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title: "Create Offence Rules"
canonical: "https://help.dribl.com/space/LA/17334339/Create%20Offence%20Rules"
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A football governing body (Federation, Association or other applicable organization) typically prescribes the rules that govern member suspensions and team disciplinary action.

Standard best practice definitions of offence rules include: 

- **R1 – R7 Offence Rules** that trigger standard member suspension timeframes, either based on a time period or number of matches.
- **Yellow card** accumulation that will trigger automatic standard member suspension timeframes when thresholds are met, either based on a time period or number of matches.
- **Red card** accumulation that will trigger automatic team point deductions when thresholds are met.

Dribl provides the ability to automate the administrative tasks of managing and enforcing member bans (suspensions) and team adjustments based on any disciplinary action recorded in the system. This is achieved by [creating an offence rule](https://dribl.refined.site/space/LA/17334339) with the appropriate settings that will be automatically triggered if the criteria are met.

Offence Rules are created and managed by the competition administrators who hold the role of **Body Administrator** in Dribl.

## To create an Offence Rule, complete the following steps:

1. [Login ](https://app.dribl.com)to ***DRIBL***
2. Select **Offence Rules **from the **Actions** menu or the main navigation menu.
3. Select the competition that you are creating an offence rule for the task menu.
4. Click **+** **Create** from the task menu. The **Create Offence Rule **form is displayed.
5. Enter all the required information for the Offence Rule Settings.
6. Click **Create**.

## > Macro (anchor)

**Offence Rule Settings**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| **Name** | Provide a name for the Offence Rule, (e.g. *R1, R2*). |
| **Description** | Provide a description for the Offence Rule, (e.g. R1 - Member Ban, R2). |
| **Select Participant Type** | Select the entity that the Offence Rule relates to:<br>- **Team**: The Offence Rule relates to a team resulting in a points adjustment.
- **Member**: The Offence Rule relates to a member (player, coach or manager) resulting in a ban. |
| **Select Card Types** | Select the Card Types that the Offence Rule relates to:<br>- **Yellow Card**: The offence is a yellow card.
- **Red Card**: The offence is a red card.
- **Other**: Other type of offence.
- **Temporary Dismissal**: The offence is a temporary dismissal. |
| **Affect Multiple Times** | Select this option if you want to allow this offence rule to be assigned to a player multiple times throughout a season. |
| **Offence Code** | Select the Offence Code that the Offence Rule relates to. |
| **Match Type** | Select the type of match that the Offence Rule relates to:<br>- **All**: The Offence Rule relates to all types of matches.
- **Round Robin**: The Offence Rule relates to a round robin only.
- **Finals**: The Offence Rule relates to finals only.
- **Knockout**: The Offence Rule relates to a knockout competition only. |
| **Number of Offences to Trigger** | Specify the number of offences that will trigger a member ban or a team points adjustment to be created. |
| **Select Action Type** | Select the action to be enforced:<br>- Game Banned
- Point Deduction |
| **Points to Deduct / Suspension Duration** | - Specify the number of points to deduct from a team if the Participant Type is **Team**. The default value is 0.
- Specify the number of points to deduct from a team if the Participant Type is **Member**. The default value is 0. |