Hawk Forum Rules:

The Hawk Central Hawk Forum is a loosely moderated site. We ask that for the good of all users, you observe the following rules:

1. Please, no use of offensive language, including profanity, racial slurs, slang references to body parts, etc. Users who use such language will be banned from the list.

2. Please refrain from ad hominem attacks, or attacks in general, on the list. We're here to discuss the Hawkeyes, not to berate each other. Users engaging in such behavior will be asked to stop. If the behavior persists, you will be banned.

3. Please keep the discussion on topics related to the Hawkeyes or to Big Ten/college sports. We'll police this one pretty loosely so long as the discussion is sports-related. But if we get into long discussions of politics or gardening or other such things, users will be asked to move those otherwise intelligent conversations to private e-mail.

4. We do reserve the right to delete any topic, any reply or any user from the forum at any time.

5. Try to make posts that add to the discussion, and avoid so-called "Me Too" messages that do little more than clog up the works.

6. Make sure to post the right message to the right forum (i.e., keep Steve Alford off the football list).

7. Your registration information will not be sold to other companies or spammers. However, every post you make is posted with your screen name and e-mail address, so try not to be so offensive as to get your e-mail clogged with flames.

7. When thinking about whether posting something to the list is appropriate, just stop, look skyward and ask yourself, "What would Hayden do?"