OK ...
I know it's a little early, but that's good ... we can get this all set up with time to spare instead of in a last minute rush like last year ...
For all those who've participated before, it's gonna be pretty much the same deal ... for those of you that weren't here or weren't in our pool last year, here's the deal:
It's a weekly pool, much like office pools everywhere that most of you have participated in, if not at work, then elsewhere elsewhere at one time or another ...
On the Tuesday preceeding the games, I send each participant an e-mail listing the matchups for the coming week ... each participant returns his/her picks to me no later than Friday ... it's a simple tally of right/wrong predictions without considering odds or spread that determines the weekly winner and a prediction of the score for the MNF game serves as a tie-breaker, should one be necessary.
Each Saturday, after receiving the picks, I send a list to each participant, listing the predictions of everyone in the pool so everyone call follow along.
then, on Tuesday, following completion of the games, I send a note to each declaring the weekly winner and his contact info so winnings can be sent out.
Last year, we decided to send cigars at the end of weeks 4, 8, 12 and 17. There were a couple of problems surrounding that and I'm working on a different formula to prevent those problems from recurring this year.
I'm 'paid' for time and trouble by each person in the group sending me a pre-season, a mid-season and a post-season cigar.
Last year, we had approximately 20 guys in the pool at any one time ... there were between 25 and 30 who played, but not each one played every week ... this year, I'd like to get more guys ... build the pool and maybe even have a second place prize ...
drop me a note if you're interested in participating or if you have questions ...
fromsteves at hotmail dot com
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