1. 03-10-17 06:49 PM #1
    RobbieStacks
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    Why are the NCAA Bracket game prizes so awful?

    ESPN- random drawing of the top 1% wins its prize (Which will end up being one among tens of thousands)
    Yahoo- Down to $25k for the best bracket from $50k
    Sports Illustrated- Are they even offering the $1,000,000 for a perfect bracket anymore?


    Why aren't any major sites offering huge $$$ for a perfect bracket or at least a decent best bracket prize? It's getting progressively worse to the point where March Madness isn't even fun anymore.
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  2. 03-10-17 06:52 PM #2
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    Best chance to win is with local work pool.
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  3. 03-10-17 06:54 PM #3
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    There's a better chance of Scarlett Johanssen knocking on my door Tonight, stripping ass naked and giving me a blowie while pleasuring herself than there is of you getting a perfect bracket
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  4. 03-10-17 06:54 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Otters27 View Post
    Best chance to win is with local work pool.
    Yeah, but it only gets you a few hundred haha. At least mine anyway. Imagine if one of your ten ESPN entries is the first ever perfect bracket and there's no gazillion dollar reward for it? That's so deflating.
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  5. 03-10-17 06:59 PM #5
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    Every year people dream of a perfect bracket impossible completely random if it did happen
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  6. 03-10-17 07:05 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by pilebuck13 View Post
    Every year people dream of a perfect bracket impossible completely random if it did happen
    It can happen, but it would probably need for there to not be any 14-16 seeds winning in the first round. Getting the 8/9 and 7/10 games right is just a matter of careful analysis, even though it's not easy, but then you can't change picks in past the round of 64, which does really stink for a number of reasons, especially when you realize a team you picked to win its next game is going to lose that game.
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  7. 03-10-17 07:19 PM #7
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    Waste of time

    Too many entries
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  8. 03-10-17 07:41 PM #8
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    Robbie, turn pro, SBR has several good tournament pools
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  9. 03-10-17 08:00 PM #9
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    Gold will more then likely have a announcement post on players talk saying he does not wanna hear about your brackets
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  10. 03-10-17 08:05 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by RobbieStacks View Post
    Yeah, but it only gets you a few hundred haha. At least mine anyway. Imagine if one of your ten ESPN entries is the first ever perfect bracket and there's no gazillion dollar reward for it? That's so deflating.
    Agreed. A perfect bracket should win 1 million at least.
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  11. 03-10-17 08:30 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Otters27 View Post
    Agreed. A perfect bracket should win 1 million at least.
    Yeah man exactly. And all you'd get out of it would be a lot of interviews, some talk show appearances, and maybe a job offer at ESPN specifically to work for a week or two around March Madness time.
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  12. 03-10-17 08:38 PM #12
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    Only broke dikks complain about free prizes in free contests. JFC just go ahead and shoot yourself!
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  13. 03-10-17 08:43 PM #13
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