THE RULES
- Here are Scout's Terms of Service Please be sure you read them. When you registered to be able to post on Scout.com, you agreed to these terms. Please be aware than violation of the Scout.com rules could mean banning from not only the Boneyard but also from the entire Scout network.
- Do not trash the players. Any player, any team. Trashing includes comments on physical appearance (e.g. "ratface"), psychological profile (e.g. "psycho") or anything non-basketball related. Criticize the action, not the player. For example, instead of "She's a thug" say "She took a cheap shot when she pushed our player from behind." Opinions such as "She's a rotten rebounder" are NOT trashing, but anything that comes close to "She sucks" IS considered trashing and posters can be banned in egregious cases.
- Similar to trashing is making harmful speculation. This is spreading non-substantiated (i.e., unconfirmed through a reliable source) rumors that could prove harmful to someone's reputation. Examples of harmful speculation would be claiming someone is pregnant, implying a relationship between a player/coach or player/player is harmful to a team or guessing that a recruit does/doesn't like someone based on sketchy knowledge. In order to make a statement that is detrimental in some way towards a player, coach, parent, etc there must be a reliable source (newspaper article) to back up the claim. A reliable source is not the cousin of an AAU teammate.
- Rumors, in general, are ok. Just be sure that if you're posting a rumor it doesn't damage the reputation of a player or coach.
- Don't swear at people. People manage to fudge the "don't swear" rule
with asterisks and the such with comments like "What the h*ll are you
talking about?", but when directed at a poster it is a violation of the
board policy and a possible bannable offense. Personal attacks are not allowed and could also be considered a bannable offense.
- Don't start transfer talk. Comments like "She should consider transferring" really add nothing to the board. Experience with transfer talk in the past has proven that the threads generally turn into arguments, name-calling and, frequently, harmful speculation. Therefore, speculating on transfers is not allowed on the Boneyard.
- Do not give away Boneyarders' names or other personal information. This applies even when there are good intentions, such as linking an article to an accomplishment. If people would like to reveal their "real" names, they will do so themselves.
- Using the Boneyard for commercial purposes is prohibited.
- There are a lot of other fan boards on the internet. These are akin to the fans' "house" and statements made there are generally for discussion among that team's fans. Occasionally, inflammatory statements are made about UConn, the players and coaches. Please do NOT bring these inflammatory statements to the Boneyard. Sharing information such as recruiting, transfers and general gossip is fine, but dragging over a comment that serves no purpose but to inflame the UConn fans has no place on the Boneyard and will be deleted.
- There are people who manage to avoid violating the letter of the rules but whose presence is a constant annoyance to the board. People who persist in upsetting or annoying the board through behavior such as the use of sarcasm, insults or other anti-social behavior can be banned even if they do not actually make personal attacks or use obscenities. The admins reserve the right to remove any person who continues to upset the board.
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