Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Date: Fri,  2 Oct 1992 15:20:52 -0400 
From: Erik Karl Witte <ew2r+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: NEW NFL POOL - LAST CALL

So far I have 30 entries, and I want more, so send 'em in!

Here are the rules again (first posted 29-Sep-92):
This will be run one week at a time, so ENTER!
1.  It's free
2.  Winners will be determined a weekly basis.  Each week is independent from 
    every other.  The prize:  the satisfaction that you are indeed a football
    god.
3.  Submit your entries like this:
  a.  Pick who you think will win each game and the score of the game.
  b.  Submit them in one of two forms (I'll use last weeks scores)
   Chicago 41    Atlanta 31
   Buffalo 41    New England 7   (ALWAYS list the winner first!)
   Denver 12     Cleveland 0
   Green Bay 17  Pittsburgh 3
   etc., etc.
     OR
   Chicago     Atlanta  by 10
   Buffalo     New England by 34
   Denver      Cleveland by 12
   Green Bay   Pittsburgh by 14
  d.  Leave some space between the team names so it's easier for me to read.
     (It will save me some time.)
  e.  I'm only interested in the spread but you purists can send the scores
      for even more personal satisfaction.
4.  They will be scored as follows:
4.1 Picking the correct winner will be worth 20 points minus your error on the
    spread.  For example, if you had predicted Chicago 24, Atlanta 17 (or
    Chicago by 7) you would get 20 - (10 - 7) = 17 points
                                ^^    ^^^^^^
                                20 - difference: your spread, actual result.
4.2 You can not get less than zero points for a correct pick
4.3 If you pick the spread exactly, you will receive an additional five points.
4.4 You lose 10 points for each wrong pick.  (making negative scores possible)
5.  E-mail your picks to:
    Erik Witte <ew2r+@andrew.cmu.edu>
    Include POOL PICKS in the subject header.
    DO NOT POST THEM!
6.  Any posts I make regarding the pool will include "NFL POOL" to
    distinguish it from other pools being run.  If it is regarding
    picks for a given week, and you have already submitted picks, I
    will also e-mail the notice to you.
7.  I must have your entries for each week by Saturday at midnight.  I
    will not accept entries after that.  I will take all the entries I
    have received by then.
8.  Each week (probably Tuesday or Wednesday) I will post the scores, how each 
    person did, what the average was, and some other satistical stuff, as well 
    as the next week's games.  Next weeks games are after this example of 
    scoring.
9.  I may check the results I have received during the week for errors (like
    missing games or extra games or games that aren't being played) and if I
    find any I will notify you.  This is an advantage to entering early,
    I won't do this for picks I get late in the week.  I will ignore any
    picks that don't make sense.

An scoring example:  say someone submitted this for last week (I'll just
use four games)
Green Bay   Pittsburgh by 3
Buffalo     New England by 6
Denver      Cleveland by 12
Atlanta     Chicago by 5
You would receive points as follows.
For the Green Bay game, you would get 20 - (14-3) = 9 points (see rule 4.1)
For the Buffalo game, you would get 20 - (34 - 6) = 0 points.  (see rule #4.2)
For the Denver game, you would get 20 + 5 = 25   (see rule #4.3)
For the Atlanta game, you would lose 10 points.  (see rule #4.4)
 
Your total for those games would be:  -10 + 0 + 25 + 9 = 24 points.
 
 
Next Weeks games are:
Chicago at Minnesota
Green Bay at Atlanta
Indianapolis at Tampa Bay
Miami at Buffalo
New Orleans at Detroit
Kansas City at Denver
L.A. Rams at San Fransisco
N.Y. Giants at L.A. Raiders
Seattle at San Diego
Washington at Phoenix
New England at N.Y. Jets
MNF:  Dallas at Philadelphia
 
If you have any questions, e-mail me at ew2r+@andrew.cmu.edu
 
 
Erik Witte