Last Fan Standing comp

[TonyMac]

Do any of you forumites participate in a football prediction game among friends or work colleagues generally known as 'Last Man Standing' , where you pick a different team each week (can't select the same team twice) and whoever goes the furthest without losing wins the prize pot? Entry fee is usually a fiver or tenner. When one 'game' has been won, a new one begins. I take part in a football comp that usually hosts between 4 and 6 'games' a season. It's fun, adds an extra frisson to matches and is relatively low-cost to enter.

We would like to set up something very similar tailored to speedway - 'Last Fan Standing' - and would welcome any pointers or advice in terms of the best format to adopt and use of league fixtures that will make the game a worthwhile entry...

Obviously, one based solely on the British Premiership is a non-runner due to lack of teams and very fragmented fixture list. 

But would one geared around the Championship work?

Or maybe a combo of Premiership & Championship?

We basically need to offer a selection of 8 or 10 matches per week to pick from.

We would need to come up with a contingency in the event of rain-offs. It could be that at the same they choose their first pick (team), participants also nominate a second pick that would become active if their first pick is rained-off or postponed at short notice for whatever reason. If there are too many rain-offs, then that week's game would be suspended and held over to the following week (administrator's nightmare!).

So please don your thinking caps and any thoughts would be much appreciated.

It would be our intention to donate a per-centage of the prize pot to a worthwhile charity - the SRBF being an obvious possibility.

If you would prefer to respond privately, my email is retroeditorial@gmail.com

Cheers,
Tony Mac

[Nassa10]

Hi Tony, 

 

Did you get any interest in this?