Forum Rules & Disclaimer

The Football Forum Forum Rules

Threads/Posts must be civil and tasteful.
Threads/posts considered to be offensive to other members, or considered as bad taste may be edited/deleted by one of the forum moderators. This includes signatures.

Text Talk / Short Replies
On TFF you are not limited to 180 characters like in a text message, so please do not use 'text talk' in your posts. Please dont just reply with one word answers, give your opinions. If a member continues to use text talk, then they will be warned/banned. Post counts can be reduced if a member is found to be just posting short replies to up his/her post count.

Abusive Comments
Members may not use TFF to abuse any other member of the forum. If a member does abuse another member then they will be issued a warning, along with details of why they have been warned. If a member repeats the offence, this will result in a permanent ban.

If however you feel that you have been unfairly treated, then contact a member of the Admin team, who will re-view the situation.

Discrimination
Discrimination is not tolerated on this forum. Discrimination can take the form of the use of specific words or phrases or can be in the form of a general attitude towards an individual or group of people. For example, making a statement that all black people are criminals is discrimination on the basis of race, is illegal and is unacceptable. Discrimination can be on the basis of race, sex, disability, religion, sexual orientation or political persuation.

Promotion of other sites.
Members are not permitted to promote another site on TFF, without the permission of a member of the Admin team. If a member is found to promote/spam the site with another site then they will be warned/banned. All posts will be removed.

Age Range
TFF is open to all ages, therefore posts need to be respectful. No images or URL of a pornographic nature are welcome and will be removed. Bad Language needs to be kept to a minium. If a post is found to contain this, then moderators have the ability to edit/delete the post.

Usernames
If a member is found to have multiple accounts, then these accounts may be removed or suspended.

Signatures/Avatars
Members are given the ability to create their own signature. However signatures slow the loading of the site down, and therefore need to be kept to a minimum.

Signatures
* 1 Large Image (500x150px or 2 small image bars (350 x 25px)
* Less than 500 Characters of Text at default font size.
* NO FLASH signatures of any kind.
* Animated Images should be LESS than 512kb.

Avatars
No Flash Images
Animated Images Less than 512 KB

1 Animated Image, either in your signature or avatar.

If you fail to meet this, then moderators will edit your signature and issue a warning.

Warnings
Warnings will be issed if a member breaks these simple rules, or causes a distruption to the forum. Warnings can be issued for the following...

Text Talk
Short/Pointless Replies/Overuse of Smilies
Off-Topic Posting
Personal Insults
Strong Language
Racist Comments
Spamming

In serious cases, a warning will not be appropriate and the account will be suspended for a period of time.

Complaints
If a member has a complaint against another member/moderator/admin, or a post/thread, the contact a member of the admin team via e-mail or PM. Complaints made public on the forum will be removed. Failure to do so in the correct manner may result in you recieving a warning.

Suspensions
Moderators have the power to suspend your account for a maximum of 7 days without consulting the Administrators of TFF. During this 7 day suspention you will recieve an E-mail (To the Registered Address), regarding the reasoning behind this suspension, and the outcome of a discussion amounst mods/admin regarding whether we should allow you to return, and under what conditions.

Banned Members
If a banned member wishes to return to TFF after being away from TFF for a long period of time. Then they need to send an e-mail to admin@thefootballforum.net requesting permission to do so, otherwise as soon as that member has been noticed, the account will be suspended.

The Football Forum will do its best to attempt to keep all messages on this forum respectful and within the forum rules, but it is impossible for us to review every message. All messages expressed by the poster are views of the author, and TFF will not be held responsible for the content of any message.

The owners of The Football Forum reserve the right to edit, delete, move or close any thread for any reason.

The Football Forum Forum Disclaimer

COMMUNICATION
All communications between users of The Football Forum via these message boards are public and not private communications. The opinions and viewpoints expressed by users of The Football Forum are their own and not necessarily those of The Football Forum. The Football Forum reserves the right to remove any messages with or without notice. The Football Forum also reserves the right to ban users for any reason without notification.

LINKS/ADVERTISING
No advertising or promotion statements are permitted in The Football Forum message boards. The Football Forum reserves the right to remove any message with promotional or advertising statements or links to other sites in it. The Football Forum is not responsible for the content of any site that is linked within The Football Forum's message boards.

SPAM
The Football Forum is not to be used to "spam" others. "Spam" includes identical and irrelevant submissions posted repeatedly on the same or multiple message boards, and often includes a misrepresentation of the source of what is posted. The Football Forum may ban any user, at any time, without notice, for spamming or otherwise posting unwelcome messages on the message boards.

PERSONAL INFORMATION
The Football Forum encourages users not to disclose personal information on The Football Forum. The Football Forum cannot be held responsible or liable for the use of any information that users provide within this public forum. The Football Forum RECOMMENDS THAT USERS DO NOT SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION SUCH AS POSTAL ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, CREDIT CARD NUMBERS, ETC.

CONTENT
The Football Forum makes no claims that information dispersed through message boards or other means is accurate or reliable. Also The Football Forum cannot be held liable for any statements made by users of The Football Forum. Users are responsible and liable for all activities while participating on The Football Forum's message boards. Users are responsible for anything they post and for protecting their own computer system. The Football Forum recommends that you install a virus protection program on your computer.
Some content and links on the internet may contain adult content that may not be suitable for children. The Football Forum is not responsible for any content or links to adult material that is posted by users on The Football Forum. The Football Forum is not responsible for any copyright material either posted or linked directly within the site.

Users are responsible for any actions they may take based on advice or information they receive on line. Users should use their own good judgment in evaluating information received on line.

OTHER USERS
Users may not post any e-mail addresses, or personal or business information other than their own on any area of this site. Users will be held responsible and may be criminally liable for the posting of any other individual's personal information.

LEGAL AUTHORITIES
The Football Forum and/or Clik Limited, may disclose user information to government authorities at their discretion or when required by law. The Football Forum may also disclose user information when The Football Forum has reason to believe that someone is causing injury to or interference with its rights or property, other The Football Forum users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities.

COPYRIGHT MATERIAL
We believe that everything posted onto these forums is copyright free, or the copyright is owned by the poster, if you are the owner of the copyright for something posted please email admin@thefootballforum.net with a link to the offending item and we will remove as soon as possible

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