Hey everyone, did you realize the NFL started TONIGHT?! Crazy huh?
Labor Day being early made it sneak up on me, so I’m just now getting to
letting you all know the NFL Survivor Pool is back with a small difference this
year. Rather than running everything
through Google Forms and causing hysteria, I’ve farmed the whole thing out to
RunYourPool.com. So, to join this year,
go on over there, sign up for an account, then use the “Find Pool” feature to
find us. Here are the credentials you’ll
need to join:
Pool ID: 122142
Password: IGotLazy
The pool over there is set up to
manage everything the same way I did, with exception to whatever tiebreakers,
which I’ll compile manually still. I do
have admin powers over the league, so if something does get screwed up or
you’re a little late on a pick, just shoot an email to tourneypools@gmail.com,
and I’ll get it all sorted out. The only
downside here is that I do have to pay for their services, and that amount will
just come out of the prize pool.
And with that, onto the rules proper…
Rules
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Pick one team a week
to win their game outright. If you choose correctly, congrats! You
live to fight another week. Choose wrong, and it’s GAME OVER MAN.
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You may only choose
a team ONCE throughout the season. Look, any idiot could pick against the
Jets every week (except their bye) and laugh all the way to the bank.
Sorry, you can’t use the other NFC West teams twice each.
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Picks will be
submitted via runyourpool.com, which is outlined above.
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Entries will be $20
each & multiple entries are allowed. As usual, the easiest way to pay
me is PayPal to tourneypools@gmail.com or
Venmo to tourneypools@gmail.com.
If that is a bridge too far, find me and give me money/a check.
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Entry deadline each
week will be prior to the kickoff of the Sunday 1 PM ET games. Picking any
Thursday/Saturday games is fine, but those picks must be in prior to their
actual kickoff for them to count.
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It is YOUR
RESPONSIBILITY to know which entries have which teams still alive & to
submit entries on time. I will not babysit you. If you submit an
entry using a team that you have previously used, or you fail to submit an
entry prior the 1 PM ET kickoff of Sunday games, you’ll get the biggest
favorite for the Sunday/Monday games based on the lines at http://www.bovada.lv, which is the website I use to check lines.
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I will be maintaining
a leaderboard with all selections that you will be able to find a link to on
our world famous blog (tourneypools.blogspot.com) once I have put it up.
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Just to cut this
question off at the pass, if everyone is out prior to Week 8, I'll more than
likely start another pool with the same rules, so be on the lookout for
that. Last year, everyone was knocked out by Week 4, so this is very
possible.
Payouts
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100% of the pool
remaining after admin fees to runyourpool.com will be paid out & we will
pay out the number of entries based on the number of participants.
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Payout structure
will be announced sometime between week 1 and week 2 & will be posted on
our world famous blog (tourneypools.blogspot.com).
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There are no ties at
TourneyPools, if we can help it. Here’s the tiebreaking procedure in the
event that we have multiple people go out the same week and have finished high
enough to get paid…
1.
Margin of victory for
your picks.
2.
Margin of yards from
scrimmage for your picks. (Offense only, no special teams or turnover
returns or whatever else you can think of.) If this is somehow negative
for a week, it will be rounded up to 0.
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If the tiebreaker
rules are confusing, no worries, I’ll be tracking them on a separate sheet that
will be posted here at a later date.
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