NFL Office Pool for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffOctober 12, 2013

NFL Office Pool offers a way to manage a pick 'em style football pool. While the program looks basic enough to operate, the manual input required will make users seek out simpler solutions online.

Initially, we were pleased to find that this program's interface looked simple and easy to manage. However, after looking closer at some of the functions, we needed to consult the tutorials in the Help file. The program sets up betting leagues for College, CFL, and even NFL Europe games, but an NFL pool was easiest. This was because the NFL's 2009 schedule was fully loaded onto the program, and all others had to be manually entered, which was a pain. Setting up league rules, fees, and players was a simple trip through a menu. Unfortunately, we needed to input each game's final score in order for the program to calculate our league's weekly standings. The program's most exciting feature also required more work than we wanted. Its Online Integration feature provided a way for all players to make their picks from separate computers, but we needed to register with the design company online. Overall, the program was too much work when we knew there were countless free, online football pool sites that do all of the manual input automatically.

NFL Office Pool's trial is limited to eight regular season weeks. It comes as a compressed file. We do not recommend this program since there are online options that require much less work.

What’s new in version 14.0

Version 14.0 improves online synchronization features and consolidates some screens.

NFL Office Pool for Windows

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: July 15, 2013

Latest update: October 12, 2013

Version: 14.0

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 98
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows NT
Windows 10
Windows XP
Windows ME
Windows Vista
Windows 2000

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 26,208

Downloads Last Week: 1

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User Reviews

4/5

4 User Votes

Does the job but it needs work.
FootballPoolDaddyOctober 26, 2012
Pros
I don't like the big name web-run pools (like CBS, Yahoo, etc) for the lack of control and the need for everyone to create an account. This pool is an easy pool to manage and simple enough for my players to use. It's more hands off than other pools I've used, with one big "UNLESS" that makes me dock it 2 stars...(see below)
Cons
The football schedule has changed and this program needs to as well. The program locks all players out if their picks are not made by the start of the first game. The problem is that in 2012 there is a Thursday game every week. That means anyone that forgets the Thursday game is locked out of the entire week, unless I (as administrator) manually help them! This is just too punitive when running a seasonal pool where every game of every week matters to the members. To stay current, the program NEEDS to allow pool member to miss Thursday yet still make picks. Also, this pool was a great option 2+ years ago for pools run within corporations with strict content blocking. This is no longer the case. It really needs the old website address back so that corporate content blocks don't filter it for "gambling".
Summary
This office pool does the job, but if other web options come up I will probably switch if the fixes aren't made.
Great office pool software allows online picks
dolphinsafeJuly 19, 2009
Pros
Online picks - no need to have sheets turned in (but folks without internet access can turn in sheets to the admin). Nice reports. Very easy. Scores and spreads are automatically updated. Very little management needed. Great time saver!
Cons
Doesn't support confidence pools.
Summary
Yes Yes
bama_out_lawAugust 26, 2006
Pros
Way to go Cnet thanks for having this i love my NFL..
Cons
Summary
enjoyable
andrellSeptember 27, 2005
Pros
acess
Cons
confusing
Summary

Developer’s Description

By Dolphin Safe Software

Organize and run your own office pool for any league and let players make picks online.

NFL Office Pool is ready for you to run the pool and you can handle not only the pros but NCAA, CFL and even Arena Football. It's preloaded with all the scheduled NFL match ups. Players can make picks online and the software will automatically download picks (or you can enter them by hand). Tie-breakers are supported with closest or close-but-not-over scoring on any game you choose. You can play straight-up or against the spreads. Recaps and season standing reports are all ready to go with just a click.