PFL Rulebook

1.01: Each team must have at least 7, maximum of 8 (7v7, 8v7, 8v8).

1.02: No QB boundaries, no sneak delay, fumble chance set to 0%.

1.03: No gamepass benefits allowed.

1.04: Game must be in a league server.

1.05: Make sure to run /gamerule angle false.

1.06: Each team should have 3 timeouts, and five 60 second play clocks.

1.07: At least one player, who is a coach or higher, on each team should have admin perms in the server set to level 4 (or higher if server owner).

2.01: Any type of exploiting or any feature that gives you an unfair advantage is not allowed. This could include any modification to your game. Macros are the only exception.

Punishment: The player is automatically ejected and considered for further punishment as dictated by standard practice.

2.02: Angle glitching is not allowed. This is where a player uses a technique called “angle” to get height advantage.

Punishment: The player is ejected for the remainder of the game. The play is turned over at the spot of the foul, or given the yards if on offense. If caught multiple times, a suspension of up to 1 month may be given.

2.03: Grounding by a quarterback is not allowed. This is where a quarterback throws an incompletion where it can not reasonably be received by anyone on the field.

Punishment: The ball is placed wherever the penalty occurred and the offense loses the down. If committed in their own endzone, it is a safety.

2.04: Illegal touching is not allowed. This is where a receiver or defensive back intentionally goes out of bounds to avoid being seen to gain an unfair advantage.

Punishment: 5 yard penalty.

2.05: Severe lagging is not allowed. If a player is lagging to the point where they are gaining an unfair advantage, 1 warning should be given about it by the other team.

Punishment: After that 1 warning, a player who continues to lag or stutter is ejected from the game.

2.06: Milking is not allowed unless it is done in the last minute of the 2nd or 4th quarter. Milking is defined as letting the play clock go below 10 before hiking while the game clock is running. The offense must make a genuine effort to move the ball up field; simply moving backwards and then throwing the ball away or out of bounds counts as milking. The offense is not required to score or to take yards the defense is giving up, and the defense is not required to tackle or make any effort at all — the offense is simply not obligated to take advantage of opportunities being given to them.

Punishment: The clock is reset to the original time and a 5 yard penalty is given.

2.07: Onside kicks are not allowed. Instead, during the 4th quarter, a team is allowed to request a 4th & 25 after scoring. The ball will be placed on their own 25 yard line, the down will be set to 4th, 1 OL or 1 TE are allowed, but never both.

2.08: Mercy rule is not required to be called unless a team is winning by 50 or more, or has scored above 70 points. If a team reaches 70 or more points, but the other team is within 8 points of tying or taking the lead, the game may continue until the game ends or a team takes a lead that is over 8 points.

2.09: Mercy rule can be optionally called once a team reaches a 35 point differential. If the team chooses not to call mercy rule, they can not call it unless they are required to, the option no longer exists for the rest of the game.

3.01: Players of coach or higher on either team are allowed to flag the other team for any rule breakage that occurs during the game.

3.02: When a team is penalized, they can opt to accept or decline the penalty. If they accept it, the punishment is placed on them, and the game continues. If they decline, the other team can gather any evidence they need, and after the game ends, can open a Post-Game ticket, where a staff member may rule that any points gained on that drive are void due to the penalty.

4.01: You may only have 1 OL and 1 TE unless you are inside your own or the opponent's 10 yard line, in which case there is a limit of 2 OLs and 0 TEs, or 1 TE and 1 OL.

4.02: TEs must be on the line of scrimmage when the play begins.

4.03: OLs must not be on the line of scrimmage when the play begins.

4.04: OLs must be within the hashes (the little dash lines close to center field) before the ball is hiked.

4.05: WRs must not jam any players that are rushing the QB when the play begins, or they are considered a TE.

4.06: An OL can not roll out at all, even if they do not have the ball thrown to them. The OL should do their best to stay with the QB and provide blocking once they are established as an OL. Attempting to roll out to bait the other team's DBs into covering them is illegal.

Punishment: 5 yard penalty and a replay of the down.