Mock attendance figures are maintained for each team during the season to encourage adherence to deadlines for sending series instructions and reporting series results. Attendance is accumulated by each team month by month as follows:
| Event |
Attendance Accumulated | |
|
Per Series |
Per Month | |
| Series Instructions sent by last day of the month | 10,000 |
20,000 |
| Series Instructions sent after last day of the month | See Lateness Table
below | |
| Series Report submitted by 10th of the month | 117,500 |
235,000 |
| Series Report submitted by 15th of the month | 97,500 |
195,000 |
| Series Report submitted by 20th of the month | 77,500 |
155,000 |
| Series Report submitted by 25th of the month | 67,500 |
135,000 |
| Series Report submitted after 25th of the month | See Lateness Table
below | |
| Head-to-Head Series Report submitted by end of month | 117,500 |
235,000 |
| Lateness |
Attendance Accumulated | |||||
|
Per Series |
Per Month | |||||
|
Normal
Attendance |
Subtract
Per Day Late |
Minimum
Attendance |
Normal
Attendance |
Subtract
Per Day
Late |
Minimum
Attendance | |
| Late Instructions | 0 |
5,000 |
-50,000 |
0 |
10,000 |
-100,000 |
| Late Series Report | 67,500 |
2,500 |
0 |
135,000 |
5,000 |
0 |
Notes:
(1) Use "Per Month" figures in tables above for April/May series (since there is only one series for that "month") or if sending both series together in any other month. Otherwise, use "Per Series" figures for each individual series.
(2) Dates refer to actual date/time (Eastern Time) of e-mail containing series results. If the manager sends an incorrect file, the attendance credit is given based on the date/time of the subsequent e-mail that contains the correct file.
At the end of the season, each team's year-end bonus is calculated by subtracting 1,215,000 from the final attendance figure and then dividing the result by 10. Here are some examples:
| Attendance | Subract 1,215,000 | Divide By 10 = Bonus | |
| Report by 10th every month |
2,295,000 |
1,080,000 |
$108,000 |
| On time every month |
1,395,000 |
180,000 |
$18,000 |
| Late every month |
1,035,000 |
-180,000 |
-$18,000 |