THESeasideBmbrs — League Rules

Seaside Bmbrs Mission Statement

The Seaside Bmbrs is a competitive Madden NFL Connected Franchise Cloud League dedicated to building authentic, NFL-style organizations through strategic free agency, drafting, and player development. Our goal is to mirror the decision-making of NFL General Managers with realistic roster management and dynamic, realistic gameplay. Rules evolve to reflect current NFL trends, ensuring a fluid and immersive experience.

Leadership Team
Commissioner: ARTIC TUFF
Co-Commissioners: scoop21, MRBLKDYNAMITE
DaddyLeagues Link: https://daddyleagues.com/theseasidebmbrs
Discord: https://discord.gg/2zEQUCb

Gameplay
We promote realistic play-calling that mirrors NFL strategies, while avoiding CPU exploits, play spamming, or repetitive tactics. Our league plays on All-Madden difficulty, with 12-minute quarters, 18-second accelerated clock, standard sliders with Superstar and X-factors Disabled. We advance every 48 hours and communicate for scheduling, disputes, or issues is handled via direct messaging or through the commissioner/co-commissioners. 

Code of Conduct
Quitting without permission results in a SuperSim loss. If you do not see it on the field on Sunday’s, then safe to say, it violates our Code of Conduct. 

Play-Calling Rules

  • Offense: Use varied plays from your entire playbook, with a 5-play cooldown per play. Avoid running up the score or stat padding.
  • 4th Down: No restrictions, but excessive attempts may lead to warnings or a simmed game.
  • Defense: Rush at least 3 players without dropping them into coverage. Vary play calls to maintain realism.

Game Settings
All-Madden difficulty is used with ball hawk, switch assist, heat seeker, kicking arc, and defensive graphics turned off.

In-Game Conduct
Violations are reviewed by the leadership committee, with penalties ranging from warnings to player suspensions, draft pick losses, or league bans.

Playing the CPU
Avoid stat padding or running up the score beyond a 28-point lead. Focus on varied gameplay, developing backups, or addressing team weaknesses.
 
Playbooks
Use any team’s playbook or a custom one, ensuring schemes align with personnel and include varied formations and plays.

Roster Management

  • Roster Requirements:
  • QB: 2 minimum
  • HB: 2 minimum to start games
  • DT: 3 minimum
  • MLB: 3 minimum
  • OL: 8 minimum
  • CB: 5 minimum
  • Position Changes: Logical changes allowed only in the offseason during roster adjustments.
  • Player Management: No cutting and re-signing players within the same season.

  • Trades: All trades, including CPU trades, must be processed and approved through DaddyLeagues, with trade difficulty set to very hard.

Draft Rules
Players cannot be drafted earlier than one round ahead of their projected round (e.g., Round 3 projected players can be taken in Round 3 or later).

Leave of Absence
Notify the league for absences of 6+ days to be placed on Autopilot.