S25 Rules Summit Results

[Billybolo53]

The S25 ISFL Rules Summit has recently come to a close.  GMs, Head Office members and Department Heads were encouraged to submit proposed changes to the rulebook and league procedure. With 21 voting members (14 teams, 5 HO members, 1 league owner, and 1 simmer), 15 votes were needed for a proposal to pass.

Below is the full list of proposed rule changes and the final voting results for each.

1. Eliminate Rule 4 Section 3 of the Awards Section as it too strictly limits player flexibility. Rule 4 Section 2 (the 60% rule) has shown to be more than enough of a clear limiter without Section 3 on top of it.

14 For - 7 Against
Rule Does NOT Pass

Who voted against this? This was literally passed as an emergency vote for last seasons awards. The way the current rule is worded most people playing out of position, even in one formation, will be ineligible for awards.

Eliminate Rule 4 Section 3 of the Awards Section as it to strictly limits player flexibility. Rule 4 Section 2 (the 60% rule) has shown to be more than enough of a clear limiter without Section 3 on top of it

4. Positional eligibility for award- A player is only eligible for awards at a position that they actually played during the season, not necessarily their listed position. A Player's position in terms of eligibility for awards will be decided by the following:
      1. The FL position will be considered the "Flex Position," and is a position unique to itself.
      2. A player must be listed as the starter at a specific position on the depth chart at least 60% (3/5) of the season.
      3. A player must NOT play outside their listed position during any time throughout the season, UNLESS they play in the FL position OR the FB
            position (not the designation).

The bold is what we wanted to eliminate. 60% rule is more than enough, we don't need to check depth charts every week.