Here at Falconsroost.com (short version: Da Roost), we take great pride in building and maintaining a community where diverse, intelligent and respectful sports discussion between members can thrive. The following Community Standards outline both generally and specifically indicates what we feel are appropriate guidelines to preserve the highest quality online experience. We encourage you to read our Community Standards before joining our site. Please feel free to refer to them at a later date from the link to the "Terms of Use" at the bottom of every page. Thanks for doing your part in helping to keep Da Roost a great place “by the fans, for the fans”.

Our General Principles:

We expect that all members will behave in a way that’s conductive to the diversity, intelligence and respectfulness of the community. Each of these three general principles is fundamental to the quality of our site.

Diversity – We’re a community of fans from different backgrounds and with different perspectives on sports and life. This includes fans of different ages, sexes, religions and beliefs. At all times, we expect our members to respect that.

Intelligence – We’re a community with quality standards and we expect our members to make a sincere effort to contribute their thoughts on interesting subjects in a meaningful and respectful manner. Posting messages and otherwise interacting on Da Roost is completely optional; many members often prefer to just read what others have to say.

Respectfulness – We require our members to show respect for others, even if you disagree with them. Respect also includes respecting the right of FalconsRoost administrators and moderators to make judgments and enforce these Community Standards. If you feel you cannot do this, we strongly suggest you do not become a part of Da Roost.

Basic Guidelines:

The following six categories of online conduct are unacceptable at FalconsRoost and constitute a violation of our Community Standards, which may result in warning, suspension or loss of membership. It's important to note that these guidelines are applicable everywhere on Da Roost including within our Chat and Mailbox features:

Harassment… Harassment occurs when a member insults, attacks, and denigrates another member at any time. Even though we realize that sports discussions can get intense, we have zero tolerance for taking an argument about a sports topic to a personal level. For instance, the use of terms such as "idiot, moron, and stupid" and other derogatory terms constitutes harassment. Repeated critical, condescending and/or sarcastic posts toward forum members can also constitute harassment.

Disruption…Posts that intend to disrupt the topic of conversation or steer the topic away from the focus of the forum and related news. Disruption can include harassment, multiple posting of the same post and posting completely off topic messages. Off-topic messages have their own area; please use it for those. Off-topic messages not placed in that area are subject to be “moved” by a moderator.

Vulgarity and Sexual Explicitness…As a community with a diverse variety of members and readers, we ask that our members to post without using vulgarity. Vulgarity not only includes vulgar language and pictures but also sexist, racist, anti-religious and homophobic language, which may offend other members. In addition, all uses of vulgarity are open to editing or deletion by moderators. We realize that there's a "gray area" of judgment with vulgarity but we ask that you'll respect others by avoiding vulgarity and our right to determine what constitutes it and take appropriate action.

Solicitation… Refrain from using Da Roost forums or chat to advertise your site, items for sale, commercial services or website. You may attach a short link to your site within your profile or signature but if you would like more promotion, you must contact administration to have it approved. Failure to do so will result in your post being removed from the forum and will be subject to a warning.

Spamming…Spamming is the multiple posting of an identical or similar post on one or more of our Forums.

Copyrighted Material… Use your best judgment, since you agree in the Terms of Use to be held legally responsible for your own posts on this system, but if you must repost quotes or sentences, you should credit the source.

Please bear in mind that these are only guidelines; these are open to "interpretation" by the Owner & Admins, there is always a "gray area" and we understand that. Use your best judgment. If you have any questions about our Community Standards as they apply to specific cases, you can always contact an Administrator or ask a Moderator. Note that if you would like to express a concern about the judgment and enforcement of Community Standards by any particular Moderator, you must contact Administration privately.

Thanks for reading our Community Standards! We hope you enjoy your stay at Falconsroost.com!