2001 Football Pool Official Rules

REQUIREMENTS: Each contestant must pay an entry fee before the start of the season.
OBJECT: Pick a winning NFL team every weekend.
GOAL: Win the pot.

REGULAR SEASON

• Each contestant must select one team per weekend that will win its football game.
  

• Eligible games are those being played on Sunday or Monday Night.
  
• A team may not be picked more than once during the season.
  
• Each week's pick is due by Saturday at dawn.
  
• If a picked team loses or ties, that contestant gets a "strike."
  
• Three strikes and you're out.
  
• The last person left in the pool wins the pot.

If there is more than one person left in the pool when the regular season ends, the football pool continues into the post-season.

POST-SEASON

• Each contestant's "strikes" go with him.
  

• The slate of "teams picked" is wiped clean. Every team becomes eligible again.

Then...

• Each contestant must select one team per weekend that will win its football game.
  

• Eligible games are those being played on Saturday and Sunday.
  
• A team may not be picked more than once during the post-season.
  
• If a contestant has no team available, he will take a loss for that week.
  
• Each week's pick is due by Friday at dawn.
  
• If a picked team loses or ties, that contestant gets a "strike."
  
• Three strikes and you're out, including strikes from the regular season.
  
• The last person left in the pool wins the pot.

If more than one person survives the entire season, there is only one tie-breaker:

• Fewer strikes

All of the surviving contestants with the lowest number of strikes split the pot.

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