Welcome to Pro Bowl Football!

             This file should give you some understanding of how to
        play Pro Bowl Football.

             You start your season by selecting a team from the list
        of available teams.  If there are no teams left to choose
        from, you will have to wait until the next season is
        started.

             The basic goal of Pro Bowl Football is to guide your
        team to the playoffs and eventually become champion of the
        league.  This is not an easy task.  You will play teams that
        are stronger than yours and teams that are weaker than
        yours.

             You can improve your team only by playing games against
        other oponents.  By selecting a team and never playing a
        game, it is highly unlikely that your team will become a
        contender.

             You are allowed to play a maximum of three games per
        day.  This will prevent users with more online time from
        clobbering other players.  The computer will select your
        oponent from other teams in the league.  The team with the
        fewest games played will normally be your oponent.       
        
             At the end of the Regular season, the 4 (more or less)
        best teams will be selected for the first round of the
        playoffs.  After the first round of playoffs, the top two
        teams from the first round will square off for the
        championship round.  The team with the best record at the
        end of the championship round is the league champion!

             Each teams won-lost record is cleared at the beginning
        of each playoff round, but their team strength remains at
        what was developed throughout the season.

             League standings are calculated using percentage of
        games won (%).  The team with the highest winning percentage
        will be in first place, and so on....  Tied games are not
        calculated in winning percentages.

             When your team is on offense, you will be given a
        selection of plays to choose from.  All plays will generate
        different results, but some plays are more likely to have
        positive results than others.  You will have to figure out
        which plays these are.

             Pass completion percentages are based on actual NFL
        averages through the end of regular season play during the
        1990 regular season.  Percentages are the same for all teams
        (even if it doesn't seem like it).

             Field goals can be attempted up to 52 yards out
        (remember to add 10 yards for the endzone).  Anything
        further will kick you back for another play selection. The
        further the field goal, the less likely of making it. (Hint:
        you stand a much better chance from less than 35 yards out).

              When you are on defense, you can select a basic
        coverage scheme.  When you select your defense, you can on
        average improve your team by calling the correct defense.
        If you see the message "You called the right play", you have
        improved your defensive strength by 1 count.  Players that
        call more correct defensive plays end up with better teams
        that are harder to beat.  The computer doesn't know what
        your play selection is, it picks it's offense before you
        select a defense.  The computer NEVER looks ahead to see
        what you are doing.  It's fair and square 100%

             Calling the correct defense doesn't, however, guarantee
        that you will stop the computers play.  The computer can
        still have a big gainer even when you call the right
        defense.  On average, your team will play better with each
        correct play called, but calling the incorrect play will
        reduce your teams strength by 1 as well.  This is what makes
        some teams harder to beat than others when you play them.

             One more item of note.  If a punt is blocked through
        the end-zone, the team that blocked the punt will receive
        the football on the oponents 20 yard line, 1st and 10.  This
        isn't regulation, but I just haven't gotten around to
        working this out.  It makes the game a little different
        anyway.

        So, get in there, select your team, and KICK SOME BUTT!