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2024-25 Regular Season Rules

ALL PICKS (usually) DUE BY SATURDAY MORNING

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Entry fee is $100. Every Tuesday (starting with W-1 of the NFL season and concluding with W-18 of the NFL season), point spreads for the week’s football games (pro and college) will be posted at this site. You must post your picks of any 10 games (your choice, pro and/or college) by FIVE MINUTES before the first game kicks off (usually Saturday morning around 9:00 a.m. PT); mark one game as your "key game," worth two wins. Point spreads will be used in each game to determine the winners; half points on all games prevent ties (a commissioner nightmare). Almost all weeks will be played with Saturday through Monday football games.

Other (important) rules:

1) Only games on the site may be picked. All pro games (except Thursday) will be listed as well as many (but not all) college games; if I am not listing your favorite team, you can try and lobby me for future inclusion, but spare me the goliaths vs patsies games.

2) Designate one of your games as your "Key Game" (for a two point win).

3) The Thanksgiving week deadline is Thursday morning. There may be other deadline exceptions (e.g., important Bowl games on a Friday), as well; pay attention!

4) Overall winners will include the top six places (2023: 1st: $700; 2nd: $500; 3rd: $350; 4th: $250; 5th: $150; 6th: $102; 7th: TBA; ties split). All money in gets paid out except for the website posting fee and one free entry (which will be paid if he wins $100; any of his winnings under $100 goes to 7th place).

5) The person who scores the most wins each week wins $120; ties split the pot.. (Cancelled or forfeited games will count as a half of a win.)

6) The Overall winner will be determined by the compilation of ALL of your weeks’ wins.

7) New 2023 Rule: If you do not enter your picks by the deadline, you will get ZERO wins that week.

8) Your money ($100) must be sent to the commissioner prior to the start of the 2nd week (Venmo, PayPal, Zelle, check); otherwise, you can still send in picks, but you will not be eligible to win any money; Your entry will be deleted if not paid by the start of Week #2.

College Bowl Sheet, 2024-25

The Bowl rules are similar to the regular season rules, except that you pick more games:

1) The cost is $20/entry. Enter as often as you like.

2) Picks are due no later than Friday, December 14, 7:00 p.m. PST. Payment must be arranged by Saturday, December 15.

3) You must send ME your picks; all will be put on an Excel spreadsheet. Please send them to me in the same order that I send them out.

4) There are 42 games, starting on December 15 and ending in January.

5) You need to send me SIXTEEN (16) winners: THIRTEEN (13) single games; TWO (2) 2x games (count as two points each) and ONE 3x game (counts as three points).

6) WHILE NO ONE HAS TO PICK the Playoff Championship games, everyone should, right? You DO NOT pick the winner a game where we don't yet know who's playing, but you do have to designate it as one of your picks (single, double or triple). In that game, the spread will be released a few days before the game is played; all those who chose that game then need to pick a winner. When you send in your picks, just list it last as "Championship game" (2x or 3x if either appropriate), and the date it's being played.

7) If a game is cancelled for whatever reason, you will have an opportunity to select another game; if that is not possible (or you fail to send in another winner), you will not get a win.

8) Please send me money (check or cash) or by Venmo or PayPal.

9) All money is paid out to winners; last year we had 57 entries, and we paid to the top 5 (vinnym won $500 last year as the sole winner); we pay $20 to the last place finisher (Toilet Bowl).

10) There IS a tie-breaker system: If owners tie with the same number of points, the tie-break goes to the owner with the most games won (e.g., someone with 16 points with no 2x or 3x winners will win more games than someone else who gets 16 points using a 2x or 3x win).

The Maloney Memorial Post-Season NFL Pool may be back in 2024-25

Football Pool URL

The 4th Annual Dave Maloney Memorial

Playoff Fantasy Football Pool

2023

BUY-IN/REWARDS

The buy-in is $100, which includes (about) half for the overall pool and (about) half for the 4 weekly pools. If there is a tie in the weekly pool (or Overall), the teams tied will split the money. You may buy as many as THREE teams each. Overall prize winnings will be announced by kickoff Sunday of Week 1.

There will be a Toilet Bowl ($100 to the winner) open to all teams that have lost their permanent player AND have no teams in the Super Bowl (from your first week picks).

DEADLINES

Wild Card Weekend: One Hour before first kick-off (Jan 18, 12:30 p.m. PST).

