NFL Picks Future

[Viceroy]

Dear followers of NFL Picks,

  I want to first say thank you for following us.  It has been a pleasure to run this site since 1999.  I've met some incredible people here and also seen them part ways over time.  Anytime a group has been together for 17 years it is an accomplishment of it's own.  With this said, I have decided to declare this picking season (2016) as our final one.  At one point, we had 35 active pictures.  We have slowly dropped down to 9.  The amount of time that this project takes every single year is no longer justified and I find myself not as interested in picking myself.

  We had a good run and for that I am thankful.  It's my hope that all of our members, both past and present, have gathered some fond memories.  The discussion group list will be deleted after the 2016-17 season.

[Bobby Russ]

After much consideration and emails from you all, I will continue NFL Picks.  The site is going to go through some improvements to be able to meet what I need it to do.  This will include some major changes to make it easier for you and me.

I have begun work on what I will call NFL Picks Version 6.9.  The eventual goal is to make it where Registration is more open, pickers will be able to have a more open and fun system to work in, and it will be more automated.  For Version 7, I want to have a system in place where the winners are automatically updated and will not require someone to enter in the winners.  I'm not sure if Version 7 will be ready for this season, but we will make some strides to it.

There will also be a weekly winner besides the normal yearly winner.  So, a few different changes coming.  I think this will help us all and refresh things a bit.  I have updated the NFL Picks rules as well.  I'll send an email about that shortly.