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January 12, 2025                                    Section 1/3- WHAT is DOUGSQBCLUB?

2025 will be the 47^th year for dougsqbclub, an NFL Quarterback Club.  Once you are registered and set up you pick the winner of each NFL game each week using spreads and select one of these games as your Key Game, one game you figure is a sure bet to win. You can do 2 or 3 weeks or the whole season in advance then make changes up to the start of the first Sunday game each week. The system creates 2 reports every Monday night.. one showing participants weekly points and the second showing the year-to-date standings.   The club pays $200 weekly and 70+ people usually win a prize by end of the season.
 
Do you run a Quarterback Club?  Is it a manual system?  If YES then why not have your people join this club then use our stats for your group and your group can win prizes in both clubs.
If you do this their is an easy way to isolate only your group in weekly and season-to-date reports. Instructions on how to do this can be found on the 'Hints n Helpers' page.
 
In 2024we had 398 participants. This club has good prizes but is not for anyone hoping to make a lot of money. 

In short this is how to join dougsqbclub.
1) Tell Doug you want to join the club and tell him who told you about this club. This can be done anytime.

2) Create an account on officefootballpool.com (ofp) then tell Doug your Login (User) Name. This can be done anytime. 
     See # 1. at 5 lines down for instructions on how to create an account.
     Note: The site is officefootballpool . com  not  officefootballpools . com = NO S at the end.

3) In early August when the picks system on ofp is ready Doug will send you the code & password to join the club.
     When you actually join the club on ofp, Doug is automatically notified.
 
4) After 3) Doug sends you info on how to pay your entry fee after which you can start submitting picks.

Details: Basically to participate in the club you do three things

1. Create an account on  officefootballpool.com   (Referred to as ofp) per Instructions at 2. in section 3/3 below. Create an
   account anytime but you won't be able to join our club until August.  Doug will email everyone when OFP becomes active.

2. In an email to the club administrator, Doug, give him your Login (User) Name and WHO told you about the club. 
   If you prefer to wait to create a User Name just tell Doug you are interested now and he will remind you in early August to go onto officefootball.com and create your Login (User) Name.

3. In early August when the OFP picks system is ready you will get the club code & password in an email from Doug.
   Use that code & password to Join the club then you can check 2023 team stats and Submit picks.
   Henceforth all Login Names and all Alias names ie: Second and third names) will be referred to as Username.

                                                                  Section 2/3- CLUB  SUMMARY

1. Entry is $50 for a participant's first season then $45 each season thereafter.
   Once you join the club on OFP the club administrator automatically gets notified then he sends an email with details on how/when to pay your entry fee. 

2. You can have more than 1 Username. The entry fee is $45 as required for each Name. 
   Tell Doug now if you want to join the club and he will send you an email once the picks system is up and running.  Having said that, people can join the club, pay the entry fee and create an account on ofp anytime but you just can't join the actual club on ofp to submit picks until early August each year.  

3. Prizes: We pay $200 weekly for 18 weeks and at least 50 year of year prizes. The number & amount of each prize will
   be adjusted by the # of Usernames the club has for the season.  OFP charged $3.75 US in 2024 per Username meaning around $4 - $4.25 Canadian from each username is sent to ofp. This will be reflected for 2025 on the "Prize Structure" page.

4. Submitting Picks:
   -> Log into OFP then click "Picks" then click "My Picks"   The current week's games should appear.  You can change the
        week at the bottom of the screen= move back a week or ahead a week. To enter picks for another Username (your 2nd
        or third Username),  where your Username appears in the center of the screen click on the Down Arrow in that box and
        your additional Username appears.   Select the name you want and the current week's games will appear
   
   -> If you have previously submitted picks for the week selected, they will appear on the screen. 
        If you have not submitted picks for the week selected, you get a screen with no selections made
        for that week. Either way, once you hit Submit, any earlier submissions get overridden.
   
