Paracord Planet March Madness
Explaining the rules of the first ever paracord tournament
March
Madness has perennially been one of my favorite parts of the year. I grew up
playing basketball on my driveway, dreaming of being recruited by Tom Izzo and
the Michigan State Spartans. Naturally, you hit a certain age where you realize
that you’re only an average ball player, and you develop new passions—such as
crafting with paracord and working for Paracord Planet. Regardless of my
unfulfilled dream of playing in a
March Madness game, I still live for the season! Filling out brackets is one of
my favorite pastimes, which brought me to creating the “Paracord Planet March
Madness” bracket this year.
The Idea
We were
sitting in a Paracord Planet weekly marketing meeting when the idea first got
brought up. We decided to make a bracket of our 16 most popular paracord
colors, and set up a competition in which each week, the winning color would go
on discount. By the end of the tournament, we would crown our FIRST EVER
PARACORD CHAMPION. Which color do you think it will be? View the bracket below
to make your predictions.
The Rules
The first round, there will be 16 teams and
8 match-ups. Each color will be sold at full price in the 10’ length. The
winner in each match-up will be the color that sells more hanks. There will be
8 winners that emerge from this week and go on to round two. The second round, there will be 8 teams and
4 match-ups. Each color will be sold at 10% off in the 25’ length for this
round. There will be 4 winners that emerge from this week and go on to round
three. The third round, there will
be 4 teams and 2 match-ups. Each color will be sold at 15% off in the 50’
length for this round. There will be 2 winners that emerge from this week and
go on to the championship round. The championship
round, there will be 2 teams and 1 match-up. Each color will be sold at 20%
off in the 100’ length for this round. The winner that emerges from this round
will be crowned our FIRST EVER PARACORD CHAMPION and will go on sale for 25%
off any length for an entire week.
Also,
if you fill out a bracket and do not make a single mistake (pick all of the
correct winners), you will be able to win a FREE $50 gift card to
ParacordPlanet.com. This is our way of incentivizing your participation in this
tournament. We want to make this a fun experience for all involved, and we are
excited to see the results of all of the games. To stay updated with the
results, make sure to like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, check out our
Google+ and Pinterest pages, and keep up to date with our Instagram. We will be
keeping live updates on all of these locations. May the best color win!
The Bracket
Written by: Jackson
Yakowicz
Contact at jacksony@imsetc.com
To view Jack’s full
blog, visit here.
