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DEL.ICIO.USMadness at the office
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Now that the brackets are out and the games will start later this week, HoopHead wants to know how the NCAA Tournament and March Madness is playing out at your place of work.
Do you have any office pools going with co-workers? If so, what kinds of incentives are up for grabs? A few beers? A few more bucks? Or just good, clean old-fashioned non-monetary fun?
How is your office pool constructed? Is it picking the most winners of games, or something along the lines of Final Four Fiasco? And who usually wins these things? The resident basketball geek or the secretary who knows nothing about the game?
Will some of you go out for “long lunches” on Thursday and Friday, the first two full days of the tournaments, most likely to sports bars? Will there be TVs at the office so you can watch games there?
How does your management feel about any of this anyway? Does your boss frown on such pools and distractions during working hours? Or his he/she leading the cheers for his/her favorite team?
Is March Madness the sort of thing that helps build camaraderie at the office, if only for a few days?
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By Gordon
March 12, 2007 8:32 PM | Link to this
Our management lets us run a pool because it is used as a fund raiser for charity. For each $5 entry, the charity gets $2, 1st place $1.50, 2nd place $1, and 3rd place $0.50. We use a great web software product that lets the entire company use it from all over the country. I usually get 50 to 70 entries. It’s become a nice tradition at the company and everyone looks forward to it. One year a woman who knew absolutely nothing about basketball won it, so I think it is more luck than skill.
By Toni Davis
March 12, 2007 10:41 PM | Link to this
Do you know of any local pools going own that I can enter. Just moved from Virginia where March Madness was a mandatory “office pool” event. I’m having withdrawal symptoms trying to find a pool.
Please help!