   -> Pick a winner for each game. If you pick a favourite, that team must win the game AND it must win by the spread.
        Example: Buffalo is favourite over Tampa 3.5 = to be the winner Buffalo must win the game by 4 or more points.
   
   -> Select 1 game as your Key Game= one game you think is a sure bet. You get 1 extra point if your Key pick is correct.
        You do NOT get an extra point for having the TIE (Monday night) game correct. We keep track of TIE games just
        for yearend prizes for the most total correct TIE games prize.
    
   -> When you've done your picks click Submit to register your picks- this must be done BEFORE the cut off time.
       = If you have not selected a pick for each game, you will be told here.
       = If you have not selected a Key Game,  you will be told here
       = If everything is correct you get a message indicating same showing your picks.

5. Each week on the ofp picks system you submit picks for all games of the week before the first early game of the week starts or, if there are no early games before the first Sunday game starts . Once your picks are submitted for the week you can change any early game up until the time that game starts and change any Sunday game until  the first Sunday game starts which is usually 1:00 pm Ontario time.  You can submit picks weeks in advance and make changes per above.
   Note: If you log into OFP 5 minutes before the cut off time & spend 7 minutes on the site then hit Submit, Submit fails.
   Example: Their are 2 Thursday games. The first game is at 2 pm Thursday and the second is at 8 pm = picks for all games for the week must be submitted before the 2 pm kick off.  You can then change your pick for the 8 pm game up till the 8 pm game starts and you can change any Sunday game up till the first Sunday game starts. Note also that you may select a Thursday game as your Key Game. If you don't get picks in before 2 pm Thursday the system will pick the 2 pm game and all the above now applies to the 8 pm game and after 8 pm then it applies to the first Sunday game start time. 

6. Autopicks: If you don't submit picks for a week, then after the cut off time the system will submit random picks for you
   including a Key Game. Works for early games too. If you don't submit picks before a Thursday game, once the game starts the the system picks all games for the week  including a Key pick. Once this game starts you can go into the system and change any/all other games per #4 above. If you do go in and make changes after a game starts then your picks for the week will NOT appear as being done by Autopicks.

7. All Picks: See everybodies picks. Click Picks then Poolwide Picks: Within a minute or so after the cut off time this report  gets created and will show the picks for ALL Userames for the week. Once a game starts this file will be in order of most to least points and during games gets updated regularly.  To see All Picks and other report stats for ONLY your friends you create a group per "Groups" on the Hints n Helpers page.

8. Live Scores shows scores of games in progress and the status of participants. ie: Games correct and not.

9. Stats: Click Weekly Standings to see points everyone got for the week in order Highest to Lowest.  At the top of this file you can change the week to see previous weeks results. In any report you can use "Groups" to see only your friends reports. 

10. ALL prizes are awarded at the end of the season only per Rule 9 Disclaimer b) below.

1. To join DOUGSQBClub, you first register by sending an email to Doug directly or get a club participant to do so for you.
   

2. When you Register in 1., Doug gives you the Club pool ID & Entry Code after which you do 2 things:
   1) Create an account on "officefootballpool.com" (henceforth referred to as ofp) = This can be done anytime.
       Go to the site and click on "Log In" top right then click on "Register New Account" and follow the couple of instructions. 
       As you create your account ofp asks you to provide a Login Name that will appear on your picks sheet and reports. This
       can be Your Name or a Pen Name.  Some Examples JOHNDOE / KICK / GOCHARGERS. We prefer that you use your
       real name so friends can easily watch your progress thru the season. Once you put a Login Name the ofp system will tell
       you if  that name is still available. ie: Not used.
   
   2) Join the club on ofp= cannot be done until the ofp system is activated in August. You need the Club ID and Entry Code
       from us to join. Log into ofp using your Login Name. Click on "Pools" then "Join a Pool" and you use the Club ID and
       Entry Code you got from Doug. Once you join dougsqbclub in August the club administrator, Doug, is automatically
       notified then sends you entry fee payment information.
   

