prediction contest changes for next year....

[gtfan]

I plan on lowering game total to 4 games/wk next year down from the traditional 7. Please post your comments/suggestions in this thread.

My reasoning is 122 games just seems like TOO MANY. I think if we knocked it down it might be more of a sprint and less of a marathon.

If you want input now is the time to post it.

 

[gth816f]

I agree. Personally I'd also like to see a switch to straight spread format, just one point for getting it right and one point for getting it wrong. If that's too boring adding the O/U might be cool too. Just my opinion.

 

[SMoney]

The more games we have, the larger the sample size and we can really see how accurate someone is. I say keep it the way it is. I do think you should institute something though where if you miss a week (don't submit any picks that week), you are automatically assigned the lowest point total earned of those that did submit picks. I have missed a week or two and it really kills your score. Was in another pickem contest last year that did that and it helps.

 

[GTWannaBee]

The more games we have, the larger the sample size and we can really see how accurate someone is. I say keep it the way it is. I do think you should institute something though where if you miss a week (don't submit any picks that week), you are automatically assigned the lowest point total earned of those that did submit picks. I have missed a week or two and it really kills your score. Was in another pickem contest last year that did that and it helps.

I agree with SMoney here. Once you miss a week, you pretty much give up on the competition.