Rules to the Game

STARTING FOR THE 2014 SEASON

In a 10-player league:

-Determining the 1st Official Rankings of the Season (Picking Order):

  1. The season starts with each player getting an initial rank for the start of the season. The way the rankings will be chosen is random and will occur during the last week of the Preseason.
  2. Starting with the lowest ranked player (#10) and continuing to the highest (#1) each player picks a team to win that week of the season. 

-Each player can only pick a team ONCE for the entire year (players cannot pick any team a second time for the duration of the season). 

-If a player's chosen pick loses, that player must pay $5 to the Winner's Pool and they earn Zero points toward their overall score. 

-If a player's chosen pick wins, that player earns 1 point that goes toward their overall score (Picks that result in a win do not require any payment to the Winner's Pool). 

-Rankings go up and down weekly depending on the success of the player's picks that week. (The losers drop to the bottom and the winners rise to the top of the rankings). The Weekly Pick Order (WPO) is different from the Overall Rankings (WPO can change drastically depending on the picks from the previous week).

-Picking underdogs to win can be beneficial to a player. For the 2nd, 4th, 6th, etc. time a player successfully picks an underdog to win during a week, that player receives an additional point to their score (making it a total of 2 points for the week). 

-Any team with an 0-6 record (or worse) that is chosen and wins earns that player an additional 2 points (making it a total of 3 points for that successful pick).

-Money that is collected over the course of the season will be divided between the winners of the Regular Season and the Playoffs.

The Winner of the Regular Season will be awarded (This will be determined by the members of the league before Week 1) --% of the Pool.

The Winner of the Playoffs will be awarded (This will be determined by the members of the league before Week 1) --% of the Pool.

Possible things to consider: (LOOK OVER THESE. THESE ARE POSSIBILITIES TO ADD. The League will VOTE on these before the Season Begins.)

-A player can make an additional pick to their current one for the week if: 

  • That player MUST pay $5 (to the Winner's Pool) before making that pick. 
  • The additional pick will be made after the highest ranked player has made their pick for the week. 
  • Players can do this up to 3 times during the season. 
  • Players cannot use this to pick the opposing team to their original pick (to guarantee a successful pick during the week)
  • The additional pick cannot be a team previously picked by this player but the team chosen (as the additional pick) can be chosen later in the season as an official pick for the week (Additional picks do NOT count like Official Picks which can only be chosen ONCE)