Rules of the Game 2007

It’s that time again...the tenth year of King of the Hill is upon us.

There is one big change this year. Picks will be entered on ESPN’s Eliminator. ESPN has had the Eliminator for a few years (I think they stole it from me) and it’s time to use their resources to track the picks.

Eliminator works the same way as King of the Hill, except you can play all year, even if you lose every game.

To enter you will need an ESPN ID and Password. Once you register you can go to this link…. http://games.espn.go.com/eliminator/frontpage. You will then “Join a Group”.

Group: GV King of the Hill

Password: kingpicks

To determine our prizes, each week of the regular season you pick one team to win (no point spread). If your team wins, you advance to the next week. If your team loses, you drop into the loser’s bracket. If you lose again, in the loser’s bracket, you are out. I will keep track of this because on ESPN you can lose more than once.

Each week you advance, you again pick one team to win. Here's the catch -- you cannot pick a team more than once during the season, even if the team loses. ESPN enforces this selection.

The last person standing with no losses wins and is "King of the Hill", the last person standing in the loser’s bracket (one loss) gets second place.

Your picks can be entered right up to game time. And they can be entered weeks in advance. Because of this, there is no default pick. If you do not enter a pick it will be counted as a loss.

The entry fee is $35. The winner’s bracket champion will receive $25 from each entry. The loser’s bracket champion will receive $10 from each entry. I hope to have 50 paid entries - $1,250 and $500 to the champions. You can enter more than once, but not more than twice. To enter twice on ESPN you will need two User IDs.

King of the Hill is limited to people I know. If you don't see someone on this list and you think they would be interested, please tell me (most of you know many of the same people I do).

And my favorite rule. I play one pick for free (for all this work).

Please let me know if you would like to participate.

I am collecting money now. The season starts September 6th. Money must be in before your first pick. Please mail a check to me at 999 Bay Ridge Dr. Benton, LA 71006.

I had a few stragglers last year; please pay $35 before the first week.

During the season I will update this blog (http://www.gv-king-of-the-hill.blogspot.com/) at least once a week.

Previous Champions:

King I - Doug Horstman (11 weeks)
King II - Paul Bowman (5 weeks)
King III - Dick Hein (14 weeks)
King IV - Kevin Kelley and Rusty Atkinson (11 weeks)
King V - Ralph Berry (13 weeks)
King VI - Josie Valcho (9 weeks) My Mom
King VII - George Valcho (8 weeks) My Dad
King VIII - Mike Boggs and Tim Swigor (17 weeks - undefeated all year)
King IX – Mike Gilbert

Tie Breaker Rules – Fine Print

If multiple players remain in the winners bracket and they all lose on the same weekend, they will all drop into the loser’s bracket and play will continue (in this situation the winner of the loser’s bracket will get 1st and 2nd place money). If there are two or three players in the loser’s bracket, and none remaining in the winner's bracket, and they all lose on the same weekend, the pot will be split evenly. If there are more than three players that all lose and none in the winner's bracket, all will continue until a winner is determined. In this situation, the selected losing teams cannot be used again.