What a doozy of a title.

So, howdy everyone. These are never fun to write, but unfortunately they must happen. During the playoffs, @Air Crou missed a Goalie Swap request submitted through the official Team Lines subsection of the forums. In addition, @Pythonic failed to stream a playoff game and did not notify SMJHL HO or the SMJHL Simmers of their absence in a reasonable time with a valid excuse. Normally, this would result in a single $1mil fine for each. However, due to the nature of these infractions in playoffs, SMJHL HO voted to restructure our policies on simmer infractions made during playoffs. SMJHL HO felt strongly that our simmers must be held accountable and to higher standards during the playoffs due to the playoffs’ competitive nature requiring precision and attentiveness beyond that of the regular season.

Infractions made during the regular season will remain with the current precedent found HERE of:
- 1st offense: $1mil fine
- 2nd offense and onward: $2mil fine
All subsequent offenses after the first must be in the same regular season for the increased fine.

Infractions made during playoffs will follow this new structure of:
- 1st strike: $2mil fine
- 2nd strike: Loss of that season’s pay
- 3rd strike: Termination of simmer’s position
All subsequent offenses after the first must be in the same season of playoffs for the increased punishments
Regular season infractions will not count as a strike for playoff punishments

These new punishment guidelines, as well as the previous ones that were not officially codified within the rulebook, will be added as section 9.L: Simmer Infractions at the bottom of the SMJHL Rulebook. We would like to thank everybody for their patience and understanding with this matter. As always, both Air Crou and Python are free to appeal this to the Appeals Committee should they wish to.

Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.


EDIT: The Appeals Committee has voted to reduce the user fine to $1 million in both cases. Full arguments can be read here.