HGA: Rule, Bench Naming & Penalties Clarified

Recall that the home team each week needs to claim HGA by naming a player in the HGA position. If you do so you earn 5 points HGA.

A few points to note:

• It appears if you don’t name a player there before the round starts, you can’t change this, even during the rolling lockout
• If you inappropriately name a player there (when you are the away team) before the round starts, you can’t remove him, even during the rolling lock out period
• Your players stay in the same positions each week unless you change them so if you had HGA last week and you are away this week, you actually need to remove the HGA player before the round starts.
• The player you name there may actually have to play in the real AFL. Otherwise from memory the bench I think deems him as ineligible and doesn’t award any points to the position. This is a recollection from memory only. In any case try and name a person who is likely to play. However if you can’t cause your only available chaps are in your actual side, then just name anyone there. If you aren’t awarded your 5 points, inform Logistix for a post game edit.

Penalties for incorrect HGA naming:

• If you forget to claim your HGA. You do not receive it. ie you forgo the 5 points you would have earned
• If you claim HGA incorrectly, you will be docked 10 points. ie you will lose the 5 HGA points you earned incorrectly plus an additional 5 point penalty.

The penalties are in force to encourage accurate naming and to reduce unnecessary work for Logistix.  However to adjust again to the above fine points of HGA and the bench inconsistent partial lockout behaviour, leniency will be provided in R1 so no penalties will be applied. Logistix will make the changes for you post game, as requested, “for free” for R1 only.

Penalties will be applied from R2.