2006 Football Pool -- Official Rules

REQUIREMENTS: Each contestant must submit 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 10am Pacific Time on Saturday.
• 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 3pm Pacific Time on Friday.
• 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 who do not have the fewest strikes receive their entry fee back.
All of the surviving contestants with the fewest strikes split the pot (minus any returned entry fees).

NFL decisions on wins, losses, and ties will be official.
If, for some reason, a picked game is not completed and will not be made up at a later date, all picks from that weekend will be thrown out.
If a picked game is not completed and will be made up at a later date, each contestant will be allowed to change his pick for the make-up game. The deadline will be Saturday morning 10am PST if the league is making up an entire weekend of games (as in 2001), or 24 hours prior to kickoff if they are making up only a game or two.
Picks will be posted on the website as soon as they are made. This is NOT true, however, in the following circumstances:
1. When the number of leaders is 12 or fewer. The leaders' picks will not be posted until after the deadline.
2. Prior to Championship Weekend in the playoffs, NO picks will be posted until after the deadline.

Questions? Send them to pool07@ducey.com.