Clan leagues have been going a long time now and subs/swaps at anytime has never been an issue, captains could always keep out their best players and sub them in, if their best players are their most reliable its best to keep them out as they make perfect reliable subs to ensure games get played, thats up to them, its just recently that certain captains have waited for fixtures to come out then make changes on day one to suit their clans, obvious opponent choosing, this is what needs stopped, I think some of you are forgetting whats caused this debate, its not the amount of subs/swaps, the more the merrier for avoiding defaults I say, its captains jiggling with the fixtures as soon as they are released which is the problem, this is what needs looked at.

I don't think it's a problem, don't see what difference it makes.
Sure, you can put your best against their best, but just as soon as you prevent their best from getting a big score, you also tie down your best player the same way.
I don't think it makes any difference in which team will win.
Only place it changes anything, is in the individual's golden cue. It gives the better players a lower score than they should have (if they've been mostly playing each other).

what should be banned if anything is the ability to reverse a sub/swap with another sub/swap.

Dont see what you mean, if left alone their opponents would be completely random like everyone else.

Good point, I hadn't even thought of that!

And some other decent points above. I like the idea of both captains having to agree in the first week

Yeah no subs in the 1st week would help i reckon. Reversing swaps is a silly idea, should not be allowed. The opposing captain should welcome the swaps and use their intellect to try and combat them.

Edited at 20:04 Fri 19/07/13 (BST)

don't agree with what James has put more so the football style thing. Bonus in cup should be there though as it is in the league, rewarding a player for winning their game.

Just an idea: How about incorporating a league table for 'EVENTS ONLY'? Might give more incentive for players to achieve as many as possible in any given season, would increase the competitiveness and everyone who records an events will feel part of the league. The Top 'EVENTER' could be awarded a trophy for their profile page or even a medallion etc.

Just a way to increase the amount of players joining clans as well tbh.

What do people think?

pixie_dust i realise you have been busy , but just wondered if you have had chance to do defaults from fixture 1

Yes sorry Sarah I did them ages ago but never posted on here, they are in the defaults section of the site.

http://funkypoolbilliardsleague.weebly.com/defaults.html

Can someone please explain why 2 elite force players have been given an FBL fixture ban, and yes I know one Black Magic player got the same ban, I understand we need to stop arguments on clan threads but it was over an FCL fixture, it was on Black Magic's thread and their captain who is also the FBL league runner gives 2 opponents a fixture ban, maybe we should give all captains this power lol, would they have got fixture bans if the argument was between 2 other clans and in another clans thread ?, definately not because the argument had nothing to do with the FBL, the FCL league runner didn't give fixture bans so why the FBL ?.

Because, Alan, I am sick fed up of being bombarded offline, on the threads, in PMs etc about it.
I am also sick fed up of people not listening to a request to either take it to offline message or pack it in completely.
And finally I am sick fed up of grown people acting like children and not maturely like they should as adults.

An example needed to be made and I made it, granted it wasn't related to the FBL but I gave them fair warning and they chose to ignore it.

That is all I have to say on the matter because going over it again will basically just fudge me off again.