Gameplay Rules:

The Competition Committee is a council of volunteer UPA players which discuss and debate necessary rules to ensure fair and competitive play in the community. No member of the Competition Committee is on UPA staff.

Game altering glitches and exploits are prohibited on a case by case basis as they become known to the staff and after a review by the Competition Committee to determine the fairness and enforce-ability of the game abuse. Such additional game play rules will be announced on @UnifiedProAm twitter/X as well as the UPA Discord Server and may be introduced in the middle of the season if warranted by the Competition Committee.

Current rules are as follows:

• The use of N/A Free Throws, please ensure that in your settings “Free Throw Timing” is set to “User”. N/A free throws occur when a user changes the Free Throw option under their controller settings to “Real %”.
• Utilizing between the legs “dribble exploit” 3 or more times consecutively with any Moving Crossover Signature Style will be considered a violation. The punishment will be handled on a case by case basis. A forfeit will generally only be awarded if the exploit is deemed to have impacted the game result. Video proof required and you must finish the game to protest the result. Commissioner ruling is final.

If a team begins a game knowing the opponent is in violation of any league rule, that team is automatically accepting the results of that game.

The burden of proof for rules violations lies with the captains (video, audio, time stamped screen shots). UPA is not required to track down proof itself and will not take a captain’s word for it.

To send a dispute of a game result or report incorrectly recorded games, open a ticket in the appropriate Discord channel. UPA will not make any decisions or accept any proof of disputes on the Twitter timeline or via direct messages.

Before submitting any violations, please have carefully reviewed the rules to ensure it is actually a violation. Repeatedly submitting fake violations will result in removal of your team from the league with no refund.

1st violation of above rules will result in a warning or forfeit. The 2nd violation will result in removal from the league NO REFUND will be given.

UPA reserves the right to modify punishments as it sees fit. Punishments range from fines to suspension and are determined on a case by case basis.

All infractions against the terms of service or this rules page will result in a strike against the captain and/or player involved over the course of their lifetime participation in a UPA event. Three strikes will result in a suspension or ban from the league at the discretion the Commissioner. A brand, captain or player must play a full season without a strike to get a strike removed from their lifetime participation. UPA reserves the right to revise any punishment as it sees fit on a case by case basis.