Fremont Derby

League Rules

Keep it simple, get the matches played, and make the results easy to verify.

Season

The published calendar spans 12 weeks to leave room for flexibility, makeup dates, and postseason play.
The regular season is a seven-match single round robin: every team plays every other team once.
Each team matchup has three individual player matches.
The published league-night date and reserved tables are the default option, not a requirement.
Teams may play early, late, out of round order, or at another mutually agreed venue.
The result always counts toward the originally scheduled matchup, regardless of when or where it is played.

A player does not need a permanent team to participate in the regular season.
Free agents/substitutes may play for teams that need an eligible player, and those matches count toward the player's individual standings and singles eligibility.
Regular-season teams may operate with three players and add or use another eligible player as needed.
Players may switch teams during the regular season; all prior results remain with the team and matchup where they were earned, and the player's full team history is preserved.
Captains submit the players used for each matchup.
A player may shoot for different teams on the same league night, but may shoot no more than seven regular-season individual matches total across all teams.
A player may not shoot twice for the same team in the same team matchup; one player cannot fill two of that team's three active lineup slots.
There is no team-strength or Fargo cap.

Individual matches use the Fremont Derby 8-ball / 9-ball format.
Race targets are calculated from the players' locked Fargo ratings using the season race chart.
The scorecard shows the current game, score, race targets, and rack history.
Every rack counts toward the player's 8-ball or 9-ball statistics.

Each team maintains its own rack-by-rack score record from an authenticated team member's phone.
The two team-owned rack records must agree before the match can be finalized.
Any mismatched or missing rack must be corrected first.
Both teams confirm the reconciled result before submission.
Finalized results may only be corrected through the audited admin correction process.

Team standings are calculated from finalized match results.
The regular-season team champion earns a cash payout.
The playoff champion earns a larger championship payout.
Individual standings include every eligible match a player actually plays, whether as a rostered player, free agent, or substitute; missing a week is neither a win nor a loss.
Individual ranking uses win percentage, with total wins as the first tiebreaker.
Singles qualification requires playing in at least five of the seven regular-season rounds anywhere in the league.
Singles also award cash for regular-season performance, with a larger payout attached to the singles championship.
Exact season payouts are based on the available prize pool and are published separately.

The top four teams advance after the regular season.
Each postseason team matchup uses four active players. A valid four-player lineup must include at least three players with four or more official regular-season matches for that team; every other selected player must have at least three official matches for that team.
Postseason eligibility is a pool, not a four-player roster cap. Once a team has three players at 4+ team matches, every additional player with 3+ team matches is eligible to be selected.
Qualification is team-specific. Matches played while representing another team do not count toward postseason qualification for this team.
Semifinals are #1 vs #4 and #2 vs #3.
Before scoring begins, each captain declares one anchor from the four players submitted for that postseason matchup; the anchor is then locked for that matchup.
If the four scheduled postseason matches finish tied 2-2, the two pre-declared anchors play the deciding handicapped anchor match.

Players are expected to resolve ordinary scheduling and scoring issues with each other first.
The site preserves scoring, roster, rating, team-move, and correction history so disputes can be reviewed from the actual record.
League admins handle exceptions and disputes when players cannot resolve them themselves.

Season-specific settings such as dates, deadlines, race-chart values, and payout amounts are published separately and may change between seasons.