Welcome to the 2009 demo website for SportsFan.com's NFL Survivor Pool websites. Each pool gets its own private and personalized survivor.sportsfan.com web address. The commissioner can customize the website style/colors/pictures/rules and add messages throughout the website.
Give it a test drive. The best way to evaluate the website is to use it.
Login as commissioner (click here) to see what it's like to run your own pool with us. After logging in, check out the red Admin menu at the top left of the website to see all of the options availabe to you. You should also try logging in as a regular player (click here) to see it from a typical user's perspective. When logged in as a player, You can make and change picks and see "members only" reports such as finances.
So many options. The commissioner controls many aspects of the pool rules, such as...
- Winners pool or Losers pool (try to pick the winner or loser?)
- Number of picks (1 or 2) to make each week (can differ by week)
- Number of bad picks (strikes) that cause elimination
- Whether or not to allow "buybacks"
- Whether or not to allow "insurance"
- Buyback restrictions (such as number allowed or weeks available)
- Number of times each team can be picked or picked against
- Weekly pick deadline
- Number of entries allowed per person
- Entry fee (where allowed by law)
- Option to assign default pick if pick is not made
- Option to use "Survivor Points" pool where the goal is to earn the most points
- More....
Features that help run your pool
- Determine what information is required to sign up (name, screen name, email address, etc.)
- Add a signup password to prevent uninvited participants
- Track player contacts, divide players into groups
- Track finances where permitted
- Upload your own pictures. Make your website personalized!
- Website tracks which teams can be picked so you don't have to
- Players submit their own picks online. No more last minute phone calls.
- Someone without internet access? Commissioner can make picks for everyone in the pool
- Your own commissioner email address that forwards to your real email
- Send email directly from the website
- Determine what content to appear throughout the website
Customize the Home Page
There are many built-in home page options, shown below. You can choose which items you want to appear on your home page. You can also control the information that appears in the panel down the left (and/or right) side of the website
· Pictures/Photos
· Poll question
· Default team order
· Recent forum posts
· Pool status
· NFL Schedule
· "Who Owes" list
· Countdown timer
· Music clip player
· Slideshow
Current Pool Status
0 Survivors, 24 Previously Out and 8 Pending. List of who owes
Willy Gilligan ($25.00)
Jackson Pollock ($25.00)
Horst Strangelove ($25.00)
COUNTDOWN TO SUPER BOWL XLIV
days, hours, minutes, and seconds | CURRENT NFL SCHEDULE - WEEK #9 | |
| | Home | Away | Game Time | Line* | | Cincinnati Bengals | Baltimore Ravens | Sun 11/8 1:00 | CIN by 3 | | Philadelphia Eagles | Dallas Cowboys | Sun 11/8 8:15 | PHI by 9 | | New York Giants | San Diego Chargers | Sun 11/8 4:15 | Pick'Em | | San Francisco 49ers | Tennessee Titans | Sun 11/8 4:15 | SF by 4 | | Seattle Seahawks | Detroit Lions | Sun 11/8 4:05 | SEA by 3 | | New Orleans Saints | Carolina Panthers | Sun 11/8 4:05 | NO by 1.5 | | Indianapolis Colts | Houston Texans | Sun 11/8 1:00 | IND by 9 | | Chicago Bears | Arizona Cardinals | Sun 11/8 1:00 | CHI by 0.5 | | Atlanta Falcons | Washington Redskins | Sun 11/8 1:00 | WAS by 11 | | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Green Bay Packers | Sun 11/8 1:00 | TB by 4.5 | | Jacksonville Jaguars | Kansas City Chiefs | Sun 11/8 1:00 | JAX by 11 | | New England Patriots | Miami Dolphins | Sun 11/8 1:00 | NE by 9 | | Denver Broncos | Pittsburgh Steelers | Mon 11/9 8:30 | DEN by 13.5 | All times Eastern (ET). Winner Loser
* Lines are not used for determining survival. |
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