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Joining An Existing League

****Joining a league is easy. Go to the Find a League page. There are always leagues looking for new owners to take over teams.

Underneath "Find a League" you have 5 choices. We recommend a mentor league for beginners. What is a mentor league? A mentor league will have at least one individual, (possibly 4 or 5), who have played this game a very long time. Their only job is to answer any questions you might have, to help you with learning the game and they know what they are talking about.


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Information you can find on this page is the "Games Per Day" , otherwise known as the "sim rate". Leagues can simulate 2, 4 or 8 games in one day. Be sure to check the sim rate of a league before recruiting a team in that particular league, otherwise you may recruit a team that sims faster or slower than you want.

Slow sim rates, (2 games per day), are great for people who like to watch their team day-in and day-out and don't want to risk missing any opportunity to manage their team.

Fast sim rates (4 and 8 games per day) are for stat-heads, people who like to see stats accumulate and are less interested in day-to-day management, though the same management options apply to all leagues regardless of sim rate.

Other information available is the Salary cap, how many seasons it has been in play and if there are any teams available. Choose a league to your liking but make sure there is at least one team available.

Some leagues are public, meaning you can just pick a team. Some leagues are private and you have to have a password to join. If you encounter this just PM, (private message), the commissioner, (there may be more than one), and ask for the password, or ask if you can have a specific team.

Once you join a league you're ready to recruit a team. There's dozens of teams available for you to recruit into your franchise, some with short histories, and some with long histories.

Once you recruit a team, you'll be able to manage it, set your lineups, participate in all league activities (free agency, trades, amateur draft), and jump into CSFBL without wait. Recruiting a Team


Extra Information on Leagues


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League Activity Level

The newest way to evaluate the state of a league is the look at the Activity Level which can be found on the Find a League page.

All leagues are broken down into 1 of 4 activity ranks.

Rabid: 23+ owners have logged in 30+ times in the past 30 days

High: 18-22 owners have logged in 30+ times in the past 30 days

Average: 13-17 owners have logged in 30+ times in the past 30 days

Low: 0-12 owners have logged in 30+ times in the past 30 days

Using League Activity Levels is an easy way to match up your own CSFBL activity level with other players investing similar time and energy into their teams.

Commissioner Leagues

Many of the most active CSFBL leagues have a commissioner (or multiple commissioners) overseeing the league operations. Typically, leagues with a commissioner are more active and more competitive. Since people are actively monitoring these leagues they are more reputable. Leagues with a commissioner are more likely to have customized features like a different salary cap or a draft lottery. Whether or not a league has a commissioner can be found on the Find a League page, or on the specific league page.

Other League Classifications and Terminology

New leagues are assigned a name consisting of 3 random Greek letters. A s a result Greek Leagues is a term that can refer to the new, starter leagues. Greek leagues are public leagues, often with a limited shelf life given the turnover of ownership in starter leagues.

Early on in CSFBL's history, a handful of the most active and prestigious leagues were assigned as Premier Leagues Premier leagues historically were highly competitive, with customized rules and regulations, and an active forum presence. Over the years, the term Premier League has lost some of its significance. However the handful of leagues that still enjoy the Premier designation remain some of the most historically significant leagues in all of CSFBL.

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