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CBSSports.com Challenge Rules
Introduction 2006 CBSSports.com Football Challenge Welcome to the 2006 CBS SportsLine.com Football Challenge, administered by SportsLine.com, Inc. ("SportsLine.com"). The 2006 CBS SportsLine.com Football Challenge lets you build your own fantasy football team while you play the role of general manager. You have 300 Units to spend on a team of eight pro football players that are available in this game. We'll assign each player a value (in units) that reflects his value relative to other players, and you must then put together a team where the total value of your eight players does not exceed 300 Units. You will earn points based on the statistics your players generate each week. Players' values may change during the season, based on the player's performance, and new players (such as rookies) may be added to the player pool as their playing time increases. Rosters will not carry over week to week, so you will need to set a new one each week. Prizes will be awarded to the top weekly and overall (full season) scorers. No Purchase Necessary The 2006 CBS SportsLine.com Football Challenge is free to play for the entire season. The Administrator SportsLine.com will serve as the administrator of the 2006 CBS SportsLine Challenge and will be responsible for resolving any disputes that arise regarding violations of the rules or anything else that may come up. Eligibility To be eligible to participate in the Contest, you must be: (a) a Registered User; (b) a legal resident of one (1) of the fifty (50) United States or Washington DC (for purposes of clarity, Puerto Rico is expressly excluded); and (c) at least eighteen (18) years of age or older (except in Alabama and Nebraska where you must be 19 years of age or older) at the date of entry in this Contest. For purposes of these Official Rules, "Registered User" means a person who has successfully completed the registration form and has obtained a User Identification ("ID") and associated password ("Password") on one or more of the following Websites: CBS.com, CBSnews.com, CBS SportsLine.com, upn.com, NFL.com, NCAAsports.com, SuperBowl.com and/or PGATOUR.com. If you are not a Registered User you may become a Registered User and obtain an ID and a Password by completing the SportsLine Service registration form by going here on the SportsLine Service. There is no fee or charge to you to become a Registered User. Void where prohibited by law. Excluded residents may play, but are NOT eligible to receive any prizes. Employees of SportsLine.com, Inc., CBS Broadcasting Inc. Sony Electronics, Inc. (collectively the "Contest Entities") and each of their parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies and members of the immediate family or household of each are not eligible to win. Immediate family member is defined as a parent, sibling or any person residing in the same household as an employee of the Contest Entities. Void where prohibited. Such excluded employees and/or family members may play, but WILL NOT be eligible to receive any prizes. Playing Signing Up Registered Users can sign up any time by visiting the CBS SportsLine.com Website. Participants will be asked to go to the URL: http://football.cbssports.com/splash/football/spln/challenge and follow the onscreen instructions (the "Onscreen Instructions") in order to enter. Onscreen Instructions incorporated by reference in these Official Rules. Weekly Lineup Setting Your Lineup You must select a lineup each week that you want to participate.Lineups will not carry over from week to week. You will have 300 Units to spend on your players. CBS SportsLine.com will select the pool of available NFL players and assign a value to each. The player pool may change week to week, as may the values of the players, depending on their recent performances. Lineup Setting Deadline The 2006 CBS SportsLine.com Football Challenge will run for 17 weeks, corresponding to the 2006 NFL regular season. Each week runs Tuesday to Monday. The deadline for setting your lineup each week is approximately one hour before the scheduled start of the first NFL game that week. This means 12:00 Noon ET on Sundays, except during NFL weeks 1 and 12, when the deadline is on Thursday; and NFL weeks 15, 16, and 17 when the deadline is on Saturday. Check the official NFL schedule for start times during those weeks. If you fail to pick a roster for a certain week, you will be awarded zero points toward your overall total. Roster Requirements The chart below lists roster requirements for each team. You can spend a maximum of 300 Units to select your roster of NFL players. You will not be allowed to set a lineup that is more than 300 Units or a lineup that does not meet the roster requirements. All lineup changes made after the lineup deadline will take effect for the games of the next Tuesday-Monday scoring period.
Note: For players who play more than one position, CBS SportsLine.com will determine position eligibility. If a player is listed at one position but then plays another for the week (e.g. a running back plays wide receiver) his statistics at the new position will count for your team. If one of your selected NFL players is injured after the lineup setting deadline, or is not available for any reason, you will not be able to make a change effective for the previous week. Scoring Point Values Each week your team will compete against thousands of others. Each team will accumulate points based on the statistics accumulated by the players on each team. The chart below lists the point values.
