Official RulesSponsorThe WPS Fantasy Challenge ("Contest") is sponsored by Women's Soccer, LLC, 1750 Montgomery Street; 1st Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111 (the "Sponsor"). EligibilityContest open only to legal residents of the United States of America (including Puerto Rico, but excluding Rhode Island). To be eligible to win a prize, Contest entrants must be 18 years of age or older as of March 10, 2010 , be a legal resident of the United States, and have access to the Internet. Residents of Montana, Vermont, Louisiana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Arizona, Florida, Maryland, and Colorado may play, but WILL NOT be eligible to win or receive any prizes. The Contest is VOID where prohibited. Excluded individuals may play the Contest and have their name noted in the standings but WILL NOT be eligible to receive any prizes. For example, entrants who are between the ages of 13 and 17 years of age may register to play the Contest, but WILL NOT be eligible to win or receive any prizes. If you are selected as a winner but are not eligible to win any prizes, the prize will be awarded to the person with the next highest score in accordance with these Official Rules. Employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives and their immediate family and/or household members of Sponsor, and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, and any and all other companies associated with this Contest are not eligible to win. Each user in the Contest must be the rightful owner or have authorized use of the e-mail account indicated by the user's e-mail address. Limit one (1) participant per valid e-mail address. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of the winner, the winner will be deemed to be the person in whose name the e-mail account is opened. How To EnterTo enter, visit http://www.womensprosoccer.com, click on the appropriate links to the "WPS Fantasy Challenge" and complete the online registration process. You must complete the online registration, with your legal first and last name and your current and valid e-mail address, in order to participate in the WPS Fantasy Challenge. STATS, LLC, acts as the administrator of the Contest. Entrants will be asked to create a user ID and password. You may enter/register for the Contest at any time during the Overall Contest Period, subject to these Official Rules. Leagues (Optional)When entering you can create or join a public or private league of friends to compete against. When creating a private league, you will be asked to enter a league name and password which can be used by your friends to join at anytime. Joining or creating a league is optional and no additional prizes will be awarded for league winners. How To PlayOnce registered, you may enter the Contest by first selecting a team name and then selecting an 11-player roster. From that 11-player roster, all 11 players start and earn points for your team each Contest Week. If less than 11 players are selected during a Contest Week, your team is invalid and therefore will receive 0 points. When selecting a fantasy team of 11, you must remain under the $10 million budget. In addition, no more than five (5) players from the same WPS team can be selected to your fantasy squad during any Contest Week. If a player is transferred during the season and this transfer takes you over this limit, then you will need to go back under this limit when making your next changes. When submitting a starting lineup, you may choose from 4 different formations: 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 3-4-3 or 3-5-2. Only starting players will earn points for your team during a Contest Week. In addition, you must designate one player as your team captain. All fantasy points earned in the Contest Week by the designated team captain will be doubled. Any of the 11 players in your starting lineup may be designated as a team captain. Team captains may be changed for a Contest Week up to the same transfer deadlines listed below. Players may be added to the available player list throughout the Contest as changes are made to WPS rosters. Player position listings are final and will not change during the course of the Contest. Player salaries will change each week during the season based on performance. See PLAYER SALARIES below. Player SalariesInitial player salaries are based on a combination of the prior season's performance and expected 2011 performance. During the season, player salaries will be updated on a weekly basis based on performance. Every Monday, player salaries will be announced just prior to the weekly transfer window opening for that week. The first salary changes will come into effect at the start of Week 4. If you have any player on your roster that receives an increase in salary, your team value will increase by that amount for that player. (e.g., if your team value is $10,000,000 and after Week 3 you have 2 players on your roster that each receive a $30,000 upgrade, then from Week 4 forward, your team value is $10,060,000). Player values may decrease as well, however, your team value will never drop below the initial $10,000,000 budget. All salary increases go into effect on Monday during the appropriate week. In order to receive credit for the salary increase, you must have that player on your current roster at the time the raises are announced. For example, to take advantage of the salary increases that occur after Week 3, you must have those players on your Week 3 roster by the trading deadline for that week. Player TransfersPrior to the start of the season, you may make unlimited transfers to your team. Once the first match of the season starts, each team is limited to a maximum of six (6) transfers in any one Contest Week. You may transfer players in and out of your team as many times in a week as long as you remain under your current budget and do not exceed 6 total transfers in the week. Player transfers must be completed up to 1 hour prior to that player's first game of the week, after which that player locks and her status cannot be edited again until the following week. For example, if a player plays at 7pm ET on Wednesday and again on Sunday, that player can be added up to 6pm ET on Wednesday. After 6pm ET on Wednesday, that player cannot be added, dropped or her lineup status changed until the following Monday. Transfers can be made for the following week every Monday after player salaries have been updated. (in the event a game is rescheduled for a Monday or Tuesday, player transfers will not open until the rescheduled game is complete). Attempts to make transfers which would result in the combined value for all players on a user's team to exceed your current budget will be rejected. ScoringScoring is awarded based on the scoring system below:
A "Hat Trick" is awarded if a player scores three (3) or more goals in one game. By way of example only, if a forward scores three (3) goals in one game she is awarded ten (10) points for each goal, plus an additional fifteen (15) bonus points for a game total of forty-five (45) points. A "Clean Sheet" is awarded to goalkeepers and defenders who play for an entire match in which their team does not allow the opposition to score. Team Captain Selection All fantasy points earned by the designated team captain will be doubled during each Contest Week. SportsmanshipSponsor reserves the right to disqualify and remove any user from the Contest if it is deemed by Sponsor that the user has exemplified conduct that in any way adversely affects another user's experience. Contest WeeksThe Contest consists of 22 Contest weekly periods ("Contest Week 1", "Contest Week 2", etc., collectively "Contest Weeks"). All Contest Weeks will begin on Monday morning and end on Sunday night. All games played between Monday and Sunday are included in scoring for that Contest Week. To be eligible for a Contest Week, all changes to your team must be submitted at least 1 hour prior to the start of the last game of the week . If a player plays earlier in the week (Wednesday, Thursday or Friday), that player locks 1 hour prior to the start of that early game and her status cannot be edited again until the following week.
