$100 Football Survival League
I’m running a $100 buy-in NFL football survivor league this year. Here are the rules and some info:
- $100 buy-in (I need to have received this money before Sunday kickoff for you to be officially in).
- Each week you select one team. You cannot select the same team twice. This introduces more of a strategy element since otherwise it would be pretty easy to just take this year’s 2007 Patriots or 2009 Colts/Saints every week.
- Once your pick loses, you are eliminated from the league.
- In the event that the final 2, 3, 4… players are eliminated in the same week, they will either chop the prizepool or all advance to the following week. This will be determined by player consensus and factors like number of weeks left, etc. I’ll lean towards rolling it over for the next week when settling any possible disagreement.
- Payouts will be determined prior to Week 1 Sunday kickoff. It will be very top-heavy, but might give some money to 2nd place if there’s, say, 12+ participants.
- I must receive your pick in sufficient time prior to kickoff of the first game of that week’s schedule. If I don’t receive a pick, you will be given the Rams by default. If you have already used the Rams, you’ll get the Bills by default. If you’ve already used them too, you’re out of the league. For this reason, please don’t wait until 2 minutes prior to kickoff in the week’s first game to make your pick so there are no headaches.
- I will keep track of everyone’s picks on a Google spreadsheet that all league members will have access to.
- I know the season technically starts tomorrow, Thursday, with the Vikings-Saints game, but since that’s unlikely to be a game anyone would want to pick anyway, we’re just going to pretend the season starts Sunday.
- For managers who want to change their pick, that’s fine, but just to avoid any possible misunderstandings or confusion, no changes allowed within an hour prior to kickoff for that week’s first game.
That sums it up for the rules. I anticipate that we’ll have, at minimum, 8 participants. But it could be substantially more depending on how much I’m able to promote this between now and Sunday. If you want to play, I need your $100 (and your pick, naturally) prior to Sunday kickoff. Sorry, no IOUs. I don’t want to deal with the headache of having to track down people who haven’t paid yet. If I haven’t received your money by Sunday kickoff, you’re not in the league.
Here’s how you can submit your $100 entry:
PayPal: This is the preferred method of payment. Send $100 to fakekramer [at] gmail [dot] com. ***When sending payment via PayPal, please select the “Personal” tab (default is “Purchase”)***. Leave the radio box on “Gift”. This ensures I receive the full $100 rather than $97.20 or whatever. I’m happy to run the league, but I don’t want to supplement the prize pool in addition to that, even if it is just a few bucks or whatever.
PokerStars: My screenname is Ozone23. City is “Houston”.
Full Tilt: My screenname is OrangeBoy. City starts with an H. Clown avatar.
When you submit payment, contact me at the above email address letting me know that you submitted payment. This will also let me know which email address to share the league spreadsheet with.
Alright, I think that about does it for all of the formal stuff. This should be a really fun and competitive league and hopefully result in lots of sick sweats later in the season for some of the participants.
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