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PGHL RULES

Table of Contents

Section 1: Drafting/Signing
Section 2: Player Related Rules
Section 3: Team Related Rules
Section 4: In-game Rules
Section 5: Board Voting
Section 6: Trading
Section 7: Other Suspensions

Section 1: Drafting/Signing

Rule 1: Teams may trade draft picks with each other but the board must approve of the trade.
Rule 2: If a player refuses to play for a team after being drafted, the player cannot be traded unless the captain chooses to trade the player at his own will.
Rule 3: The draft order will be created by the commissioner with him recording the random generator to prevent any tampering.
Rule 4: The round after the round chosen by the random generator will be a snake.
Rule 5: Players cannot be signed until round 15.

Section 2: Player Related Rules

Rule 1: Players cannot play on anyone elses account. If caught the player and the person playing on the account will be suspended for 25 games. If a player is suspected of being played on by someone else, he/she can be asked to send a gif of their ping, share screens, join a call, or answer questions. If the person refuses to do any of these or fails any one of these, the player is not allowed to play and will go through further investigation.
Rule 2: Players cannot play on alternate accounts in the league. If caught the player is suspended for 25 games and the alternate account is banished from the league.
Rule 3: If a player believes he is being abused, he/she may ask the board to investigate. If determined that the player is being abused, the player will be force traded by deadline and doesn't have to show up to games for the team he/she is being abused on.
Rule 4: Players who officially retire from the league cannot ever play on a team again.

Section 3: Team Related Rules

Rule 1: If a captain is going to be overthrown 3/4 of the players must agree to overthrow the captain and must also provide a replacement captain vote.
Rule 2: Teams with over 15 players must cut players until they are under 15.
Rule 3: Teams cannot have under 7 players.

Section 4: In-game Rules

Rule 1: A team must have 3 players in order to start the game.
Rule 2: A team that fails to have 3 players by 5 minutes over the expected start of the game will be forced to forfeit.
Rule 3: Staff timeouts can't be called unless a board member or staff getting a board member chooses to.
Rule 4: You cannot wait to choose a team at the start of a game but you can choose not to fan your team for warmups.
Rule 5: If any goal is challenged, a neutral staff member can decide if it's a good goal or not.

Section 5: Board Voting

Rule 1: In order for a vote to be considered valid all board members must vote. If a board member is absent and cannot vote on time, the board will vote without the commissioner to bring it to an odd number.
Rule 2: If a person asks to see the board vote, a board member must send a picture of the board's responses to the vote.
Rule 3: The board will vote on any new staff members and returning staff members each season. (The new board of the season if rule X is used)
Rule 4: The owner cannot overpower a board vote.
Rule X: A new board is chosen each season, board members from the previous season will vote on the new board members. A board can't serve twice in a row.

Section 6: Trading

Rule 1: Trading will start after round 10.
Rule 2: Trading will stop at a deadline chosen by the board depending on how many rounds there are.
Rule 3: If a captain is told to force trade a player, he must trade the player by the deadline. If the captain fails to trade the player on time, the board will pick the best trade sent to the captain. If the captain receives zero trades on the player, the player won't be traded.

Section 7: Other Suspensions

Rule 1: If a person is caught hacking, they cannot play in the league for 3 seasons.
Rule 2: If a board member is caught cheating they are removed of being board and will receive their appropriate suspension. The removed board member can't be a member again for 3 seasons.