2024 PAYMENT CENTER
YESTERYEAR's $65 BRACKET
YESTERYEAR's $65 BRACKET
YESTERYEAR's $65 BRACKET
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The $69 bracket that has been the Bread Pool's calling card for years is now part of its history.
Bottom line: Even with a price chart posted on our Payment Center page, $69 was the source of dozens of annual mathematical errors for BreadHeads submitting multiple entries: Some paid too much, most paid too little, and all of them required notification and a time-sucking follow-up transaction ... only for dozens to get the math wrong again the following year.
So single brackets are now $70: round numbers make for easier math. But based on 2023, the first year in Bread Pool history that we offered a 3-bracket bulk rate, only about 30% of you will be paying that $70 rate. The other 70% will be paying $65 . . . or less.
Don't Pay the Ghosts!
YESTERYEAR's $65 BRACKET
YESTERYEAR's $65 BRACKET
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I inherited my need to over-explain things from my father, a man of few words until you asked him for directions -- then he put Google to shame for exacting detail. And while I long ago came to accept the term "anal-retentive" as an adjective for my IKEA-length directions for all things Bread Pool, about 5% of BP entry fees each year still end up in the abyss. It's not a mystery; it's mere laziness on the part of a small faction of BreadHeads who make payments to archaic or non-existent accounts.
So please don't try to save a few seconds when submitting your payment. Don't pay the ghosts: Only use the official Bread Pool PayPal and Venmo accounts linked on this page.
You can't go wrong.
HOW MANY "SEATS" (BrackEts) WOULD YOU LIKE?
BEFORE YOU PAY
It's a St. Paddy's DAY dinner: NOT a bracket pool
Per our 28-year tradition, we avoid offending the PayPal or Venmo gods by not being brazen about gambling transactions. So we've developed an entire subculture around our "annual St. Patrick's Day Dinner." If you feel the need to make a notation on either your PayPal or Venmo payment -- and that's not necessary for the 90% of BreadHeads who are paying only for their own entries -- your should refer to "seats," never brackets.
JUST TO BE SURE . . .
While the world of sports gambling gambling has undergone a radical change in the past five years, there's still no need to tempt fate where PayPal and Venmo policies on gambling transaction are concerned. Here are some words that should NEVER be entered into a payment notation on either platform. Any transactions that tip your hand will be rejected by the Bread Pool.
WAGING WAR ON SOBRIETY AND MORAL DECENCY SINCE 1996
Depending on which package you purchased, the Jim Beam Fund collects $12-$20 of each bracket entry fee for software fees, as well as for administrative, entertainment and attitude-adjustment purposes. The Jim Beam Fund separates the Bread Pool from all the other March Madness pools you've entered. You'll see.
A sincere thanks for your continued support!
PAY THE FULL ENTRY FEE
For the vast majority of returning BreadHeads, payments to the Bread Pool/Meadow of Shame are locked in the Friends & Family mode, whether you use PayPal or Venmo. For rookies and others who need a refresher, please DO NOT use the Goods & Services option on either platform, because it deducts fees from this end, not from you. Tthe same applies if you use a credit card, rather than your balance, to pay your entry fee(s) on either platform. If you must use a payment option that deducts funds from the recipient, please add 5% to your payment. This will only apply to >10% of BreadHeads.
WHo'S GETTING PAID IN 2024?