Ideas for running and winning an office pool.
Discussion always come up this time year about football office pools. There are many different formats but three stand out as the most popular; Survivor, Pick’em and Confidence. I prefer the strategy and research needed for a pick’em pool but many disagree.
So which is the MOST popular format?
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With the NFL season just around the corner, it is now time to start thinking about NFL office pools. I will therefore be spending July and August posting ideas on how you can go about creating an entertaining NFL office pool. I have many different creative formats and tools that you can use to put out the best product. I will do reviews of some of the best office pool sites and am working on creating NFL office pool spreadsheets for you to use.
If you like office pools and the NFL then sign up for my NFL Newsletter which will give you weekly office pool picks and tips.
I am also in the process of producing an e-book that will have strategies to help you win your NFL office pool.
I am excited about the NFL season….I hope you are too.
The Office Pool Guy
What do NFL football fans do after football season is over…that’s right they talk about football. They watch the combine, they talk about players and they focus on next years draft. For the true football fan the season begins the day after the Super Bowl. So as the Office Pool Guy, why not seize the opportunity to do what I do best…put on a pool.
That is why next year I will put on an office pool for the NFL draft.
Here is how I would put together an NFL draft pool (this could also work for the NBA):
1) A week or so before the draft, Each participant drafts 1-2 of the 32 NFL teams.
2) Each participant will then complete a mock draft board for the 1st round of the draft. Most accurate draft board will win. (since there are so many trades in the 1st round scoring would go by THE SLOT EACH PLAYER IS SELECTED, not by team…ie. 5th pick, 6th pick, 7th pick)
3) Each participant will also make a prediction on who the team/s they drafted would pick.
3) How to Score:
5 points = pick right
4 points = off by one pick (Bradford went you first, you had him going 2nd)
3 points = off by two picks
2 points = off by three picks
1 point = off by four picks
Zero points = off by five or more picks
The team/s you drafted are used for bonus points or a tie breaker:
4) Add up all the points and high total wins.
Here is a site that allows users to “build their own mock draft” . A commish could use this site to help track picks.
Next year this will be part of my pool offerings. Try it out with the NBA draft and let me know how it goes.