3. When you create your account on ofp you provide an email address where we send notes like to end of year prize winners.
   If you enter an invalid email address, your Login Name will be removed from the Club. We need to be able to contact you.
   

4. Entry Fee is for the season and gives you Autopicks.  See #6. at 2/3 above for specific details on how Autopicks works.  
   NEW Participants= Entry fees MUST be paid before the first game of week 1. If an Entry Fee is not paid before the first game of week 1 that LoginName & Associated Usernames will be deleted off the OFP system and you won't be able to re-join because once that first game of the season starts the Code needed to join the club gets changed.
   

5. If you have your own small group that is run manually, have your group join this club = everybody in your group has a chance at winning a prize in our club and your club too.  Look in "Hints n Helpers" for how to create a group that will show only the usernames in your group.
   

6. Once your LoginName (Account) is Created and you join our Club, you can submit picks for week one, the first couple of weeks or for the whole year and you can make changes to any week before the cut off deadline(s) for that week.  Note that when you do picks early, their will be NO Spreads showing for any games. Spreads are added on Tuesday's but if you submitted picks before spreads were added, your picks do not get changed once spreads are added.
   

7. You can join after the season starts but you get zero points for any weeks that are completed. 
   

8. Disclaimer a):  
   Participants are responsible for submitting their picks before the deadlines. If there are technical difficulties on OFP that prevents any participants from submitting picks on a game day OR if there are problems processing picks files on time for any week, DOUGSQBClub will accept whatever OFP decides which will be the same for the 100's of similar pools on their system which is all picks for that week may not be processed and everybody gets 0 for the week or for those who didn't enter picks for the week Autopicks will do the picks for them.
   

9. Disclaimer b):  If for any reason we are unable to complete the season, here is the plan.
   1) Payouts 1:  If at least 9 games have been played before the season is cancelled,  prizes will be awarded
       based on standings after the last games are completed. Any money left from the weekly $200 prizes will be
       used to boost prizes to $45 and / or  what's left will be awarded in draws of $45 each among non winners.
    
   2) Payouts 2: If 8 or fewer games are played before the season is cancelled, all participants will be
       refunded their entry fees LESS what we pay ofp which will be $3 - 4 Canadian for each Username.
   
   3) Payouts 3:  If the season is put on HOLD with a plan to possibly resume later in the year, no action with regards to payouts     will be taken until the NFL makes a final decision ie: No action will be taken until the season is officially cancelled/ended.
   
   OFP: If the decision is made for dougsqbclub to operate for the season, the club administrator, Doug, will have to pay ofp $3 US for each Username. We usually have to pay ofp before the third week. This means from each entry fee $3 - 4 will go to ofp leaving the remainder for prizes.
   
   Cancelled Games: Once the season starts if a game gets cancelled or moved, our Weekly prize will be based on the Picks Sheet on OFP.  Example: Team 1 vs Team 2 is re-scheduled for Tues., it will be part of the weekly for that week.  If that game happens to get cancelled then the weekly will include games to the end of Monday night. Basically our Weekly Prize will be based on the weekly OFP Picks page.  This will be the same for any week. 
   If you picked a cancelled game as your Key game, you are responsible to log in and change it. 
   If you don't change it before the cut off, you LOSE that Key pick.
   ie: you do not get an extra point and you do NOT get credit for picking that Key game for that week.
   If a game starts then is cancelled before time expires, our club will accept whatever ofp does to handle the situation.  One result could be that participants who picked that game as their Key may loose their key.
     
   The season has not been cancelled in this clubs 45 year history.

10. Scoring:
    NOTE: Some statements here in "10. Scoring" are specific to dougsqbclub and may differ from some rules on OFP..
    You get 1 point for each correct game plus 1 bonus point for a correct Key Game. The Tie game  is worth one (1) point only. You do NOT get a bonus point for the Tie game. As well, this game is NOT used as a tie breaker for any weekly or any prize = the system keeps track of how many Tie (Monday) games each participant gets correct for year end prizes.  As stated above Key Game counts 1 bonus point plus the system keeps track of how many Key Games participants get correct for year end prizes for the most correct Keys for the season.
    
