{"id":202,"date":"2018-10-27T18:39:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T22:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostedpools.com\/pickology\/?p=202"},"modified":"2018-10-27T19:05:09","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T23:05:09","slug":"ultimate-loser-pool-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostedpools.com\/pickology\/manage-pool\/ultimate-loser-pool-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultimate Loser Pool Fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last couple seasons we&#8217;ve been hosting a number of pools set up by people that have used the now defunct Ultimate Loser Pool (or Ultimate Sports Fundraiser) website, so we wanted to highlight some differences to hopefully make things a little clearer and\/or easier for people that want to set up <a href=\"https:\/\/hostedpools.com\/pickology\/manage-pool\/10-steps-setting-fundraiser-pool\/\">Loser Pool fundraisers<\/a> with us.\u00a0\u00a0Our site wasn&#8217;t set up specifically for fundraisers, but we&#8217;ve made some changes the past couple seasons in order to accommodate those looking for a new home. Here are a few similarities and differences we&#8217;ve noticed when talking to past ULP users:<\/p>\n<h2>Similarities<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Same Saturday Loser Hockey Pool format<\/li>\n<li>Entrants make their selections online<\/li>\n<li>Entrants can choose whether or not to receive pick reminders (we also have SMS\/Text reminders!)<\/li>\n<li>Selections can be made weeks in advance<\/li>\n<li>We do have <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/0BzKngrOSIPzFZlJZTmZfeTEzM2M?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rules sheets and sellers sheets<\/a> available on a Google Drive that you can copy and update with your own pool information<\/li>\n<li>We don&#8217;t handle entry fee payments or paying out winners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Differences<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Entrants create their own accounts on the website &#8211; instead of the pool manager entering everything initially themselves<\/li>\n<li>Entrants make their week own 1st week selections online<\/li>\n<li>Sellers can be tracked on the website &#8211; so seller sheets aren&#8217;t required<\/li>\n<li>Deadlines &#8211; picks can be made up until 7pm Eastern on Saturday instead of Friday at midnight<\/li>\n<li>Managers can choose not to count a shootout loss as an elimination<\/li>\n<li>Managers can choose to allow more than 1 incorrect pick before elimination<\/li>\n<li>Managers can choose to allow you to select a team more than one time<\/li>\n<li>When all remaining entrants are eliminated in a week &#8211; the pool will continue &#8211; you won&#8217;t have to track on your own<\/li>\n<li>On top of the Loser Pool, we have a number of other pool formats in Hockey and Football<\/li>\n<li>Our fee is on a per entry basis, so there&#8217;s less risk in not having as large a pool as expected\u00a0 (Minimum is $25 vs. $199)<\/li>\n<li>If you run multiple pools in a season &#8211; we offer discounts for any pools after the first (message us for details)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>If you&#8217;re coming to us from the Ultimate Loser Pool website, use the ULP10 coupon code for a 10 percent discount on your first pool with us!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last couple seasons we&#8217;ve been hosting a number of pools set up by people that have used the now defunct Ultimate Loser Pool (or Ultimate Sports Fundraiser) website, so we wanted to highlight some differences to hopefully make things a little clearer and\/or easier for people that want to set up Loser Pool [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-manage-pool","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6CptU-3g","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":170,"url":"https:\/\/hostedpools.com\/pickology\/manage-pool\/10-steps-setting-fundraiser-pool\/","url_meta":{"origin":202,"position":0},"title":"10 Steps for Setting up Your Fundraiser Pool","author":"hpadmin","date":"October 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"We have been getting lots of messages this season regarding running Hockey Pool Fundraisers on HostedPools.\u00a0 A\u00a0 number of these people coming to us from a site that does things quite differently.\u00a0 HostedPools wasn't initially set up as a fundraiser option and only a small percentage of the pools managed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Manage a Pool&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Manage a Pool","link":"https:\/\/hostedpools.com\/pickology\/category\/manage-pool\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":130,"url":"https:\/\/hostedpools.com\/pickology\/manage-pool\/hockey-pool-fundraiser\/","url_meta":{"origin":202,"position":1},"title":"Hockey Pool Fundraiser","author":"hpadmin","date":"October 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Looking for a quick an easy way to raise money for your youth hockey team or organization? 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