All Ireland SFC Pools 2015

Had a bit of time this morning, so I may as well start the thread now.

Two weeks from tomorrow (not including Sunday's game in New York) sees the start of the 2015 All Ireland SFC Championship. So without further ado, here are the rules for the Pools competition.

1. Each Monday I will post up the fixtures for the coming week and by Tuesday or Wednesday I should have the league table of posters and points for the previous week just gone.

2. Late comers will be accepted but points will be forfeited for any games missed.

3. Predictions will be accepted and valid by throw-in time of the first game of the weekend.

4. The points system I am using is the same as that used in the League pools. You get 2 points for predicting the winner of the game.
Should a poster predict within 2 points of the winning margin,that poster will receive 1 bonus point.
Should a poster predict a draw,the poster will receive 3 points and where a poster predicts a team to win but the result is a draw,the poster will get 1 point ONLY if the poster has predicted a winning margin of no more than 2 points.
I'll award one point if a person predicts a draw yet the result is a one point win for either side.
Needless to say if you predict a team to win and they lose you get no points.

Note: Only the result after 70 minutes will be counted. For example, if Offaly beat Longford after extra time in the first game, only those who predicted a draw will get full marks.

5. Bonus points will be awarded at the end of the championship for predicting the 4 provincial champions, the other 4 quarter finalists as well as the All Ireland winners and runners up. 2 points will be awarded for each correct prediction.
Note: Zero points will be awarded if you choose a team to win their provincial title and they fail to do so but still make the quarter finals and vice versa.

6. Posters must predict provincial champions/quarter finalists/AI winners/runners up in their first post with their first round of predictions.
If a poster wishes to join after the first week has finished, they may post these predictions but a 20% penalty for each week missed will apply to the initial predictions.

7. To cut out a lot of time, if posters consistently fail to post their weekly predictions, I'll remove them from the overall tables.