Do you hear that sound? It’s the cool wind of optimism as another football season blows into town. The Nemmers Scrum football pool is revving up. Is this your year? Are you ready? Of course you are!
Just like last year, Emily is in the final crunch preparing for the Dallas Chocolate Festival, so I’m standing in as the proxy-vice-assistant commissioner. My job is to rally the eager participants and wrangle a few party-poopers who might consider skipping this season (boo!)
The rules are pretty much the same as last year, except that if the season starts to go really long….I don’t want to be scrambling in the playoffs again this year, so if it goes past week 13 we’re gonna make it a little harder for the remaining contestants.
The Rules:
1. Send Emily $10. Your credit is no good here, so ante up!
2. Each week send Emily one pick. Send it only to her, not the whole group, so that everyone can make their own pick. Email her or send a text. (except week 1, which will go to Kevin)
3. If you team wins, you advance. If your team does not win, you get a strike. On your second strike, you are eliminated. You can only pick any team once each season. This is self-policing. If you accidentally submit a team you’ve already used, catch the commissioner before kick-off to reconcile! Ties count as a loss.
The football season starts on Thursday September 6. We don’t want the pool to drag as many weeks as it did last year, so prior to week 1 we may add some tie-breaker rule additions for the late season prior to the pool.
Interested? Send me and Emily an email to get you on the list and then shoot Emily a crisp Hamilton ($10) or beam it via the interwebs using PayPal, Venmo, or QuickPay. We’re good at accepting money so we’ll take whatever method you choose.
I included a long list of family in this email, but I don’t have email addresses for everyone. If someone in your household wants to play, they’re invited.
Finally, here’s a link to the blog: where you can check out the rules and all. Bookmark the Nemmers Scrum page so you can check each week’s announcements. Check out our Champions page for the smiling faces of previous winners.
So… are you in?