Our Pool Rules 2024

The Pools
  We play Four pools, Weekly Pool, Season Pool  Margin Pool and the Survivor Pool.
 Highlights.

• Lose three times in the survivor Pool and you are out.
• Prizes awarded for 1^st and 2^nd place for the Weekly and 1^st and 2^ndand 3^rdplace for the Season and Margin pool.
• The Weekly pool pays 75% for 1^st place and 25% to 2^nd place
• Season Pool pays 70% to 1^st place, 20% to 2^nd place and 10% 3^rd place
• The entry fees are :
• $18.00 Weekly pool
• $5.00 Season pool
• $5.00 for the margin pool for the year
• $5.00 for the survivor pool for the year
• $33.00 for all pools.

More chances to win.
Note: if you Pay by PayPal be sure to use Friends and Family
Tell your frinds about the Pool, the bigger the pool the bigger the payout.

.(NEW) This year there is no deadline for entering picks, the pool will remain open till the last game on Sunday afternoon. I will still ask for your picks before the Thursday game. If you do not submit before the Thursday game starts you will record a loss for that game. This is true for the rest of the weeks games. If you dont put your picks in you will get a loss for each game missed.
No need for random picks this year since you can make and change your picks up to the time the game is played (except for any games after the last Sunday afternoon game) I will only post all picks for games that are either played or being played.

If anyone as any questions, let me know.

 

Updates from last year

(NEW)This year you will not get a confirmation e-mail for your picks. Last year some got them and some did not. We found that the problem was with scurity for some email host. We are still using Pass Words, this adds a tab to the pick sheet that shows your lastest pick, so you can always check your picks. This way you will always know that your picks are good before the first game is played
 

How the Play the Pools 

• Weekly Pool: To enter, check the "Weekly" and "Season" block on the Signup Sheet.Once signed up, select the picksheet' pick a team to win for each game. Estimate and enter the total points scored in the Monday Night Football game, used as a tie breaker. The winner for each week will be the player with the most correct picks. In the event of a tie, the first tie breaker is closest to the actual point total of the tie breaker game. The second tie breaker is the best season total and the third is the Monday night season closest to the actual points and if needed the Monday night games won
• Should two players tie for first place, the 1^st and  2^nd place are combined and split between them. 
• Should two or more players tie for second place, 2^nd the payout is split equally
• Note: For the weekly Pool, season totals are the second tie breaker,third is the Monday night season closest to the actual points and if needed the Monday night games won.
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• Season Pool Winner: Determined by entry with the most wins picked throughout the 18 week regular season. Tie breakers and payout scheme is the same as the weekly pool(except the season pays 1st, 2nd, and 3rd). 

• The Survivor Pool:  The premise of the pool is simple: A pool member picks one team each week to win. If they win, they move on to the next week. If you lose three times you are out. Once a member picks a team, they cannot pick that team again. The pool continues until only one member is left. If you pick the same team twice, it counts as a loss. If you don't make the pick it counts as a loss.  No random picks for the survivor pool. Remember you cannot win or loose until after the weeks games are played. If necessary this pool goes thru the playoffs. So it is wise not to pick teams that you think will make the playoffs until later in the season. Winner takes all, in the event of a tie the pot is split 
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• Margin Pool: This pool is similar to a Survivor Pool in some ways. With the Margin Pool, you only have to pick one team each week. Once a pool member picks a team, he/she cannot pick that team again. If their team wins, the winning margin, or margin of victory is added to their season point total. If their team loses, then the winning margin is subtracted from their season point total. The pool member that has the most points at the end of the season is the winner. Total wins are used as a tiebreaker.
• A Margin Pool is different from a Survivor Pool in that in a Margin Pool, you play the entire regular season season, you are not eliminated with a loss. I believe a Margin Pool to be just as much fun, if not more so, than the Survivor Pool. It pool you are never really out of it until the end. You could be in first place, and wham, your team looses by 28 points, and another player's team wins by 35 points.
• If you enter the same team twice you will be given the maximum negative points scored by any player during that week
• Remember , we have three winners and the tie pay out scheme is the same as the Season pool.
  

Rule 1:

The intry Time and date for your pick selections are listed below. Picks submitted after a game is started are marked as a loss. The pool will remain open untill the Kickoff of the last game. YOU MAY CHANGE YOUR PICKS for any game not played until the last Sunday afternoon game NO EXCEPTIONS!! I will close the pool and post the allpicks report right after the the first weekend game

    (2024 Schedule)

    Week 1: (Season Opener) Thursday September 5th (8:20 PM)
     Week2: Thursday September 12th (8:20 PM)
     Week 3: Thursday September 19th (8:20 PM)
     Week 4: Thursday September 26th (8:20 PM)
     Week 5: Thursday October 3rd (8:20 PM)
     Week 6: Thursday October 10th (8:20 PM)
     Week 7: Thursday October 17th (8:20 PM)
     Week 8: Thursday October 24th (8:20 PM)
     Week 9: Thursday October 31st (8:20 PM)
     Week 10: Thursday November 7th (8:20 PM)
     Week 11: Thursday November 14th (8:20 PM)
     Week 12: Thursday November 21st (12:30PM)
     Week 13: Thursday November 28th (08:20 PM)
     Week 14: Thursday December 5th (8:20 PM)
     Week 15: Thursday December 12th (8:20 PM)
     Week 16: Sunday December 19nd (1:00 PM)
     Week 17: Sunday December 25th (1:00 PM)
     Week 18: Sunday January 5th (1:00 PM)

 

We will remind everyone of changes via the Facebook Ourpool Group. so make sure you check often. We may have to adjust the deadlines during the season due to cancellations, rescheduled games etc.

 

Rule 2.

It is your responsibility to ensure your picks are received by the deadline.  If you wait until the last min. your picks may not get in. Remember it's not when you send your picks, it's when I get them and I must receive them before the deadline   ABSOLUTLY NO EXCEPTIONS. 

New this year. You can now go to the web site and see that your picks have been submitted. Go to the top menu,dropdown the far left tab and select Picks Recieved as shown below. You can also got to the picksheet screen and see what your last picks are. Make you check them before the first game.

Selecting will take you to the Picks Received page it will not only tell you if your picks were received it will tell you how many times you subbmited. The pick sheet option lets you see exactly what you picked

I will send  emails to people who have not turned in there picks by Wed Morning. If you get an email, it means I do not have your picks. DO NOT  send me the e-mail you received after sending your picks.  I will not enter them.  Resubmit your picks if you keep getting nag mail from the pool. If you have submitted your picks and you still got an email. Resubmit your picks.

I will send nag mail until close to game time and a final reminder before closing the pool.

• Note: if you know you are going to have trouble getting your picks in , contact me in advance and we will work something out.
• If I do not get your picks by kick-off of the first weekend game, you will be given a the away teams with 99 points for the tie breaker, you will record a loss in the survivor pool and the margin pool.

 
Rule 3.

It is your responsibility to keep yourself informed. Please check the Facebook Ourpool Group often, changes to Pool Rules or Pool Operations will be posted there.  If you have questions, you can post them there or send me an email
 

Rule 4 Have Fun!!