PrizesOverall Prizes Overall Grand Prize: One (1) Overall Grand Prize Winner with the most total points at the conclusion of the Contest will receive a PUMA prize pack consisting of an autographed Official WPS PUMA Team home jersey of choice, an official WPS PUMA match ball, a WPS PUMA team warmup jacket of choice, a WPS PUMA team sling bag of choice and a WPS PUMA team hat of choice. Total Approximate Retail Value ("ARV") for the Overall Grand Prize: $270. Overall 2nd - 5th Prizes: The four (4) entrants with the 2nd-5th highest point totals at the conclusion of the Contest will receive an autographed WPS match ball by the championship winning team. ARV for each prize: $100. Overall 6th - 10th Prizes: The five (5) entrants with the 6th-10th highest point totals at the conclusion of the Contest will receive a WPS PUMA home team jersey of choice. ARV for each prize: $70. The TOTAL ARV OF ALL PRIZES FOR THE ENTIRE CONTEST is $1,020. All prizes will be shipped in September. TIE-BREAKING: In the event ties exist at any prize level, ties will be resolved as follows: Overall Prizes: Overall Grand Prize and the 1st-10th overall place prizes: Tiebreaker 1: Most WPS points earned in a single week during the season. Tiebreaker 2: Second most WPS points earned in a single week during the season. Tiebreaker 3: Most WPS points earned during two consecutive weeks during the season. If in any of the above instances a tie continues, Sponsor retains sole discretion as to whether to select multiple winners or to implement an additional tiebreaker. All decisions of Sponsor regarding the foregoing are binding and final. All unclaimed prizes will be forfeited and Sponsor will select a runner-up, in its sole discretion. Sponsor is not responsible for and shall not be liable for late, lost, misdirected or unsuccessful efforts to notify prize winners. If a prize is declined or undeliverable, or the winner fails to timely return the above documents the original winner will be disqualified and Sponsor will select a runner-up. If a member of the Contest community wins a prize that Sponsor determines in its sole discretion he/she is ineligible to receive, Sponsor will select a runner-up for such prize. All prize winners are responsible for reporting and payment of all taxes and any other expenses not specified above. Contest entrants understand that the Contest's results are final in all respects and all decisions regarding the Contest, including, but not limited to, selecting potential prize winners and awarding prizes, will be made by Sponsor, whose decisions will be final and binding. Prize winners consent to the use by Sponsor and their respective designees of their names and likenesses for advertising, publicity and promotional purposes in any media, including for use on Sponsor web site (womensprosoccer.com), without any additional compensation (except where prohibited by law). No cash or prize substitution is allowed for any prize, or any portion thereof, except at the discretion of Sponsor. All prizes will be awarded. Sponsor in its sole discretion may substitute cash or a different prize of approximately equivalent or greater retail value except where prohibited by law. If any prize cannot be awarded due to circumstances beyond the control of Sponsor such prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner in accordance with these Official Rules. All costs and expenses not specified in any prizing description above, including, but not limited to, all federal, state and/or local taxes, are the responsibility of the respective winner. All prizes, and any portion thereof, are non-transferable, non-refundable for cash and non-changeable once issued. If lost, a prize will not be replaced, in whole or in part. Depiction of any prize in any advertising, promotional materials, or on any Contest related website may not reflect the actual prize(s) delivered to the winners. Each winner bears all risk of loss or damage to their prize after it has been delivered to such winner. Winners may be issued an IRS Form 1099 for the ARV of any awarded prize. All federal, state or other tax liabilities will be the sole responsibility of the prize winners. Claiming Prizes/Releases Eligibility, age and all claims made by winners are subject to verification. Sponsor is not responsible for fraudulent e-mails/calls/mail sent to entrants by someone other than Sponsor. Prize winners may be required, in Sponsor's sole discretion, to complete, sign, have notarized and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Prize Acceptance/Liability & Publicity Release Form, except where prohibited by law, within three (3) business days of winner's receipt of same. By accepting a prize, winners consent to the use of their names, photographs and likenesses for advertising, trade and promotional purposes in all media without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law. If a selected potential winner fails to comply with these Official Rules and/or to submit required documentation within the designated period, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner may be selected at Sponsor's sole discretion. Odds Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received and on the knowledge and skill of the user. GeneralBy participating, users agree to be bound by these complete Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor, which shall be final, and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Contest and/or these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to modify these Official Rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the Contest. By entering the Contest and/or accepting prizes, entrants/prize winners agree: (a) to be bound by these Official Rules, (b) to be bound by the Sponsor website, Terms of Service, and Privacy Policy; and (c) to hold harmless and fully release Sponsor and its respective parent companies, general and limited partners, trustees, subsidiaries, franchisees, affiliates, licensees, directors, officers, employees, independent contractors, advertising and promotion partners, fulfillment and/or judging agencies, retailers, franchises, and their agents (collectively "Releasees") from all liability, claims, action, or proceedings relating to the Contest and from injuries or damages arising in connection with or relating to participation in the Contest or from the acceptance, possession, quality, use or misuse of any prize or portion of any prize. All taxes and other expenses not specified herein, including federal, state, local, and departure, licenses and registrations, are the sole responsibility of the winners. Winners may be issued 1099 tax forms for the ARV of any awarded prizes. