The Chicago Bears message board moderator will maintain the code of conduct and standards set forth by the Chicago Bears Football Club. Depending on the nature of the violation, the moderator at their sole discretion may issue public or private warnings, or suspend members’ forum access. The moderator will operate under the direction of the Web Content Manager.

We intend to provide the highest quality community experience for all of our members and following these guidelines is the best way to maintain a quality environment for all users. If you find that members break any of these rules, you are asked to suspend or ban violating user’s posting privileges. These rules are very basic and we hope that you read them fully. Thanks for your cooperation.

Temporary suspension will result from abuse of the following rules… Continued abuse following suspension will result in a permanent ban. permanent ban includes those ban dodging, if a member is banned and makes another name.

• Any communication that is intended to harass or threaten a fellow member.

• Material that contains vulgar, obscene or indecent language or images including excessive swearing.

• Any communication that contains spam (multiple copies in one area or the same communication in multiple areas).

• Material that defames, abuses or threatens others.

• Statements that are bigoted, hateful or racially offensive

• Victimization or retaliation of any kind against a member, or group of members via PM, forum posting, chat or any other methods will not be tolerated and result in immediate banning.

• Personal attacks such as flaming, instigating “flame bait”, verbal abuse or mocking of members in forum posts are not tolerated.

• No trolling. Posts intended solely to annoy and/or offend other posters by going against the clear nature of a board or topic are not allowed. This includes, but is not limited to: Provoking other users to respond with flames, Provoking fans of a particular team or group, Making misleading topic titles and asking obviously useless questions.

• No spamming. Initiating threads or posts that contribute nothing to a forum, be it off topic or on topic. Examples include: empty bodies, bodies with few words that have no relation to the current thread or discussion and those posts that state they are spam, either to annoy, advertise or increase a member’s post count.

• Any impersonation or use of a user from these forums, in any mode of communication, is strictly prohibited and will result in a suspension or banning.

• Pornography in posts or links containing pornographic material is strictly prohibited and will be deleted resulting in suspension.

• Material that advocates illegal activity or discusses illegal activities with the intent to commit them.

• Unauthorized copyrighted material.

• Advertising or any form of commercial solicitation.

• Material that impedes or otherwise prohibits communication; disrupts the discussion including, with out limitation, using fan names in topical boards that are offensive to the topic, the team, the sport and/or its fans, and repeatedly posting off-topic messages in a topical message board.

Statements or postings that violate the above terms should be deleted from postings upon discovery. While the moderator may attempt to notify users if he/she moves or deletes a post, he/she is under no obligation to do so.