Post-Season Rules - DragonBBL I

POST-SEASON STRUCTURE:

• The four top teams (rated by regular season points) from each conference will be allowed to play in the DragonBowl playoff tournament.
• The remaining teams from each conference will be allowed to play in the Soapy Consolation Cup playoff tournament.
• The four top teams in the BuBBL Spike! Invitational Tourney will be allowed to play in the Spike! Magazine playoff tournament.
• Team 1 is the team with the most regular season points, Team 8 is the team with the least.
• Any disqualification will result in all teams below the disqualified team moving up one spot in the standings
• A resulting vacancy in a playoff spot will give the opposing team a by to the next round
• All post-season trophies will be awarded officially when the post-season is complete
• All teams that do are not participating in a playoff tournament or that are eliminated from such tournaments may play up to three official exhibition matches.  No team may play more than three playoff and/or exhibition matches total in the post-season period.
• Any players with major injuries incurred during the last game of the regular season are assumed to have recovered enough to play at the start of the post-season
• The Post-Season Schedule can be found here

The DragonBowl Trophy

• The winner of the Final match of the DragonBowl playoff tournament wins the DragonBowl Trophy
• The DragonBowl Trophy is worth:
  • The winnings from both sides of the Allstar ProBowl will be paid to the League
  • This amount will be held in escrow by the League and paid out to the holder of the DragonBowl as tribute
  • The League will pay out an additional award equal to the number of teams in the league x 10,000gc as an additional award (currently 160,000gc)
  • A permanent +5 increase in Fan Factor
  • The winning team will thereafter will gain 10,000gc extra per match played while the DragonBowl is in their possession
  • The winning team will thereafter gain 1 team re-roll while the DragonBowl is in their possession
     
• The loser of the Final match of the DragonBowl playoff tournament wins the following:
  • A fixed award of 100,000gp
  • A permanent +3 increase in Fan Factor

The Soapy Cup Trophy

• The winner of the Final match of the Soapy Consolation Cup playoff tournament wins the Soapy Cup Trophy
• The Soapy Cup Trophy is worth:
  • A fixed award of 60,000gp
  • One bonus randomly determined MVP award
  • A permanent +2 increase in Fan Factor
     
• The loser of the Final match of the Soapy Consolation Cup playoff tournament wins the following:
  • A fixed award of 30,000gp
  • A permanent +1 increase in Fan Factor

The Spike! Magazine Trophy

• The winner of the Final match of the Spike! Magazine playoff tournament wins the Spike! Magazine Trophy
• The Soapy Cup Trophy is worth:
  • A fixed award of 200,000gp
  • A permanent +1d6 increase in Fan Factor
     
• The loser of the Final match of the Spike! Magazine playoff tournament wins the following:
  • A fixed award of 100,000gp
     

SPECIAL PLAYOFF RULES:
These Rules apply only to teams eligible for a playoff tournament

[1] No Debt

• A team that is not able to resolve any outstanding debts before the start of playoffs is disqualified.

[2] No Loans or Bribes

• During the playoff period, participating teams may not give/receive loans or bribes to/from any other team or entity.

[3] No Betting

• A team involved in any playoff tourney may not place bets.

[4] Overtime

• In the event of a draw at the end of regulation time, overtime must be played until a winner is decided
• Overtime consists of a full 8 turns of play - there is no sudden death
• Only re-rolls unused at the end of the 2nd half may be used in overtime
• If at the end overtime, no winner has been decided there is a penalty shootout
• The shootout consists of each team rolling a d6 and adding their remaining re-rolls - highest roll wins the match
• Penalty shootout rolls must be made immediately post match on the dice server (before closing JBB), with results labelled "penalty shootout [roll number] [teamname]" and sent to both coaches and admin@soapyfrog.net
• Ties are re-rolled until a winner is determined

[5] No Concessions

• Conceding is not permitted unless the team in question cannot field the three minimum players necessary.

[6] Roster Freeze

• A team involved in the playoffs may not purchase new players except to replace dead players with a player of the same position or with a cheaper player if insufficient funds are available.
• A team may purchase new players in order to bring their roster to 11, in the event the team started the playoffs with less than 11 players
• Rerolls may not be purchased during the playoffs
• Assistant Coaches and Cheerleaders may not be purchased (although players may still be retired to add Assistant Coaches)
• Players and Star Players may still be freebooted at will.

EXHIBITION MATCH RULES:
No team may play more than three playoff and/or exhibition matches total in the post-season period.

[1] Challenges

• A coach that is not in a playoff tournament may challenge another coach also not in a playoff tournament to an exhibition match.
• Each coach must have played (or committed to playing by accepting challenges) less than 3 post-season matches, including play-off matches, before the challenge can go through
• The challenged coach may agree in which case a normal bloodbowl match is played with all current season rules in effect
• The challenged coach may refuse in which case no match is played
• The challenged coach may ask another coach to substitute if that coach has played less than three matches as above
• The challenger must then agree or refuse to play, as above and no further substitutions are permitted
• The challenger is always the visitor team and the challenged is always the home team

[2] How to Challenge

• A Challenge Forum will be set up on the DragonBBL Forums
• In order to issue a challenge simply post in that forum with a topic "Challenger - Challenged"
• Challenges must be answered in the order they are delivered, with the earliest challenges being answered first

[3] New teams

• New Teams that a coach has committed to playing the next season of DragonBowl will be permitted to play official exhibition games in the current post-season period
• These new teams may challenge or be challenged by any eligible team in the league in the current post-season
• A coach currently playing in a playoff tournament may also play exhibition matches with a new team he intends to play in the following season, but his old team is barred from exhibition play and cannot be used for the next season (except if transferred to the control of another coach)