Week #1 of the TFP Loser Pool
Because of the popularity of the Suicide Pool, there is a new pool that starts in Week #6 of the NFL season - a Loser Pool. Everyone is eligible to play starting in Week #6, but if you don’t make it by then, you are locked out for the rest of the season. This pool is very similar to the Suicide Pool with one exception: instead of picking a guaranteed winner, you have to pick a guaranteed loser. Sounds simple, but remember you can only pick a team to lose once during the pool (which could stretch into the playoffs). “Choose, but choose wisely.”
The rules:
1. Each week you must pick one team to lose that week. (Point spreads are irrelevant!) If they lose you continue on in the pool the next week. They win, you are out.
2. You may only pick a team one time during the pool to lose a game. Once you have picked a team, that team can not be used for the remainder of the season. (This is where the strategy comes into play - choose wisely when to take your "sure thing" team.) If you “accidently” pick a team you have used previously, you will lose and then be prepared to be mocked and thoroughly embarrassed (hereinafter referred to as the “inharmony rule”).
Since this is a single elimination, be sure to have your pick in by midnight EST the night before the first game. If the mod (thanks again Spectre) locks the thread before you pick, you have not picked, and have lost.
http://www.nfl.com/schedules
This is the first week of the pool, all can participate.