BFL Football Pool Ready to Roll Into 26th Season of Play

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BFL Football Pool Ready to Roll Into 26th Season of Play.

First 2021 Picks Due a Little Over 24 Hours from Now at https://teambfl.com

Launched in 1996 as an NFL office pool at CART Headquarters just off of Exit 69 on Big Beaver Road in Troy, Michigan, the BFL is in its 26th season of league play this year. Thanks to all who have been so loyal and dedicated playing over the years, including the small group of us (old people) who started with the BFL in that very first season with hand-written pick sheets with $5 bills paper clipped to them.

Progress has been fast, and this year we roll out another new website: https://teambfl.com.

The site is open now and Week 1 picks are due by 8 p.m. EDT, TOMORROW, Thursday, September 9.

The BFL has grown and stayed strong over the years, and several dozen players from around the country have regularly participated the last few years. Welcome back to all of you who have played before, and the BFL is also open to any and all new players. Feel free to invite your friends and family.

The clear "Tom Brady Targets" this year is the franchise duo of reigning and two-time BFL Champion Martin "RedHawk Tackle" Lim and back-to-back 2018 and 2019 champ Rob "CRIP" Krinock. CRIP finished a close second last year to Redhawk, who won his first BFL title in 2017. So, between them, Redhawk and CRIP have accounted for the last four BFL championships.

It's time for some new blood or one of the league's many other returning champions to step up to the throne this year!

Rules below and good luck in the BFL this year!

League Rules and Need-to-Knows:

*The new official league site can be found at https://teambfl.com or www.teambfl.com (Without the www. loads faster).

*Weekly fee is $5, payable only in two installments - Half Season ($45.00) or Full Season ($90.00). That is $5 more than last year due to the expanded schedule of 18 weeks of play in the NFL.

Payment is by check only (we are on old league, remember?!) to Karen Tardich at:
Karen Tardich
577 E. Kennett
Pontiac, MI 48340

*Returning players who want to use the same name and password should re-registered and ready to go! If you can’t remember your password, shoot an email to Marc Matlen at mmatlen@gmail.com or marc@teambfl.com and include password in the email title and your new password in the description and the system will automatically update it... or something like that... maybe. Anyway, send that email sooner rather than later and Blade will get you hooked up.

*The BFL is a confidence points pool. The objective is to pick the winner of each game played on each weekend while allocating points to each game based on the number of games played. So, in a 16-game week (always check the total number of games being played each week!), you would pick each game’s winner and then rank each game from 1 to 16. Games you believe will be blowouts should get the highest points allocation(16, 15, 14, etc.), while games that seem to be too close to call should get the lower point allocations (3, 2, 1, etc.). You earn points only for the games you win.

*The player accumulating the most points each week is that week’s winner. The player accumulating the most points in the season wins the championship.

*No spreads are used. Make your picks based on outright wins, not against the line.

*Every weekend of play counts toward the championship. The old throw-out week rule was done away with long ago. All 18 weeks of play count.

*Your weekly pick sheet and entry must be filed on time in order to play. The pick sheet deadline is at the top of the hour before the first game of each week. For example, tomorrow's season-opener kicks off at 8:20 EDT so the site locks at 8 p.m. EDT.

*The BFL has a zero-tolerance late-pick policy. If in doubt, fill it out early in the week and send it in.

*Weekly ties are broken by the combined score of each week’s Monday Night Football game. Be sure to fill that out on each week’s pick sheet. In the event a further weekly tiebreaker is needed, the Detroit Lions game’s combine score is used. We will pick an alternative game when the Lions are on Bye.

*Championship ties will be broken by total season weekly wins down through highest weekly finishes.

*If an actual game(s) within a weekend’s schedule is postponed, and BFL players have picked and allocated points for that game(s) in a weekly pick sheet, those points will come into play if and when the game(s) is played. If necessary, that week’s payout will be held until the postponed game(s) can be played and a clear weekly BFL winner can be determined. If the game(s) is cancelled outright, no points will be allocated or reinstated.

*In the event a full weekend of actual play is postponed, the Commish will make the sole determination as to the best course of action for the BFL.

*It is OK to have a team of people for a single entry but no one may be involved in more than one team, individually or in a group. No double dipping!

*All disputes will be decided by Commish ATOM, and every year a new and entirely unexpected one emerges! Remember, sportsmanship and fair play will be at the foundation of all decisions... Even in this day and age.

*A weekly prize fund and season-long bonus pool are up for grabs. Each week’s winner receives 90% of that week’s purse. 10% of each week’s pot goes into the season-long pool which pays 60% to the winner, 30% to the runner-up and 10% to third place at the end of the season.

*Join us now at https://teambfl.com or www.teambfl.com

Commish ATOM