This article covers these Group Commissioner functions:

• Group Settings
• Group Scoring
• Custom Scoring System
• Invite Friends
• Manage Members
• Edit Commissioner Note
• Email Group

Please note: There are no other commissioner tools available to configure you group other than what are listed below.

Group Settings: Change your group slogan, max brackets per user, team affiliation, password, and whether your group is public or private.

Group Scoring: Take the default settings, or choose custom scoring system. Your choices are:

• Yahoo! Default - Traditional scoring system with a heavier weighting on later rounds. Works well with Seed Difference bonuses.

Custom Scoring System:

• Progressive - Slight weighting toward later rounds keeps this game interesting past round one. Try it with Upset Pick bonuses.
• Straight - Correct picks are always worth 1 point. No weightings. May the best bracket win!
• Upset Pick Bonus - Upset pick bonuses give bonus points for picking lower-seeded teams correctly. You will be awarded the number of points indicated for each upset you correctly predict.
• Seed Difference Bonus - Seed difference bonuses give bonus points for picking lower-seeded teams correctly. If you correctly select a lower-seeded team, you will earn a bonus of the difference between the seeds times the bonus multiplier for the round.

Important notes on the custom scoring system:

• Real-life matchup seeds will be used for these calculations as opposed to hypothetical matchup seeds as listed in your bracket.
• Groups that use bonus points will not display the maximum possible points for each bracket.
• Players in a group using custom scoring will also be scored using Yahoo's default scoring for ranking on the Overall Leaderboard.
• Group scoring settings cannot be edited once the first game of the tournament tips off.

Invite Friends: Invite your friends by sending them a link, via email, or through your Facebook/Twitter account. The emails you enter will only be used to send invitations on your behalf. We won't ever use them for any other purpose.

Manage Members: Remove members from your group, prevent them from rejoining with the same Yahoo! ID, and lock any group member from posting messages. You cannot undo removing a member from the group, but you may remove the ban so they can later rejoin the group.

Edit Commissioner Note: The commissioner note is present on the group's home page and viewable by the entire group. Use it to share your group's specific rules or general messages.

Email Group: Send an email out to the entire group. Group members may choose to opt-out of commissioner emails.