iSportsLinks $10,000 Alternate Strategy Bracket Challenge 2010

Welcome to the 8th Annual iSportsLinks Bracket ChallengeYou can enter once FREE and then for every $5 entry, you get another free entry. Please encourage your friends to enter by using the Tell a Friend link above.

Enter 16 Brackets closed

Are your brackets busted? Then try the 16 Brackets Challenge. The winner gets a free entry in the $5 Bracket challenge for 2010.

Reports for both the Free and $5 contests

Entries - Free = 488 / $5 = 46

Rules

• Picks must be made by 11:55am EST Thursday, March 19
• You must pick the entire bracket
• Your name, hometown, and email address are the only things needed to enter. Also the strategy you are using is requested.
  • Your email address will only be used for this contest - I'm a big SPAM hater and I use many techniques to avoid SPAM on this website.
• Points will be awarded for 1 point for each correct pick! This gives the best overall picker the advantage, not the person who picks only the champion!
• Tiebreakers -
  • Total Points Championship Game
  • Most in Sweet 16
• You are allowed 1 entry per person FREE, then you can enter Free for every $5 bracket entered. (The free and $5 challenges will be combined)
• Pick the entire bracket and choose the total score in the championship game as the tie breaker.
  • Tie breaker tips - CLICK HERE

Prizes

The Grand Prize is as follows:

• $10,000 for the perfect bracket - 63 of 63 correct (paid $100/month for 100 months)
• Since 63 will never happen, then $1,000 for 60-62 correct(paid $100/month for 10 months)
• Since even 60 is too high, then if the winner is above 55 correct, then there will be a $100 bonus to the winner
• 53 is the highest of 63 games the past 6 years. A $25 bonus for 54 or 55 correct
• 53 or lower for the winner, then $25 first place
• Free $5 challenge entry in 2010
• Write-up on the March Tips Page - this space can be used to advertise anything
• Forever engraved in Internet History on the Past Winners Page
• Bragging Rights!
• Other Cash Prizes
  • 2nd Place - Free entry in the 2010 $5 Challenge
  • between 500 - 750 entries - $30 1st; $5 2nd
  • between 750 - 999 entries - $35 1st, $10 2nd; $5 3rd
  • 1000 entries - $40 1st, $15 2nd, $10 Third
  • to be eligible for the cash prize, you must reveal your winning strategy!

$5 March Bracket Challenge

• Enter $5 Entry
• I have a seperate entry page for the $5 challenge this year. I will combine them for reporting starting Thursday.
• $5 to enter-enter as many times as you want
• With each $5 entry, you get another free entry
• Prizes
  • Grand Prize - 60% of the pool - 2009 = $138
• 2nd place - 20% - 2009 = $46
• 3rd place - 10% - 2009 = $23
• 4th place - 5% - 2009 = $11.50
• Software costs - 5%
• TELL A FRIEND
• Requested via PayPal - money must be received by March 15, 2009 - 11am
  • email me if you want to send a Money Order
• 95% of the entry fees will be added to the pool! (5% to cover software cost)
• All $5 contest entries are eligible to receive Free Grand Prize
• PayPal Payments HERE

 

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iSportsLinks March Links

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• March Home - where it all starts

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• March Free - free entries - many offer Plasma and other large TVs as prizes

• March Pay - from $5 to $99 - bracket contests for any wallet

• Bracket Tracker® - easily keep track of your March Bracket entries with these printable sheets