The CFBPoints system rewards participants in addition to the cash prizes that are already given out to winners of prediction contests! Site members are able to earn points by finishing in high standing in prediction contests or performing various actions on the site such as voting in polls, posting article or profile comments, updating profiles, creating groups and posting in the forums among several others. Members are also able to earn points for referring new members to the site while earning a percentage of their referral's points for as long as they remain a member. Members can buy, sell, donate or shop the points they earn. There is no limit to how many points a member can earn and points will never expire so your points balance at the end of a college sports season will still be there the next season. There will be many different ways to earn points and new ways will be added in as we continue to develop and implement new avenues for members to earn. CFBPoints Membership Rewards aims to add even more value to our members while they follow college sports!

Buying, Selling, Donating and Shopping CFBPoints

Beginning with the 2010-2011 season, members will be able to cash-in CFBPoints through PayPal. Once you have accumulated at least 20,000 points (Level Rank of Graduate Assistant), you will be able to cash-in your points at the current exchange rate. See current exchange rate in table below. To cash-in, click Buy/Sell Points on the user menu.

Current contest rewards and site action rules are displayed in table below. You can reference this page at any time to see what the current rules and values are and what the exchange rate is.

Pool Contest Access Will Use CFBPoints

CFBPoints have become the payment system for members to access Pool contests. To enter the Top 25 Weekly Pool or NCAA Weekly Pool, members can either use the points they earn or buy points instantly from the user menu for a shot at a peice of the weekly cash prize pool. The cost of an entry is 10,000 points which is a $10 value. Be aware that your points will be deducted immediately upon entering one of these contests so do not click an entry link to these contests if you do not intend to play the current week. As you can see, the points you earn have a real dollar value -- 1,000 points equal one dollar. As of right now, the points can only be traded in for Pool contest entries, however, we plan on adding in spending options in the future. Stay tuned!

New for 2010: The Top 25 Weekly Challenge and NCAA Weekly Challenge are now using CFBPoints for entry access. The cost is 100 CFBPoints per contest/week.

How To Earn Points

Contests and site actions are the two main avenues in which members can earn points. With contests, it's all about finishing in high enough standing to receive points -- usually in the top 10 of weekly and season standings. If your predicting accumen falls short too often members can always earn through several site action rules such as posting comments on articles. See the tables below for all of the ways to earn, lose, buy, sell or even donate points. As mentioned previously, we are likely to add more ways that members can earn points but, for the time being, here is a current list of rules, their point values, the cash-in exchange rate and contest winners cash prizes in parentheses if applicable.

Cash-in Exchange Rate				Last Update: $25 EOS cash prizes added to WC's
1 CFBPoint = $0.0005
Contests
Bowl Series Challenge				NCAA Tournament Challenge
1	20,000	($100)		Championship Round Winner:	15,000 x1	($75)
2	15,000			Championship Round:	10,000 x1
3	10,000			Final Four Round:	5,000 x2
4	7,500			Elite Eight Round:	2,500 x4
5	5,000			Sweet 16 Round:	1,000 x8
6	4,500			First Round:	500 x16
7	4,000
8	3,500			Top 25/NCAA Season Challenges
9	3,000			1    10,000
10	2,500			2    7,500
11	2,000			3    5,000
12	1,500			4    4,000
13	1,000			5    3,000
14	900			6    2,000
15	800			7    1,000
16	700			8    750
17	600			9    500
18	500			10  250
19	400
20	300			Contest Entry Fee	Deducted
21	200			Top 25 Weekly Pool	-10,000
22	100			NCAA Weekly Pool	-10,000
23	75			Bowl Series Challenge	-250
24	50			Top 25 Weekly Challenge	-100
25	25			NCAA Weekly Challenge	-100
Top 25/NCAA Weekly Challenge				Conference Challenges
End of Season				End of Season
1	12,000	($25)		1    5,000
2	10,000			2    3,000
3	7,500			3    2,000
4	6,000			4    1,500
5	5,000			5    1,000
6	2,500			6    750
7	2,000			7    500
8	1,500			8    250
9	1000			9    100
10	500			10  50
Weekly Contest				Weekly Contest
1	3,000	($10)		1    1,000 (must be outright winner)
2	2,000
3	1,000
4	750
5	500
6	400
7	300
8	200
9	100
10	50

Site Actions
Member			Added	Removed
Refer a Friend Success			2000
Referrals Points			10%
New Member			500
Daily Login			25
Donate Points			choice	choice
Inactive (20 days)				-100
the Fanbase
Groups			Added	Removed		Profile			Added	Removed
Group Create			500	-500		Profile Avatar Upload			2,500	-2,500
Group Avatar Upload			250			Profile Update Save			1,500
Group Bulletin New			100	-100		Status Stream*			20
Group Discussion New			50	-50
Group Discussion Reply			10	-10
Group Wall Comment			10	-10
Events			Added	Removed		Videos			Added	Removed
Event Create			250	-250		Video Add			100	-100
Event Avatar Upload			150			Video Wall Comment			10	-10
Event Wall Comment			10	-10
Photos			Added	Removed
Photo Album Create			175	-175
Photo Upload			50	-50
Photo Wall Comment			10	-10
Articles			Added	Removed		Miscellaneous			Added	Removed
Email Article to Friend*			75			Answer Poll Question			75
Article Comment			20	-20		Raffle Drawing			varies
Article Comment Vote			2			Buy/Sell Points			10k min	-20k min

CFBPoints Ranking System

Level Points	Level Rank
5	Recruit
500	Redshirt Freshman
1,000	Starter
2,500	Team Captain
5,000	All-Conference
7,500	All-American
10,000	Player of the Year
20,000	Graduate Assistant
30,000	Assistant Coach
40,000	Head Coach
50,000	Hall of Fame Coach
60,000	Athletic Director
70,000	Conference Commissioner
80,000	NCAA Selection Chairman
90,000	BCS Commissioner
100,000	NCAA President

Note: CFBPoints and cash prizes awarded for prediction contests are usually awarded the day after the conclusion of the contest but please allow up to three days for these to reflect on your accounts.
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Disclaimer: Site Administrators reserve the right to change the point values for any contest or site activity and the exchange rate at any time without notification. Users who attempt to abuse the system under the discretion of Site Administrators will have all points revoked and the user could be permantly banned from accessing the site. Please review Section 14 of Terms and Conditions.