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Welcome to World Football League ()
Welcome to World Football League, this is a league based for all the teams around in the world. Our league have Ferrari as head sponsor.
We want a fair league, with no alts and no cheaters. Our main goal is to have a league where everyone can enjoy, but a fair one.
Teams for the World Football League season 2010/11
- Bohemia Lions FC
- Burgos City F.C.
- Manchester United SL FC
- VSTex FC
League Managers: Adriana Hian - Hela Beck - EnterTheNameHere Galicia
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Rules Book( v1.2 )
World Football League Rules
Version: v1.2
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SECONDFOOTBALL SYSTEM
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01.01 The Field
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The match is played on the field and system provided by the secondfootball.com. The playing area of the field must not be intersected by any other prim that is not part of the secondfootball.com field itself, except for phantom texture ads placed on the surface of the field. There should also be space for the player taking throw-in on the sides of the field behind the sidelines.
01.02 Field texture, Custom Ads
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Custom texture of the field surface or custom texture ads placed on the field in the playing area should not reduce visibility of the ball or white lines in the playing area.
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HUD AND PRIMS
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02.01 HUD and prims
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Players are only allowed to wear secondfootball.com player / goalkeeper HUD and their rendering cost must be equal to 1. No other HUD’s or prims are allowed to be wearing during the match. Players must also remove any floating text( title ) if they are using one.
If a player is wearing extra prims or using any other scripts, programs, animations, etc. that gives him any advantage in Second Life or secondfootball.com system, he and his team can receive sanctions.
02.02 Players wearing prims
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The referee has to check before the match that no extra program, AO, Hud, Prims or other possible way to cheat is being worn by any player. If the referee notices it before the start of the match, he will ask the player to detach those items.
However if the referee notices that a player has attached something during the match, the player will get automatically red card and World Football League will inspect the case and can give additional sanctions to the player and team. No player have a reason to attach prims during match. Doing so is considered as cheating..
02.03 Player shapes
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Referee has to check player's shapes before start of match and he can ask player to change his shape when he thinks it is not proper.
If a player add weird shape during the match he get automatically yellow card and additional sanctions can be given by World Football League staff after end of match.
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BEHAVIOR ON THE STADIUM / FIELD
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03.01 Number of players and spectators on the stadium
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In the stadium, only 14 registered players and 5 spectators from each team are allowed to be present( Any non-registered avatar, even managers, presidents, invited people.. are considered as spectators ). Spectators can be asked to leave, if they don’t respect referee’s instructions. Home team should eject or ban spectators and players if the referee request them to. The referee could also take these measures if the spectators do not have a good behavior, if they disturb with sounds, particles, blinks, gestures or flood the chat with text messages.
03.02 Player's Behavior
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Players( including team management ) should have a sportive behavior. Players must follow and respect referee's instructions and decisions. Insults and other kind of offensive language is not allowed in local chat or IM or group tag. Any kind of bad behavior will be sanctioned by referee and World Football League staff can inspect the case after the match. Referee can also ban players/management from field for the rest of match. Home team must ban the players/management if referee ask them to do so.
Reserve players have to stay or sit on the side of field during the play.
Remember: Players represents their teams, even when match is not played.
03.03 Spectator's Behavior
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Spectators present on the field have to stay outside of playing area. No-one is allowed to stay or sit behind the goal line and goal itself. Spectators should wear as less prims and attachments as possible, do not disturb the play with sounds, particles or flooding text chat etc. Spectators must follow the referee's instructions.
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MATCH ORGANIZATION
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04.01 Number of Players in Play
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The match is played by not more than 9 players from each team, including goalkeepers. Goalkeepers must be registered for the match and must wear only the Goalkeeper HUD. Teams can register up to 5 reserve players. Only Players registered for the match are allowed to play. Match may not start when any of the teams have less than 5 players on field at the time of start of the match.
The WFL recommends that the difference in number of players between the teams is not more than 2 during the play( 5 on 7, 6 on 8, 7 on 9 ), however it is only up to the will of the teams to make such agreement on the number of players.
