• NFL Football Survivor Pool 2023 Season
  • WEEK 23
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  • NFL Football Survivor Pool 2023 Season
  • Week 23
  • AM EDT

How It Works

Introduction to USAFootballPools.com

Hello and welcome to USAFootballPools.com. This website is built for you to make running your football pool as easy as possible. Below is a high level introduction to this website and how it works. Use this as a guide if you are new to the website and are ready to get started to run your pool.

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Website Terminology

  • Pool Admin = You are the Pool Administrator, also known as Commissioner, League Owner.
  • Player Name = All your players in your pool must create a Player Name to play, also know as Team Pick, Picks.
  • Pool ID = The name of your Pool, also know as Team Name, League Name.
  • Switch Player = Is the screen to login as a different player if you have multiple players.
  • Player Home = Is the home page for the Player logged in as to make a pick for that player.
  • Admin Home = The home page for the Pool Admin to run the pool. In Admin Home, you will see:
    1. My Player List = Screen that displays the details for all your players.
    2. Player Management = Screen where you manage a single player like make their pick for them or check audit history.
    3. Master Email List = Screen where you manage your master list of friends that you want to invite to join your pool.
    4. My Pool Invitations = Screen where create your yearly pool invitations and start email blasting the invite from the website.
  • Standings = Is the screen to view all the players in the pool and their picks.
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How This Website Works

The website is based on the following steps with most of them happening before the season starts:
  • Register
    1. Register on the website with your email and password.
    2. Then confirm your email address.
  • Create
    1. Create a new pool with a unique pool name.
    2. Each season you can change your Pool Name or keep the same name as last season.
    3. Go through all the pool settings to set your pool the way you want it to run.
  • Invite
    1. Add all your friends on the "Master Email List" screen or Download "www.USAFootballPools.com-MasterEmailList-TEMPLATE.xlsx" Excel Spreadsheet and send us your spreadsheet and we'll get them added for you in one shot.
    2. The website will generate all your Pool Invitations for you.
    3. Use the website's Email Blaster to send an email with the "JOIN NOW" link inside.
    4. There is no limit to how many emails you can blast
    5. There is also a TEXT version of the invitation available to copy and paste into your personal email to blast that also has the "JOIN NOW" link inside.
    6. Any new player that joins your pool that is not on your "Master Email List" will automatically be added to your list for the next pool you run.
  • Join
    1. Your invited friend gets the email invitation and clicks the "JOIN NOW" link inside.
    2. He or she then comes to the website and registers (if they are new to the website) or logs in (if they are returning) and clicks JOIN at the top navigation to JOIN your pool.
    3. Anyone can join your pool if they know your Private Pool name.
  • Play
    1. After the season starts and your pool is running, the website takes over and does mostly all the work for the remainder of the season.
    2. All you and your players got to do is make the picks then sit back and relax and watch all the games!
    3. That's it!
  • Audit
    1. The website tracks Login History, Pick History, Pool Admin Actions on Players, and Pool Settings.
    2. You and your Players can see all the Website tracking to resolve any issues.
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Website Dates

  • Middle of April each year, the website is updated with the new NFL schedule and the website season is set to the new season, last seasons pools are no longer available.
  • Any time after July 4th long weekend, go ahead and create your new Pool for the new season!