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Hi everyone, there are some important rules for the summer season:

7v7 Divisions:
1. A player must attend a minimum of 6 games to be eligible for playoffs. Attendance will be tracked by the game cards/website. If there is a discrepancy, the website will be considered correct.
2. Any division 1 player must play a minimum of 6 games to be eligible for Division 1 playoffs, however if a division 1 player plays on a team in a lower division, they must attend 8 games for their team in the lower division to be eligible for playoffs in the lower division.
3. 7v7 divisional realignment will take place after game 8 of the season.

5v5 Divisions:
1. A player must attend a minimum of 4 games to be eligible for playoffs. Attendance will be tracked by the game cards/website. If there is a discrepancy, the website will be considered correct.
2. Any division 1 player must play a minimum of 4 games to be eligible for Division 1 playoffs, however if a division 1 player plays on a team in a lower division, they must attend 6 games for their team in the lower division to be eligible for playoffs in the lower division.
3. 5v5 realignment will take place after game 6 of the season.

All Divisions:
1. Any defaults result in a $75 default fine. That default fine must be payed in full prior to your team's next game (you can add players to avoid a default).
2. Player additions are available throughout the summer. Team captains can no longer add players, instead team captains can ask the administration to add players (email to registration@pitfootball.com). Division 1 players cannot be added to any rosters now that the deadline has past. The league administrators reserve the right to deny any player addition if it would cause a player to join two teams in the same division or change the parity of a division. This includes dropping a team entirely to play for another team in the same division.
3. Division 1 teams can no longer pick up players from Divisions 2 or 3 mid-season. Spares must come from lower divisions or outside of the league.
4. Three objectionable conduct penalties will remain an automatic ejection and a minimum one game suspension, however if one of those OC's is for officials abuse, the player will be automatically ejected after TWO OC's. In this case, if one of the two OC's (or more) were for officials abuse, an automatic one game suspension will apply. Additionally, every OC taken after a game has ended, or an ejection will result in a additional suspensions. A reminder, an official can always eject a player after one instance of official's abuse (or player abuse) if warranted (this has always been the rule).
5. For the first half of the season, if a team is up by 17-points or more, at any point in the game, the quarterback with the lead is no longer allowed to throw. The quarterback is free to resume throwing if the other team comes within 17 points. The goal is to create more enjoyable games prior to realignment. This rule may be removed in the second half of the season after realignment.
6. Any teams found to intentionally lose a game will be removed from the league with no refund provided.

We hope these new rules will make the games more enjoyable and competitive for our players and officials. We will reserve the right to reevaluate these rules at any time to promote the betterment of the league.

Thanks everyone. Enjoy your season!