One email can run more than one entry — just use a different entry name for each (e.g. "Alex" and "Alex #2"). Pick a team to lock it in for the selected week; click your picked team again to undo it. Once a week's lock time passes, picks for that week can no longer be made or changed.
Shows weeks 1 through the selected week only — later weeks aren't shown yet. Your own picks always show; other entries' picks for a week stay hidden as "Locked" until that week's games start.
Entry
Status
Weeks survived
An entry is eliminated the first week its pick loses (a result recorded for that week that doesn't include their team). Weeks with no results recorded yet don't count against anyone.
ENTERING THE POOL
There is no sign up; just enter your e-mail address and entry name.
You can have multiple entries per e-mail address, but each entry must have a unique name such as "Pick #1", "Pick #2", etc.
Make sure you enter the EXACT same entry name each week along with your e-mail address. Entry names are not case-sensitive; however, if you enter an extra space or don't spell it the same way it will not get recognized.
PAYMENT
$100 per entry
Preferred payment method is via PayPal. I will take Venmo (@Chad-Benestante), but I really prefer PayPal as it's easier to keep track of everyone's payment when it's on one platform.
You are allowed to buy back in for $50 if you lose Week 1. There are no buy-backs after Week 1 of the season.
If payment is not received by Sunday of Week 2 of the season you will be eliminated.
MAKING PICKS
You are allowed to pick one team each week. Your team must win outright; no point spread is used. If your team loses or ties, you will be out of the pool. If your team wins, you will advance to the following week.
You may not pick the same team twice during the season. The site will keep track of your picks and not let you pick the same team twice.
PICKS ARE DUE 5 MINUTES BEFORE SUNDAY'S KICKOFF EACH WEEK (1 PM EASTERN). The site will not allow you to make a pick after kickoff.
IF THERE IS A GAME BEFORE SUNDAY 1 PM EASTERN TIME (THURSDAY, SUNDAY MORNING LONDON GAMES, ETC.), YOUR PICK WILL BE DUE
5 MINUTES BEFORE YOUR GAME'S KICKOFF. If you pick a team before the Sunday 1 PM kickoff, your pick will be locked at kickoff of your game and you will not be able to change it.
If you are unable to access the web page, you can send an e-mail to flash.afd@gmail.com with your pick. Please try and use this as a last resort as the website should always be available and is a much more reliable method for submitting your picks.
PRIZES
The pool ends after the final REGULAR SEASON GAME. We do not deal with the playoffs. Ties will be split evenly.
You cannot arrange to split the payout with other players before the season ends. We play until the last player is left standing or there is a tie at the end of the regular season.
Commissioner view
Missed picks
Applies to every week, including week 1 — a missing pick in week 1 can still be forgiven with an individual "Allow back in" below, same as a losing pick.
Kickoff lock
Set this to the first kickoff of the week. Once that time passes, nobody can make or change a pick for this week.
Record winners
Check every team that won this week. This drives the leaderboard — anyone whose pick isn't checked here is marked eliminated.
This week's picks
Entry
Team picked
Result
Locked
Action
Locking a pick prevents that entry from changing or removing it — even before the week's kickoff lock time passes. Deleting a pick frees that team back up for the entry to use again in a later week, even after lock. There's no undo on delete, so double-check before confirming.
Manage entries
Entry
Email
Teams used
Week 1
Second chance
Delete
An entry that lost in week 1 can be individually let back in with "Allow back in" — it's the only week this applies to, and it's your call per entry, not automatic. Deleting an entry removes it and every pick it ever made, for the whole season. There's no undo.