Code of Conduct

A user should recognize that CSFBL (both the game and the forums) is a public Web site. As a result, behavior is expected to be in line with what is acceptable in a public arena. Any forum of harassment, obscene language, threats, unethical discussion of criminal activity, explicit sexual terminology, and the like that is deemed inappropriate mayresult in censorship or deletion of the inappropriate content. Continued violation of this Code of Conduct may result in the user's franchise being shut down, and his access to CSFBL being revoked.

Team Ownership Limitations

Persons may not own more than one team in an individual league. This is restricted on an individual user account level; however, a person who creates a second (or third, etc.) user account is still bound to respect this limitation. Limited participation per league is required to maintain a competitive level and to avoid the possibility of cheating (collusion, trade bias, "tanking", etc.). If a person is found to be cheating in this manner, all of the user's franchises may be shut down, and the user's access to CSFBL may be revoked.

Respecting Individual League Rules

Some of the leagues in CSFBL (particularly the more active leagues and the Premier Leagues) have specific rules and guidelines on team ownership and activity. Since membership in all leagues is voluntary, by choosing to participate in one of these leagues, you are agreeing to observe and follow these rules and guidelines. Failure to follow such rules and guidelines may result in loss of ownership of your team(s) in question

Maintain a Competitive Environment

The goal of CSFBL is to create a competitive gaming community. As a result, all owners are expected to take a reasonably active role in managing their team. ("Reasonable" activity is subjective depending on the overall activity of the leagues which an owner is a member of.) Failure to maintain a reasonably active role in managing your team may result in loss of ownership of your team(s). Furthermore, obvious actions which go against the competitive nature of the game - clearly biased trades, tanking, and so forth - may result in the loss of ownership of your team(s).

How to file a complaint against these guidelines

If you suspect a player to violate these guidelines -- whether it be through inappropriate language or behavior, through cheating, uncompetitive team management, or some other reason -- you should file a formal complaint.

Formal complaints must be sent to [mailto:brian@csfbl.com]. Optionally, you can send a copy of the email to the accused party or parties, or post a copy of the complaint on your league's message board. The complaint must include details on the complaint -- the more detail, the better. We will review the complaint and may do one of three things:

• Strip the user(s) of their team ownership;
• Diable the user(s) CSFBL accounts;
• Put the user(s) on warning.

If a user is on warning, they will be given a period of time to resolve the issues involved. If after a defined period of time the situation has not improved, the people who initially filed the complaint should send another notice to [mailto:brian@csfbl.com] stating such, and a final decision will be made (likely stripping the user(s) of team ownership or disabling their access to CSFBL).