Contents
Football Pool Manager

Version 1.0

1995 Football Season

Main Menu Contents

Introduction	Entering Selections

Registration	Entering Scores

Menu Items	Statistics

Network Setup	Running the Pool

Note:  See the README.TXT file for information concerning program installations and files used.


Introduction
Football Pool Manager

Version 1.0

1995 Football Season

Introduction:

This program will let you manage a football pool.  Every week, members of the pool should turn in their picks for the weekend football games along with their confidence rankings for each game and the total points for the Monday night football game.

The confidence rankings are unique numbers that are assigned to each game for the week:  1 through the total number of games, 1 signifying the lowest confidence, etc.

If a team was successfully predicted as a winner, that confidence ranking gets added to the members point totals (for the week and for the season).

The total points for the Monday night football game are used only to settle tie breakers between two or more members that have accumulated equal and highest point totals for the week.

See Statistics

Note:  This program only handles the football statistics and members selections for the pool.  This program assumes it would be used just for the sheer pleasure of people competing against each other in the art of football predictions.  Any money transfers are at the sole discretion of the members of the pool.


Registration
Football Pool Manager

Version 1.0

1995 Football Season

Registration:

To register this program, use the CompuServe Shareware Registration Forum.

The Registration ID for this program is 7114.

The cost of this program is $25.00.  The unregistered version of the program only allows three members to be added.  When the program is successfully registered, the number becomes virtually unlimited.

As a programmer, I definitely welcome feed back on ways to improve the program or just comments in general.  I can be reached by CompuServe e-Mail at 73741,2412.

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Menu Items
Football Pool Manager

Version 1.0

1995 Football Season

Menu Items:

File:

Members:	Allows manager to add, rename and/or delete members from the pool.  Members that get deleted cannot be brought back with their previous statistics.  Members can be renamed without affecting their point totals.  Passwords can be created or removed for network users.

Teams:	Allows manager to rename teams.  Currently the teams are represented by their cities, but this option allows you to name them according to their real names.  Since New York is represented by two teams, both teams have an (N) or an (A) to represent which conference they come from, National or American.  Abbreviations are used for print a report.

Network Control:	This option gives the manager of the pool control over network access for members who submit their selections over the network.  See Network Control.

Password:	The manager has the option of setting up a password on the program.  If the password option is enabled, then the program will not start without the proper password being entered.  Passwords cannot be longer than 10 characters and are case sensitive.

Log History:	All transactions are monitored by the program.  When member selections are entered, program is started, stopped, etc.

Registration:	Visible only when the program is not a registered version.  After the program is registered, the manager can run a pool with virtually an unlimited number of players.  See Registration.

Exit:	Closes the program.

Activate:

Current Week:	Important first step.  All actions are taken place against an activated week.

Current Member:	When a member is chosen, their selections can be entered and printed.  (Visible only after a week is activated.)

Members:

Entry Forms:	Prints a blank entry form for the active week which contains the games for the week.

Enter Selections:	When a member is activated, their selections can be entered.  See Entering Selections.

Print Selections:	Prints the selections of the active member for the active week.

Pool:

Print Selections:	Prints the selections for the entire membership for the active week.

Game Results:	Enter the results of the games for the active week.  These scores are used to calculate the performances of the individual members.  See Scores.

Member Stats:	Prints the results of the members selections against the results of the games for the week and the current standings of the point totals for the season.

League Stats:	Opens a form that shows league standings.  Individual team analysis can be opened from that form as well.  See Statistics.

Help:

Contents:	Opens up this help file.

About:	Computer statistics and other informations.

Note:  The buttons on the main form correspond to many of the actions in these menu descriptions.


Network Setup
Football Pool Manager

Version 1.0

1995 Football Season

Network Setup:

The requirements for the network portion of the program to work is as follows:

* The computer with the main program must be able to share the directory that it is in with full read/write capabilities.

* The computer with the main program must have SHARE.EXE running in their AUTOEXEC.BAT file.  See DOS help on installing that program.

* Members created in the program must have a password established.  Without a password, members cannot enter their picks over the network.  You might not necessarily want to give members that option.

* The manager must make a week available for the network.

If the manager does not open a week, then members cannot enter their picks over the network.  When a week is opened, members who successfully log in with their name and password receive the schedule for the activated week.  Names and passwords are case sensitive.  If selections already exist for that person, then the member can edit their previous selections.

See the README.TXT file for specific instructions on how to setup a computer with the client program.


Selections
Football Pool Manager

Version 1.0

1995 Football Season

Entering Selections:

When a week is activated and a member is chosen, then selections can be entered into the system.  The form displays the current schedule.  The predicted winner can be chosen simply by clicking on the team.  It gets bolded.  Members can enter a confidence ranking in the box next to the game.  When the cursor is in the box, numbers can be manually entered or the number pad can be used.

Selections can be reordered from highest ranking team to the lowest.  This has no affect on the selections themselves, but it does provide a good view of the selections.

Rankings can be switched between teams by clicking on the ranking box and dragging it over the box you want to switch numbers with.

Only valid entries will allow the selections to be entered into the system.  This includes: a winner is chosen for every game, every game has a unique ranking that is between 1 and the total number of games, and the Monday Night game has a point total to settle tie breakers for the week.

The manager of the pool can enter the selections manually from the entry sheets being turned in or members on a network can enter their selections over the network.  See Network Setup.


Scores
Football Pool Manager

Version 1.0

1995 Football Season

Entering Scores:

When a week is activated, scores can be entered for that week.  If a tie occurs in a game, then nobody wins in terms of members gaining points.

The program will use the numbers entered for the games to calculate which team won, how many points were scored on Monday night, and how the members selections performed against the true outcome of the games.


Statistics
Football Pool Manager

Version 1.0

1995 Football Season

Statistics:

Statistics are kept for every player and every team.  The manager can go back to any week and view the information for that week: the selections by the members, the outcome of the games, etc.

Membership statistics are just the point totals accumulated for that active week and for the season up to that week.  They are in order from most points accumulated to the lowest, including the tie breaker information to settle ties.  The absolute value is taken of the total points for the Monday Night game minus the members total points predicted.

League standings can be viewed any week.  All the teams are in their respective divisions.  By double-clicking on a team will reveal the schedule for that team and the results of the games.  Other statistics are kept, like home wins, losses, points scored, points allowed, as well as road performance information.


Running the Pool
Football Pool Manager

Version 1.0

1995 Football Season

Running the Pool:

To successfully run the football pool, some simple ground rules should be made.

* Entry forms for the week should be printed and distributed at the beginning of the week.

* It should be made clear by what day and at what time selections have to be entered.  At that time (usually some time Friday afternoon), the network should be closed, and a quick look at the current members without selections should be viewed in the Current Member form.  If any members are present, they should be contacted in order to get the week completed.

* The membership selections should be printed up and destributed to the members of the pool before the weekend games.  All printouts have a time and date stamp to ensure viability of the selections.

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