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At the end of each week's games the team with the most overall points wins the weekly prize. In case there is a tie for the weekly prize, the team with the most points for the season, thus far, wins the weekly prize. If there is still a tie, the current week's points by position in the following order will be used to break the tie - Quarterback, Running Backs, Wide Receivers, Tight End, Kicker, Defensive Team. Although it is not necessary to participate each week, it is strongly encouraged since the team with the most points over the course of the season wins the grand prize. In case there is a tie for the grand prize, the team that won the most weekly prizes is the winner. If there is still a tie, yearly points by position in the same order as described above will break the tie. Prizes Season Grand Prize The participant who accumulates the most points during the 2006 season will win the Grand Prize: a 60" Sony Grand WEGA SXRD HDTV (approximate retail value: $3,699.99). Weekly Prizes Each week, the participant with the highest weekly score will win a 42" Sony HDTV (approximate retail value: $1599.99) Participation in prior weeks is not necessary to be eligible for weekly prizes, so it's never too late to sign up and play! Seventeen Weekly prizes will be awarded over the promotion period. Total Approximate Retail Value of weekly prizes to be awarded over the course of the promotion Twenty-seven Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($27,200) Prize Notification All Potential winners will be notified by email and/or by phone and will be required to sign and return, within thirty (30) days of issuance, an Affidavit of Eligibility and Publicity (unless prohibited by law)/Liability Release. Legal Disclaimers General Conditions By entering, each entrant accepts and agrees to be bound by these rules and by the decision of SportsLine.com, which shall be final and binding in all respects. Further, each entrant also acknowledges and agrees to the SportsLine Terms of Service, including, without limitation, the SportsLine Acceptable Use Policy. Taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the prize winners. No substitution or transfer of prizes permitted except by SportsLine.com SportsLine.com reserves the right to substitute a prize for one of equal or greater value in the event that an advertised prize is unavailable. Limitation of Liability IN NO EVENT WILL THE CONTEST ENTITIES, THEIR RESPECTIVE PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, ADVERTISING SPONSORS, PRIZING SPONSORS, DIVISIONS, DISTRIBUTORS, SUPPLIERS, PRINTERS, DISTRIBUTORS AND ADVERTISING, PROMOTIONAL AND JUDGING AGENCIES, THEIR PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED COMPANIES, THEIR ADVERTISING OR PROMOTION AGENCIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE CONTEST OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM THE CONTEST. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS. Disclaimer of Warranties THE CONTEST AND PRIZES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Disputes Except where prohibited, as a condition of participating in this Contest, entrant agrees that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, or the determination of winners shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action exclusively by arbitration pursuant to the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association, then effective. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys' fees, other than entrant's actual out-of-pocket expenses (e.g., costs associated with entering this Contest), and entrant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. Identity Disputes In the event of a dispute, entries made by Internet will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Any entry that is incomplete, late, does not include a validly issued User ID will be disqualified. Governing Law and Jurisdiction This promotion is governed by US law and is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited by law. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant and Administrator in connection with this Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, U.S.A., without giving effect to the conflict of laws rules thereof, and any matters or proceedings which are not subject to arbitration as set forth in Arbitration Section of these Official Rules and/or for entering any judgment on an arbitration award, shall take place in the State of New York, in the City of New York, County of New York. Arbitration The parties waive all rights to trial in any action or proceeding instituted in connection with these Official Rules and/or this Contest. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Official Rules and/or this Contest shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. The arbitration shall be conducted in the State of New York, in the City of New York, County of New York, and judgment on the arbitration award may be entered into any court having jurisdiction thereof. Prize Taxes All federal, state, local and other tax liabilities arising from this Contest, including, without limitation, winning the Season Long Grand Prize, will be the sole responsibility of the Prize Winner. Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release and Publicity Release Prize Winners will be required to complete, execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release, and where lawful, a Publicity Release (collectively, the "Release Forms") within thirty (30) days of notification of winning a Prize. Failure to return Release Forms timely, or if Prize notification or the Prize is returned as non-deliverable, or if a Prize Winner is found not to be eligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules, may result in disqualification with an alternate Prize Winner selected to the participant with the next highest score in accordance with these Official Rules. Publicity Release Terms Except where prohibited by law, a Prize Winner's acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for the Contest Entities to use a Prize Winner's name, photograph, likeness, statements, biographical information, voice, and address (city and state) worldwide and in all forms of media, in perpetuity, without further compensation. Prize Restrictions No substitution or transfer of prizes permitted except by CBS SportsLine.com, Inc. CBS SportsLine.com, Inc. reserves the right to substitute a prize for one of equal or greater value in the event that an advertised prize is unavailable. Release and Indemnity Each entrant in the Contest, including, without limitation, the prize winners, hereby releases and agrees to hold harmless Contest Entities their parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to person, including death, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize, participation in this Contest and participation in any activity related to this Contest. Lost or Corrupted Entries The Contest Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies and advertising and promotion agencies, assume no liability and are not responsible for, and you hereby forever waive any rights to any claim in connection with, lost, late, incomplete, corrupted, stolen, misdirected, illegible or postage due entries or mail if applicable; or for any computer, telephone, cable, network, satellite, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, unauthorized human intervention, or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information, or the failure to capture any such information. The Contest Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies, advertising and promotion agencies, are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by registration information submitted by end users or tampering, hacking, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Contest, and assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to the Contest. The Contest Entities assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries or transactions. Administrator is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail entry or transaction to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this Contest. In the event that a scheduled game is canceled or preempted for any reason, no points will be awarded for that week for players on the affected NFL teams. Contest Errors Contest Entities are not responsible for typographical or other human or technical errors in the offer or administration of this contest, including but not limited to errors in advertising, the Official Rules, the selection and announcement of a winner or the distribution of the prizes. Improper Conduct SportsLine.com, Inc. in it.s sole discretion, may disqualify any entrant from participating in the contest, refuse to award points or prizes, and require the return of any prizes, if entrant engages in any conduct SportsLine.com, Inc. deems to be improper, unfair or otherwise adverse to the operation of the contest or detrimental to other entrants. Such improper conduct includes, but is not limited to, falsifying personal information required during contest registration or prize claim, violating any term or condition stated herein, accumulating points or prizes through methods such as automated computer scripts or other programming techniques, allowing others to use the entrant's personal information for the purpose of accumulating points or prizes, tampering with the SportsLine.com, Inc. administration of this promotion, or intentionally trying to defraud, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile or otherwise tamper with the computer programs on this Web site. Entrant further acknowledges that the forfeiture of prize(s) and/or return of any prize(s) shall in no way prevent SportsLine.com, Inc. from pursuing other avenues of recourse such as criminal or civil proceedings in connection with such conduct. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A CONTESTANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE GAME IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPORTSLINE.COM, INC. RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH CONTESTANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. Integrity of Contest If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which Administrator, in it's sole opinion of Administrator, deems could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, Administrator reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend this Contest and select the Prize Winners from entries received prior to the action taken or in such other manner as Administrator may deem fair and appropriate. Administrator reserves the right to halt or modify the Contest at any time during the Contest period if events beyond its control compromise the Contest's fairness or integrity. In such event and if possible, Administrator further reserves the right to award the prizes to the players with the most points as of the termination date. In the event that a game is canceled or preempted for any reason, no points will be awarded for that game for the affected teams. All other games will be scored per the scoring rules. In the event that a selected game does not take place, no points will be awarded for that game. All other games for which a participant selects games will be scored based on scoring rules. SportsLine.com, Inc. reserves the right to modify these rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the contest. This is a skill contest designed to increase consumer awareness of and interest in the CBS SportsLine.com, Inc. services. This contest may not be used for any form of gambling. Internet If for any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of SportsLine.com, Inc., which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this contest, SportsLine.com, Inc. reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest. In such event, SportsLine.com, Inc. further reserves the right to award prizes to the players with the most points as of the termination date. If for any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of SportsLine.com, Inc., which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this contest, SportsLine.com, Inc. reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest. In such event, SportsLine.com, Inc. further reserves the right to award prizes to the players with the most points as of the termination date. If for any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of SportsLine.com, Inc., which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this contest, SportsLine.com, Inc. reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest. In such event, SportsLine.com, Inc. further reserves the right to award prizes to the players with the most points as of the termination date. If for any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of SportsLine.com, Inc., which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this contest, SportsLine.com, Inc. reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest. In such event, SportsLine.com, Inc. further reserves the right to award prizes to the players with the most points as of the termination date. If for any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of SportsLine.com, Inc., which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this contest, SportsLine.com, Inc. reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest. In such event, SportsLine.com, Inc. further reserves the right to award prizes to the players with the most points as of the termination date. If for any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of SportsLine.com, Inc., which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this contest, SportsLine.com, Inc. reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest. In such event, SportsLine.com, Inc. further reserves the right to award prizes to the players with the most points as of the termination date. If for any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of SportsLine.com, Inc., which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this contest, SportsLine.com, Inc. reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest. In such event, SportsLine.com, Inc. further reserves the right to award prizes to the players with the most points as of the termination date. If for any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of SportsLine.com, Inc., which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this contest, SportsLine.com, Inc. reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest. In such event, SportsLine.com, Inc. further reserves the right to award prizes to the players with the most points as of the termination date. Contest Entities assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries or transactions. Contest Entities are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail entry or transaction to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this contest. In the event that the contest is challenged by any legal or regulatory authority, SportsLine.com, Inc. reserves the right to discontinue or modify the Contest, or to disqualify participants residing in the affected geographic areas. In such event, SportsLine.com, Inc. shall have no liability to any players who are disqualified due to such an action. Administrator SportsLine.com, Inc., 2200 W. Cypress Creek Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309. Sponsor and Prize Provider: SONY ELECTRONICS INC., 16530 Via Esprillo Drive, San Diego, CA 92127. Rules/Winners Information For winner information or an additional copy of the Official Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope by March 1, 2007 to: 2006 CBS SportsLine.com Football Challenge, 2200 W. Cypress Creek Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309. Specify "Rules" or "Winners List." Residents of VT may omit return postage. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
