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2005 SEASON WILL LAST ONLY 14 WEEKS ... ENDING WITH THE MONDAY DEC. 12TH GAME

CONGRATULATIONS! You have received your personal invitation to participate in a fun, relatively simple and potentially profitable NFL football pool.

The entry fee for the entire 2005 NFL Regular Season is only $175 (not solid yet).  From this reasonable amount, (not known until all have entered) most will be allocated to the pool fund, $400 will be used to defray administrative costs of the pool (e.i.; our web [$270 ... $45 x 6mo] and postage  [$130 stamps and checks]). 

Each pool participant will be required to select his/her choice for the winning team of every game as well as assigning his/her degree of certainty to each choice.  The degree of certainty will be designated by ranking the selections 16 to the lowest value given each week (not always 1), 16 being allocated to the most confident selection.   Points will be earned for those games in which the participant selects the winning team.  The objects is to score the most points each week.

There are a multitude of opportunities to win!  Approximately 70% of the pool fund will be allocated to the weekly distribution pool ($??? for first, $??? for second, and $?? for third).  The remaining 30% of the pool fund will be allocated to the overall season distribution pool (around $222 for first, and decreasing there after).

RULES:

1.  The decision of the Administrative Committee will be final on all disputes which may arise.
2.  The $175 pool entry must be provided upon registration.
3.  All weekly pool entries must be submitted via the INTERNET or FAX by midnight of the Wednesday preceding the games for each week. This rule will be strictly adhered to.
     a.) INTERNET WEBSITE is REDROOSTAR.COM and click on the football icon.  Follow directions and provide your password (your choice for your protection) with your entry forms.  All the weekly entry forms are immediately available at the website (Pick'em or Futures). 
     b.) FAX number is also in same invitation.
4.  IF A WEEKLY ENTRY IS NOT RECEIVED ON TIME OR AT ALL, IT WILL NOT BE AN ACCEPTABLE ENTRY.   THE PARTICIPANT WILL AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE THE VISITING TEAMS FOR THE WEEK, RANKED 16 TO 1 (OR THE LOWEST VALUE THAT WEEK) IN THE ORDER THE GAMES APPEAR ON THE PRESCRIBED ENTRY FORMS.
5.  The point total of an unacceptable entry will be added to the participant's overall season score.  However, the participant will NOT be eligible to win weekly money for that week.
6.  Participants will be required to select his/her choice for the winning team of all games each week, as well as assigning his/her degree of certainty to each choice.   Your degree of certainty will be designated by ranking your selections 16 through the lowest value for the week; 16 being allocated to your most confident selection Each numerical ranking MAY ONLY BE ASSIGNED ONCE PER WEEK. When a ranking is listed twice, that ranking value and the missing ranking value will be assigned by placing the higher value first followed by the lower value (this is an extension of Rule 4 and that spirit will be used in settling all point and team allotments.
7.  Please check your score for errors.  IMMEDIATELY REPORT ERRORS BY USING THE INTERNET MESSAGE BOARD OR NOTIFY SKIP (if you don't notify us before the game is played you have accepted the pick given you ... if the records show you are right we will change the pick).
8.  Winning participants will receive their distribution by check in approximately one week, unless the Commissioner is on vacation.
9.  In the event of a tie game, each participant will be awarded half of the points he/she allocated to said game (rounded up to make a whole number).
10. All tie scores will split the award money equally, (i.e.; if two participants have a perfect score in a given week, they will share the combined first and second place award money equally). See your mailed print out for other rules.