Man At The Top - Man At The Top

The entry fee is $30.00 per pool entry.
The commissioner has final say with any dispute.
The pool will conclude after all regular season games have been completed or the season ends.
The pool will continue until there is one remaining player or the end of the regular season.
Your contact information is private and will not be shared.
In the event of a website outage or a coding defect, the commissioner has final say regarding that week's picks.
If you choose a game that is canceled or rescheduled to another week, your pick will be defaulted to the first MNF home team.
In the event your pick cannot be defaulted to MNF, the commissioner will choose a default game for that week.
100% of the money received will be paid to the winner(s).

All picks must be submitted via ManAtTheTop.Net.
Choose one team from the current week's NFL schedule that you think will win. If your team wins, you continue in the pool for another week. If your team loses or ties, that pool entry is eliminated from the pool.
Once your pick is submitted, you may change it as long as it is before the game's start time.
If you fail to make a pick before the week's deadline, you will automatically be assigned to the home team of the first Monday Night Football game.
In the event that all remaining players are eliminated in one week, the pool will be divided amongst those players.

If you lose a pick in Week 1 you have the opportunity to buyback in!
The Buyback In Entry Fee is $45.00 per pool entry.
Buyback In is only available for Losing Picks in week ONE
You must create a new entry name for a Buyback In pick
You MUST pay for the Buyback in pick before Sunday Sep 20, 2026 1:00 PM EDT.

The pick deadline is automated and enforced. No exceptions!
Any pick not submitted prior to the deadline are automatically defaulted to the first Monday night (MNF) home team.

Currently, I pay all hosting fees, and any development fees that I need help with. Like Graphics!
I will start recovering some of the hosting fees in 2025.

Payment In Full is due by Saturday Sep 12, 2026 12:00 PM EDT
Your participation without payment prior to Saturday Sep 12, 2026 12:00 PM EDT, is solely the commissioner’s decision.

The board is 100 squares — a 10 × 10 grid. One side is the AFC team, the other is the NFC team.
Claim any open square by clicking it. Click one of your own squares to release it — as long as the grid isn't full yet.
You may claim up to 3 squares — the per-player limit this year.

Every row and every column is assigned a hidden digit, 0–9. Until then the headers show a ?.
The numbers are drawn automatically — at random — the moment the last square is taken. No one picks them or can influence them.
Once drawn, the numbers are locked for the whole game.

At the end of each quarter, take the last digit of each team's score.
The square where those two digits meet — the AFC digit across, the NFC digit down — wins that quarter.
Winners are paid at the end of every quarter — Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4.

The pot is split across the four quarters, with Q4 paying the most.
This year's split: Q1 10%, Q2 20%, Q3 30%, Q4 40% of the pot.
If all 100 squares sell (a $2,000 pot), that pays $200 / $400 / $600 / $800 for Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4.
100% of the money collected is paid out to the winning squares.