Pick Rules Settings
Setting | What It Does | Default | All Available Options | Notes |
Pick Deadline | When the weekly picksheet locks. | NFL/Combined: Sunday 1pm ET. CFB: Saturday 12pm ET. | Default day/time (recommended); First game time each week; Last game time each week; Custom deadline (any day Mon–Sun, any time) | Editable until that week's deadline passes; future weeks stay editable. |
Picks per Week | How many total picks an entrant must make per week. | Pick All (10, if a custom number is chosen) | Pick All; Any commissioner-typed integer up to 100 | A week with fewer games than the custom number is automatically treated as pick-all. Editable any time during the week. |
Must Pick ≥ X NFL Games | Minimum NFL picks required per week. | Off | Off; On — any integer ≥ 1 | Requires Sport Mode to include both NFL + CFB. Disables Auto Picks (and vice versa). Editable any time during the week. |
Must Pick ≥ X College Games | Minimum college picks required per week. | Off | Off; On — any integer ≥ 1 | Requires Sport Mode to include both NFL + CFB. Disables Auto Picks (and vice versa). Editable any time during the week. |
Best Picks per Week | How many Best Picks an entrant must designate. | Off (1, once turned on) | Off; On — any integer | Requires Format = Standard. Editable any time during the week; past weeks can't be changed. |
Points per Best Pick | Bonus points for a correct Best Pick. | Off (1, once turned on) | Off; On — any integer | Requires Format = Standard and Best Picks per Week > 0. Editable any time during the week; past weeks can't be changed. |
Auto Picks | Fills missed picks automatically after the deadline. | Off | Off; On | Cannot be combined with "Must Pick ≥ X" league minimums. Editable until the first game of the week starts. |
Auto Pick Logic Setter | Who chooses the auto-pick strategy. | Commissioner sets one logic for everyone | Commissioner-set (one logic applies to all entries); User-set (each entrant picks their own via a popup on entry) | Requires Auto Picks = On. Editable until the first game of the week starts; emails are sent when this is changed. |
Auto Pick Setting Options | The fallback logic — team picks and Over/Unders are two independent choices. | Team picks: All Home Teams. Over/Unders: All Overs. | Team picks: All Home Teams, All Away Teams, All Favorites, All Underdogs, Random. Over/Unders: All Overs, All Unders, Random. | Requires Auto Picks = On. Only fills games not already picked by the deadline. If a game's winner slot and O/U slot both compete for the last available pick slot, the winner pick takes priority. |
Maximum Auto Picks | Season-long cap on auto-pick events. | Unlimited | Unlimited; Any whole number from 1 up | Requires Auto Picks = On. Once the cap is hit, further missed games are simply scored as losses. |
Auto Pick Forgiveness | Picks a user can make in a week to avoid being charged an autopick week. | 0 | Any whole number from 0 to 10 | Requires Auto Picks = On and the maximum number of autopicks to be anything besides unlimited. |
Summary: This section controls how many picks are required, how strictly (league minimums), and what happens when someone misses the deadline (Auto Picks). Two things to flag for commissioners: "Must Pick ≥ X" league minimums and Auto Picks can't run together — turning one on disables the other. And if Auto Picks is on with a capped maximum, Auto Pick Forgiveness lets entrants "earn back" a clean week by making a minimum number of their own picks, so it's worth explaining to players who are close to their cap.