{"id":3237,"date":"2026-09-03T09:35:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.picks4fun.org\/?page_id=3237"},"modified":"2026-09-03T09:35:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:35:54","slug":"2026-rules","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.picks4fun.org\/index.php\/2026-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 RULES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to time constraints (I&#8217;m insanely busy) and a general request for simplified play, we&#8217;ll be keeping things simple this year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>No trifecta or cry-fecta.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Locks will be worth 2 games!<\/strong> So, only one bonus win.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Expect simplified, minimalist page updates, also. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2026 RULES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Each week, I will post 16 games.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You will pick ONLY&nbsp;<strong>13&nbsp;<\/strong>games, leaving off&nbsp;<strong>3<\/strong>&nbsp;of your choosing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All picks must be made before the posted deadline.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You cannot change your picks after you have posted them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We will be picking against the spread.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LOCK OF THE WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will place an asterisk next to the ONE game you feel most confident about. If you win this game, you will get one bonus win for a total of 2 wins. <em>This is HUGE, so pick well!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TRIFECTA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No TRIFECTAS this year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cry-FECTA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No cry-FECTAS this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LONE WOLF BONUS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are the only person to pick a team, and that team wins; you get an extra bonus win. This requires no extra action on your part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DUES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The price to play is $80 per player<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please send your dues via paypal to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">rlaw22(at)comcast.net \u2013 REPLACE (at) with @<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IMPORTANT!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please contact me with any questions. Also, write down my email address RIGHT NOW so you can send your picks to me if the site is ever down. You are responsible for getting your picks to me. If the site goes down, you will need to email your picks. If you fail to do so, you will receive losses for all unpicked games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">email: rlaw22(at)comcast.net \u2013 REPLACE (at) with @<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to time constraints (I&#8217;m insanely busy) and a general request for simplified play, we&#8217;ll be keeping things simple this year: Expect simplified, minimalist page updates, also. 2026 RULES LOCK OF THE WEEK You will place an asterisk next to the ONE game you feel most confident about. If you win this game, you will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3237","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.picks4fun.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.picks4fun.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.picks4fun.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.picks4fun.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.picks4fun.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.picks4fun.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.picks4fun.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}