    NOTE:  If a participant allows the system to submit picks, ie: does not submit picks but rather lets autopicks do them,  all points that participant gets for the week counts as if the participant had submitted picks including if that player gets the Key game and Tie breaker games correct. To Summarize:  Any participant is eligible to win any Prize whether that player submits picks or lets the system do autopicks. That is to say once a participant pays the entry fee, his/her Username is eligible to win prizes whether he/she submits picks or lets the system do picks via the Autopicks option.
    
    

11. Game Changes: 
    A. If for any reason a game Start Time is moved to before the cut off time for that week, that game may NOT count in the Stats for that week and if  anyone selected that game as their Key Game they will need to change it.  In these cases OFP will email all Participants suggesting they change their Key Game.  If a participants does not change that Key Pick before the cut off time, they lose that Key Pick.
    
    B. If a game is cancelled AFTER the Cut Off time our club goes with whatever OFP decides. The last time this happened, that game was NOT counted in the Statistics for that week and as well anyone who selected that game as their Key Pick, did NOT get credit for a Key Pick for that week.  This will always be guided by what OFP decides to do.
    
    C. Any cancelled game, we assume, will be played at a later date and OFP will add that game to the schedule for the week that game is to be played.  If a cancelled game is played and is not part of a regular week that game will possibly NOT count in our standings OR if it is done as a separate week on OFP there will NOT be a weekly prize for that game.
    

12. Prize Distribution:
    If a participant has more than one Username, each Username is treated as a separate entry. ie:  If you pay the entry fee for 3 Usernames, each Username is treated as a separate Participant.
    
    Each Username  may win any number of weekly prizes. Participants who let Autopicks do their picks any week are eligible to win a weekly prize just as participants who submit picks are.
    
    Each Username  may win only  ONE  end of the year prize.
    
    Weekly Prizes = Most points for the week which includes an extra point for a correct Key Game, is the weekly winner. If their is more than 1 winner, the prize is divided among all winners. The Tie Breaker game is NOT used in this club other than for year end prizes for the most tie breaker games correct.
    
    End of Year Prizes= If a Username is in line to win more than one of the end-of-year prizes, he/she shall take the prize worth the highest amount.  For example if a username ties for position and also has the most Key Games, if the higher prize is Key Games, he gets the Key Games prize and his name gets dropped from the place prize.  If the prize amounts are the same, he gets the Position prize. If a username ties for most Key Games & Tie Breakers and the prize is the same, he takes the Key Games prize and his name gets dropped from Tie Breaker prize. If one prize is a higher amount he takes the prize worth the higher amount.
    In the above paragraph, when a participant, call him misterX, takes a prize that is an equal amount to another prize he may have won, if the prize not taken means that another participant or participants may win a larger amount than before, that prize that misterX is not taking goes into the Bump pool.
     
    Example 1: John is in line to win $100 for 10th place but is also in line to win $100 for 2nd Key with Bill & Bob. In this case John takes the 10th place prize.  Dropping John from 2nd place Key means Bob & Bill would now win $150 each which means they'd win more than John = instead of this happening the $100 that John was in line to win for 2nd Key goes into the Bump pool and Bill & Bob still get their $100.  Similar applies if a participant is in line to win Key and Tie prize= Sam is the guy in line to win both with Jim & Joe in line for Tie. Sam would take the Key and if that means Jim & Joe would win a larger amount, Sam's Tie prize goes into the Bump pool.
     
    Example 2: John is in line to win a $100 for 10th place with other participants but he takes a $200 Key prize. If the result means that the other people now win $150 or $160 for 10th place then those people get the $150 or $160. If the result meant that the others would get more than John wins for Key  ie: More than $200 then the others get their $100 for 10th place prize and the $100 that John would have won for 10th place goes into the bump pool.
    
    Payout. All prizes will be awarded ONLY at the end of the season.