2008 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES KIDS CLUB SPORTSMANSHIP ESSAY CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.
1. Eligibility
Contest is offered only in the United States to legal residents of the United States who are members of the Philadelphia Eagles Kids Club and between the ages of 4 and 14 as of the date of registration. Employees, officers, directors, agents and representatives of Philadelphia Eagles, LLC (the Eagles) and any of its agencies, owners, subsidiaries and affiliates, or the immediate family (spouse, mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, son, grandson or granddaughter, regardless of where they live) or members of their same households (whether related or not) of each such individuals are not eligible to participate or win a prize. By entering, you agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of the Eagles (the judging organization), which are final and binding in all respects.
2. Contest Period
Contest period begins on August 4, 2008 at 12:00:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST), and ends on August 12, 2008 at 11:59:59 a.m. EST (the Contest Period). There will be eight (8) drawings at the end of the Contest Period.
3. Entry
Parent or legal guardian may enter your child by going to the Kids Club page of www.philadelphiaeagles.com and clicking on the icon to access the essay form during the Contest Period. Print and complete the Official Entry Form by entering your childs name, your name, address (no P.O. Boxes accepted), your email address, your daytime telephone number with area code, and your childs birthday. Your child must write an essay in 300 words or less stating how his or her team has exhibited sportsmanship. Mail the Official Entry Form and essay to: Philadelphia Eagles Kids Club Sportsmanship Contest, NovaCare Complex, One NovaCare Way, Philadelphia, PA 19145 and, subject to the conditions below, your child will be automatically entered into the contest. Proof of entry submission does not equate to proof of receipt. Entrants agree to be bound by the Official Rules.
LIMIT ONE ENTRY PER PERSON DURING CONTEST PERIOD. If multiple entries are received, only the first entry will be entered into the contest and all other entries will be disregarded.
No responsibility is assumed for lost, late, incomplete, stolen, misdirected or illegible entry; or for any computer, telephone, cable, network, satellite, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections, availability or garbled or jumbled transmissions, or service provider/Internet/Web site/use net accessibility or availability, traffic congestion, or unauthorized human intervention. No mass entries or mechanically reproduced entries will be accepted. All entries become the exclusive property of the Eagles and will not be returned or acknowledged. The Eagles will prosecute any fraudulent activities to the fullest extent of the law. The Eagles reserve the right to suspend or terminate this contest without notice if, in the Eagles sole discretion, the contest becomes infected or otherwise corrupted.
4. Drawing
Eight (8) drawings in total will be held on or about August 21, 2008, and will be conducted by the Eagles. Winners will be selected based on quality and content of the essay at each drawing from all eligible entries postmarked prior to 12:00:00 p.m. on August 18, 2008. Winners of the drawings will be notified by email, telephone, overnight carrier or regular mail within approximately 3 days of the drawing. If, after two (2) attempts, contact has not been made, prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will randomly be selected from the eligible entries received during the Contest Period. Fulfillment agent must speak with potential winner.
5. Prize/Odds
In accordance with these Official Rules, the following prizes will be awarded: Eight (8) Prizes: 50 tickets per winner to the 2008 pre-season Eagles Home Game against the New York Jets held at Lincoln Financial Field, scheduled for August 28, 2008. (Approximate retail value: $4,500). The winners coach must accompany the winner to the Eagles Home Game (i.e. one ticket will be used by the winner and one ticket will be used by the winners coach and the remainder shall be used by the winners team). Travel and accommodations and any other cost associated with attendance at the Eagles Home Game shall be the sole responsibility of the winner. Limit one prize per person per Contest Period. Odds of winning will be determined by the total number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period as well as the quality and content of the entrants essay. No assignment, transfer or substitution of prize is permitted except by the Eagles in the event of prize unavailability. Taxes on or connected with the prize and the reporting consequences thereof are the sole and exclusive responsibility of winner and/or the winners parent or legal guardian.
6. General Conditions
Winners parent or legal guardian, and/or coach, may be required to execute and return on behalf of the winner an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and where lawful, a Publicity Release, prior to attending the Eagles Home Game but in no event later than 5 days of notification. Failure to return documents timely, or if prize notification or prize is returned as non-deliverable, may result in disqualification with an alternate winner selected. Where permitted by law, winner agrees to grant to the Eagles the right to print, publish, broadcast and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to the world wide web, at any time or times, the winners name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness, biographical information and essay as news or information and for advertising and promotional purposes without additional consideration; and further without such additional compensation, appear for, or provide biographical information for use in, any presentation or other activity which may include filming/audio/video/electronic or other recordings and/or interviews, as may be determined from time to time by the Eagles. Failure to make such appearances or grant such rights may result in disqualification with an alternate winner or potential winner selected; and while not obligated to do so, the Eagles may, in their sole discretion, bare such reasonable costs and expenses which the Eagles, in their sole discretion, deems appropriate for winners or potential winners to appear for a presentation or other activity. Further, by accepting a prize, each winner agrees to release and hold harmless the Eagles, Eagles Stadium Operator, LLC, the NFL, their respective affiliates 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 any contest related activity, or participation in this contest. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
7. Limitations of Liability
The Eagles are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Web site users, or tampering or hacking, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the 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 Web site. The Eagles are not responsible for injury or damage to participants or to any other persons computer related to or resulting from participating in this contest or downloading materials from or use of the Web site. 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, in the sole opinion of contest, could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this contest, the Eagles reserve the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Internet portion of this contest for any drawing(s) and select the winner from Internet entries received for that drawing prior to the action taken. IN NO EVENT WILL THE EAGLES, EAGLES STADIUM OPERATOR, LLC, THE NFL, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, AFFILIATES 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 INTERNET SITE WWW.PHILADELPHIAEAGLES.COM OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THIS SITE IS 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. 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.
8. Disputes
As a condition of participating in this contest, entrant agrees that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this contest, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively, before a court located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania having competent jurisdiction, which Court shall apply the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard for doctrines of conflict of law. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will participant 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 participants actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with entering this contest), and participant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.
9. Winners List
For names of the winners send a self-addressed stamped envelope by September 12, 2008 to: Philadelphia Eagles Kids Club Sportsmanship Contest - Winners List NovaCare Complex One NovaCare Way Philadelphia, PA 19145. The names of winners will also be posted in the Contests and/or Kids Club section of www.philadelphiaeagles.com.
Sponsor: Philadelphia Eagles, LLC, NovaCare Complex One NovaCare Way Philadelphia, PA 19145.
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