Rumours that GX40 sports pool management practices have been cited in the new Federal Accountability Act have been vastly over-rated. All references to Byzantine complexity and subjective point calculations are to be removed at the committee level, as illustrated. I am assured on that point particularly by my new friends in fat capital city.
Remember - this year I am promising fabulous prizes and this year I may actually follow through.
Comments
Ted Simonett - April 12, 2006 9:05 AM
Oh, to hell with sports pools! The new Canadian Tire ads are terrible.
Alan, you're a member of that noble profession that changes things, please bring me back, bring me back, bring me back!
Love,
Ted . . .
Alan - April 12, 2006 9:13 AM
I would be really charmed if this was really Ted. My remorse is complete. I now picture you in the new ads a few backyards over shaking your head at all these bonehead guys who have no idea how to take care of themselves and their yards.<p>I still say that character has a sitcom in it. ANd I would give you a prize for just being in my pool. <p>PS: Hal says hi.
Dave White - April 12, 2006 12:42 PM
Quit fartin' around and get this pool going.
I've never done it before, so please provide a step-by-step guide.
Does Lafleur still play?
Alan - April 12, 2006 12:58 PM
I was very clear and helpful (in a very Ted Simmonett manner, I might add) in setting out the deadline:<blockquote class="smalltext">Get your picks in by 18 April 2006 at a reasonable hour. </blockquote>You can post your picks anytime before then...if you dare.
Ted Simonett - April 13, 2006 7:59 AM
Alan, say hi to your boss Hal and his dad Jack for me. Jack was LC's first principal. In fact, he built the school!
So . . . what prize are you going to give me, if I join your pool? And, could I interest you in a few tools at Canadian Tire to help build your pool?
Love,
Ted . . .
Alan - April 13, 2006 8:18 AM
It <i>is</i> you! You understood the secret code. <p>Prizes tend to be 1980s hockey cards of the forgotten but this year I think I am adding a book on the history of beer for el grande prize winner.
Mike - April 13, 2006 3:33 PM
Maybe I'll cough up some soccer card like last year. Tugay!
Happy Easter!
Alan - April 13, 2006 4:47 PM
A pool question in the email just now:<blockquote class="smalltext"><i>
I have a question regarding this year's GenX40 sports pool rules. In the hockey portion of the pool, I'm wondering what the tie breaking rule for the dark horse question is? For instance, if the Habs and the Oilers both go to round two, and they are the most successful dark horse teams, how will the people who chose the Habs be determined the winners?<p>
I know you're on vacation, but I'm wondering if you can make a ruling for the denizens of GenX40 nation before the pool deadline. Or did I stumble upon the way in which you intended to miraculously win the pool again?<blockquote></i>
Vacation soon. Very soon. I think we determined that first regular season position was considered and then how many games each darkhorse got to in the round that they got to the first tie breaker.</blockquote></blockquote>
Was that the right answer? I think it means if a 9 or a 16 get to round 2 and both get the boot in round 2, you pick the 16 over the 9 if they both get the boot in game four. If either gets to game five while the other one loses in game four, the game five team wins.
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Alan - April 15, 2006 5:52 PM
No I don't, Frank. Let me delete that in just a moment...