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| Rules There are 8 referees on the field during the game. A recent rule addition gives them the opportunity to compete in the contest themselves. If they call a certain number of penalties, they score a point. This rule was in effect last season, however, it resulted in every game played last season to be plagued with questionable penalties and having the referees win every single game. This rule may be retracted, provided the referees do ot succeed in thier attempt to usurp control of the game. Ties are forbidden in skleenball. In 1107, King Lurid proclamed that any teams that play to a draw will be executed. This occurred seven times over the 5 year span of his rule, until the rule was changed to a "mock execution", and a teamwide suspension for the remainer of the season. International play calls instead for an overtime period to break ties. During the playoffs, one player on each team is given a 13 meter long pole to carry around on the field. This player swings the pole around him as he runs. This is the "Leperman" postion, as he is avoided on the field by teamates and opponents alike. Originally, the ball was made from the decapitated heads of criminals. The severed head was then replaced with a leather ball shaped like a head and filled with entrails, which was later replaced by a leather ball filled with "symbloic entrails" of cloth, soaked in Needlesnake blood. The Needlesnake blood was then replaced due to serious break outs of Needlesnake Madness (mass dimensia) caused by fumes emited from the ball (at first thought to be "renewed" vigor for the sport, the cause was not determined until several games into the season when mass canabalism broke out). Today, the "symbolic entrails" are now dipped in "symbolic blood" made of grape juice, and then coverd in mercury and asbestos. The National Anthem of Pistrix is played at random intervals during the game. All players must stop and salute the flag immediately during the Anthem, or be penalized. A new sport, "Arena Skleenball" is played indoors during the winter. As the field is much smaller, there are only 5 players on a team. In order to slow down the game, it is played in 30 centimeters of water. Also, the 13 meter pole is replaced with an electric cattle prod. Most teams will fine their goalkeeper a large fee for every goal that they give up. As a result, most goalkeepers will have several part-time jobs on the side, or are otherwise independantly wealthy. Corn is prohibited on the field at all times. Long story. Minimum attendance requirements at all league games must be met, or the home team suffers the "mock execution" penalty. Any game attended by an Emperor is automatically awarded to whichever team the Emperor is rooting for. As the Imperial government has been overthrown, this transfers to the Chancellor, except that the Chancellor only handles instant replay responsibilities. The losing team is required to pray to Jebus for forgivenss after the game is over. In order to curb corruption, players are required to bet on their own team for each game. This forces them to play well, or so the rule suggests. The winner of each game is rewarded by the team's owner with a pizza party and/or snowcones at the snack bar. Instead of representing cities, as in many other non-Pistran sports, skleenball teams are represented by corporate sponsors. Every season a Citizen's Force team is created to give the average Pistrix citizen a chance to participate in the professional Skleenball League. All citizens who wish to participate enter the field, typically one to three thousand players, whereby each round the losers or wounded are eliminated from the game, eventually leaving two actual-sized teams that compete for two final rounds. The winning team goes on as the Citizen's Force team for the duration of the Skleenball season. |
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| Goalkeeper-Jake Rezac Left Forward-John gocante Right Forwark-Tom Kazazaz Center Forward-Captin Hero Man Forward-Joe Swift Center-Samuel Pertamagnaforaventoma Left Guard-Jeff Hostine Right Guard-Randy Tomanapeg Guard-Spandex Center Guard-Vinnie Vanholant |
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