2019 Net54 Playoff Contest
 

Happy New Year to all! It’s that time of year for the 2019 Net54 Playoff Contest, but this year we’re going to do it a little differently. In the past, it was mostly for bragging rights, with a couple of our board members gracious enough to donate a trophy and a t-shirt to the winner. This year, we will have a cash prize and an opportunity to help a great charity at the same time. There will be a one-time $10 entry fee per person (not per round). You may play multiple times, it’s $10 per play. 50% of the pot will go to Safe Haven Furever Rescue, 50% will be divided among the winners (probably 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, but it depends on the number of participants).

50% - Safe Haven Furever Rescue
50% - Winners
100% Worth it!

So for example, if we get 100 participants, that's $1000 prize pool. $500 would go to Safe Haven Furever Rescue and the other $500 to the winners.

Here are the rules. You have until 1 hour before kickoff to post your picks. Please post to the thread, no PMs. Once you've made your picks, you are locked in. There are no changing picks. I'm sorry, but I just won't have time to go back through the thread looking for edits. If you make an honest mistake (say you pick the same team twice or fail to pick one of the games), just make a new post and I will see it. Other than that, no editing your picks.

All Wild Card games are worth 1 point
All Conference Semi-Finals are worth 2 points
Conference Finals are worth 3 points each
The Super Bowl is worth 5 points

In case of a tie, the tie-breaker will be the total combined points of the Super Bowl.

I’ve talked to Leon and have his blessing. I’ve ran the playoff contest before, but it was never for money. I want to make this as transparent as possible. If you have any ideas/suggestions, please share. I ask that the entry fee be paid with PayPal Friends, that way all the money goes to charity and to the winners. If you don’t like using PP Friends, regular PP is fine too, but please add the 3%. Everyone will get to see everyone else’s picks, they will be posted to this thread. Once we know the total number of participants and everyone has paid, the prize pot will be announced, and I’ll immediately make half the funds available to Safe Haven Furever Rescue. The other half will be divided among the winners after the Super Bowl. Please let me know if you have any questions (please post publically, no PMs).

My PayPal is djames623@hotmail.com

When paying, please be sure to add your Net54 username in the notes. I’ll keep the thread updated as to who has paid. Here is the first round lineup:

Saturday, January 5
Indianapolis Colts vs Houston Texans
Seattle Seahawks vs Dallas Cowboys

Sunday, January 6
Los Angeles Chargers vs Baltimore Ravens
Philadelphia Eagles vs Chicago Bears

If you've never participated before, here is a link to one of the past contests so you can see how it works...

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...hlight=playoff

CONFIRMED (Paid) PLAYERS
vintagetoppsguy
BeanTown
sb1
Peter Spaeth
TUM301
barrysloate
Cliff Bowman
Buythatcard
AndrewJerome
ibuysportsephemera
Nunzio11

I'll start it off

Houston Texans
Seattle Seahawks
LA Chargers
Chicago Bears

WildCard games

LAC
SEA
IND
CHI

Will PP you 10.00 tonight.

JC

Just sent $10

Texans
Cowboys
Chargers
Eagles

Texans
Cowboys
Ravens
Bears

Hello Dave, sounds good count me in. Sent payment and will make my picks later this week, thanx again Murph GO PATS !!!!!!

Thanks David for taking the initiative on this. And it's a good cause:

Houston Texans
Seattle Seahawks
LA Chargers
Chicago Bears

Usually we have over a hundred people playing. Charge $10 and we have half a dozen and counting.

It's been five long years since I prevailed to win this trophy. If it would promote more participation, I would consider donating this as a rotating award.


The plate reads


If I enter this year, I might not come in last and destroy my reputation.

Talk about half-assed.:)

Technically ass-half would be more accurate.:D

LOL, as opposed to ass-whole :D

Payment Sent

Texans
Cowboys
Chargers
Bears

First game kicks off in just under 24 hours

Looking forward to all 4 of these games, all interesting matchups.
Texans, Seahawks, Eagles, Chargers. Best of luck to all participants and of course the dogs !