Divisional Weekend: One Hour before first kick-off (Jan 25, TBA).

Conference Championships: One Hour before first kick-off (Feb 2, TBA).

Super Bowl: Super Sunday (Feb 16, 3:00 p.m. PST).

ReRemember, you can enter your lineups early and still change players up until the deadline.

ROSTERS:

1 Permanent Player (He plays as long as his team is alive; you may not duplicate him as one of your weekly players);

AFC & NFC Champions; points vary/points rewarded after Week 3;

Super Bowl Champ; points vary/points awarded after Super Bowl;

Weekly Players…see weekly rosters below.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS & SUPER BOWL POINTS (2024)

These are the points you receive with your first predictions of the Conference & Super Bowl winners – provided they win.

AFC CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS

5 -

10 -

15 -

30 -

35 -

50 -

NFC CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS

5 -

8 -

25 -

35 -

50 -

SUPER BOWL POINTS

10 -

15 -

20 -

30 -

50 -

60 -

70 -

100 -

WEEK 1 ONLY:

· Permanent Player

· AFC & NFC & Super Bowl picks (scored in weeks 3 & 4)

· 1 Quarterback

· 1 Running Back

· 2 Receivers/Tight Ends

· 1 Kicker

· 1 Defensive/Special Team

· 5 Week One Extra Players, any players including defenses

· 6 Winning Teams: 5 points each

WEEK 2 ONLY:

· Permanent Player (if still alive)

· Same lineup numbers as Week 1

· 4 Winning Teams: 10 points each

WEEK 3 ONLY:

AFC & NFC Conference predictions from first week are scored in Week 3

· Permanent Player (if still alive)

· 1 QB

· 1 RB

· 1 WR/TE

· 1 Kicker

· 1 Defense

· 4 Week Three extra players

· 2 Winning Teams: 15 points each

SUPER BOWL WEEK:

Super Bowl prediction from first week is scored in Week 4

· Permanent Player (if still alive)

· 5 Super Bowl Week extra players

· 1 Winning Team: 20 points

SCORING

Negative scoring:

· Missed kick extra point: -5

· Missed FG less than 30 yards: -5

· Interception or fumble lost: -2

· Defense gives up more than 46 points (this includes any points opponents may score even if against the offense; this interpretation extends to the shut-out rule): -10 points

Rushing TD:

· 1-20 yards: 10 points

· 21-49 yards: 15 points

· 50+ yards: 20 points

Receiving TD:

· 1-49 yards: 7 points

· 50+ yards: 14 points

Passing TD:

· 1-49 yards: 7 points

· 50+ yards: 14 points

Yardage and Performance Bonus:

· Receptions: 2 points

· Every 10 yards rushing or receiving: 1 point

· Every 25 yards passing: 1 point

· 400 yards or more passing: 10 bonus points

Kicking:

· Extra point: 2 points

· Field goals: 5 points (plus 1 point for every yard over 45)

· 2-Point Conversions: 3 points for running or 2 points each for passing/receiving

· DEF/ST score on missed extra point play: 2 points

Defense/Special Team:

· Shutout: 20 points

· No shutout BUT no TD: 10 points

· Punt or kickoff returned for TD: 15 points

· Defensive TD: 10 points

· Safety: 7 points

· Interception/fumble recovery: 2 points

· Sack: 1 point

Offensive/Defensive Plays for TD:

· Any team that starts a play on offense and turns the ball over, and then gets the ball back, no matter how it happens or how many times it happens, is STILL the offensive team and any TD scored is credited to the offensive player. The yardage will also count if the NFL counts it.

· Field goal and punting will also be considered as offensive teams, regardless of what happens. Kickoff teams are both scored as Special Teams if there is any kind of TD.

OTHER STUFF:

· Pay on time: Due the first Saturday; if your money has not been received in a timely manner (unless arrangements have been made with either Mike, Phil or Rick), you may accumulate points, but you are not eligible to win any weekly money. If your money has not arrived by Saturday of the second week, your team will be eliminated, and you will be permanently banned from future competitions.

· Additional teams: NO additional Sunday teams.

· Money: All money collected will be in the prize pool. NO FREE ENTRIES.

· Questions: Shoot me an email or call my cell.

Good Luck to All, and Have Some Fun! And please keep Dave's memory alive.