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| Sign Up: To sign up for the Football Cool Pool, visit the Sign Up Page on the main page at TheCoolPool.com. Fill out all required fields and we will respond and put you on the waiting list for the pool. Team Names: All players must select a team name. Team names must be one of two ways; (1) Name Mascot (ex: Miller's Hitmen) or (2) Location Mascot (ex: Waxhaw Thrillers). Schedule and Divisions: After the season sign-up deadline has been reached, a round robin schedule will be developed. The Football Cool Pool regular season will be run during the NFL's weeks 1-13. NFL weeks 14-17 will constitute the Football Cool Pool Playoffs. Teams will be randomly split into two 14 team divisions with four divisions each (based on a 28 team league). Bonus Teams: Your “Bonus Team" is a team you pick each week for the opportunity at bonus points. If the team you pick wins, you receive 1 bonus point. If that team loses, you will receive -1 point. You are only allowed to pick each team as a bonus once per season, so choose wisely each week. The bonus team is optional, so if you choose not to risk getting a -1, you do not have to pick one. Game of the Week: When players submit picks each week, they will also choose the following week's game of the week. The game of the week is a game designated each week as a three point game. Picks: Changing Weekly Picks If you wish to make a change to your picks, you must do so before the 9:00pm ET Friday or Saturday deadline. No picks can be changed after the deadline has passed. Missing Picks No late picks will be accepted. If your picks are not in by the 9:00pm ET Friday or Saturday deadline, you will forfeit your game for the week. If you miss sending in your picks twice, your team will be taken over by the league and given to one of the players on the waiting list. If you will not have access to a computer in time to enter weekly picks, please email Greg or Will to discuss this. Game Cancellation/Postponement If a game is cancelled/postponed, that game will be thrown out for all players on the week it was cancelled or postponed. The game will be picked up by all players on the week it is rescheduled, if it falls on a Sunday. Scoring: Determining Weekly Winners All players will choose the winner of every Sunday game. A game where you correctly picked the winner is worth 1 point. A game where you did not correctly choose the winner is worth 0 points. Your weekly point total is determined by adding the amount of weekly wins you have, your “Season Team” results, plus your “Game of the Week” results. For example, if you chose 5 games correct, plus your “Season Team” wins, but you lose the “Game of the Week”, your weekly score would be 6 or 7 (depending on which list your season team is on). If you outscore your opponent, you will be credited with a win for that week. Weekly Points Regardless of which team wins a particular weekly match-up, both teams will get to keep their weekly points. Weekly points are earned from totaling your correct games plus “Game of the Week” and “Season Team” points. Scoring Discrepancies and Errors If you find a problem with the scoring for a week, you must let Greg or Will know immediately. All scores become final once the first game of the next week begins, or after 7 days. Score checking will be done by two to three Cool Pool officials each week to insure that each team’s correct score and “Weekly Points” are counted. Determining Teams Making the Playoffs Based on a 28 team league, the 3 divisional winners in each conference will earn playoff berths. These teams will be ranked 1 through 3 based on their win/loss records. The other two spots in each conference will be filled with 3 wild card teams. The first and second wild card teams will be the teams with the highest win % in the conference that aren't already in the playoffs. If there is a tie, that tie will be broken with total weekly points for the season, and then head to head records. The third wild card team will be the team with the highest amount of weekly points in each conference. The tie breaker here will be win %, head to head record, conference record, record versus like opponents and then division record. The Football Cool Pool playoffs will constitute NFL regular season weeks 14 through 17. Determining an Overall Champion The 2011 Football Cool Pool Champion will be the winner of the week 17 Championship Game. Tie Breaking: There will be three tie breakers this year, which we're confident will break each tie fairly. The tie breakers, in order of importance and tie breaking are listed below: 1. Your "weekly team" pick. If your weekly team wins, and your opponent's loses, you win the tie. 2. The "Game of the Week" Score. You will pick a number each week when submitting picks, and you're trying to predict the TOTAL SCORE from the GOTW (both teams combined). Closest to that score EITHER WAY wins the tie. 3. Your season points entering the week. The player with the highest number in the "Points" column on the standings will win the tie. |
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