04.02 Minimum Number of Players Required For Start Of Match
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When one of Teams haven't got enough players present on the field at start of the match, the match cannot be started and the team lose the match by default. Once the match has started, it is not important if number of players decrease under the minimum number of players needed to start a match. The match is played to the end.
When both teams haven't got enough players present on the field at start of the match, the match cannot be started and the match is drawn by default. Teams will not receive any points to league table
04.03 Responsibilities of the teams before match
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Players that are banned at the region / land are allowed to be let in for the match. Home team must let in banned players of Guest team for the match( They can ban them again after end of match ).
However Guest team must inform Home team about the names of players who needs to be unbanned at least one hour before the match, to give the Home team enough time to do it. When Guest team fails to request the unban on time, Home team is not required to allow the entry of banned players.
Home team is responsible for giving landmark / inviting the guest team to their field at least 15 minutes before the start of match.
Home team is responsible for teleporting the referee to their field. The WFL Staff will announce the assigned referees for matches to the teams at least 1 hour before the matches.
04.04 Shirt colors
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The two teams must wear different colors of shirts. Each goalkeeper must wear shirt of different color to distinguish him from the other players.
04.05 Choosing Team Representatives
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Each of the teams must choose two representatives( let's call them Coach and Captain ) for the match before the first kick-off.
Only Coach and Captain are allowed to shout during the match, no other players or spectators.
Coach and Captain can't be changed once the match has begun, even in case one of them goes offline. Coach and Captain doesn't have to be the same people on every match.
Players shouting during match can be sanctioned by Yellow card from the referee.
04.06 Teams Formation
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Teams must put formation on secondfootball.com for the match at least 15 minutes before the match. Team must register any player that has a match suspension, even when they are not present on the match( so the team has one player less for use in match and to prevent use of alts ).
04.07 Day( Date ) and time of match
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The league matches are played at Sunday 12 PM SLTime. Change of the day or the time of a match is possible only until 72 hours before start of the match, and when opposite team agrees on the change. Later change of time or date is not possible.
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MATCH GAMEPLAY
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05.01 The Referee
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The Referee is official authorized by World Football League to take control over the match. Both teams, every player and spectators must respect referee's decisions and follow his instructions.
05.02 Referee crash
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When the referee crashes( stops responding etc. ), Teams must stop the play until the referee logins back. When the referee comes back, he will then resume the play. It is only up to the referee if he validate anything that happened while he was offline, so if for example goal was scored, it is only up the referee to approve it or not.
05.03 Match Duration & Half Time
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The match last two periods of 15 minutes. Between these periods an half-time is taken as a break for both teams, allowing replenish of HUDs. The half-time must be at least 5 minutes and must not exceed 10 minutes. Referee is the only person controlling duration of match, no-one else.
05.04 Start of the Match
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The match can be started only when both team have minimum number of players required to play match. See rule 04.02
All players must be ready, on their own half of the field of play, at least 2 minutes before the start of match. The match should start on time, Referee should not allow unnecessary delays.
Guest team starts the first half and Home team starts the second half.
When Second Life or secondfootball.com is experiencing difficulties, it is up to referee's decision to start, delay the start or abandon the match.
05.05 End of half
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There is no LAST TIME. The half is ended when period of time, with possible extra time given by referee, expires.
When a ball is in attacking area, the referee will give advantage to the attacking team and allow the attack to continue until the ball is out of play. In case the attacking team wins a corner kick during the attack, referee will let the play continue furthermore.
05.06 Extra time
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The referee can allow gameplay to continue over the period of time when the gameplay in regular period was interrupted by:
* waiting for crashed player / goalkeeper / referee to log-in back to the SL.
* substitutions.
* infringements by players or spectators.
* sanctioning of players.
* need of overruling of secondfootball.com system.
* any other case when referee thinks time was lost during play.
05.07 End of match
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The match is ended when the second half of match ends, or when the referee abandon the match prematurely.
The team scoring greater number of goals during the match is the winner of the match. When both teams score equal number of goal or no goals are scored then the match is drawn.
In case the match was abandoned, so match didn't last both halves, the World Football League Staff will inspect the case and decide on the result of the match.
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GAME RULES
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06.01 Substitutions
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It is only allowed to do 5 substitutions( no matter of role ).
