Football Pickem Pool

The pick window is the amount of time you have to make your picks each week.    On the admin side, this is what it looks like to create/edit what's called a Pick_Period, which is where the pick window is defined.

The pick window has two dates:  A start and an end.   A normal pick window would begin Tuesday at 1am and close about 1pm on the next Sunday.   During this period of time, picks can be made/changed. 

In the case where there are early games, the pick window "slides" during the week, which is a manual process.   For example, on a week where there is a Thursday game, the pick window would run from Tuesday until maybe 8pm on Thursday.   At 8pm, the picks would close and no adjustments could be made.   In addition, everyone can see what others picked for that game, as well as all remaining games for the week.    After the Thursday game is completed and scored, the end date above is changed to close on Sunday end at kickoff time.  

When picks are open, you can only see your own picks.   When they close, picks can't be changed and everyone can see all other picks in their group.

So the tip for good picking on weeks where there is an early game:   Make all your picks before the kickoff of the first game, not just for the first game.   Why?   Two reasons:  If you forget to make the rest of your picks, you don't get all zeros and, should the admin not reopen the pick window -- you're covered.    The downside of this:   If you make all your picks before a Thursday game, you're letting everyone in your group see what you have planned for the Sunday/Monday games.