This is the deepest section of the guide — use it to answer "can the commissioner do X?" and "what are all the choices for Y?" questions. Settings are grouped the same way they appear in the product.
General Settings
Setting | What It Does | Default | All Available Options | Notes |
League / Sport Mode | Which league(s) are eligible for the picksheet. | NFL only | NFL only; College only; NFL + College combined | Locked once set — cannot be changed after contest creation. |
Format | Standard vs. Confidence scoring model. | Standard | Standard; Confidence | Locked once set — cannot be changed after contest creation. Best Pick is a Standard add-on, not a separate Format option. |
Contest Name | Commissioner's custom name for the contest. | Blank | Any free-text name | Editable any time. |
Contest Description | Optional custom description. | Blank | Any free-text description (optional) | Editable any time. |
Maximum Entries Per Entrant | Cap on entries per player. | 1 | Any whole number from 1 to 250 | Can be raised but never lowered once live. |
Set Your Schedule — Start Week | First week of the contest. | NFL only: NFL Week 1 (or current week if past). College only: CFB Week 1 (or current). Combined: NFL Week 1 / CFB Week 2 (or current). | NFL: Week 1 through Super Bowl; College: Week 1 through National Championship; Combined: commissioner-selectable alignment of NFL and CFB weeks | Default shifts forward if the contest is created after Week 1. Editable any time. Removing a completed week wipes its picks and emails everyone in the contest. |
Set Your Schedule — End Week | Last week of the contest. | NFL only: Week 18 (extendable to Super Bowl). College only: Conference Championships (extendable to National Championship). Combined: NFL Week 18 (extendable to Super Bowl). | Same week range as Start Week, and must be on or after Start Week | Editable any time. If weeks with picks are removed, those picks are wiped and affected users are emailed. |
Week Labeling | Display label for each week. | Mirrors Sport Mode | NFL only: "NFL Week X" · College only: "CFB Week X" · Combined: "NFL Week X | CFB Week X" | Only editable for Combined (NFL+CFB) contests; can change any time. |
Entry Deadline | Cutoff date/time for accepting new entries. | Off. When on: Sunday 1pm ET (NFL/Combined) or Saturday 12pm ET (CFB-only) of the starting week. | Off; On — any date/time from as early as the current day to as late as the start of the contest's last slate | Turns off automatically if Prevent New Entries was toggled on and then off. Can be enabled, disabled, or moved any time until the last week starts. |
Prevent New Entries | Immediately stops accepting new players. | Off | Off; On | Auto-enables when Entry Deadline passes. Editable any time. |
Summary: League/Sport Mode and Format are the two settings that lock forever once the contest is created — get these right at setup. Everything else in this section (name, description, entry caps, schedule, labeling, deadlines) can be adjusted throughout the season, though changing the schedule after weeks are already played can wipe picks and triggers emails to affected players.