How to Add a Pick'Em Pool to Your Fantasy Football League
A Pick'em pool gives every fantasy league member a reason to stay engaged all season, even when their fantasy team is eliminated. Set it up in your existing club, use confidence points for strategic depth, and let auto-grading handle the scoring.
Fantasy football leagues have a built-in problem: by Week 10, half the league has checked out because their team is mathematically eliminated. A Pick'em pool running alongside your fantasy league gives everyone a second competition that stays relevant through Week 18.
Why Pick'em Works Alongside Fantasy
Fantasy football is about managing a roster — waiver wire pickups, start/sit decisions, bye week headaches. Pick'em is about predicting game outcomes. They scratch completely different competitive itches, which means running both doesn't create burnout — it creates more reasons to care about every game on the schedule.
Setting Up Your Pick'em Pool
Create a Pick'em contest inside the same ValueBet club where your fantasy discussion happens. Use confidence points (rank your picks 1–5 based on conviction) instead of straight picks to add strategic depth. Set your pick deadline to Thursday kickoff so Thursday Night Football counts, and let auto-grading update the leaderboard after every game.
Confidence Points Keep It Strategic
Without confidence points, everyone just picks favorites and the leaderboard is flat. With confidence points, members have to decide which games they feel strongest about and risk more points on those picks. Miss your 5-point pick and you're in trouble even if you nail the easy ones. It rewards knowledge over coin-flipping.
Keep Both Contests in One Club
ValueBet lets you run multiple contest types inside one club. Your fantasy league members are already in the club — just add a Pick'em contest and everyone can compete in both without joining a second platform or managing another login. One club code, multiple competitions, zero extra setup for members.
Add a Pick'em contest to your fantasy league club on ValueBet — takes under 2 minutes to set up.
Create your free club →FAQ
Do my fantasy league members need to create new accounts?
No — if they're already in your ValueBet club, they can join the Pick'em contest with one click. Same club, same login.
How do confidence points work?
You rank your picks from 1 to N based on confidence. Correct picks earn their assigned points. Miss your highest-ranked pick and you lose the most potential points.
Can I run Pick'em and Survivor at the same time?
Yes — ValueBet supports multiple contest types simultaneously in the same club. Layer Pick'em, Survivor, and Bankroll for maximum engagement.
Does Pick'em use chips or real money?
Pick'em uses confidence points only — no chips, no betting lines, just predictions and rankings.
When should I start the Pick'em pool?
Start it Week 1 of the NFL season alongside your fantasy draft. The earlier you start, the more meaningful the season-long leaderboard becomes.