Rules

POINT SYSTEM

  • You get a point for picking a winner. You lose a point for picking a loser.
  • Each week you must also make a Pick of the Week Selection, which is worth 2 or -2 points.  If you forget to enter a POW (pick of the week), the default on the new pick sheet is the Monday Night Football game.
  • You must pick only a minimum of 4 games, but there is no maximum. However, one of your selections must be Monday Night Football.  If you do not select the Monday Night Football game, you will be assigned a loss for the game and lose one point.
  • Ties against the spread are a wash, and players receive 0 points for such games.
  • IF YOU DO NOT TURN IN YOUR PICKS PRIOR TO THE 1ST KICKOFF OF THE WEEKEND (not including Thursday Night Football), YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY LOSE 2 POINTS AND YOUR POW FOR THE WEEK.  IF PICKS ARE NOT TURNED PRIOR TO 1ST KICKOFF, THAT PLAYER WILL GET THE TOTAL POINTS EQUAL TO THAT WEEK’S WORST INDIVIDUAL SCORE OR -5 POINTS, WHICHEVER IS LOWER!!!
  • Many weeks will have a tie for 1st (and any) place. In that event, the following tie-breakers come into play:
  • 1st tiebreaker: Pick of the Week
  • 2nd tiebreaker: Monday Night Football
  • 3rd tiebreaker: Monday Night Football Total Points
  • If there is still a tie for a week’s prize after these three tiebreakers, that week’s prize is split among those still tied.
  • POW and MNF are the tiebreakers for the Season to Date standings as well. For STD standings though there are additional tiebreakers as follows: Number of Weeks Won, latest week’s POW performance, two week’s ago POW performance, three week’s ago POW performance, etc…latest week’s MNF performance, two week’s ago MNF performance, etc. (Tiebreakers come into play often, and performance in your ‘POW’s and Monday Night can be crucial because of this.)

PRIZES

  • There are weekly prizes for the top point-getters in a given week, as well as prizes for the Top 4 finishers of the Regular Season.
  • The Top 12 Regular Season finishers get into the playoffs (The top 4 get byes), in competition for Super Bowl champion and runner-up prizes through a tournament of head-to-head competition.
  • Prizes are based on percentages of the total pool.  The commissioner will take $300 from the total pool to cover the cost of payment of prizes, web registration and web hosting fees.
  • COST
  • The cost for everyone is $60.  The only freebie for this league is gained by winning the prior season’s Super Bowl.
  • MAKING PICKS
  • Every week, spreads will be provided to players on Tuesday of each week on the league website at: http://msp-nfl.com/games/
  • Login to your account, select “Make Your Picks” for the current week, choose at least 4 games, a POW, the Monday Night Football winner  and Monday Night Total Points before pressing the “Submit Picks” button.
  • This is the ONLY way picks will be accepted!!!!!.   If you can’t work the weekly pick form, email me at mike@msp-nfl.com.    
  • Picks must be received before the 1st kickoff of the week (not including Thursday games) to avoid penalties!!!!!