As your Commissioner and defending 2023-2024 Champion (how very Trumpy of me), I am happy to announce the start of the 2024-2025 Lavender Room NFL Football Pool. Taking the advice of last year’s competitors I would like to keep it as simple as possible to encourage participation, while maintaining a few gamesmanship incentives. To wit, here is my proposal for this season:
Wins 1pt, losses 0pts, winner will be determined by point total after the SB.
No point spread consideration (I only included them last season to help guide your selections and to highlight the 3 and 5 point game decisions)
Game of the Week: 2 points win, 0 points loss. These are typically even odds if the matchup is between powerhouse teams, but I may pick them based on intrigue (ex: heated divisional rival matchup, Rodgers vs GB etc.) and not necessarily the strength of the matchup.
Escalating point value for playoffs as with last year, except no underdog points, no GOTW in playoffs. Wildcard weekend point values: 2/0, Divisional 3/0, Conference 4/0, Super Bowl 5/0. No gimmick SB points available like MVP etc.
One significant difference, which I propose will be called the Windy Rule, is that any participant who chooses all favorites in three consecutive weeks will deduct 3 points from their season total. There was incentive last year to pick underdogs, so it may be tempting to choose all favorites this year. I don’t expect this will affect anyone except the rule’s namesake. Make picks like you normally would and this won’t affect you. Game the system and deduct 3 internet points.
TL:DR, one point for win, zero for loss, no point spreads, one GOTW worth 2 points every week, escalating point values for playoffs, no gimmicks, don’t be a dick and pick only favorites, player with highest point total wins.
Count me in. But, not having played before, are you required to submit your picks for the entire slate of games before kickoff of the Thursday night game?
Before the first kickoff of the week keeps it clean and easy to follow, so that would be my preference. But if a game changing development happens between Thursday night and MNF kickoff it’s reasonable to allow changes, so long as they’re posted before game time.
Count me in. I will be in two weekly pools, well a pool and one fantasy league. My daughter’s boyfriend convinced me to join his fantasy league, which consists of mostly 20-somethings who have nothing better to do than eat/breathe/live fantasy football. I’m going to get smoked like a pack of Kools.
I am in. Will try to not miss a week as to get booted like last year…. Love the avatar for the loser. Although I think the avatar should stick with the loser until the start of the next football season!
Roger mulligans allowed. Thanks. it might just take me 10 more attempts to get my picks out of this new door. cut and paste, quote, bold or no bold. Last two attempts I was alerted that I cant post an empty post
So to clarify, the only picking the favorites rule, as I anticipate later in the season, I could fall a foul. At what point are you defining the favorite? when you post it or at kickoff, as in close matchups the odds do flip. So when I pick my non-favorite I want to make sure I am using the same measuring stick as you.
