Prizes (ESTIMATED - but MINIMUM Percentages):

1st Place:  ~60% of Total Pool
2nd Place: ~20% of Total Pool
3rd Place: ~10% of Total Pool
Highest Correct Percentage: ~5% of Total Pot

Perfect Bracket: 5% of Total Pot ($45.75)

Perfect Bracket Pot:  5% of the total pot will be put into a side pot, taken from the website fees portion.  The only way to win this pot is to pick a perfect bracket. For each year no one picks the perfect bracket, the money is added to the following year's pot.  In the 4 years we have done this, no one has picked a perfect bracket.  This does not effect the main pool prize pot.  I am taking half of the website fees that pays for this site, and giving some back to the pool. 

Perfect Bracket Pot: $45.75 + 5% from this years total paid entries...

I am putting aside $1 per entry to donate to Kirk Parker and his family to offset a small portion of his medical costs.  Kirk suffered a stroke early last week and is recovering in the hospital here in Denver, CO

Website fees  - A small portion of the prize pool is reserved for the costs of running the site (Hosting, software etc.).  This usually adds up to approximately $50 per year, and is still only a percentage of my costs.  This year, that portion of the pool will go towards the Kirk Parker fund
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