CESTRIAN BOWL IX PLAYOFFS ARE… HERE!
Good morning gentlemen,
We are finally at Week 15 of the 2021 NFL Season and that means it’s time to start the process of crowning this year’s Champion. This has been the most competitive year we have ever run with all 24 teams playing right through to the end so thank you to everyone for making it such a great competition.
Final league placings for the NFC and AFC can be found here - https://www.cestrianbowl.com/finalplacings21
Over the next 3 weeks all 24 teams will have the opportunity to compete in a cross-divisional competition with the chance to have their name added to the list of illustrious previous winners.
We will be running 2 competitions over the next 3 weeks; each league will run a Championship and Consolation playoff in the following format:
Week 15 – Quarter Finals
Week 16 – Semi Finals
Week 17 – Championship Week
In Week 17 the finalists from the NFC and AFC will be competing for 2 Championships simultaneously. The winner of the Conference game will be crowned as the individual league Champion and the highest overall scoring player from the 4 inter-conference finalists will be crowned the Cestrian Bowl IX Champion.
To keep things interesting for all players we will be running a second-tier competition called the Commissioner’s Shield, this will be run in the same way and there is a non-financial incentive for the winners… more on that later.
****PRIZE MONEY****
Conformation on the financial details for this year are detailed below. If anyone wants to see the receipts for trophies / websites etc just give me a shout.
Total Fees = 24 x £25 = £600
Prize Money = 75% of pot = £450
Admin Money (Website, Trophies etc) = 25% of pot = £150
NFC Winner = £150
AFC Winner = £150
Cestrian Bowl IX Winner = £150
****PLAYOFF FORMAT – CESTRIAN BOWL****
The Cestrian Bowl Championship will be played between 12 teams and will last 3 weeks. The participants will be the top 6 teams from each conference.
The playoff structure for this year can be found here - https://www.cestrianbowl.com/cbixplayoffs
This week the top 2 teams from each conference will receive a bye whilst 3rd place will play 6th and 4th will play 5th. The winners from each quarter Final will progress to the week 16 Semi Finals with the lowest remain seed playing the 1 seed and the highest remaining seed playing the 2 seed.
Finally in week 17 we will have 2 Conference Championship games with the winner of each game crowned the AFC or NFC Champion respectively. The team that has the highest weekly score across the Final 4 in week 17 will be the winner and overall Cestrian Bowl IX Champion.
****PLAYOFF FORMAT – COMMISSIONERS SHIELD****
The Commissioners Shield will be played between 12 teams and will last 3 weeks. The participants will be the bottom 6 teams from each conference.
The playoff structure for this year can be found here - https://www.cestrianbowl.com/comshield21playoff
This week the top 2 teams from each conference will receive a bye whilst 3rd place will play 6th and 4th will play 5th. The winners from each quarter Final will progress to week 16 with the lowest remain seed playing the 1 seed and the highest remaining seed playing the 2 seed.
Finally in week 17 we will have 2 Conference Championship games with the winner of each game awarded their choice of draft position in the 2022 Cestrian Bowl, as a result of this the 2 Conference winners will play in different conferences next year. The team that has the highest weekly score across the Final 4 in week 17 will be the winner and Inaugural Commissioners Shield winner.
I appreciate this is quite a lot to take in so please feel free to ask any questions.
Thanks and good luck to all
Anthony