Freeport Football Contest Rules:
Rules for the Freeport Football Contest
1) Each Week contest participants will try to pick the Winning
Team of scheduled NFL games utilizing the weekly point spreads
posted on the Freeport Football Contest website. Playoff contest
includes picking of the Over/Under for each game.
2) Contestants must submit their entry fee of 125 points prior
to kickoff of week 5. Any contestant who has not submitted their
entry fee by this deadline will be dropped from the contest at the
discretion of board of directors. The 125 points entry fee is for
the regular season contest, the playoff contest, and eliminator
contest which will be split as follows per contestant: 75 points to
the regular season prize fund, 25 points to the playoff prize fund,
10 points to the eliminator prize fund, 15 points per contestant for
administration of contest and web hosting. Adjustments in the total
points available for prize funds may be necessary to ensure
compliance with Rule #17.
3) Only NFL games with a 1 p.m. EST or later kickoff held only
on a Sunday and Monday will be utilized by this contest (games
prior to 1 p.m. eastern kickoffs such as those held in London or
Sat-reg season will
be excluded).
4) The regular season contest is cumulative ending at the end of
the NFL regular season. The contestant with the most winning picks
at the end of the season is awarded 1st place, the contestant with
the 2nd greatest number of correct picks is awarded 2nd place, the
contestant with the 3rd greatest number of correct picks is awarded
3rd place and so forth. The contestant who ends up with the most
losing picks is awarded the dubious Knows Nothing About Football
Award.
5) The playoff contest is for NFL playoff games only and it is
also cumulative (for scoring rules for the Playoff Contest see
further below).
6) The eliminator contest begins with game one and continues
until there is only one contestant remaining (for eliminator rules
see further below).
7) The Prize Funds will be based on the total number of
participants. Prizes will be distributed so that for every 3
contestants there will be at least 1 prize for the regular season &
playoff contests. The eliminator is a winner take all contest. The
Prize List will be the same as the previous contest year unless
there is a change in number of contestants. If it is required to
adjust the Prize List there will be a Prize List committee
consisting of the Freeport Board Members who will submit to the
contestants 2 prize lists to vote upon prior to week 16. Votes will
be accepted up until the next week's kickoff of contest games. Final
prize fund will be posted prior to or along with results of week 16.
8) Picks must be submitted to the Contest Administrator prior to
the weekly schedule of contest games. Only those picks received
prior to the first kickoff of contest games are considered valid
(i.e. first game kicks off at 1pm eastern on Sunday, all picks must
be received by 12:59 p.m. Sunday).
9) Picks may be submitted utilizing the Freeport Football
Contest Website (preferred), Email, phone call to contest
administrator (leave message), or given in written form to the
contest administrator. All Picks made by each participant will be
sent to all of the contestants each week. Every attempt will be
made to do this on game day prior to kickoff but due to scheduling
issues and the allowance of contestants picks to be submitted up
till game time this is not always possible and on those occasions
all picks will be sent out by Mon night. Those weeks that all picks
can not be sent prior to games played the Contest Administrator's
picks will be sent prior to the week's games to all contestants.
10) If a contestant does not submit their picks prior to the
kick off of contest games they will be assigned their “default”
picks for all games. Default Picks can be all home teams, all road
teams, all favorites, or all underdogs. Each contestant at the
beginning of the season will select their “default” picks. If
contestant default picks are not submitted they will be assigned
"All Favorites" as their default picks. In the event you select "All
Favorites" or "All Underdogs" as your defaults those games with an
Even or No Line spread the default pick will be the home team.
Default picks can be changed at anytime during the season.
11) If a tie results in any of the pay out positions at the
conclusion of the season the corresponding prize funds will be split
evenly. For example if there is a 2-way tie for 1st place the 1st
place and 2nd place prize funds will be split evenly between the 2
contestants and 2nd place would then default to 3rd place funds.
12) When submitting weekly picks include your Freeport Contest
Name and E-mail address. Only one submission per week is accepted.
Revisions to picks will only be considered if received prior to the
kickoff of the week's schedule. Revisions to contestants picks must
be sent via email (freeportfootball@giddyupdevelopment.com) and are
only deemed accepted if the contestant receives a reply receipt from
the Contest Administrator. Revisions will not be accepted if
received after the weekly email of all contestants picks has been
sent out.
13) Weekly Winners, Spreads, Standings, Pick Submission forms,
etc. will be posted on the Freeport Enterprises Web Site. Spreads
and Standings will updated weekly by the Contest Administrator by
Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. each week. In the event this is not possible
for any reason such as server/computer issues all contestants will
be notified by email by one of the Contest Board of Directors with
all relevant information. Spreads posted on the contest website
are considered official and are those that will be used by this
contest. Spreads are taken from a composite of published spreads
from major spread publishing web sites. Games where the spread is
"NL" are considered an even pick.
14) Any contest disputes, issues or questions that arise during
the contest will be decided by Freeport Football Board of Directors.
If any contestant disagrees with a decision of the Freeport Football
Contest Administrator they may bring their dispute, issue, or
question to a vote of all contestants in which a majority plus one
is required to over rule the Freeport Football Contest
Administrator.
15) Admission to the contest is limited to the discretion of the
Contest Administrator and the Contest Board of Directors. Any
contestants who have an individual they would like to add as a
contestant must submit the request to the Contest Administrator. The
number of contestants will not exceed 25 and no contestants can be
added after the kickoff of the NFL week 1 schedule. A complete list
of all Contestants will be sent to all Contestants prior to start of
scheduled games for week 2 in the NFL.
