I’ve gotten a good response to my request for interest in another year of the charity pro fotball underdog game, and so it’s game on. Watch this space for details over the weekend or on Monday. The first lines will be posted on Labor Day, the 4th. The season starts on Thursday the 7th.
If you think you may be interested but you haven’t already done so, send me an email message at this year’s official game address, dogpdx23@gmail.com, so that I know you’re out there. The basics are as follows: Each player donates $20 to a charity pool at the start of the season. Each week, each player chooses one underdog team to win its game outright. If the player’s underdog wins, the player earns the number of points that the underdog was predicted to lose by. At the end of the long season, the players with the most points get to say which eligible charities get the money in the pool. The higher in the standings, the more dough the top players get to direct.
Last year’s winners were:
- First place – VegasBaby5 – $315 – Sandy High School Robotics Program
- Second place – Mad Dog – $100 – Shriners Children’s Hospital
- Third place – Howler – $75 – Clackamas Rotary Foundation