NSB PICK EM 2024: ROUND 1. PICK EM #30. SATURDAY 6th APRIL

[Tatabanya]

Hitchins vs Lemos was two young contenders on a major platform that most BoxingScene posters can actually watch, 5 stars on BoxRec, and hinted at being closer than the odds might have suggested. And in fact ended up being very close.

Excluding fights like that from the Pick ‘Em will attract less participants in the game in my opinion.

In principle I do agree with you. In fact, I - for one - had suggested to use Hitchins vs Lemos for this weekend's Pick Em.

However, from what I have seen until now, the most decisive factor which decreases the number of participants is not the presence (or less) of certain fights, but the inevitable loss of interest in the game when one begins to see that he/she can't win, either due to a series wrong picks, or to personal issues preventing them from playing regularly.

In a nutshell, it's impossible to apply the "it ain't over until it's over" motto in the Pick Em League. Some people keep playing even if they can't win; someone else just lacks the will to follow the game in absence of an aim.

[SteveM]

In principle I do agree with you. In fact, I - for one - had suggested to use Hitchins vs Lemos for this weekend's Pick Em.

However, from what I have seen until now, the most decisive factor which decreases the number of participants is not the presence (or less) of certain fights, but the inevitable loss of interest in the game when one begins to see that he/she can't win, either due to a series wrong picks, or to personal issues preventing them from playing regularly.

In a nutshell, it's impossible to apply the "it ain't over until it's over" motto in the Pick Em League. Some people keep playing even if they can't win; someone else just lacks the will to follow the game in absence of an aim.

Yes Tata out of interest I checked how many people picked this past weekend - 36 out of 51 - so 15 couldn't spare 5 minutes for whatever reason