We’ve been working hard in the off-season and have another contest for all of our members. In case you missed the announcement, earlier in the week we unveiled our Swim with the Sharks Contest. Today, we’re bringing another weekly contest to test your knowledge of football. Our Pick ‘Em Contest displays all the scheduled games for the week along with the point spread. All you need to do is pick the winner. See how well you stack up against Tony and Vinnie. And guess what! You won’t be playing with Geoffrey dollars if you win the contest either. Once again, Stars will be sponsoring this contest and giving $500 to the winner to spend at Stars Collect. Again, not bad for a free site! Please take a minute to visit the sponsor of this contest - Stars; it wouldn’t be possible without them.
The rules are pretty simple. If you pick the favorite, that team must win by more than the point spread. If you pick the underdog, you will win that game if they win outright or if they lose by fewer points than the point spread. There may be instances when a ‘line’ (point spread) is not available. In those cases, the point spread will show as 0. In the case of a tie – everyone loses. Confused? It’s pretty simple but perhaps an example will help.
Favorite Point Spread Underdog
New England Patriots 3 Pittsburgh Steelers
If you pick New England and they win 21-17 they have covered the 3 point spread. Pittsburgh is getting 3 points and if you add those points to Pittsburgh’s score it would be 21-20. If you picked Pittsburgh, you would lose. And honestly, why would you pick the Steelers? If the point spread were 4 points and the score was the same – everyone would lose. I hope this helps.
Each week everyone’s record will be tallied and published on the website. At the end of the year, the member (Shark Staff excluded!) with the most number of wins with two of their worst weeks dropped will be declared the winner. Don’t be fooled by the winning percentage. Someone could have a higher winning percentage and not win (i.e. didn’t play every week but did really well in the weeks they did). The winner will be the member with the most wins. In the event of a tie, the winner will be determined by the most wins for any given week. If a tie still exists, the next highest win total for any given week will determine the winner. This will continue until a winner is decided. If there is still a tie the contest winnings will be divided as equally as possible among the remaining winners.
Picks must be made one hour before kickoff of the first game of the week. Pay attention to the early games (Thursday night and Saturday games, including THIS week)! You will be locked out of the contest for that week if you don’t submit your picks in time. So, make a visit to FantasySharks.com a part of your daily routine and save yourself the aggravation.
Good luck and enjoy the contest!
The Staff at FantasySharks.com
Legal Mumbo Jumbo
This contest is open to all FantasySharks.com members of legal age. You know who you are. If you aren’t of legal age and want to partake in the fun, get permission!
FantasySharks.com is not responsible for any late, lost, misdirected, incomplete, or damaged submissions. Nor are we responsible for any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the contest. In the unlikely event there are problems with the programming associated with the contest or used by FantasySharks.com, we’re not responsible. In the event that the National Football League season is postponed, terminated early, or cancelled for any reason (such as a strike or lockout), FantasySharks.com reserves the right to award prizes based on scores at the time the season is disrupted, to cancel, modify or suspend the game at its discretion. FantasySharks.com assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft of or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, subscriptions or picks. FantasySharks.com is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of email or entrants due to or resulting from technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or combination thereof, including injury or damage to participants or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials.
The contest will run the entire length of the regular season: September 4th, 2003 – December 28th, 2003.
The winner will be contacted via email, mail or phone within 14 days after the official results are posted at the conclusion of the contest. Winners are also posted on the FantasySharks.com web site. Winners must return via email or regular mail an affidavit of eligibility and a liability/publicity release (unless prohibited by law) within 15 days following attempted notification. Failure to comply with this requirement can result in disqualification. Any prize notification returned as undeliverable may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. By accepting a prize, the winner grants permission to FantasySharks.com to use their names, photographs, likenesses, voices, prize information and/or biographical information for publicity and promotional purposes without further compensation, unless prohibited by law. If a winner is disqualified an alternate winner will be selected.
In the event that any provision of the rules is found invalid or unenforceable pursuant to judicial decree or decision, the remainder of the rules shall remain valid and enforceable according to its terms. The parties intend that the provisions of the rules be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. Accordingly, the parties agree that if any provisions are deemed not enforceable, they shall be deemed modified to the extent necessary to make them enforceable.