* a) Replacing player with substitute:
o Substitute must be registered for the match
o The referee must be informed about proposed substitution in local chat and the team must wait with the substitution until referee allows it.
o Team must tell the referee name of the player and the substitute.
Prefered way how to tell the referee about substitution:
“CHANGE IN: substitute OUT: player”
o Substitutions takes place on break, when ball is out of play.
o Team have 30 seconds to do the substitution. If substitution takes longer, referee can give yellow card to the substitute for delaying of match.
o Player that has been substituted out cannot enter the play again.
* b) Replacing goalkeeper with substitute
o The referee must be informed about changing of goalkeeper in local chat and the team must wait with the substitution until referee allows it.
o Team must tell the referee name of the substitute.
Prefered way how to tell referee about substitution of goalkeeper:
“GOALKEEPER CHANGE, IN: substitute”
o Substitution takes place on break, when ball is out of play.
o Team have 30 seconds to do the substitution. If substitution takes longer, referee can give yellow card to the substitute for delaying of match.
o Substitute that replaces goalkeeper must wear only Goalkeeper HUD.
o Goalkeeper that has been substituted out cannot enter the play again.
* c) Replacing goalkeeper when team doesn't have substitute or already used all substitutions:
o When team doesn't have an option of substituting goalkeeper out, any player can take his position.
o The referee must be informed about replacing of goalkeeper by another player in local chat first.
Prefered way how to tell referee:
“player IS NOW GOALKEEPER”
o Then Referee confirms that he is aware of change and that the player can take position of goalkeeper. There is no need to wait for break of play, the player is considered as goalkeeper from the point when referee confirms the change.
o Player that replaces goalkeeper must detach Player HUD if attached and must attach and wear only Goalkeeper HUD.
o This replacement is counted as substitution and goalkeeper that has been substituted out cannot enter the play again.
Player entering the play without referee's permission can be sanctioned by Yellow Card.
06.02 Player joining play after start of match
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* Player must be registered for the match and he must not be already substituted out.
* The referee must be informed about the player that wants to join the play in local chat and the player must wait until the referee allows that player can join the match.
Prefered way how to tell the referee about player joining the play:
“PLAYER IN: player”
* Referee allows the player entry on break, when ball is out of play.
* Player that joined the play is not counted as substitute.
Player entering the play without referee's permission can be sanctioned by Yellow Card.
06.03 Player / Goalkeeper crash
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* a) In Case of Crash
In case a player or goalkeeper crashes, team representatives can inform referee about it and request to stop the play and give the player time to return.
* b) Player crash
If players crash during play, the match will go on, no stop of play, until the ball is out of play. When the ball is out of play, referee will stop the play and give the crashed player 3 minutes to return back. The match will be resumed when the player returns back, or after 3 minutes if the player is not back in time. Manager can decide if he wants to substitute the player out, or play with one less player.
Remember: When the player will be substituted, he can't play again even when he returns back..
* c) Goalkeeper crash
If a goalkeeper crash, we hope both team will honor fair play rule and kick the ball over the line. There is no rule saying you need to kick the ball out over the line, but this will count high for the clubs for the fair play prize we give out in end of the season. When the ball is out of play, referee will stop the play and give the crashed goalkeeper 5 minutes to return back. The match will be resumed when the goalkeeper will be back, or if goalkeeper is not back in 5 min the match will start again with or without the goalkeeper. Manager can substitute the goalkeeper.
* d) Number of crashes
However each of teams are allowed to request stop of play only once in each half. If a second player on the same team crashes on the same half ( this includes goalkeepers also ) the match will just go on and not be stoped when ball is out of play like on the preceding paragraphs. Manager can change out the crashed player on next break as substitution.
Referee should add the time spent by waiting as an extra time.
06.04 Fouls & Sanctions
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A free kick is awarded to opposing team when:
* 3 players are doing slide tackle close to an opposing team player who has ball in possession.
* attacker doing sliding tackle close to the goalkeeper in defender's penalty area.
* trow-in, kick-off, free kick or goal kick taker pass himself and continues to play with the ball.
* player taking goalkick pass to the goalkeeper.
* attacker is standing in penalty area, trying to restrain goalkeeper from passing a ball, while he have the ball in hands or in limit time.
