From: davewood@bruno.cs.colorado.edu (David Rex Wood)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: POOL - Rules/Signup Information
Date: 8 Sep 92 19:35:13 GMT
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder

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Official Rules/Signup Information for the 1992 R.S.F.P. Internet Football Pool
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What: The 1992 Rec.Sport.Football.Pro Internet Football Pool
When: 1992 NFL Season, starting September 6 (plus preseason pool first)
Who:  Anyone interested

Synopsis: Each week, I will post a list of NFL games to be played that week.
   All you do is add some x's next to the teams you think will win, rank
   the games to indicate your relative confidence in each pick, add
   your initials to the bottom of the form, and send it in.

Prizes: Internet fame and personal satisfaction.  (If people want to have
   some sort of season prize, I would be happy to collect any contributions
   to a "prize fund" and purchase/mail the prizes.  Unfortunately, my
   budget does not make buying prizes myself reasonable.)

Entry Fee: $0.00

Rules:

-> Entries must be received before the kickoff of the first game of the week.
   This usually means Sunday morning at 10AM Pacific Time, but NOT ALWAYS.
   Entries received after this time will not be accepted -- no exceptions.
   To make life easier, here is a list of deadlines that are not 10AM Sunday:

   Week  7: Thu  Oct 15 4:30 pm PST
   Week 13: Thu  Nov 26 9:30 am PST
   Week 14: Thu  Dec  3 5:00 pm PST
   Week 15: Sat  Dec 12 9:30 am PST
   Week 16: Sat  Dec 19 9:30 am PST
   Week 17: Sat  Dec 26 9:30 am PST

   The other 11 weeks begin Sunday, 10:00 am PST.

   NOTE: Add 7 hours for GMT.

-> If you submit your picks after the first game, but before the majority
   of the other games (this will only apply in the special weeks listed above)
   the game(s) that has already been played will be given a weight of ten
   and counted as incorrect.  If you assign 10 points to 4 other games that
   week, I will change one of them to a lower weight (one you guessed
   correctly!) as necessary to bring the total number of points to 100.
   Because of this, if you miss the deadline, please do not pick either
   team for any game(s) you missed and assign those games 10 points.

-> You must submit a copy of the posted form with your choices marked in
   the appropriate boxes.  The form will look like:

	 WT  Away			Home
	*------------------------------------------------*
	[  ] [ ] Cleveland		[ ] Indianapolis   
	[  ] [ ] Detroit		[ ] Chicago          
	[  ] [ ] LA Rams		[ ] Buffalo          
	.
	.
	.

   The first "box" is for you to weight each game according to your
   level of confidence in that selection.  The weight system works
   as follows -- you MUST follow these guidelines or you will be shot.
   (Note that this will give a total possible score of 100 points.)

   10 points -- Give 10 points to each of 4 different games.
    7 points -- Give 7 points to each of 5 different games.
    5 points -- Give 5 points to ALL other games.  For most weeks,
                this will be 5 games.  However, some weeks do not
                have 14 games.  If there are not 14 games in a given
		week, everyone will be given 5 free points for each
		non-game.  (ie: 5*(14-num_games))

   Simply put the number inside the brackets in the "WT" column.  Don't
   use any numbers other than 5, 7, or 10.  Your total score will be made
   up of the sum of the weights from the games you correctly guess.
   Next, simply put an 'x' in the box next to the team you think will win.
   You must choose one team for each game.  If for some reason, you think the
   game will be a tie, place a 't' in both boxes.  If no selection is made
   for a given game, or both teams are chosen, it will count as an incorrect
   choice.  Mail this form before the deadline to "davewood@cs.colorado.edu."
   PLEASE INCLUDE THE WORD "picks" IN THE SUBJECT LINE of the message
   to ensure proper handling.  DO NOT submit any form other than the one
   that was posted, don't switch the order of the games, and don't remove
   the brackets, etc.  Just send the form with your x's in the right places
   and your weights as listed above.  At the bottom of the form, there will
   be a place for your initials.  You must enter the initials you have
   signed up with (see below) in this spot.  Please use the correct case
   as drw is not the same person as DRW.  Be sure to put the initials ON
   THE SAME LINE as the word "Initials."

-> No betting spread will be used.  Just pick straight winners.

-> It is okay to just reply to the message I post (via email) which
   contains the form.  It will have the word "picks" in the subject line.
   Don't worry about the > signs in front of each line, the "grader" can
   handle these.  If you do reply through news, be sure your news program
   uses the subject of the news post as the subject of the mail message.

-> Don't post your picks to news and expect me to find them!

-> Don't remove the line above the list of games that looks like this:

          *------------------------------------------------*

-> All 17 weeks of schedules will be posted at the beginning of the
   regular season.  If for some reason, you think you may be unable
   to get the post each week, please grab the 17 schedules all at once
   and send in the CORRECT one each week.  I am also willing to mail
   the forms to anyone who requests them. If you need this service
   because of a flaky news feed, please send a request with "fbmail"
   in the subject line.  I will add you to a list to receive the
   pool by mail each week.  People on this list will also receive
   weekly results and standings by email.

-> If for some reason you need to send in your picks BEFORE the previous
   week's games have been played, please include "fbearly" in the subject
   of that message.  If you don't do this, they may vanish.

-> If you guess a "tie," you are completely wrong if it is not a tie.  You
   do not receive 1/2 points.  If a game does end in a tie, NOBODY gets
   any points (unless, of course, they picked the tie).

-> Each week, I will tally the selections and post weekly winners along
   with season records.  Season records will be sorted by percentage of
   points (not totals points).  This allows a player who misses a week
   equal opportunity to be at the top of the standings.  Only those players
   who have missed less than two weeks will be included in the season totals.
   Anyone missing more than two weeks will be put on the "Not Qualified" list.

-> Preseason scores will NOT COUNT toward regular season totals.  The
   preseason picks are just for fun and practice.

-> If at any time there is a problem with the results I post or you have
   some question about the pool, send me mail with the word "fbproblem" in
   the subject line.  (That's problem, with "fb" at the front)

How to sign up:

   Just send a message to davewood@cs.colorado.edu containing the following
   information:

   Real Name (ie: Dave Wood)
   Mailing address (ie: davewood@cs.colorado.edu)
   Favorite NFL Team (just for fun, ie: Broncos)
   3 Initials (ie: drw)

   The initials must be unique for each person in the pool so I may need
   to have you choose another 3 letters if the ones you send are already
   taken.  Please keep in mind that "drw" is NOT the same as "DRW".

   You may sign up at any time.

   *** PLEASE INCLUDE THE WORD "signup" IN THE SUBJECT OF YOUR REQUEST
   *** TO JOIN THE POOL!  THIS WILL MAKE MY LIFE MUCH EASIER.
   You may also respond to this post to sign up since "signup" is already
   in the subject line.

**** Summary of things to put in the Subject line: ****

picks     - put this ONLY in messages containing your picks
signup    - put this in messages containing you sign-up information
fbproblem - put this in messages containing problems with the stats I have
            posted or general comments/questions
fbearly   - put this in messages containing picks for a later week
fbmail    - put this in messages requesting that forms be sent to you
            via email
spread    - this WAS for comments about using a spread which is no longer
            a topic of discussion
football  - this WAS to let me know about general interest in the pool
            and is also no longer a useful thing

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David Rex Wood -- davewood@cs.colorado.edu -- University of Colorado at Boulder
  BRONCOS!!        R.S.F.P. Internet Football Pool Organizer        BRONCOS!!
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