Entry: 2 Games in One. $17 entry to play the weekly game only; $23 entry to play for overall only prizes; $40 to play in both (what MOST people will do).
Means of payment. Cash is acceptable. PAYPAY (www.paypal.com) is preferred... however, I will only accept Paypal Transfers, and NOT credit card payments.... if you use credit card payments, they will be refused. This means, if you wish to use Paypal, you will need to plan ahead, in order to give yourself time for your bank to be verified. Paypal payoffs WILL OCCUR on Tuesday Mornings. Therefore paypal is probably the best way to pay, and best way to BE paid.
Number of Members. No limit.
Concept. You need to pick the WINNING team in each of the (up to 15) games each week. You place a "value" on each game, ranking from 15 to 1, where 15 would be assigned to the "blockbuster easy win" of the week, down to 1 to "gee, I have no idea WHICH team will win". You get points for each game you correctly pick, up to a maximum of 120 if you get all 15 games correct. On weeks with byes, it will always be the first game listed, and you SHOULD make it worth 15 points (because it will be treated as an automatic win). Ties are considered wins for both teams.
Procedures. Each week, soon after the Monday Night game has concluded, you may logon to the web site (www.brucegames.com), and find your name, enter your password, and be presented with the games for this week. Be sure to use all 15 numbers for your picks. Once you have made your selections, you may change them as many times as you wish until the cutoff time, one hour before First Kickoff. At that point, you will be allowed to on-line view everybody's picks, and you will have the opportunity to download a comma-delimited file of everybody's picks, which may be read into a program like Excel or Access. If you fail to turn in picks, you will receive a ZERO score for that week.
Tie-breakers. Weekly Game: At picking time, you'll be asked for the "Total Points", which is the total scored by both teams, on Monday Night Football. You combine the scores to derive this number. Closest to this number wins. Ties on the tie-breaker results in a split of the prize.
Thursday Games. On the 3 (now 4) weeks with Thursday games... you may make all of your picks, and picks WILL lockout an hour before... however, after that game is over, the picking will REOPEN, and you may change your other picks, with a new deadline of 1 hour before the first kickoff on Sunday. This does not apply to Saturday Games, they will lockout one hour before kickoff on Saturday. This means, on weeks with Thursday games, ONLY the Thursday Game's picks will be disclosed.
Payoffs. 100% returned in prizes. (all percentages approx, and will be rounded to a nice number)
Weekly
1st
2nd
3rd
50%
30%
20%
Overall
Best 17 Weeks
Best 12 Weeks
Best 8 Weeks
Best 4 Weeks
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
1st
25%
20%
15%
12.5%
10%
7.5%
5%
5%
In the event of ties, prizes will be split among all winners. In the event of a player winning multiple prizes, the prize worth the most will be the one the player wins. One overall prize per person maximum.