[Colorado-Talk] Football is coming!!!

[Martin Becerra-Miranda]

Hi all,
We’re nearing the end of August, and you know what that means? FOOTBALL IS COMING!!!

Both the National Association of Blind Students and the Colorado Association of Blind Students are putting on fundraisers during the season which is set to kick off on Thursday, September 10.

 

NABS is hosting several Fantasy Football Leagues.

What is Fantasy Football?

Fantasy football is a game where participants (you) create fantasy NFL teams comprised of different players, positions, and teams to compete against each other throughout the regular season, using an online platform to track and calculate points. Once your teams are created, each week you compete against another team owner in your league. After a game, the points are totaled, and owners and their teams move up or down in the standings. At the end of the season, the owners/teams with enough points are qualified to compete in the playoffs and, eventually, the championship.

What’s the buy-in?

As the fundraising initiative has done in past years, there is a $25 buy-in value for each owner that wants to participate in the league. This amount must be provided to your league commissioner prior to your drafting of team players and the season kickoff or draft. With kickoff swiftly approaching, the deadline for a team owner to register for the fantasy football league with a commissioner is Friday, September 4, 2020 at 12pm EST. This is a firm deadline to give commissioners and team owners time to get organized before the kick-off the following week.

What’s the payout?

If you are victorious in your respective league, your reward payout will be $100! That’s 100 reasons why you should support NABS by participating, supporting, or spreading the word of this exciting opportunity. It’s an excellent way to connect with your fellow students and many others in some friendly competition.

How do I sign up for a league?

In order to partake in this exciting opportunity, a potential team owner (you) must contact a league commissioner and express interest in registering as soon as possible. Keep in mind, there will be no guarantee that you are a registered team owner until you send your $25 payment to your commissioner and the NABS treasurer verifies the payment. NABS can accept a variety of payment options, which can be accessed by contacting the commissioner you are registering with.

Who are Commissioners?

There are four concurrent leagues running this year for the NABS Fantasy Football Initiative. To register as a team owner, we invite you to contact one of the commissioners as soon as possible to claim your spot. We have listed assigned regions for each league as a rule of thumb, but if you have preference for joining a different league, you are welcome to reach out to any of the following commissioners to sign up:

Cody Beardslee, Midwest Commissioner. codybeardslee at gmail.com

Logan Stenzel, Southern Commissioner. stenzellogan at gmail.com

Robert Parsons, Pacific Commissioner. Robert.E.Parsons at wmich.edu

Gerald Meredith, Atlantic Commissioner. Geraldmeredith1 at outlook.com

 

CABS is hosting a Football Pool.

What is a football pool?

A football pool is an fundraiser in which participants pick the winner of one game per week.

The rules this year will be pretty much the same with one single caveat.  With each winner that you choose each week, you will also need to give a total combined score for the game you’ve chosen.  That score will come into play should the NFL have to call it a day and end the season early.  The goal is to get the closest to the combined score of the game you pick. Points are given for the difference between the pick and the actual total points scored. The winner will be the person with the lowest combined points at the conclusion of the season.

What is the buy-in?

Cost is $20 to join

Methods for making payment are:

·         Mailing a check made out to Colorado Association of Blind Students to Lisa Bonderson, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., 1660 S. Albion, Suite 918, Denver, CO 80222.

·         Cash in person to any CABS board member, Lisa Bonderson or Karen Rogers.

·         Venmo.  To pay search for username corozco31 or email carina_claret at hotmail.com

What are the rules?

Payment must be received no later than 6pm on September 10, 2020 or you will be unable to participate.

Select one NFL team per week to win their game and give a total final game score with each pick

You can only pick the same team once during the regular season

If your team doesn’t win their game you will get a strike.

Two strikes and you’re out.

Ties count as strikes (you are picking the winner).

If there is still more than one person remaining at the end of the regular season (Week 17), the remaining participants will continue making picks throughout the playoffs.

During the playoffs you may select any team regardless of whether you selected them in the regular season.

You may also select the same team more than once during the playoffs.

Strikes accumulated during the regular season carryover in to the playoffs.

Picks should be emailed to Martin Becerra-Miranda at mbecerra at cocenter.org

Picks must be submitted by the earlier of the team you are picking for said week’s game or 11:00 A.M. mountain time on Sunday.

If your pick is not submitted by this time you will get a strike.

If you pick the same team more than once you will also get a strike.

I will email out picks after 11:00 A.M. on Sunday morning so you know who to root for and against.

I will send a reminder email to submit your picks each Wednesday.

What is the prize Pool Distribution?

50% goes to the Colorado Association of Blind Students

Winner takes 35%

2nd place takes 15%

The winner will be determined by the last person standing.

If there are multiple people at the end of the season/Super Bowl. The person with the fewest amount of strikes is the winner.

If the last people standing get their second strike in the same week or the last people standing have the same amount of strikes at the conclusion of the Super Bowl, the prize pool will be split accordingly.

Should the NFL be unable to finish the season, a winner will be determined by using the scores that were given each week. The winner will be the person with the lowest combined points at the conclusion of the season.

 

If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know.

 

 

My best,

Martin Becerra-Miranda, NOMC
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