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DragoonKain
Joined: 11 Jul 2007 Posts: 942
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Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 11:54 pm Post subject: Season 5 NFL Betting League! |
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Hey all, it's time for annual signups for my betting league . The weekly picks league costs $140, fantasy costs $105, and if you're in at least one league, you can pay another $5 to join the eliminator league. The deadline to join is August 15th, 2013! Here's the full set of rules for your convenience!
(Keep in mind that prizing is dependent on the # of people in the league, and we will meet before the season begins to discuss possible rules changes)
Rules wrote: | 1. All betters must join BEFORE the start of the first game of the season, so as not to create an unfair advantage for picking the playoff spots.
2. At the beginning of the season, each player must contribute $25 for the best overall record pot and $10 for the playoff picks pot. Every week, $5 per person will be placed into the weekly picks pot, and, for those in the fantasy league, another $5 per person will be placed into the fantasy pot. Also, $10 will be put into a fantasy league pot for the best overall fantasy score at the end of the season. After the regular season concludes, $20 per person will be placed into the playoff brackets pot and, for those in fantasy, $10 per person will be placed into the fantasy playoff pot. A separate eliminator challenge, run on ESPN, will be worth a side pot of $5 per person.
3. All players start at a negative amount. As you win, your total will rise accordingly. NOTE: YOUR TOTAL CAN NEVER LOWER.
4. Every week has two separate pools; they are each $5 per person per week (as described in Rule 2), and are defined as follows:
4a. Weekly Picks: In this pool, money is alloted based on correct picks. Every game should be picked every week; a win is worth 1 point, a loss is worth 0, and a tie is worth 0.5. Picks are straight up (aka, not off a spread). A pick that is not placed is counted as a loss. However, each individual player is allowed one week throughout the year to be designated as a "vacation week," where you will be given a record of 0-0 for the week. You still lose your $5 for the week, however. After you have used this, any missed weeks will give you a loss for every game that week. Each week, you may choose a team to “double down” on. This game will count as 2 wins or 2 losses and is entirely optional each week, but the same team cannot be picked twice in the same season. This game will be referred to as a “doubled game.” The doubled game will not count double towards your overall record, win or lose; the pick will only count as double for that given week’s record.
4b. Fantasy Picks: Every week, participants will pick two players for each of the following fantasy positions: quarterback, running back, wide receiver, tight end, and defense/special teams. In addition, you are allowed one flex player chosen between a runningback, wide receiver, or tight end. Using standard ESPN scoring (no PPR), the fantasy points of each of the 11 athletes will be added together, and the person with the highest total wins. For those not familiar with fantasy football, you pick a TEAM, not a player, for defense/special teams. All other positions are individual players.
5. For picking playoffs, each player will pick a division winner for each division, the team you believe will earn home field advantage in each conference, and THREE wildcards from each conference. If the person you pick to win the division wins the division, you get 3 points. If the person you pick to be a wildcard is a wildcard, you get 2 points. If the person you pick to be a wildcard wins their division or if your division pick is a wildcard, you get 1 point. If you correctly pick the team that wins home-field advantage in either conference, you get a bonus 5 points per conference picked correctly. These picks are due by 11:59 pm EST on September 4th (the day before the first game of the season).
6a. Brackets must be made after Week 17, prior to the start of the playoffs. All picks are locked in and cannot be changed during the playoffs, much like college basketball brackets. A wildcard win is 1 point; a divisional win is 2 points; a conference win is 3 points; and picking the Super Bowl winner is 5 points.
6b. For picking fantasy playoffs, each player will make the standard 11 picks prior to the wildcard round for that round specifically. Then, before the divisional round, players will make picks for the rest of the playoffs. Each player will pick the standard 11 players, and their combined performances over the last 3 weeks will be added together. This cumulative score will then be added to the wildcard score, and that will be your total playoff score.
7. Eliminator picks will be run through ESPN and are subject to a winner-take-all system that goes to the last person standing. In case no one survives a given week, that week will be ignored and a tiebreaker week will ensue the following week. If the tie lasts past Week 17, the money will be split between the winners.
8. Prizing will be the following (1st/2nd/3rd/4th):
8a. Fantasy (no 4th place) - 2.5x/1.5x/1x
8b. Eliminator (no 2nd-4th place) - $50.00
8c. Everything else - 5x/3x/2x/1x
9. In the event of a perfect week (e.g. one in which every game of the week is picked correctly), that/those person/people will receive half of all other winnings. For example, if one person goes 16-0 one week, the prizing will be $35.00/$7.50/$5.00/$2.50.
