The Clayton Football Club

We have built up an amazing football pool over the past few years and are excited to run the Clayton Football Club – this year will be no exception!

Sign ups begin August 2024.

How to enter the Pool + The Loser Pool
FOR THE REGULAR WEEKLY PICK’EM POOL

1. Go to https://www.officefootballpool.com/pools.cfm?p=2
2. Enter Pool ID: 215996
3. Entry Code: wingbig2023
4. Choose your handle

Online Pick’em Pool Rules:

OBJECTIVE
Correctly choose the winner of each game against the spread, during the 18 weeks of the regular 2023 NFL season

POOL FORMAT
This is a Standard Pick’em pool where you pick all the games on the picksheet, against the spread, and where the standings are based on your win-loss record.

POOL SCHEDULE
This pool starts with NFL Week 1 and ends with the regular NFL football season (week 18) and does not include playoffs.

POINT SPREADS
This pool uses point spreads, and your win-loss record is ‘Against the Spread’. The team you pick must cover the spread for you to get credit for a win.

WEEKLY STANDINGS
The Weekly Standings in this pool are based on ‘Wins’. The person with the most wins is ranked highest.
If there is a tie after ‘Wins’, the first tiebreaker is ‘MNF Total’. The person who most closely picks the total combined score by both teams in the Monday night game is ranked highest. Going over or under does not
matter. If there is no Monday night game, the website will designate a replacement game. If there is a tie after ‘MNF Total’, it will be considered a tie.

SEASON STANDINGS
The Standings in this pool are based on ‘Wins’. The person with the most wins is ranked highest If there is a tie after ‘Wins’, the first tiebreaker is ‘MNF Total’. The person who most closely picks the total combined score by both teams in the Monday Night Football (MNF) game wins this tiebreaker. Going over or under does not matter. For the season tiebreaker, it is the cumulative absolute difference between your
predictions and the final score. For example, if you were off by 4 the first week and -4 the second week, your absolute difference would be 8 after 2 weeks. If there is a tie after ‘MNF Total’, it will be considered a tie.

CONFIRMING PICKS
It is your responsibility to confirm that your own picks are accepted by the website. You should see the Congratulations Screen after submitting your picks and you should receive a pick confirmation email. If you are still unsure if your picks were accepted, you should return to the pick sheet, not by using your browser’s back button, but by clicking on the My Picks link. If your picks were accepted, they will be prefilled on the picksheet.

POSTPONED GAMES
If a game is postponed to a later week, all the picks for that game will be deleted by the website. The website will send an email notification to the people who picked that game and their pool managers. Whether they get the email or not, it is the responsibility of the individual pool member to know that the game was postponed and to enter a new pick (if necessary) before the pick deadline passes.

DISPUTES
If there is ever a discrepancy between what the website shows and what the player says he/she entered, the website will be considered correct. If there is ever a discrepancy between what the website shows and a pick confirmation email, the website will be considered correct.

POOL MANAGER
Any questions regarding the pool can be sent to the pool manager. The pool manager’s contact information can be found on the pool’s website under HELP>Contact Pool Manager. Or feel free to email the pub at football@theclaytonpub.com

EXCEPTION TO PAYMENT METHOD; OUT OF TOWN PURCHASE/POOL ENTRY
We will allow an exception to our cash only policy for out of towners who would like to enter the pool. Please send an email with a picture of your ID (to prove out of town address), and you will be allowed to purchase entrance into our Pool with a credit card.

The schedule can be found at: https://www.nfl.com/schedules/nfl-schedule-release/

** Please be sure to read through all the rules and policies below. Any questions can be submitted via the pools website or sent direct to football@theclaytonpub.com **

Loser Pool Rules:

OBJECT OF THE GAME
Pick Losers – The object of this game is to pick a single LOSING team each week, for the 18 weeks of the regular 2023 NFL season. If that team loses then you advance to the next week, and you can’t pick that team again. If that team wins or ties, you are eliminated from the pool. The winner is the person who
advances the most weeks.

TEAM RESTRICTIONS
You may only pick a team once. For example, if you pick Denver in week 1, you cannot pick them again.

ELIMINATION
This pool is single elimination. You are eliminated the first time you make an incorrect pick.

POSTPONED GAMES – Same as Pick’em Pool

DISPUTES – Same as Pick’Em Pool

BACKUP PICKS
This pool uses the “Backup Picks” feature. The picksheet will show a field for a Backup Pick to go along with your regular picks. If the main pick gets cancelled, like because of a hurricane, lightning, or COVID, the backup pick will kick in automatically.

WINNING
The winner is the person who advances to the latest week. If there are 2 survivors and 1 of them is out of teams to pick, the other player still needs to advance one more week to win. The winner takes all!
Member count X $20

PICK DEADLINE
This pool does not use the website feature to make auto-picks. If you miss the pick deadline you will get a No Pick and a strike.

CONFIRMING PICKS – Same as Pick’em Pool

ADDITIONAL RULES – Available on officefootballpools.com

Season Reminders:
WEEK 1 – No Thursday game
WEEK 2 – 2x Monday games
WEEK 12 – 3x Thursday games, 1x Friday game
WEEK 14 – 2x Monday games
WEEK 15 – 5x Saturday games
WEEK 16 – 2x Saturday games, 3x Monday games
WEEK 17 – 1x Saturday game, no Monday game
WEEK 18 – only games on Sunday

Monday Night Prize giveaway (attendance required)
Halfway Season and End of Season MEGA prize giveaway
Weekly payouts can be picked up at the pub, 7 days after the Monday game
Game times are subject to change.