NFL Line MOvement Contest?

[uva3021]

Throwing this idea out there, maybe it'll garner some interest

Here are some of the possible guidelines:

Every Monday pick 3 games. The goal is to track line movement and anticipate where the line will move by close. So if the line moves with your guess, you gain points, if it moves against you, lose points.

Or perhaps its an action points contest, you gain or lose however many points the line moves with or against you.

I.E. on Monday you select Giants -7, by gametime on Sunday it closes at -8, which would give you +1. Conversely if it closes at 6.5, minus .5 points.

The person who has the most points at the end of the 17 week regular season wins.

Only requirement from the contestant is to pick 3 games on Monday, and everything else takes care of itself. So its very simple.

Thoughts?

[IrishTim]

I would be more interested in one for college football.

[Dr. Jack]

Maybe you can have 3 plays total but must have at least one in the NFL, one in college football and the third could be either/or

Just a thought

[uva3021]

or just have two contests, one for each

[Romanowski]

much more aggressive movement in college, id be more interested in focusing on that sport

JMO, great idea overall though

[uva3021]

maybe a ML contest tracked via Pinny would be better, instead of spread

points might be debatable because of how Pinny sets their lines (-2 -123 does not equal -3 -113, etc...

[IrishTim]

Yeah that's a good idea - how much (in percent) your line beat the Pinny no-vig ML closer by. Or we can just do it by points, using the CRIS/Olympic average. Lots of possibilities.

[The Judge]

Jack, you have mail. ... :)

[Dr. Jack]

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