League Rules

League Format

• The Signature Bowling League consists of 5 total events throughout the season.
• All Signature Aviation veterans are eligible to participate.
• Players must be registered on the platform to compete officially.
• Each player must compete in at least 3 events to be eligible for the grand prize.
• The program covers one bowling game and one pair of rental shoes per participant per month.

Official Handicap Model

• Handicap is automatic and is never entered manually during score submission.
• The league uses a dynamic rolling 3-game handicap model.
• Base score: 230.
• Percentage: 90%.
• Maximum handicap: 90 pins.
• Formula: Handicap = min((230 - Rolling Avg (3)) × 0.90, 90).
• If a player has no approved games yet, handicap is 0 and the player is marked as No Average Yet.
• If a rolling average is 230 or higher, handicap is 0.

Rolling Avg (3) Rules

• Only approved scores are used.
• The system uses each player’s 3 most recent approved scores.
• If a player has fewer than 3 approved scores, all available approved scores are used.
• Pending or rejected scores do not affect handicap.
• Handicap updates automatically after score approval, edits, or removals.

Score Submission

• Submit scores through the Submit Scores page during or after each event.
• Up to 3 games may be entered for each submission.
• Players may submit scores more than once during the same event.
• If multiple submissions are approved for the same player in the same event, those approved event scores are averaged into one official event result.
• Photo proof of the scoresheet is strongly encouraged.
• All submissions are reviewed by league administrators before they count.
• Fraudulent scores will result in immediate disqualification.

What the App Shows

• Raw Score: your official event score after approved same-event submissions are averaged together.
• Rolling Avg (3): the average of your 3 most recent approved event results before the current result.
• Handicap: the automatic pin value generated from the rolling average.
• Handicap Score: Raw Score + Handicap.
• Over/Under: Raw Score - Rolling Avg (3).

Points System

• Weekly/event rankings may still show handicap results, but league points no longer come from event placement.
• Each event counts once per player, even if that player submits multiple approved scores during the event.
• When multiple approved submissions exist in the same event, those scores are averaged into one official event result before points are awarded.
• Each official event result earns scaled points directly from Handicap Score.
• Scaled score formula: points start at roughly 1 point for every 10 handicap-adjusted pins.
• Raw-score band bonus is added on top to reward stronger actual bowling.
• Raw score band bonus: 175-199 = +2 · 200-224 = +4 · 225-249 = +6 · 250-299 = +8 · 300 = +10.
• Each official approved event result also receives 10 participation points.
• Highest single game still receives a 5 point bonus.
• Additional social points still apply when league social scoring is enabled by admin.

Anti-Sandbagging Policy

• The rolling 3-game model keeps handicap current.
• Because handicap updates from recent approved results, players are rewarded for bowling above their current form.
• This system reduces long-term advantage from intentionally low scores.

Tie-Breakers

• Ties are broken first by total handicap-adjusted score across all approved events.
• Second tie-breaker: total raw score across all approved events.
• Third tie-breaker: highest single game score across the season.
• Fourth tie-breaker: most approved events completed.

Sportsmanship

• All participants are expected to conduct themselves with professionalism.
• Respectful competition and community behavior is required at all times.
• Trash talk should remain friendly and consensual.
• Any participant found engaging in unsportsmanlike conduct may be suspended.

Social Platform Guidelines

• Posts and comments must be respectful and work-appropriate.
• Do not share private or sensitive information about colleagues.
• Photos from events may be shared — obtain consent where appropriate.
• Content may be moderated or removed by administrators at any time.
• Repeated violations may result in platform restrictions.

Grand Prize — Orlando Trip

• The grand prize is awarded to the 8 individual with the highest total league points at season end.
• Prize race projections and standings use the live approved data shown in the app.
• The prize winner must have participated in at least 3 of 5 events.
• Prize conditions may be updated by administrators throughout the season.
• All decisions by league administrators are final.