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Sponsor and its respective parent companies, trustees, subsidiaries, franchisees, affiliates, licensees, directors, general and limited partners, officers, employees, agents, independent contractors and advertising and promotional agencies make no representations or warranties, express or implied, relative to the use or enjoyment of any prize or portions thereof, including without limitation, its quality, merchantability, mechanical condition or fitness for a particular purpose. Releasees are not responsible for and shall not be liable for: (i) late, lost, delayed, inaccurate, misdirected, incomplete or unintelligible entries, telephone system or computer malfunctions, any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, lost connections, dis-connections, transmission errors, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries; (ii) any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by the acceptance, possession or usage of any prize or from participating in the Contest; or (iii) any printing, typographical, administrative or technological errors in any material associated with the Contest. Sponsor may prohibit any entrant from participating in the Contest or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines such entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking, deception, or any other unfair playing practices or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrants or Sponsor's representatives. In the case of a dispute, the winner will be deemed to be the person in whose name the email account or telephone service account is opened. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION OF SUCH ENTRANT AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVEs THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEY'S FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. All logos, trademarks, service marks, copyrighted designs, and other intellectual property of Sponsor may not be used, in whole or part, without the prior written consent of Sponsor. All other logos, trademarks, and service marks are the property of their respective holders. This Contest is a skill contest designed to increase consumer awareness of and interest in Women's Professional Soccer. Sponsor rewards the players most skilled in compiling and managing a team. This Contest may not be used for any form of gambling. Limitations of LiabilityNotwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Releasees shall not be liable to winner or any other person for failure to supply the prize or any part thereof, by reason of any acts of God, any action(s), regulation(s), order(s) or request(s) by any governmental or quasi-governmental entity (whether or not the action(s), regulations(s), order(s) or request(s) prove(s) to be invalid), equipment failure, terrorist acts, earthquake, war, fire, flood, explosion, unusually severe weather, hurricane, embargo, labor dispute or strike (whether legal or illegal), labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, work slow-down, civil disturbance, insurrection, riot, or any other cause beyond Sponsor's sole control. Contest Cancellation, Modification or SuspensionSponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, modify or suspend this Contest for any reason, including should a virus, bug, computer problem or other causes beyond Sponsor's control corrupt the administration, security or proper play of the Contest. If for any reason (including, but not limited to, strikes, lock-outs, acts of God, acts of war or terrorism, technical difficulties, and other events not within the reasonable control of Sponsor) the Sponsor cannot continue the Contest, then the Contest will not resume until the Sponsor resumes normal business, if ever. In the event that this Contest is challenged by any legal or regulatory authority (including but not limited to any federal or state governmental authority or WPS), Sponsor reserves the right to discontinue or modify the Contest, as applicable, or to disqualify entrants residing in any affected geographic areas, as applicable. In such event, Sponsor shall have no liability to any entrants who are disqualified due to such an action. Forum and Recourse to Judicial ProceduresThese Official Rules shall be governed by, subject to, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, United States of America, excluding all conflict of law rules. Any and all disputes arising out of or in connection with this Contest shall be resolved before a court, state or federal as appropriate, located and having jurisdiction in the county of San Francisco, State of California. Winners ListTo obtain a copy of the Official Rules or the Winner's List, send a self-addressed stamped (residents of VT and WA may omit return postage) #10 envelope to be received by November 30, 2011, to Women's Soccer, LLC, 1750 Montgomery Street; 1st Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111. Please specify: to WPS Fantasy Challenge Official Rules, or to WPS Fantasy Challenge Winner's List. |
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