Commissioner Tadros Press Conference,
The Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites
Brighton, Michigan

Happy Halloween fellow pickers.  I am pleased to announce that the "Pickers of the Week" are:  Jeff Nichols, Joe Thome, Todd Prins and Steven Nicolet. 

Each went 9-5 this week, while 10 more pickers went 8-6.

Brent Van Wieren  of HAMILTON is no longer sitting on top after an upset  loss to Kevin Rosenau and Steve Harryman (see below) of the Metro Brotherhood.  There are now 6 pickers with a league best 5-2 record.  The overall best picking percentage  is still held by Brian Klingenberg of Hamilton (76-38) which is appropriately .666 on this Halloween Day.

There were two overtime games again this week.  Matt Cushman once again wins by picking lower points than Al Bonn.  Cushman is going for the record for most WINS in overtime in a single season.  Jeff Nichols put his little brother in his place by defeating Steven Nicolet in OT.  Jeff picked exactly 38 points for the tie-breaker.  Nicolet is also working on setting the record for most LOSSES in overtime in a single season.

On a sad note, picker Zander "Z-Dizzle" Firlik submitted improper picks this week.  Her picks were entered into the PYX web server at 4:35 pm on Sunday afternoon.  At that time 12 out of 14 games had already kicked off.  She went 1-1 in the remaining 2 games.  Which is unfortunate because she probably would have defeated Brian Klingenberg by one game.  I am going to assign a special task force to look into this situation to see what may have been distracting Ms. Firlik this week.  Matt Cushman, will please give Firlik a thorough examination?

In other breaking news...Picker Steve Harryman of the Metro Brotherhood has made a formal request to investigate his picks from Week 7.  Mr. Harryman is not contesting his picks (5-8 record) but that of his opponent's...none other than Brent Van Wieren of Hamilton. 

It appears that the data entered into the PYX spreadsheet does not match that which was submitted into the entry file.  This is a very complicated situation but our Information Systems team worked around the clock and and performed an extensive investigation. 

The report was on my desk this morning and I see no need for this case to go before the PYX Supreme Court.  I am ruling in favor of Picker Steve Harryman.  Brent Van Wieren, his opponent merely obtained a 5-8 record during Week 7.  Harryman defeated Van Wieren in the Monday Night tie-breaker.  Harryman is hereby granted a victory rather than a loss and Van Wieren is hereby relinquished of his win and given a loss instead.  Furthermore, Van Wieren is stripped of his "Picker of the Week" honor.  The Commissioner Corner archives have been corrected and the standings for both Week 7 (in the archives) and Week 8 have been edited & corrected as well.

On behalf of The PYX organization, Supreme Court, Congress, Executive Board, Alumni and the General Assembly, I offer sincere apologies to all parties involved.

The best way to make sure that this doesn't happen in the future is to purchase full automation.  But there is a price tag that comes with this kind of technology.  Which leads me to ask for everyone's help.

As Commissioner, I am asking every member of this league to make at least one purchase from the PYX Store.  We will need to have a strong 4th quarter or we may be seeing cut-backs and lay-offs next year.

Please visit the PYX Store and place an order today:   

 Thank you and good picking!


Your Commish,


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Peter Tadros
The Commissioner & CEO
THE PYX