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Rules / How to Play

• Selections:
• Pick a single game each week, straight win/lose (no spreads). All players whose selection wins will advance. All players whose selection loses are eliminated from the pool for the remainder of the pool. (see exceptions below.)
• Players may pick each team up to two times during the season per sheet played. (see further clarification below in the case of a reinstatment)
• No default picks.
• Selections may be entered at the website, via email (to darmstrong@rcn.com), or by hardcopy. Due to the vagaries of the Internet, players are encouraged not to wait until the last minute to submit picks, as network problems may prevent access to the website. Any email which was sent before the deadline will be accepted, regardless of when I receive it, however only emails sent to the address above will be accepted. DO NOT SEND PICKS TO MY WORK EMAIL
• Selections may be submitted anytime in advance of the game. You don't have to wait for the selection sheet to make a pick in any game.
• Selection sheets and results will be emailed weekly.
• The deadline for submission of picks will be listed on the selection sheet and on the website and will be STRICTLY enforced.
• Scoring:
  • Players who pick correctly advance to the next week. Players who pick incorrectly are eliminated for the remainder of the pool. (see exceptions below.)
  • Games which end in a tie score are considered losses
  • Winner-Take-All
    If, at the conclusion of any week of the regular season, there is only one player remaining, that player is the winner, and the pool is over.
  • If, at the conclusion of the regular season, there is more than one player left, the players who have not been eliminated will continue through the playoffs and Super Bowl, until a winner has been determined. If the pool has not been decided after the Super Bowl, the players who have not been eliminated by that time will split the prize.
  • Exception: If all players have been eliminated before a winner has been declared (i.e. all remaining players lose during the same week), ALL PLAYERS WILL BE REINSTATED, and previous picks will be erased .
    If this occurs prior to Week 8, players will continue choosing one team correctly each week to advance.
    If this occurs after Week 8 but prior to Week 12, players must choose two teams correctly each week to advance.
    If this occurs after Week 12, players must choose four teams correctly each week to advance.