Picks & Contests Rulebook

Last updated: October 26, 2026. These rules cover every vote and pick module on the Yard: Who You Got (pick'em), Homecoming Heat, and the Fifth Quarter Wall vote.

• Free entry, always. No purchase, payment, or consideration is ever required or accepted to enter, vote, or pick.
• No prizes. There are no cash prizes, gift cards, merchandise, or anything of value awarded for picking, voting, or winning.
• No money ever attaches to an engagement mechanic. Points, streaks, records, and standings have no value, no transfer, and no cash-out — forever. They are pride and record only.
• One vote per device where the module says so. Votes are tied to a device token, not a name. Re-voting from the same device in the same window does not count twice.
• Scoring source of truth. Pick'em results are scored against the scoreboard at yards.fyi/scores. Where a score is not yet reported, the game is not scored until it is — nothing is guessed.
• Determinations are final. The Yard's published results stand. If a score is corrected after posting, the correction is noted and the standings follow the corrected record.
• Anti-manipulation. Automated voting, vote brigading, and false reports are removed from tallies where detected. Reports pause distribution but never auto-kill a post or stream.
• Void where prohibited. If your jurisdiction prohibits a mechanic here, that mechanic is void for you there.
• Adults only for accounts; voting is public. Public vote pages stay account-free to read and vote on. Accounts, when they open, are 18+.

Questions: see yards.fyi/contact.