WELL Virtual Football Pool XV
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Welcome to the 15th Annual WELL Virtual Football Pool!
| 2006 | WVFP XIV | tkiriluk | Tony Kiriluk |
| 2005 | WVFP XIII | bud | Bud Burlison |
| 2004 | WVFP XII | scraps | Soren deSelby |
| 2003 | WVFP XI | mrw | Michael Walsh |
| 2002 | WVFP X | markmcc | Mark McClusky |
| 2001 | WVFP IX | kafclown | Adam Gertcasov |
| 2000 | WFVP VIII | dhuey | Andrew Dhuey |
| 1999 | WFVP VII | noah | David Blount |
| 1998 | WFVP VI | samiam | Sam Delson |
| 1997 | WFVP V | scraps | Soren deSelby |
| 1996 | WFVP IV | kaijohn | Kai John Hagen |
| 1995 | WFVP III | jstraw | Michael Newman |
| 1994 | WFVP II | hll | Howard Levine |
| 1993 | WFVP I | jimpage | Jim Page |
The rules are simple:
Each player begins with a stake of 7500 virtual dollars. You get your stake when you post your first bet in the WELL Virtual Football Pool XV topic in the sports conference. (That's topic 1373.)
Every week when there are college or (non-exhibition) NFL games, I'll post the betting lines for those games the Tuesday before. Bet as much or as little as you want on as many games as you want. Bets must be in whole dollars.
To bet on a game, post in topic 1373. Bets should be the amount, followed by the team you are betting for against the spread. As an example, to bet 100 virtual dollars on the Seacaucus Spamhawks and 400 dollars on the Fighting Gynecologists of Johns Hopkins University, just post:
100 Spamhawks 400 Johns Hopkins
To avoid confusion between pro and college teams, use the name of the school for college games and the team nickname for pro games.
If you want to change or retract a bet, do not scribble your post, but instead make another post with your revised betting information.
Parlay bets --bets of the form "I'm betting my entire stake of 100 on the Spamhawks, and when they win let it all ride on Johns Hopkins"-- are accepted only if the bet is placed in the proper sequence of games. If Johns Hopkins plays before te Spamhawks, only the Spamhawks bet will count. If the games are being played at the same time, only the first bet listed will be counted (in this case the Spamhawks).
If the second game begins before the first one ends (say because of overtime), the house will allow the winnings from the first wager to be rolled over into the second wager. The house doesn't have the time to track start and end times that closely.
As always, your bets must be placed prior to the post time of the game as shown in the line posting. The post times will always be on the hour or half-hour. Games that are scheduled to start at 0-29 minutes past the hour will have a post time of the nearest previous hour; games scheduled to start between 30-59 minutes past the hour will have a post time of the nearest previous half-hour.
Decisions of Der Jungenpühlmeister when necessary will be made in accordance with the spirit and intent of the rules. I am open to reasoned arguments while reaching my decisions.
Finally, this is a contest of football analysis not an exercise in gamesmanship. Trying to maintain a lead by simply mirroring the betting of your trailing opponents will be considered poor sportsmanship and frowned upon by Der Jungenpühlmeister; if I find myself frowning enough I reserve the option of acting to restore the competitive balance of the pool as I see fit.
And that's all there is to it! Come on and join the fun!