Official Rules
Season 3 regulations and league policies
Contracts (Salary Cap Abolished)
- The salary cap is abolished beginning Season 3.
- Contracts remain binding and enforceable: 1 year = 1 full season (regular season + playoffs).
- Multi-year contracts tie a player to their team for the full duration unless released or traded.
- Maximum contract length: 4 years.
- Contracts must be realistic — no exaggerated or unserious deals.
- Termination: Contracts may only be ended for valid reasons (e.g., player withdrawal, X account suspension, violation of conduct).
- Reporting: All signings must be reported to @UtopiaSports or @TheSirenU.
Roster Size
- Each team may carry a maximum of 35 players.
- Teams must maintain compliance with roster limits throughout the season.
Staff Roles
- To be eligible for competition, each team must have the following staff roles filled before the season begins:
- • Owner (required)
- • Co-Owner (optional)
- • General Manager (GM) (required)
- • Head Coach (required)
- • Head Scout (required)
- • At least 2 additional scouts (optional but recommended)
- Failure to meet staffing requirements will result in team ineligibility.
Free Agency
- Re-signing period: Teams must re-sign expiring contracts before the championship game begins.
- Submission: Teams must DM commissioners with re-signing lists.
- Free agency window: Opens 1 week after the championship game, closes 1 week before the draft.
- Teams may sign free agents to fill roster spots (up to 35 players).
- Tampering: No negotiations with contracted players unless permission to seek a trade is granted.
Trades
- Teams may trade players or draft picks.
- Trades must be approved by @UtopiaSports or @TheSirenU.
- Future draft picks limited to 2 seasons ahead.
- No trades allowed after each team's 6th game of the season.
Botting
- Using bots to manipulate votes is STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
- Penalty: Team suspension for 1 season + permanent ban for the individual responsible.
Regular Season
- Each team plays 10 games.
- Games occur on Monday, Wednesday, Friday (occasional Saturday).
- Voting windows:
- • Regular season: 3 hours
- • Playoffs: 4 hours
- • Championship: 8 hours
- Outcome: Team with most likes wins.
Playoffs
- Seeding:
- • Seeds 1–2: Division winners (top team in each division)
- • Seeds 3–4: Division runners-up
- • Seed 5: Conference wildcard (best remaining record in conference)
- Format: Single elimination.
- First Round: Seed 4 vs. Seed 5
- Semifinal 1: Seed 1 vs. winner of 4/5
- Semifinal 2: Seed 2 vs. Seed 3
- Conference Finals: Winners advance.
- Championship: Legacy vs. Empire (8-hour vote).
- Tiebreakers:
- • Head-to-head record
- • Strength of schedule
Conduct & Integrity
- Respectful engagement required from all players, staff, and fans.
- Toxic behavior, harassment, or attempts to manipulate outcomes may result in suspension or ban.
- Commissioners reserve the right to enforce penalties for violations.
- Inactive Accounts: Any player whose X/Twitter account is inactive for more than 30 days may be released by their team.
- Commissioner's Override: Commissioners reserve the right to veto trades or signings if they violate league integrity or spirit.
- Tampering:
- • Defined as any attempt to influence, recruit, or negotiate with a player under contract with another team.
- • Prohibited actions include attempting to sign another team's player or encouraging them to request a trade.
- • Penalty: fines, loss of draft picks, or suspension.
- Cross-Team Voting Manipulation Rule: Teams cannot vote for or against another team to influence a matchup they are not part of.
- Retirement / Unretirement Exploit Rule: A player cannot retire and immediately unretire to escape their team or force a transfer.
- Staff Position Transfer Rule: A player offered a staff role by another team must receive approval from their current team before leaving.
Team Disbandment
- If a team disbands midseason, the Owner must sit out the remainder of the season and may only return the following season as a player.
- The entire roster will be redistributed by commissioners to maintain balance.
- Penalty: permanent loss of ownership privileges for non-compliance.