Level 6: 126 SPP
Level 7: 176 SPP

In addition to primary skills, the player may select skills/stats on the following rolls (TV cost in brackets):
12: +ST (60 TV)
11: +AG (40 TV), +PA (20 TV)
10: +MA (20 TV), +AV (10 TV)
Doubles (1+1, 2+2, etc.): Any secondary skill (30 TV)

MVPs:
After a game, the coach nominates 6 players, and a roll is made to select one of these as MVP.

Inducements and star players:
No mega-stars, everything else as per official 2020 rules. Star player availability for individual teams can be found on the team pages.

Tie-breakers:
Tie-breakers are: head to head > touchdown difference > CAS difference. If this is not enough to separate the teams, a random roll will be performed or a tiebreaker game will be played.



The complete ruleset may be viewed HERE.