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             	1999 BOARD SIDE POOL PLANNED CHANGES 

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1)  The entry fee will be increased from 10 to 15 peanuts per player.       
    The increase is due to a losers bracket being set up for the     
    pool.  A maximum of two entries per player will still be allowed.

    The purpose of the additional 5 peanuts in the entry fee is to     
    have a prize available for the winner of the losers bracket.            
    This will allow players to participate in the pool longer.

2)  Due to the new losers bracket format, a change in team selections     
    will be made.  A team selected each week may only be selected once         
    during the course of a season.  One Wildcard team per entry will                
    be available that may be chosen twice during the season.  This     
    team may be chosen across the winners and losers brackets.

    You CAN NOT pick another team in the losers bracket that was        
    already chosen in the winners bracket, except for the wildcard     
    team.

3)  If you drop out of the winners bracket after week 16, you are          
    still eligible to play in the losers bracket for week 17 and/or         
    any playoff rounds.  If you drop out of the winners bracket after     
    week 17, you are still eligible to play in the losers bracket                   
    playoff round if there is a tie.  In essence, you have to make     
    two incorrect picks per entry to be officially eliminated from       
    the pool, unless there is a tie after a tie-breaking procedure is     
    put in place, then the bracket prize will be split amongst the        
    remaining entries.

4)  If you drop out of the winners bracket during any playoff               
    tie-breaking procedure, you will roll over into the losers bracket          
    and put into that tie-breaking procedure the following week, if             
    there is a week to be played.

    If there is no losers bracket tie-breaking procedure after the            
    17th week, but there is a winners tie-breaking procedure taking     
    place, a losers bracket tie-breaking procedure will be put in            
    place, if there are any playoff weeks including the Super Bowl,     
    remaining.

     As was stated earlier, you are in the pool until an entry has two          
    incorrect picks.  If there is only one losers bracket entry left          
    after the last week of the regular season, but the winners bracket                             
    needs a tie-breaking procedure, the losers bracket entry left has                                                                               
    not won anything yet.  He/she will be involved in a tie-breaking     
    procedure at some point or the prize will be split evenly if there             
    are no weeks remaining.

    The tie-breaking procedure will be based on the one that is used     
    this year, if necessary.  Of course it may be modified if there is     
    a need.

5)  All picks must be received by 6:00 P.M. eastern time, the Friday      
    before a weekend's games.  THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS.  If there     
    is a Thursday game during a particular week, that pick must          
    be made by 6:00 P.M. eastern time, the Wednesday immediately          
    preceding the game(s) that Thursday.  THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS.     
    Date and time stamps on all phone mail and e-mail will be used to     
    determine the time that a pick was made.

    All entries are in the same position, NO excuses are valid.  If       
    you are going to be out of town during a week, you must call or     
    e-mail your pick in ahead of time.

    Any picks made late will automatically receive the default pick as     
    specified in the rules for 1998.  All picks must be made via work     
    number, home number, or e-mail.

    The purpose of the time limit is to allow the pool administrator     
    to have weekends free, and to publish the weekly picks on the web     
    site in a timely manner when not out of town.

                                                                           
The purpose of the above rule changes are to increase the enjoyment     
and risk factor for all participants while at the same time increasing     
the prize distribution as well.

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