The rules

Short enough to actually read. The Second Chance pool runs weeks 7–18.

The game

Every week from week 7 through week 18, each entry picks one NFL 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 pool.

$10 per entry, Venmo'd to the commissioner. The note must be exactly "PickEm [your name]" — the dashboard shows your exact text with a copy button. That's how payments get matched to entries; a wrong note means an unpaid entry.
Names are unique — one "Korn" in the pool, ever. Pick something the commissioner will recognize on a Venmo note.
Join any time before week 7's first kickoff — Thursday night. Once that game starts, entries are closed. No late joins.
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", …).

Every pick locks at the week's FIRST kickoff — Thursday Night Football, most weeks — no matter which day your team plays. Until then, switch as often as you like. After it, nothing moves.
The moment the week locks, everyone's picks go public on the board. Nothing stays hidden past Thursday night.
No pick in by the lock is a strike, same as a loss. The app emails you a reminder, but the deadline is yours to hit.
Next week's picks open Tuesday at midnight Central. The rest of the schedule is always browsable on the Pick tab.
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 a week would wipe out everyone still alive, it's a wash instead: no strikes, nobody out, and the pool plays on into a fresh week. The teams you picked are still spent — you can't pick them again. The pool can't end on a group wipeout.
If multiple entries survive week 18 — or week 18 itself wipes out everyone left, with no fresh week to play — those entries split the pot evenly.
When a pool is decided with season left, the commissioner can run it back: a brand-new pool on the remaining weeks, clean slate, fresh buy-in. The old board stays up.
The commissioner's rulings on any dispute are final.

Free and totally separate from the pool: on the Predict tab, call the winner of every game, every week, straight up.
All 18 weeks are open from day one. Change any call as often as you like — each one locks at its own game's kickoff (not the Thursday lock; that's survivor only).
The leaderboard ranks everyone by percentage correct across decided games. Ties and canceled games don't count for or against you.
No buy-in, no prize, no strikes — bragging rights only. It can't help or hurt your survivor entry, and it never resets.