Sports Pickem Module

Run a sports pickem league using Drupal. It can be used for the NFL, NHL, College Bowl season, March Madness, MLS, etc... Includes pick the winner style along with point spread support.

Features

• Import-export of game sets feature so you can share team lists and schedules with other users of this module.
• Multi-league: more than one league can use the same gameset so the commish need only enter the scores once!
• Multi-gameset: you can run more than one sport (or division) at one time.
• Email reminders: let people know when the pick lock-up time will come.
• Charts(*): gotta have pretty charts:) Open_Flash_Chart_API.
• Dynamic timer(*): let people know when the picks are due by Javascript Timer.
• Automatic score updates(*): Not having to type in those pesky sports scores...priceless. Service provided by Sports Scores.

(*) Optional integration will other Drupal modules.

Installation and Setup

Install the sports pickem module

1. Download and install the Sports Pickem Module
2. Enable the Sports Pickem Module on the admin/modules page.

If you want to use the forum module for chat and banter:

1. Enable the Forum on the admin/modules page
2. Add a Forum for chat and league banter.

If you want to have a rules and regulations page:

1. Add a Standard Page/Story/Node or a Forum Post for an explanation of the rules of the league, and remember the node id of the post.

Create your first league:

1. Import a gameset or type one in. You'll need teams, weeks, and games.
2. Add a League (/admin/content/pickem/leagues) and choose the linked forum* and the Rules node id* from above.
3. Add users to the league (admin/content/pickem/league_users)
4. Enable and show the Pickem Leagues block (admin/build/block)

This user will then see the league menus under "My leagues".

If you want a dynamic countdown timer which will countdown to the next week pick lockup time:

1. Download and install Javascript Countdown Timer module. (http://drupal.org/project/countdowntimer)
2. Make sure to configure Javascript Countdown Timer to show on 'Every Page' in its admin screen. (admin/settings/countdowntimer)

If you want pretty flash charts:

1. Download and install Open Flash Chart API. (http://drupal.org/project/open_flash_chart_api) requires additional steps listed in the modules documentation.

Remember

• Set the "access pickem" and "play pickem" permissions for your users.
• If you are using the javascript countdown timer, go to its admin page and select "Every Page".
• For a pickem-only site, set the "access denied" page to be some kind of info page explaining that you must login
• For a pickem-only site, set the default front page to "pickem"
• For an nfl-pickem site, set the path to custom logo to "pickem/logos.gif" (deprecated) "pickem/random_logo.png" in the 6.x-1.7+
• For an nfl-pickem site, set the path to customer icon to "sites/all/modules/pickem/favicon.ico"

Sports Scores Integration

If you want the Sports Scores Module to update the game scores for you, there are a couple steps to perform.

1. pickem gameset sport = sport scores sport.
2. sports scores team names = pickem gameset teams abbrev (OR name).
3. pickem game date = sports scores game date.
4. sports scores game data looks right. Check out the database and see what is being saved in the sports_scores table.