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=='''COMPLETE RULES FOR PARTICIPANTS</h1>==

=='''COMPLETE RULES FOR PARTICIPANTS==

===PAYMENT===

===Payment===

Prior to Thursday, September 6th, send or bring $40 in cash, check, or PayPal.com order to:

Prior to Thursday, September 6th, send or bring $40 in cash, check, or PayPal.com order to:

:Gregory Kohs

:Gregory Kohs

==POST-SEASON PREDICTION==

==POST-SEASON PREDICTION==

Put on your wizard’s cap and get out your crystal ball.  Prior to 7:00 PM, Thursday, September 6th, (yes, once again the NFL is scheduling a Thursday night game to kick off the season) you will select four (4) NFL teams.  Pick a pair of teams from the AFC and a pair of teams from the NFC.  At the end of the regular season, you will get 5 points for each regular-season win by each team, 5 points for every win beyond that which they produced last year during the regular season (improvement), and then 5 points for every post-season game the team appears in.  There is no penalty for ending up in the “wrong direction” versus last year.  Teams receiving a bye in the first playoff week will not accrue points for the bye.  There will be an additional 5-point bonus if one of your four teams wins the Super Bowl.  The 2006 final standings are found at:  http://www.nfl.com/standings?category=league&season=2006-REG&split=Overall.

Put on your wizard’s cap and get out your crystal ball.  Prior to 7:00 PM, Thursday, September 6th, (yes, once again the NFL is scheduling a Thursday night game to kick off the season) you will select four (4) NFL teams.  Pick a pair of teams from the AFC and a pair of teams from the NFC.  At the end of the regular season, you will get 5 points for each regular-season win by each team, 5 points for every win beyond that which they produced last year during the regular season (improvement), and then 5 points for every post-season game the team appears in.  There is no penalty for ending up in the “wrong direction” versus last year.  Teams receiving a bye in the first playoff week will not accrue points for the bye.  There will be an additional 5-point bonus if one of your four teams wins the Super Bowl.  The 2006 final standings are found at:  [http://www.nfl.com/standings?category=league&season=2006-REG&split=Overall the NFL.com database].

You may not switch out any of your teams at any time, so choose carefully.

You may not switch out any of your teams at any time, so choose carefully.

QUARTERBACKS:

QUARTERBACKS:

  Choose between last year's top QB's -- '''Drew Brees''' or '''Peyton Manning'''.

<blockquote>Choose between last year's top QB's -- '''Drew Brees''' or '''Peyton Manning'''.</blockquote>

RUNNING BACKS:

RUNNING BACKS:

  Choose between last year's top RB's -- '''LaDainian Tomlinson''' or '''Larry Johnson'''.

<blockquote>Choose between last year's top RB's -- '''LaDainian Tomlinson''' or '''Larry Johnson'''.</blockquote>

RECEIVERS:

RECEIVERS:

  Choose between last year's top WR's -- '''Chad Johnson''' or '''Marvin Harrison'''.

<blockquote>Choose between last year's top WR's -- '''Chad Johnson''' or '''Marvin Harrison'''.</blockquote>

Points awarded will always be rounded down, so if your receiver has 3 catches of 24 yards each on a particular day (72 total receiving yards), you’ll only get 2 points for him that week.  Yards will not carry over from week to week.   

Points awarded will always be rounded down, so if your receiver has 3 catches of 24 yards each on a particular day (72 total receiving yards), you’ll only get 2 points for him that week.  Yards will not carry over from week to week.   

Each week of the NFL regular season, prior to 12:00 Noon on Sunday, participants will make a selection of two (2) NFL teams that they want to win on Sunday.  (For this portion of the pool, we are going to disregard all games played on Thursdays, Saturdays, Mondays, or any other non-Sunday day because of a hurricane, tornado, flood, terrorist plot, impeachment hearing, or “very special” episode of The Office.)  After you select a team once for your Stay-Alive Pick, you may not select that team again for the rest of that 4-week period.  (For the last five weeks of the regular season, you must stretch your no-re-pick rule to a 5-week period.)   

Each week of the NFL regular season, prior to 12:00 Noon on Sunday, participants will make a selection of two (2) NFL teams that they want to win on Sunday.  (For this portion of the pool, we are going to disregard all games played on Thursdays, Saturdays, Mondays, or any other non-Sunday day because of a hurricane, tornado, flood, terrorist plot, impeachment hearing, or “very special” episode of The Office.)  After you select a team once for your Stay-Alive Pick, you may not select that team again for the rest of that 4-week period.  (For the last five weeks of the regular season, you must stretch your no-re-pick rule to a 5-week period.)   

Scoring:  If you are correct on both of your Stay-Alive Pair teams (both your teams win; that is, not a tie, not a loss), the participant earns 10 points.  If you are correct on only one of the paired teams, you get 5 points.  If you are incorrect on both paired teams, you forfeit any remaining opportunities to pick in that 4-week period (or 5-week period at the end of the season).   

Scoring:  If you are correct on both of your Stay-Alive Pair teams (both your teams win; that is, not a tie, not a loss), the participant earns 10 points.  If you are correct on only one of the paired teams, you get 5 points.  If you are incorrect on both paired teams, you receive no points and forfeit any remaining opportunities to pick in that 4-week period (or 5-week period at the end of the season).   

==REPORTING YOUR PICKS==

==REPORTING YOUR PICKS==

As the pool manager, to maintain the integrity of my participation in the pool, I will be sure to disclose my own picks to at least one different person each week, PRIOR to the end of business day on Wednesday.  Therefore, if you don’t want me seeing your picks before I make my own selections, wait until at least after work on Wednesday before you submit your picks.  It is only fair to point out that I have won my own pool a couple of times, and a Kohs family member typically seems to do well in most years, although it has been impossible for me to have cheated, and I don’t really care for helping my family to cheat, since they never reward me with any secret kick-backs!   

As the pool manager, to maintain the integrity of my participation in the pool, I will be sure to disclose my own picks to at least one different person each week, PRIOR to the end of business day on Wednesday.  Therefore, if you don’t want me seeing your picks before I make my own selections, wait until at least after work on Wednesday before you submit your picks.  It is only fair to point out that I have won my own pool a couple of times, and a Kohs family member typically seems to do well in most years, although it has been impossible for me to have cheated, and I don’t really care for helping my family to cheat, since they never reward me with any secret kick-backs!   

===FAILURE TO MAKE APPROPRIATE PICKS IN TIME===

===Failure to make appropriate picks in time===

Any participant who fails to make any of the appropriate picks before deadlines will be assigned the player or team that is eligible for selection that appears first alphabetically (first name, then last name, in the case of players; city, then nickname, in the case of teams).

Any participant who fails to make any of the appropriate picks before deadlines will be assigned the player or team that is eligible for selection that appears first alphabetically (first name, then last name, in the case of players; city, then nickname, in the case of teams).

::TheKohser@gmail.com

::TheKohser@gmail.com

::610-696-1644

::610-696-1644

Now . . . '''PREPARE TO PARE DOWN THE PLAYMAKERS INTO PERFECT PAIRS''' . . .

Now . . . '''PREPARE TO PARE DOWN THE PLAYMAKERS INTO PERFECT PAIRS''' . . .

<h1>'''ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?!?!'''</h1>

<h1>'''ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?!?!'''</h1>

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