Prizes
Overview
Prizes are awarded at
the end of the Contest to the top 25 overall teams, to the top six teams in each league, and
to the top three teams in each field, as well as each week beginning
with Week 2, as follows:
| Prize Table |
| Place |
Overall
(all teams) |
League
(25 teams) |
Field |
| 1 |
$10,000 |
$750 + 5,000 pts |
$100 |
| 2 |
$5,000 |
$400 + 3,000 pts |
$25 |
| 3 |
$2,500 |
$200 + 2,000 pts |
$10 |
| 4 |
$1,500 |
$100 + 1,000 pts |
— |
| 5 |
$1,000 |
$50 + 500 pts |
— |
| 6 |
$750 |
Free Entry + 250 pts |
— |
| 7-10 |
$500 |
— |
— |
| 11-15 |
$250 |
— |
— |
| 16-25 |
$100 |
— |
— |
Free entry to 2010-11 Basketball Challenge.
For complete details regarding the "Leveling The Playing Field" game-within-a-game and accompanying
Field prizes, refer to the "Leveling the Playing Field" link on the Rules Index page.
Beginning November 9, $50 will be awarded to the overall leader each
week based on year-to-date standings, and $50 will be awarded to the
overall leader based on standings for the week. Thus for the first weekly
year-to-date prize, stats from games played on October 27, 2009, through
games played on Sunday, November 8, 2009, will be used. To determine
the week-to-date winner, the stats from games played on Monday through
Sunday will be used. The team with the most overall points
for the week will be awarded the prize. The first week-to-date winner
will be based on stats from games played on Monday, November 2, 2009,
through games played on Sunday, November 8, 2009. The first weekly prizes
will be awarded on Monday, November 9, 2009, and the last weekly prizes will be
awarded on Monday, April 12, 2010. Cash prizes will be
credited to the team owners' accounts.
Cash prizes are awarded in U.S. dollars. In the event of a tie, cash prizes are divided
evenly among those who have tied. In the event that a league does not contain 25 teams or
that a division does not contain 10 leagues, prizes may be pro-rated.
