So you decided to join the PNFL

[Rich-League Officer]

1a. Coach-owned teams:

The success of the PNFL is directly a result of the effort, energy, and integrity of the Commissioner, League Officers, and the level of involvement and activity of the owners. The following rules are to ensure the integrity of the league, and to assure the continued future for the PNFL.

Each team will have one primary “owner” who is ultimately responsible for all actions of that team. The owner may delegate certain responsibilities to other people, such as GMs, assistant coaches, etc., but the owner remains fully responsible to make sure the team abides by all rules, and is “sufficiently active” to stay in the league as determined by the League Officers.

No person can hold a role with more than one team. That includes being an owner, GM, assistant coach, etc. If a person is involved with a team, they cannot have ownership/management/coaching involvement with any other team. This is to protect the integrity of competition and to eliminate any conflict of interest if the teams were to meet.

Owners are expected to participate and remain active. If an owner is frequently “absent” from team activities (roster moves, plans, profiles, plays, recruitment draft, training camp, etc.), they will be "retired" and the team will fall under the computer-owned team rules below. If you’re going to be absent for some period of time (vacations, sick, etc.) – send an email to the Commissioner letting him know your situation, and arrange for someone else to help with critical team activities in your absence.

If the Commissioner does not hear anything from a new "owner" for 4 game weeks in a row, his team will be listed as "retired" and will fall under the computer-owned team rules below. The Commissioner will keep track of the last date he was contacted by each "owner" on the Coach's page.

If an "owner" does not participate throughout an entire offseason or the entire draft, his team will be listed as "retired" and will fall under the computer-owned team rules below.

If an owner does not send a Training Camp file, his team will be listed as "retired" and will fall under the computer-owned team rules below.

If a coach-owned team becomes vacant or inactive at any point, the following applies: the former "retired" coach's PPPs, will be used for that team for the remainder of that season.

New owners/coaches are encouraged to seek out advice from seasoned owners. Usually after a season or two, you’ll be well on your way to building a strong franchise.

1b. Commissioner-owned team:

If the Commissioner owns a team, he can run it just like any other human coach. He can make roster, profile and plan changes weekly. He can submit Custom Plays to the Play Pool in the offseason and between game weeks. Plays he submitted between game weeks will not become publicly available to the league until the following week just like it is for other human coaches. He is not required to make his actual game plans and profiles available.

If the Commissioner reaches the Playoffs, he will always run Playoff games LIVE on-line through a screen sharing service to further provide full transparency.

1c. Computer-owned teams:

The reality of FBPRO ’98 currently is that most of the coaches that used to play this game have retired. To address the decline of available active FBPRO coaches, computer-owned teams in the PNFL will be managed as follows:

• The Commissioner or League Officers will manage all computer-owned teams including roster moves, PPPs, recruitment, and training camp.

• Computer-owned teams will use the same set of PPPs throughout the regular season and Playoffs and no Plays will be added or removed from CPU game plans during the season. All CPU gameplans will be made available to the League. The Commissioner will also provide a set of CPU profiles that the CPU teams will use. These Profiles will generally be balanced, run and pass.

• Human coaches can use the CPU profiles (highly recommended for newbies).