1. If you are a returning player, please find your name on the 2015 Roster and register under the EXACT same name including the exact punctuation. Using the same name allows our system to match you to your picks, your past records and your account. So if you are Jeff or Mike or Bob or Chuck on the roster, do not register as Jeffrey, Michael, Robert or Charles.

2. If you are new to Pigskin Mania, fill in your name as you would like it to appear in the standings. You will need to submit your picks during the season using the EXACT same name.

3. Feel free to use an alias. Just make sure you note that when you submit your payment so we can credit your account.

4. Fill in the form completely and submit.

5. Team entries (Bowling/Stephens, Welch/Lucero, etc.) should put their team name in the Last Name space. Leave the First Name space blank. This applies when making your picks on the Picks Page as well.

6. The form will not accept apostrophes in any of the fields. If you have an apostrophe in your name or in your comments, you will get an error message. If you have an apostrophe in your name, submit without the apostrophe and we will add it manually.

7. Submit a phone number and e-mail address where you can be reached during the season. This is especially important in the event a question should arise about your picks during a given week and we need to contact you to clarify. Indicate if sending you a text message is a good way to reach you.

8. We have stopped asking for your address because we will ask for that when the time comes for us to send you some winnings. But we want to know what state you are from just because we're curious.

9. An entry is not official until the entry fee is received.

10. Please visit the Rules page so you know exactly how the game works.

Payment Instructions. Please follow.

• Check the Accounts Page and see if you have anything on account. Check the page even if you think you have nothing on account because you may have winnings you don't know about, you may have overpaid some Paypal fees, or you may owe some fees. Every player who was in one of our three pools during the 2015-2016 season is on the Accounts list.

• If your name does appear on the Accounts Page, any amount will automatically be deducted or added to what you owe for the upcoming season. If you have $50 or more on account, your registration is complete once you complete the form below, so go to that step right now. We will adjust your account.

• If you have an amount on the Accounts Page less than the $50 entry fee, determine what you owe then use one of the following payment methods.

• Send a check or cash for the amount you owe. Checks should be made out to Jay Gonzales. Please do not make checks out to Pigskin Mania. We've had a few of those and it's a problem at the bank. Feel free to indicate Pigskin Mania in the memo section of the check. Mail checks or cash to Jay Gonzales, 7656 E. Park View Drive, Tucson, AZ, 85715.

• Use Paypal. If you have your own Paypal account where funds are drawn from your bank account, you do not owe any Paypal fees. So just send the amount you owe. If you do not have a PayPal account and/or are using a debit or credit card, you will owe fees. Please use the following pay schedule, especially if you are sending fees for more than one entry.

For 1 entry, send $51.80
For 2 entries, send $103.30
For 3 entries, send $154.79
For 4 entries, send $206.28.
For 5 entries, send $257.78.
For odd amounts, there is a handy Paypal fee calculator at this link. If you don't calculate the fees correctly, don't worry too much about it. We will make sure we keep track in your account we will square up at some point.

• Please identify yourself in the message area of the payment form using the name of your PM entry.

• VERY IMPORTANT. It is a violation of Paypal's policies to transmit funds for gambling purposes. Paypal suspended our account for a short time a few years ago because they detected the payments were for gambling since many of you referred to Pigskin Mania in your payment form. DO NOT MENTION "PIGSKIN MANIA" ANYWHERE IN THE FORM YOU FILL OUT ON PAYPAL. The best thing to do is send the entry fee as a "gift" and make sure you say it's from your pool entry name. We don't use Paypal for anything else so we will know your payment is for the pool. Print and keep your payment confirmation page to make sure we can straighten out any issues that may arise later.

• Our Paypal account is under the e-mail address jaygonzales@comcast.net. NOTE that "Gonzales" is spelled with an "S" on the end and not a "Z." A few payments in the past have been misdirected because of that and those players had to track it down to get a refund from Paypal.

• Entry fees are due by kickoff of the first game in your picks in Week 1. Your picks will not be valid until we have your entry fee.

• If you have any special circumstances, for example if you have extra amounts in your account and want to use them for someone else, provide a brief explanation in the comments box.