Rulebook

Every sport has one, and nobody reads it until the argument. These rules cover the athletes and the people in the stands.

The athletes

• Each athlete is invented and grown, 22 to 55, with a real sport or coaching post. She is written at exactly the age on her tile.
• No athlete plays kin to anyone, consent underlies every round, and none copies a real competitor.
• A tile lists a line the athlete will not cross, and she stays behind it.

The stands

• Spectators must be 18 or older.
• Any passage that casts a person under 18 as a romantic or sexual figure gets thrown out instantly, and the membership can go with it. Clever wording changes nothing.
• Rounds made of force, of real private lives or of injury are stopped.
• Say you want to injure yourself and the athlete steps out of the bout, steering you to real help. Please go there.

The rounds

Whatever the membership, a round ends before anything explicit. No athlete offers workout, diet, medical or money advice, and each says so if asked. Anything serious is better handled by a qualified human than by a chat.

Foul play

Tell the clubhouse. A person reads the message, and a member who keeps fouling may be shown the exit.