* player commits any other offense for which play is stopped by referee to sanction the player by a card( see below ).
A penalty kick is given instead the free kick, when the player is in his own penalty area while he commits the foul.
Sanctions:
It is up to the Referee if he issues a warning to a Player or give a sanction to him.
Player can be sanctioned by a Yellow card when/for:
* shouting in local chat, when he is not one of Team Representatives
* not respecting Referee's decisions, requests or orders
* attacking goalkeeper when he have ball in hands or in limit time
* attacker doing sliding tackle close to the goalkeeper in defender's goal area
* flying during match or after goal
* unattended ball clicking
* HUD change
* entering field of play without referee's permission
Player can be sanctioned by a Red card and sent off the field when/for:
* insulting referee, opposing or own Team players, spectators or other really bad behavior
* receiving second yellow card in the match
* editing ball
* wearing any other prim than HUD
* clicking on ball when there is a clear chance to score a goal
* flying back to defense to stop other team's attack
* playing in match un-registered
Un-registered player in match:
* when un-registered player affects the play( causes throw-in, corner, goalkick, goal or commits faul ), he is issued Red card and sent-off the field immediately.
* WFL Staff will inspect the case of use of unregistered player after end of the match to see if the team used Player under contract.
* note: Only his Team, not the Player, receives one match suspension for the Red card, see rule 07.01 Team and Player match suspension, Exception 1
When player receives red card, he must immediately leave the field of play and he cannot be substituted.
When goalkeeper receives red card, he must be replaced by player from field or bench, if Team has substitutions left.
When player sanctioned by red card and he still commit sanctionable offenses( like insulting referee, editing ball ), the referee can ask Home Team to eject or ban the player for rest of the match.
Team defaultly lose the match 0 - 10 when:
* 4 players of the Team are sanctioned by Red card.
06.05 Kick-off
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Kick-off is taken at start of half, by Guest team at first half, by Home team at second half, or when a goal is scored, by the other team.
* The referee must allow the kick by “GO”, only then kicker can undertake the kick.
* All players must be on their own half of the field of play.
* Only players of the team taking the kick-off can stand in central circle.
Kick taker is not allowed to pass himself and continue to play with the ball, otherwise free kick is given to the opposing team.
There is NO SECOND TOUCH rule( i.e. Second player from same team required to touch the ball before the opposition can take the ball )
06.06 Free Kicks
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* The referee must allow the kick by “GO”, only then kicker can undertake the kick.
* Opposition players must not block the player taking the kick, they should stand at least 5 meters away from the ball.
Kick taker is not allowed to pass himself and continue to play with the ball, otherwise free kick is given to the opposing team.
When the ball after the kick ends up in the goal of kicker's team and the kicker is the last player that touched the ball( so no-one other touched it ), the goal doesn't count. The play is restarted with a goalkick from the kicker's goal.
06.07 Penalty Kick
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Penalty kick is given when foul is committed by defending player in his penalty area.
* The referee must allow the kick by “GO”, only then the kick can be undertaken.
* All players, except the kicker, must stand outside the penalty area, inside the field of play.
* Ball must be placed on the penalty mark.
* The kicker must stand behind the ball, facing towards the goal and the goalkeeper.
* The goalkeeper must stand near the goal line, facing the kicker.
* Kicker is not allowed to pass someone else, he must kick the ball forward.
When the ball is kicked, it is in play and other players are allowed to entry the penalty area.
After the kicker kicks the ball, he can't touch the ball again until any other player touch it, otherwise free kick is given to the opposing team.
06.08 Throw-In
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The Trow-In is given when the ball pass over the side line, to the opposing team of the last player that touched it.
* There is no need to wait for referee to allow the trow by “GO”.
* The throw-in taker have to stand behind the side line.
Throw-in taker is not allowed to pass himself and continue to play with the ball, otherwise free kick is given to the opposing team.
06.09 Corner kick
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The Corner kick is given when the ball passes over the goal line, and no goal was scored, and the last player that touched it is defending player.
* The referee must allow the kick by “GO”, only then the kick can be undertaken.
* The kicker must stand behind the side line and goal line.
