Football Squares Playing Blog

SO - you want to do a football pot, but you're not sure
how long it will take to fill all your squares. Maybe you are just
starting a group of players and you think you may need some extra
time.

If you pick a game date too soon, you could end up with an unfinished
pot before game time - making settlement a pain. If you choose a
game date that is too late, players might lose interest waiting and
may not play on the next pot. - What to do? ~ FLEX pot!

Here's a great idea for creating a pot with a flexible game date,
suggested to us by one of our most prolific Hosts.

For Team Names, choose something like "Home" and "Visitors," or enter
your favorite team name and "Opponent." This way you are not
locked into a specific game. You can just use the next game
that comes up after all the squares are claimed and settlement is
completed. Now you've got a "FLEX" game. Just be sure and explain
this to players either privately or in your Comments field.

Of course, another solution is to do a stock market pot, effective on the
Friday after settlement is complete. But if you really want to do a
football pot for an uncertain date … it’s FLEX time!

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Many thanks to “juicebot” who came up with a good solution for
creating a football pot when you aren’t sure what game to play on.