1. 02-18-20 08:41 AM #1
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    Suggestions for new Handicapping Contests

    Hi all...we are looking to expand our offerings here. Any sports/ideas that you would like to see us offer for new Contests?

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  2. 02-18-20 08:48 AM #2
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    Soccer?
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  3. 02-18-20 10:13 AM #3
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    Team contest options- 1. subforum vs subforum
    - 2. captains and pick posters to be on your team
    - 3. form your own teams
    - 4. world cup like poker but would require too many usa teams
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  4. 02-18-20 10:59 AM #4
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    Best win streak determined by moneyline odds multiplied with each successive pick win.
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  5. 02-18-20 04:38 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by RudyRuetigger View Post
    Team contest options- 1. subforum vs subforum
    - 2. captains and pick posters to be on your team
    - 3. form your own teams
    - 4. world cup like poker but would require too many usa teams
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  6. 02-18-20 04:39 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by sportsfanatic View Post
    Best win streak determined by moneyline odds multiplied with each successive pick win.

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  7. 02-19-20 01:03 PM #7
    Roger T. Bannon
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    BTP style college basketball contest and NBA contest would be hugely popular. Ditch all the money you are putting toward the random contests and such and it put toward season long contests that require maybe 250 picks against the line and are graded versus lines. People want to gamble. Give the people what they want.
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  8. 02-19-20 01:24 PM #8
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    Instead of Cover the League CFL -- BTP CFL
    Instead of Cover the League NHL -- BTP NHL

    If you have these kind of contests, people that do not follow the sports will even be interested because they have just as good a chance as anyone else. So they will stick around year round instead of disappearing after BTP.
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  9. 02-19-20 03:40 PM #9
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    Thank you for these ideas...
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  10. 02-19-20 05:17 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger T. Bannon View Post
    Instead of Cover the League CFL -- BTP CFL
    Instead of Cover the League NHL -- BTP NHL

    If you have these kind of contests, people that do not follow the sports will even be interested because they have just as good a chance as anyone else. So they will stick around year round instead of disappearing after BTP.
    I like this idea quite a bit actually. The cover the league contests are fun but I'd rather have a contest similar to BTP where I'm making a set number of picks and being graded in units.
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  11. 02-19-20 09:39 PM #11
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    Champions league!

    Also Premier League would be nice. Fantasy Premier League is played by more than 7M people around the world.
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  12. 02-20-20 02:10 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by Daniel Espinosa View Post
    Champions league!

    Also Premier League would be nice. Fantasy Premier League is played by more than 7M people around the world.
    How about EURO2020 this summer?
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  13. 02-20-20 04:21 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by horja1 View Post
    How about EURO2020 this summer?
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  14. 03-08-20 12:35 AM #14
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    What about the first ever SBR olympics. contestants will acumulate points on the position they finish on the events they participate.
    For example:
    events offered == nfl - nba - hhl .....

    points offered to top 50 places for each event contestant participates; 1rst place 50pts, 2ndplace 49pts, 3rd place 48 pts ... 49th place 2pts, 50th 1pts.

    therefor;
    3rd place finish in nfl event = 48pts
    47th place finish in nba event = 4pts
    68th place finish in nhl event = 0pts
    .
    .
    and so on ....

    you add up all your pts toward your final score.

    This is one example of many grading systems.

    It can be done within a two mounth timetable when all sporting events colide.

    Yes, it will require alot of work to put the logistics toghether like any olmpics require but it will be fun to see SBR medals be handed out.
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