The Clearinghouse:
We will not credit re-Picks for the remainder of the season.
Going forward:
Picks have two Rules that Analysts must adhere to: 1) Pick three teams to win from the Slate of Games for the current week, and 2) Do NOT Pick against one’s own Home Team.
Analysts are ultimately responsible for submitting valid Picks in a given week.
The Bookie and The Clearinghouse will continue to seek corrections before the Picks are released to all Analysts.
If an error makes it to the full release to all Analysts, however, the error stands.
A Lengthy Explanation:
We are concerned about the integrity of the game if we allow re-Picks going forward.
We have only had 4 invalid Picks released to all Analysts on game day in 396 total Picks this season — about 1%. Fortunately, all 4 invalid Picks became part of busted Trifectas.
But, re-Picking invites problems for The Clearinghouse.
We have had 4 different Purse winners in the first two Races: Jimmy V, Little Tuna, Big Tuna, and Craft Brew. We also have 4 different leaders in the current Races: The Strategist, Roxy Trot, B-Reezy, and Sponge Mom. The randomness and competitiveness of the outcomes are things we have tracked and found valuable in the past five years.
In the short Races, Picks also require strategy in order to maximize points.
Re-Picks undermine the pure randomness and the strategy for the Races.
After seeing everyone’s Picks, if an Analyst uses a re-Pick opportunity to create Box Outs or to avoid Box Outs in the final stretch of these Races, we will have a contested outcome. We want to avoid that.
We also want to keep it friendly for all Analysts. It was necessary to allow re-Picks early on as new Analysts learned the Rules and league managers adjusted to managing 11 Analysts.
Extending a friendly re-Pick to one Analyst this late in the season, however, is no longer friendly to other Analysts.
For the rest of the season, then, The Clearinghouse will not be crediting re-Picks that are made after the Picks are released to all Analysts.
Thanks for understanding (and playing)!