16) The Freeport Football Contest Board of Directors is made up
of Freeport Enterprises partners who are also contestants in the
Freeport Football Contest. If the Freeport Football Contest Board of
Directors ever becomes comprised of less than 5 members any
contestant from the prior year's contest can be elected to the board
by all returning contestants from the prior season. The Freeport
Football Contest Board of Directors must be comprised of at least 5
members and no more than 8 members.
Contest Officials are as follows:
Contest Administrator: GiddyUp
Contest Treasurer: Beam
Contest Sergeant of Arms: Flintstone
Contest Board of Directors are:
GiddyUp, Beam, Flintstone, SilentMan, and MoparMan
17) The Contest Administrator's entry fee is 0 points. The
Contest Treasurer's entry fee is reduced by 5 points per contestant
for handling entry fee collections and payout responsibilities with
a total reduction to be no lower than 60 points and no higher than
125 points.
18) The Freeport Football Contest is a Freeport Enterprises
sports contest and is in no way affiliated with the National
Football League. The Freeport Football Contest was
originated/created by GiddyUp Development & Freeport Enterprises and is
currently hosted by GiddyUp Development.
19) All times are Eastern
Freeport Football Eliminator Contest RULES
1) Each Week contest participants try to pick one Winning team
of the scheduled NFL game
2) No Point Spreads are Utilized for Eliminator Contest
3) Only teams playing games on Sun/Mon played in USA
mainland are eligible to be picked
4) Contest participants can only pick any given team once during
the contest. For example you pick the New England Patriots in week
one you can not pick the New England Patriots the rest of the
contest. You pick a team they are eliminated as a choice for you the
rest of the contest. It is the contestant's responsibility to know
which teams he/she have taken in past weeks. This information is
found on the eliminator details page as the weekly submission pages
have no validation against prior weeks' picks nor will it stop you
from a Thur team which isalso not allowed.
5) Your choice wins you advance to next week, Your choice
loses/ties you are eliminated from contest. No choice you lose you
are eliminated from contest.
6) Eliminator cost is 10 points of Freeport Football Contest
entry fee The winner takes all of the Eliminator prize points.
In the event there is more than 1 contestant alive after 17 weeks of
regular season (EXTREMELY, HIGHLY UNLIKELY!) the contest will
advance to the playoffs. The remaining contestants will be able to
select from the playoff teams playing each week. In the playoffs
there is No spread, try to pick a winner, your team wins you
advance, your team loses you are eliminated. If there are still
multiple contestants alive after the Super Bowl (EXTREMELY,
EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY, HIGHLY, UNLIKELY!!) prize points are split
evenly.
7) Any issue/scenario not covered by the eliminator rules will
default to the regular Freeport Football Contest rules.
Freeport Football Playoff Contest Rules
1) Each Week contest participants try to pick the Winning Team
of ALL (any day)
scheduled NFL playoff games utilizing the point spread published
on the contest website. Additionally contest participants try to
pick the Over/Under for each game utilizing the published Over/Under
on the contest website. Games with "NL" (no line) will be considered
as having a spread of Even.
2) The contest is cumulative, the contestant with the most
points after the Super Bowl is awarded 1st place, the contestant
with the 2nd greatest number of points is awarded 2nd place, the
contestant with 3rd greatest number of points is awarded 3rd place,
and so on.
3) Points are earned as follows: Wild Card Round Over/Under:
Correct Pick = 1 pt Wild Card Round Correct Pick = 2 pts Divisional
Round Over/Under Correct Pick = 3 pts Divisional Round: Correct Pick
= 5 pts Conference Final Over/Under = 7 pts Conference Final
Correct Pick = 10 pts Super Bowl Over/Under: Correct Pick = 15 pts
Super Bowl Correct Pick = 25 pts.
4) Prize Fund is based upon approximately 20% of the total
Freeport Football contest entry fees collected. Explanation:
Contest entry fee is 125 points per contestant, 75 pts go toward reg
season prize fund, 10 pts to elim prize fund, and then approximately
25 pts goes towards playoff prize fund.
5) Picks must be submitted to the Contest Administrator prior to
the weekly schedule of games. Only those picks received prior to the
kickoff of a game are considered valid (i.e. game kicks off 1pm
Sunday, pick must be rcvd by 12:59pm Sunday). Picks may be submitted
utilizing the Freeport Football Contest Website (preferred) or via
Email or Phone (leave message). Super Bowl picks must be rcvd by 2
p.m. Eastern on Super Bowl Sunday to allow all picks to be sent out
by the contest administrator prior to going to Super Bowl
festivities.
6) All Picks made by each participant will be sent to all of the
contestants each week. Every attempt will be made to do this on game
day prior to kickoff but due to scheduling issues and the allowance
of contestants picks to be submitted up till game time this is not
always possible on those occasions all picks will be sent out by Mon
night. Those weeks the Contest Administrator's picks will be sent
prior to the games to the Board of Directors.
7) Your default picks can be used for the playoff contest for
the first 3 rounds only. Super Bowl Picks MUST BE SUBMITTED and if
no picks are submitted by 2 p.m. Eastern then tough shit...
8) If a tie results the corresponding prize(s) will be split
evenly. For example a 2 way tie for 1st place will result in the
total prize funds for first and second place split evenly, thus if
first place was 100 points and second place was 50 points, the 2
contestants tied for first each get 75 points.
9) Any issue/scenario not covered by the playoff rules
will default to regular Freeport Football Contest rules...