Here are my picks:

Indianapolis Colts
Seattle Seahawks
Baltimore Ravens
Philadelphia Eagles

I just paid by paypal. Thanks to David for organizing this!

Let's see if I can defend my title from 2012.

Paypal sent....Thanks.

Jeff


Bears, Colts, Cowboys, Ravens

Houston Seattle Los Angeles (Chargers) Chicago

Thanks for taking charge David. Come guys let’s get the pot moving for a good cause.

Colts
Seahawks
Ravens
Bears

Contest closed.

Wow, I was thinking the same thing.

Only 11 contestants. Pot is $110. That's $55 for Safe Haven and $55 to be split among the winners. However, since it's such a small pot, I'm going to change it up a bit from what I originally posted. I'm going to donate the $55 to Safe haven out of my own pocket and leave the prize pot $110. I'll post the payout amounts in a few minutes. Any objections?

Not that I will ever win a football pool, but if I do I'm good with donating my payout.

How about paying first and second place 65/35? Any objections?

That's kind of you, Peter. I'll do the same thing.

How about donating the whole pot and we'll play for fun?

By the way, did the Houston coach remember to tell his players that this was a playoff game? What a stinker. That was a pick I will cherish for many years to come.:(

I haven't liked our coach from day 1. I think our offensive coordinator should be fired. Oh, wait, our coach is our offensive coordinator :rolleyes:

Even with a smaller number of participants, you need to specify a tiebreaker rule in the case of a tie, such as total points in the Super Bowl.

I will donate any of my winnings, if any, to the puppies.

Jeff

If I win anything (never happens), then I will donate my winnings to the charity.

Brutal first week, none worse than the Chicago loss. Let's go with all the home teams in week 2:

NE Patriots
KC Chiefs
NO Saints
LA Rams

Is there a leader board, showing what each person scored last week? That would be cool to see for us onlookers.

Chiefs
Rams
Chargers
Saints

Yes, but I haven't updated it yet. I've got all the picks on a spreadsheet at work and I've been off these last couple of days. I'll probably return back to work tomorrow, so it should be updated then.

The $55 was donated to Safe Haven on Saturday as promised.

More like a trailer board, I don't think anyone did better than 2-2.

I believe I am the sole person to go 3-1

At 1-3 one has to go against the grain to have any chance. So
Colts
Patriots
Saints
Cowboys

I will be going with the following:

Chiefs
Saints
Rams
Chargers

Leader board. Or as Peter said, more like a trailer board. :D
The good news is, it's still wide open.

sb1 - 3
Beantown - 2
TUM301 - 2
Buythatcard - 2
AndrewJerome - 2
ibuysportsephemera - 2
vintagetoppsguy - 1
Peter_Speath - 1
barrysloate - 1
Cliff_Bowman - 1
Nunzio11 - 1

2nd rd picks

Patriots
Chiefs
Saints
Rams

Some of you have already picked, but for those of you that haven't, here is the lineup

Indianapolis Colts vs. KC Chiefs
Dallas Cowboys vs. LA Rams

LA Chargers vs. NE Patriots
Philadelphia Eagles vs. NO Saints

I'm going with:

Chiefs, Rams, Patriots & Saints

No rhyme or reason after last weeks performance.

Chiefs
Rams
Chargers
Saints

Kansas City, Los Angeles Rams, New England, New Orleans.

Chiefs
Rams
Chargers
Saints

Go Big or go home, Colts Cowboys Pats Eagles. Enjoy the games guys !

Colts
Rams
Patriots
Saints

BeanTown - 10
sb1 - 9
vintagetoppsguy - 9
barrysloate - 9
Cliff_Bowman - 9
Buythatcard - 8
AndrewJerome - 8
ibuysportsephemera - 8
Nunzio11 - 7
Peter_Speath - 5
TUM301 - 4

Next Round
 

AFC Championship Game
Patriots vs Chiefs

NFC Championship Game
Rams vs Saints

I'm going Pats and Saints

Chiefs and Saints. :D

Only way to get back in it:


Patriots and Rams

Chiefs
Rams

I too will go KC Chiefs and LA Rams.