* Opposition players should stand at least 5 metres from the ball.
The kicker is not allowed to pass himself and continue to play, otherwise free kick to the opposing team is given.
06.10 Goal kick
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Goalkick is taken when the ball passes over the goal line, and goal was not scored, and the last player that touched it is player of the attacking team.
* There is no need of referee allowing the kick by “GO”, it is up the kicker, when he will do the kick.
* All opposition players must stand outside the penalty area.
When the goalkeeper takes the kick, he is not allowed to pass it to himself, otherwise corner kick to the opposing team is given.
When player takes the kick, he is not allowed to pass it to himself or pass to the goalkeeper, otherwise corner kick to the opposing team is given.
When the ball after the kick ends up in the goal of kicker's team and the kicker is the last player that touched the ball( so no-one other touched it ), the goal doesn't count. The play is restarted with a goalkick from the kicker's goal.
When the referee stopped the play in penalty area due to non-foul interruption, the corner kick can be taken, when attacking team was in possession of ball, otherwise, the goal-kick will be taken.
06.11 Goalkeeper's ball
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The goalkeeper is in protection, so no attacker can attack him,:
* when he have ball in his hands, and also:
* for 10 seconds after he drops the ball to his feet.
* for 10 seconds when system fails and the GK can't catch the ball to his hands and an attacker was the last that touched the ball.
* for 10 seconds the goalkeeper is not registered on GK's position( i.e. he substituted GK ) and an attacker was the last that touched the ball.
While the goalkeeper has the ball and is in protection the attackers must go out from penalty area.
After the 10 seconds of protection any attacker can enter penalty area and attack the goalkeeper to take the ball from him, even by slide tackle.
When any attacker takes ball from a goalkeeper, by slide tackle or not, while he is in protection, free kick is given to the goalkeeper's team. However when the goalkeeper stands in goal area while the attacker do slide tackle on him, the referee can sanction the player by Yellow card.
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LEAGUE, TEAMS AND SANCTIONS
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07.01 Team and Player match suspension
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* a) Player match suspension
o Each Yellow card player receives during match is counted. When a player receives his third Yellow card, he is sanctioned by one match suspension and his Yellow card count is voided.
o For every Red card player receives, he is sanctioned by one match suspension.
o The suspension sanction takes place in the next league match.
o The Team must register the suspended Player into the match formation, even when he is not present on the field, so the Team have one less player to use in the match.
o The suspended Player is not allowed to play in the match, nor enter the field of play, he must sit on bench through the whole match.
o note: Match suspension of player is referenced as “Player match suspension”.
* b) Team match suspension
o For each Player match suspension, the Team is also penalised with match suspension.
o The suspension sanction takes place in the next league match.
o The Team must play with one less player on field during whole match.( so instead of 9 players, the team will play with 8 etc. )
o Suspensions for the Team are countable, so when Team have two suspensions, it must play with two less players on field.
o note: Match suspension of team is referenced as “Team match suspension”.
e1) Exception: Use of unregistered Player during match:
* see rule 06.04 Fouls & Sanctions
* When Team is found using unregistered player during match, the Player is issued with Red Card and sent off immediately, however the Player is not sanctioned with Player match suspension, only his Team is sanctioned with Team match suspension, as non-registering a player is fault of the Team, not the player.
Match suspentions and Yellow cards count follows the player even when he changes team. Cup and League sanctions are separated and are not interchangeable.
07.02 Teams that fall apart during season
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When Team cannot play 5 matches then the World Football League Staff will inspect the case if the Team has not fallen apart. When the Team will show good effort and interest to continue in league the WFL will be more than happy to help the Team and allow it to stay in league, otherwise the Team will be officialy declared as closed.
When the Team is declared as closed, it will lose all matches, played or upcoming, by default and all points the Team had won will be revoked. In case two closed Teams have match against each other, the result will be 0 - 0.
07.03 League Table
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Three points will be awarded for a win and one point for a drawn of match.
The position of each Team in the League Table is determined in order with the Team with the highest points awarded being first and the Team with second highest points awarded being second and so on..
In case two or more Teams have same number of points awarded, the highest Team is determined as follows:
* In case the Teams have equal number of points, the Team with better playing record head-to-head against the other Team during season will be the highest.
