The PFVCC

The Professional Football Viewers Country Club (PFVCC) ("the Club") presents this manual as your guide to Club information and rules & regulations of the Club.

It has been prepared to enable you to fully enjoy the excitement and friendly spirit the PFVCC affords to its members.

The members of the Rules Committee set the rules and regulations and consequently any questions should be directed to that Committee.

The PFVCC is a non-profit, private social club dedicated to the enjoyment of professional football.

George H. Matthews founded the Club in September of 1981. Shortly thereafter, he appointed Stephen Sweeney to the position of Club president. Sweeney has successfully guided the Club fulfilling Matthews’ dream.

The PFVCC is comprised and managed by 11 committees and others as required:

• Executive
• Finance
• Audit
• Security
• Membership
• Rules
• Social
• Communication
• Computer
• Statistics and Records
• Membership Relations

Each committee has a Chairman and First Vice President. The only exceptions are the Audit and Executive Committees, which are staffed exclusively by the Founder and Chairman. The first vice president shall assume the duties of a committee should the chairman become incapacitated. The Founder will assume the responsibilities of the Chairman should the Chairman become incapacitated.

The Executive Committee has ultimate authority for all decisions.

To expedite answers to any questions please call PFVCC World Headquarters.

NEW

Any member in good standing may nominate a prospective member under the following conditions:

• The prospective member is a member of the extended Sweeney or Matthews families ("the Family"). A non-extended family nominee that is engaged to be married to a member of the Family, but not a member of the Club will be eligible.
• The prospective member has knowledge of football to the extent that the prospective member will be competitive.
• The prospective member has the financial resources to meet the financial responsibilities of the Club.
• The prospective member successfully meets all the requirements for election.
• Nominations for new members will be accepted for review and consideration between January 2^nd and July 15^th of each year

EXISTING

Existing members are considered in good standing under the following conditions:

• Adhering to all rules and regulations of the Club.
• All dues are paid prior to the pick deadline of the first game of the season.
• If a member’s behavior represents the Club in a manner, which is respectful of others.

LOSS OF MEMBERSHIP

A member may lose his membership under the following conditions:

• A member fails to meet membership requirements.
• A member fails good standing status.
• Fees or dues are not paid.
• Anything else deemed way ugly.

DEFINED

A pick is selecting a team to win a football game.

PROCEDURE

A member in good standing is responsible to make a pick for each game played before that game is played. The member must either:

1. Enter picks via the world wide web (WWW.PFVCC.ORG) ; or
2. Call the president or his designee.

These are the only sanctioned ways to have picks entered in the official Master Pick Book. It is a member’s responsibility to ensure that a pick has been correctly entered.

TIME DEADLINES

Each member must have caused his picks to be entered into the Master Pick Book by Friday 8:00pm Los Angeles time.

• If a game is played on any day other than Saturday, Sunday or Monday, the member’s pick must be entered into the Master Pick Book by 8:00pm.
• If a game is played on any day other than Saturday, Sunday or Monday, the member’s pick must be entered into the Master Pick Book by 8:00pm Los Angeles time the day prior to the start of the game.

DEFAULT TEAM PICK

By definition, a Default Team Pick is the:

• Home team for seasons prior to the 2016 season
• Visitor team for seasons beginning in the 2016 season and after

At the discretion of the President, Default Team Picks may be awarded if a member is delinquent in any fees or dues for the duration of the time the member is delinquent.

MEMBER OUT OF TOWN WORKING

The Club affords special privileges to members that are out of town working in as much as your time may not be at your discretion. Therefore, the time deadline is extended up to 9:00am Los Angeles time on the day of a game. The Member must provide a notification that work caused the pick delay.

OTHER MEMBER’S PICKS

A member may inquire and be informed of another member’s picks so long as all picks have been logged into the Master Pick Book and the pick deadline has passed except in the last week of the season.

STANDINGS

The Club will provide newsletters (or other communiqué) with the standings and records of each member. For a member to be eligible to win the PFVCC Championship, or any other cash or non-cash award, a member must have picked at least eighty percent (80%) of the scheduled games. Failure to meet the 80 percent test will disqualify the member from being granted any award or money.

MEMBER RESPONSIBILITIES

It is a member’s responsibility to double-check the won-lost-tie records. If a member fails to bring to the attention any errors to the Chairman of the Statistics and Records Committee within one week of a newsletter or other communiqué reporting records, the standings will be deemed to be correct.

YEAR-END TIES

If one or more members are tied for first place at the end of the year, the following tie breaking system will be used:

First: Each member that is tied for first place will enter his picks for the upcoming playoff games. The first winner of any game in which the members differ, will be considered the winner and awarded the coveted (and for some, elusive) PFVCC Championship. NOTE: Even though the members picked four games (presumably two games on Saturday and Sunday respectively) and the members differed on the first game Saturday, the member who picked the winner would be the PFVCC Champion regardless of the outcome of the remaining games already picked.

Second: Pick the winner of the Super Bowl (upcoming not the previous year).

Third: The member with the most Loner Picks. A Loner Pick is a pick in which a member was the only member to pick the winning team for a specific game.

Fourth: We give up. Split the winning award evenly.

Members tied for any other position other than first place will split the winnings equally and will not enter into any playoff.

FEES

Each player must pay a fee to participate in the fun. Read just a touch more for details…

Dues and fees are assessed annually and may change from year to year. The dues/fees are set at the discretion of the Finance and Executive Committee. Input is not solicited. Dues/fees are due prior to the pick deadline of the first game of the season.

AWARDS BANQUET DINNER

The Social Committee hosts the annual Awards Banquet Dinner. Included in the annual fee is your dinner ticket. Only members in good standing may feast.

Members in good standing are allowed to bring a spouse or significant other to the dinner. The Social Committee and/or the Executive Committee reserves the right to refuse admission to, well, anyone.

Spaghetti shall be the official dinner of the Awards Banquet Dinner.

SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS

The Club reserves the right to make a special assessment if the Executive Committee approves the assessment.