KickAbout Rulebook

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==== Game Fees ====

KICKABOUT is paid for by players every Session, with current fees per session running at just £3.50 for
the postal and premier leagues, with the e-mail leagues  running at £3.25 per
session. This fee is irrespective of how many games you play in that session as we unlike other soccer
PBM’s, can see no reason for penalising players who achieve success and hence have to play more
games. On top of this basic cost, there is a start-up fee to pay upon joining the game, which is currently
£10.00, for which you get your rulebook, back newsletters, team-sheets and first two sessions. For brand new
managers, you may be asked to credit your account with enough money to cover the first FOUR
sessions (£14/13.00), as we tend to prefer keeping idle browsers and rulebook collectors at bay. You are in
no way losing out with this, as you will still get the sessions you would have to pay for anyway, but it
stops the casual players dropping in and out of the game on every other session, and upsetting the flow
and feel of league as a result. If you have email though you can get this and your first turn for free.
In KICKABOUT, Managers who drop out (or are sacked), are replaced as soon as possible, normally on
the same session. Unlike many of our competitors, we cannot see the point in playing computer-run
teams we much prefer having real people as Managers running our teams!

A full-season of KICKABOUT, covering sixteen sessions in all (and including your pre-season Session start-up
fee), costs £59.50 for the postal and premier leagues; whilst the e-mail leagues all season costs just
£55.25. Please note that this payment is non-refundable, as you have reserved your position in the
league for the whole season, and if you choose to drop out, then you forfeit your right to any recovery
of that money. Our side of the agreement is that we will supply a whole season of KICKABOUT for your
payment, which we will always meet. If you choose not to play it, then it is you that is breaking the
agreement, not us. And, as a final note, if you submit orders when your account is overdrawn, or does
not have enough money in it to cover the current session (i.e. less than £3.50 for postal and premier
leagues and £3.25 for the e-mail leagues), you will be charged a double turn fee. This is done to
discourage those players who seem to think we are a bank, not a business, and constantly play accounts
which are overdrawn. The phrase which sums up our position is

**`You must pay to play’**

Ignore this, and you will find yourself pushed further into debt. If, after this, you submit a second set of
orders without credit, you will be sacked as manager of the team, and your position given to someone
else. Try to remember that we are a business, not a hobby; I do have a family to feed after all.
If you advise a friend to join KICKABOUT, and he tells us that you did so on his start-up turn, we will
credit your account with one session’s turn fees as a thank-you. However, please explain to your friends
that they must send in their  start-up fee if they wish to play KICKABOUT, as just submitting their
name and address will get them nothing at all.

See also...

  * [[mailing_costs:start|Mailing Costs]]
  * [[turnaround:start|Turnaround]]
  * [[missing_manager_rules:start|Missing Manager Rules]]
  * [[disputes:start|Disputes]]
  * [[tailpiece:start|Tailpiece]]

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