* In case the playing record of the two Teams is still being equal, the team that scored more goals in these head-to-head matches will be the highest.
* In case the goal score of these two Teams is still being equal, the team that scored more goals in whole league will be the highest.
* In case the highest Team cannot be decided, the answer is 42.( or one deciding match that these two Teams play where the winner will be the highest can be played. )
07.04 Alts
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The use of alts ( players with several avatars used to play in one or more teams ) is considered not sportive and it is prohibited.
If a player is find in having alt accounts, the World Football League Staff can make suspension against the player or the team. Suspension can be everything from withdraw of points, to suspend the player for more than one match or suspend him from the league.
The player will have to explain himself why he has two or more accounts. If the player don’t give any explanation we will build on the information we have and set a sanction out of this. The president of the team he plays in will be asked about the player also.
The Staff of World Football League will be fair on how we will deal with alt accounts, after the president of the team cannot be allways aware that the player is using alt account.
Presidents of teams should check day of birth of a player to see if he is too good in seconfootball compared to the time of his life in Second Life.
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WORLD FOOTBALL LEAGUE STAFF
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08.01 Complaints
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Teams, or in special case Players, can send complains about Match they played, opposing Team or Player and their behavior, Referee and his behavior and decisions and etc. The complains must be sent in 24 hours after the end of Match, preferably in notecard, to Adriana Hian, Hela Beck and EnterTheNameHere Galicia. WFL Staff will not pay attention to complains sent later.
It must be stated what is the subject of the complains and reason of the complains. The WFL Staff can refuse complains without enough information to build upon.
The WFL Staff then have 72 hours from the time when complains was received to review the complains and begin inspection. When WFL Staff decide that complains were legitimate the WFL Staff can take actions referenced in “Sanctions to Teams, Referees, Players and Match result decisions”. Any abuse of sending complains can be also subject to review by the WFL Staff.
08.02 Inspection of Match and Sanctions Given in Match by Referee
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WLF Staff can inspect any Match without receiving complains from Teams. The WFL will inspect any case of bad behavior or Red card sanctions.
Inspection of
* a) Team using unregistered player in match:
o When Team is found using unregistered Player in match, the WFL Staff will inspect, if the Player is under contract from the Team.
o When the Player is under contract:
+ The Team is sanctioned by Team match suspension.
+ The Player is however left without sanction, as it is not his fault.
o When the Player IS NOT under contract from the Team
+ The Team have seriously violated the rules and it will lose the match, where the Player played, by default
+ The WFL Staff can issue more sanctions to the Team
08.03 Sanctions to Teams, Referees, Players and Match result decisions
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Actions the WFL Staff can do regarding:
* a) Match:
o abandoned Match: accept result of the match
o change result of the Match.
o order replay of the match.
o penalize one of the Teams with default lose of the match.
* b) Team:
o issue a warning to the Team.
o issue a Team match suspension.
o penalize the Team with withdrawal of points.
o penalize the Team with financial sanction that will be withheld from the Team's rewards.
o suspend the Team from League.
* c) Referee:
o issue a warning to the Referee.
o revoke the Referee's WFL authorization( The Referee can't referee any match anymore ).
* d) Player:
o revoke any sanctions Player received from Referee during match.
o issue a warning to the Player.
o penalize the Player with one or more match suspension, applying from the next match Team play. League and Cup sanctions are separated and cannot be interchanged.
o suspend the Player from league.
Any action World Football League Staff takes must be explained and written on WFL site, where anyone can find it and also delivered individually to all involved sides of the case.
08.04 Change of rules
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The World Football League Staff reserve the privilege to change, remove or add rule or rules:
* when an update of secondfootball.com system changes the gameplay
* when a new cheat or non-sportive advantage in system will be found
* when an unexpected situation that is not solved by the rules arise
* to simplify rules
* to remove or fix unfair, unreal or unexpected results resolving from application of rules
Teams can apply to change any rule, except “League, Teams and Sanctions” and “World Football League Staff” section rules:
* change must be approved by ALL Teams playing the League. When one Team doesn't approve the change, the change is refused.
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