10. Payments are due at the end of the season only, as to be determined by me (DragoonKain/Stephanie Shaw) based on who owes money and who has won money.
11. All picks are due by 11:59 EST the night before the first game of the week (or playoffs for the brackets). ALL Week 1 picks are due at 11:59 pm EST the day before the start of the regular season (September 5th, 2013). With the exception of Week 1, all games before Sunday of any given week may be picked separately, so as not to force Wednesday night picks of a Monday Night Football game. For the purposes of this rule, Tuesday is the first day of a football week, and Monday is the last. Monday Night Football games are due at the same time as Sunday picks. Please PM me your picks, and I will post all picks the afternoon of the first game(s) of the week. These PMs may be through IRC or Facebook. If there is a correction I missed, please notify me then. NOTE: I'll only correct a post IF it was a mistake of mine!
12. You cannot change picks once they have been submitted; I know this rule is annoying, but imagine how it'd be for me if everyone submitted 4 or 5 times! The only exception is in fantasy if a player is confirmed out of a game AND you are able to and do edit your pick before the regular deadline!
13. You MUST be 18 on or by the Super Bowl (February 2nd, 2014) in order to be eligible to play.
14. If you join, you have to commit to the responsibility of playing for all 17 weeks and the playoffs. If you miss a week, you will lose your $5 or $10 ($5 for picks, $5 for fantasy) regardless, so PMing me your picks 2 weeks early is better than missing the week due to a vacation. Try not to PM me picks earlier than the same week as the games unless you won't have access to your computer for some reason.
15. Overall season record is by win percentage, so it is unaffected by a missed week. You are ineligible to win the overall season record if you miss more than one week, however.
16. Remember though, your entire season’s money will be put in the pot no matter whether you choose to continue playing mid-season or not, so think carefully about joining at the beginning of the season.
17. If you have any questions about the leagues and/or rules, please don't hesitate to ask! I usually reply within 24 hours!
18. Most of all, HAVE FUN! |
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DragoonKain
Joined: 11 Jul 2007 Posts: 942
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Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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Signups:
Quote: | Weekly Picks
1. DragoonKain
2. Brockbfball1563
3. eddaket
4. SuperJerry
5. HellAshes
6. cubsrule21aza |
Quote: | Fantasy Picks
1. DragoonKain
2. Brockbfball1563
3. eddaket
4. cubsrule21aza |
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Brockbfball1563
Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 3245 Location: Rochester, NH
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Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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Sign me up for both! _________________
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eddaket
Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 2020
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Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 12:02 am Post subject: |
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I'm in again. Both. |
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SpoonMan
Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Posts: 3631
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Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 12:22 am Post subject: |
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out. _________________
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SpoonMan
Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Posts: 3631
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Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 12:34 am Post subject: |
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out. _________________
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SuperJerry
Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 131 Location: Braintree, MA
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Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 4:37 am Post subject: |
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I'm in for the Pick'em _________________
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HellAshes
Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 8320 Location: Livingston, NY
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Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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Same as last year, I'm in for the picks but possibly may switch over to fantasy as well (which I suck at ) _________________
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Cubsrule21aza
Joined: 05 Jul 2008 Posts: 185 Location: Indianapolis, IN
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Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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I'm in for both _________________
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<Blehgopie> HARMONIX FIX AERIS |
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HellAshes
Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 8320 Location: Livingston, NY
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Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 2:47 am Post subject: |
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Are we having an IRC chatroom for this again? _________________
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DragoonKain
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Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 3:24 am Post subject: |
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HellAshes wrote: | Are we having an IRC chatroom for this again? |
Absolutely! 2 weeks before the season starts (August 22nd) is the current plan . _________________
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HellAshes
Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 8320 Location: Livingston, NY
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Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 3:53 am Post subject: |
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Sounds good! I'll also be ready for this again.
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bclare
Joined: 21 Jun 2008 Posts: 6048 Location: Boston
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Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 6:23 am Post subject: |
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I'm out this year. Don't really pay attention to football anymore. I'll still see almost all of you guys at PAX _________________
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Brockbfball1563
Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 3245 Location: Rochester, NH
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Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 1:29 am Post subject: |
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Anyone else interested? This was really a lot of fun the last couple years I've done it, and I really just kind of relied on luck. It's really not a lot of money considering how many ways there are to win money every single week. I know there are more people out there! _________________
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krisdaschwab912
Joined: 24 Jan 2007 Posts: 6567 Location: UW-Eau Claire
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Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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Can you clarify how much money it will take to get started? I might actually be able to join. _________________
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