The rules

Short enough to actually read.

The game

Every week of the NFL regular season (weeks 1–18), each entry picks one team to win its game. Straight up — margin doesn't matter.
A loss or a tie is a strike. So is missing a week without a pick. Rack up 2 strikes and your entry is dead.
Each team can only be used once per entry for the whole season.

$10 per entry, Venmo'd to the commissioner with the note "PickEm [your name]".
Join any time before week 1 kicks off. After that you'll need commissioner approval, and you're only on the hook for weeks from when you're approved.
Unpaid? You can make your first week's pick, but picking locks after that until your buy-in is recorded.
Run as many entries as you like — each is its own buy-in, its own picks, its own life ("Korn 2", "Korn 3", …).

Your pick locks when your team's game kicks off. Until then, you can switch to any team that hasn't started yet.
Next week's picks open Tuesday at midnight Central. The full season schedule is always browsable on the Pick tab.
Picks stay hidden from other players until the whole week has kicked off. Past weeks — and everyone's strikes — are public on the board.
Canceled game? Your pick is voided — no strike, but the team's still used. Postponed games grade whenever they're played.

Last entry alive takes 100% of the pot. No second-place money.
If multiple entries survive week 18, or everyone left strikes out in the same week, those entries split the pot evenly.
The commissioner's rulings on any dispute are final.