Core Pick Format Settings
Setting | What It Does | Default | Notes |
Pick Type (Objective) | Pick Winners or Pick Losers (loser pool). | Pick Winners | Loser pools invert grading and also flip the Auto Pick strategy options to underdogs. |
Display Spreads on Picksheet | Shows spreads for context in Straight Up contests. | On | Informational only — never affects grading. |
Bye Pick | Gives each member one "bye" per season — if they miss a pick, the bye is used automatically and they advance that week. | Off | Fully automatic — no opt-in or submission needed. Once the bye is used, further missed picks follow the normal missed-pick flow. |
Picks in Advance | Whether members can submit picks for future weeks. | On | When Off, members can only pick the upcoming week. Useful for planning around team-use limits. |
Scoring Basis
What it does: Straight Up vs. ATS, and who sets the spread.
Default: Straight Up
Options: Straight Up; Against the Spread (Splash-set); Against the Spread (Commissioner-set)
Spread Lock Time — when Splash-set spreads freeze for the week. Only relevant for Splash-set ATS.
Picks per Week
What it does: How many teams each entry must pick per week.
Default: 1
Options: 1, 2, 3, or 4 every week; or Variable (commissioner designates specific multi-pick weeks)
Multi-Pick Weeks — when Picks per Week is Variable, the commissioner assigns 2/3/4 picks to specific weeks. All picks in a multi-pick week must be correct to advance; losing any costs 1 life total.
Flexible Multi-Picks
What it does: Automatically converts a checkpoint week into a multi-pick week when too many entries are still alive (e.g., "if more than 25% of entries are alive by Week 6, Week 6 becomes 2 picks"). Threshold can be a percentage or an absolute number; multiple rules supported; values allow up to two decimals with a 50% ceiling.
Default: Off
Notes: A brutal, rarely-used setting built for very large pools — expect <10% adoption. Entrants caught off guard by a surprise multi-pick week is a likely ticket theme.
Summary: Pick Type and Scoring Basis set the fundamental rules of the game and rarely change once entrants have joined. Picks per Week and Flexible Multi-Picks are the levers commissioners use to speed up eliminations in large pools.