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Objective
Objective: To move the Prigus up the field using paddles to knock down the opponent’s pins. First team to knock down all six pins wins the match. First team to two matches wins takes the game.
Start of Game: The Prigus is hit by a ref with the official golden paddle anywhere on the field, and both team’s dogs go after it. Whichever team dog obtains the Prigus will start the first play at their triangle. Each match will start this way. Each team will start at their triangle 7 yards from their goal and work up the field until a pin is knocked down. After one team scores, the Prigus will start with the team that has lost a pin, and they will move up the field hoping to get their pin back. This process repeats itself until one team takes all the pins down.
Rules: Each team has 18 players and one dog to a team, 8 players per team are allowed on the field at one time. Substitutions of players can only happen during offense. The team on offense can move the Prigus up the field using their paddles to pass to another player. The teammate who catches the Prigus can take three to five steps then has to either pass or go for the goal. The offensive team’s dog can run the Prigus up the field to assist players, but the dog can’t score. Only the appointed dog-player can deal with the dog and pass the Prigus to another teammate and only the appointed dogcatcher on defense can apprehend the dog, but only when the dog is in possession of the Prigus. The dog can’t be tackled or caught by any other player on the opposing team other than their appointed dogcatcher. The dog is equipped with a bendable rubber rod that looks like a car antenna with a flag on it. Once the flag is captured, the dog has been caught, but only if the dog possesses the Prigus. The team that is on defense can block, push, hold and intercept the Prigus. When the defensive team gains possession of the Prigus, they become the offensive team and their dog is allowed on the field. The previous offensive team’s appointed dog player must take their team dog to the dog box. This can be a rough game. Players can push, light tackle or use take down methods to obtain the Prigus. Penalties are at the discretion of the referees. The chances of getting hit by the Prigus or a paddle are pretty likely. Light pads and shin guards are encouraged but not mandatory.
Scoring: The pins are circle disks about 18 inches in circumference, secured by poles that hold them up until a pin is struck down by the Prigus. When the pin is struck, it will spin from a circle pattern to an x pattern then fall down like a golf flag in a hole. When a pin goes down, a point is earned. First team to 6 points wins the match. A team can regain their pins back by knocking the opponent’s pins down. It’s a pin for pin game. The score can go up and down until only two pins remain on the losing team’s side. Then it’s sudden death and they must stay alive by either defending their goal or knocking the opponent’s pins down to two (a tie) to start gaining pins back.
Season
The Prigus Season. October–March is the regular season, Playoffs are in April and the Championship is the 2nd week of May. It’s 24 weeks of regular season games. All 18 teams will play 22 games each, eleven home and eleven away games. Each team will play 1 sudden death game in the regular season, which consists of a one round matchup at the team’s stadium who has the better record. Each team will get one bye week for rest, practice and injury recovery. A regular season consists of 396 games. It works out to 16 games a week, with one double header on Saturday, two morning games, and evening games. After the regular season comes to a close, there’s a week break followed by 4 weeks of playoffs, the complete month of April. Week One is the First round Wild Card match up, Second round Divisional, Third round Divisional Final, Fourth Round is Championship, and on the second week of May is the Prigus Final. Each match of the playoffs is best of three as in the regular season. On the fifth and final week, the two teams that advanced all the way to the Prigus Finals go head to head in a best of 5 match in a randomly selected stadium. The award ceremony will follow the final match in the game. The champion will be awarded the Prigus Memorial Field Lizard Trophy.
Playoffs
The Wild Card match ups in the North and South divisions are the first round of the playoffs. This is a sudden death one-match game. These matches are known for lasting a long time, with a lot of back and forth scoring due the nature of each team's potential season ending loss. The team that has the better record in the Wild Card match gets home field advantage.
In the rest of the playoff rounds, the team who wins two of three games takes the win and moves on as in the regular season. The North League plays Monday, Wednesday and Friday and The South plays Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Keeping one game a day for six days straight, allowing rest and travel between parks.
The Divisional Round: The winner of the wild card match faces the team that's in 3rd place.
The Divisional Finals: The winner of the Divisional Round faces the team that's in second place.
Championship Round: The winner of the Divisional Finals faces the team that's in first place.
Finals: The champions of both North and South will go head to head in a randomly selected stadium. The finals are five matches and played throughout the second week of May. The matches are played Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. The first team to win three of five games will be the champion of Prigus Sport.
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