This headline was often overshadowed by the equally important NFL drama over the past several months. Finally an end to the baseball summer snooze fest!! We’re pumped to have everyone back and hopefully the addition of some newbs to steal from. Before this seasons’ inaugural address on integrity, here are a couple notes:
- Please visit the rules page for all the details on how the system works (other than the cheating). All the answers you need are on this page and it would be dumb to ask any questions.
- The entree fee is now $25… this includes $2 for the website (part of the new cba) and your $5 optional entrance into the hot tub later in the season. If you opt into the hot tub later in the season, $5 of your entree fee rolls over into the hot tub while the other $18 is forfeited in the main pool… otherwise the net amount remains in the main pool ($23). This is due before the first game on 9/8/2011. You gotta pay to play.
- The playoff point allocations will feature spreads this season. For example, instead of a traditional 16, 15, 14, 13 it might be 16, 12, 8, 4. We think this will cause even more chaos!
On integrity. A few people have expressed that we (Rob and Ryan) have an unfair advantage because we can look at everyone’s picks. Allegedly this ‘insight’ allows us to create a mathematical algorithm for guaranteed victory. I worked on said formula for years with my sidekick Wallace. After numerous failures during the 2009 season, we ceased efforts, sold our source code to Rob, and refocused our attention and proceeds on the Tron suits. Wallace pictured below:
Seriously though… at best we could probably come up with something to place in the top 20%. This includes the assumptions that your picks don’t suck and we lack moral fiber. We can assure you that at least one of these is not accurate :). If your a sore loser, your money is still good here… Just remember that you lost because your picks blew, not because of any crazy cheating conspiracy. Rob may have placed 1st last year, but he also won in a sister pool with a similar format. As for me… I sucked in both pools, but only to throw your expectations completely off for this season!
Please send us an email and let us know you’re playing so we can get some counts…