In a few weeks the first preseason football game of the 2013-2014 NFL season will take place and as we have done the past 3 years, we will be having a football pool on the blog. As of now, we have weekly winners and have two cumulative winners. All of those winners participate in a championship week where one champion is crowned.
We have always tried to add a few things over the years and I am curious if you think we should make any other changes. Last year there were Thursday games and sometimes it was hard to get your picks in.
- Should we get rid of the Thursday game and have the deadline be on Sunday?
- For anyone who enters their picks after the Thursday game, should we count it as a loss and let them play the rest of the games?
- Should we have some winners broken down by age? Gender? Or somehow should we have a couple’s pool?
I would rather not make it to complicated but if there are some small, fun changes that are easy to administer and aren’t too costly, I would love to hear those suggestions.
I look forward to reading your comments.
Jeff Goldman says:
Hey Merrill,
Hope you had a great weekend.
I think you should leave it as is, it’s simple.
I think you could allow people to enter after the first game, but any games that have already started/been played are losses.
I think every game should be included.
I don’t think any reason to list gender/age, etc other than curiosity.
If you wanted to spice it up some, could make it that you assign points to the winner of the game, 1 for the one you’re least sure of, 2 for the next least sure, etc. That might be more complicated than you want it to be.
Jeff
Fee Sepahi says:
Hi Merrill,
I too think to make any further complicated, would be more work on your end. As you’re aware, one could spend a lifetime looking and sifting through stats and figure…
I think that weekday games should be picked on Sundays.
Thank you and your team for all that you do!
Kind regards,
Fee
roger austin says:
I agree. Leave it alone. If you come in after Thursday you just take a loss.
Jeffrey Adler says:
I think we should do what most of the world does – ignore the Thursday games! The Thursday games are not good for the players, the coaches, the season ticket holders, nor most fans. They were created purely as an aid to the NFL Network – speaking of widely ignored.
I like the idea of a Sunday deadline – without the Thursday games.
Ginger Blazier says:
I think it’s fine just the way it is. The rules are clear for any newbies and, we, the “alumni”, understand them, as they are.
Randy Carson says:
Merrill:
Just one suggestion..and that would be to throw out the lowest score when calculating the cumulative leader/winner. This would also help the person that forgets a week as that can be the lowest score.
Keep Thursday games in there. The games have been around long enough and are becoming more important.
Tal Shahar says:
I agree with most of the other comments. This is fun and it is unfair to expect you to spend more time on complicated changes.
I only have one minor tweak suggestion that doesn’t take more time.
I think the person that has the most picks right throughout the season should win more than the playoff champion. I think It is much more impressive to get more picks right throughout the season than having one good week at the end.