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Chicago Sky "Coach of the Year" Contest Official Rules

     

    Who Can Enter

    1. Entrants must be legal IL, IN, or WI residents who are 13 years of age or older and have lawful access to the Internet and a valid e-mail address.

     

    1. Employees of WFLD and the Chicago Sky (collectively, “Sponsor”), their affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies, and the immediate family members of each are ineligible.

    How To Enter

     

    1. No purchase is necessary to enter or win.  Only one nomination per person /e-mail address. Once a nomination has been submitted, it may be added to or edited up until the deadline for contest entries. The giveaway begins at 10 am local time on Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 and all entries must be received by 7 pm local time on Saturday, March 21st, 2009.
    1. To enter, go to the Discussion Board section on www.foxjox.com and click on the “Start a New Discussion” button in the “Chicago Sky Coach of the Year” forum. In the SUBJECT line, enter your nominee’s name, team they coach for and school they coach for. Nominee must be a girl’s or boy’s  high school basketball coach at a high school in Illinois, Indiana or Wisconsin. If the nominee’s name is already submitted, post a “REPLY” to that discussion with your nominee’s name, which team they coach for and school they coach for in the SUBJECT  line. In addition to submitting the coach’s name for nomination, extra points will be awarded for photo and video submissions as well as creativity put into each coaches “discussion”. Each photo submitted earns one point, each video receives three points.  “Discussions” and “Replies” will receive one to three points based on content. Points awarded for content, photos and videos accounts for 40% of the determining criteria. 60% of the determining criteria is based on team performance during the 2008-2009 basketball season. A panel of FOX and Chicago Sky employees will view each nomination and determine points. Entry constitutes an assignment to Sponsor of all intellectual property rights in the entry materials, if any.  Except where prohibited by law, entry constitutes permission to use winners’ names, hometowns, likenesses, and photographs for online posting, and/or any advertising and publicity without additional compensation.

     

    1. Sponsor is not responsible for error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware, or software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmission of or failure to receive entry, winner(s) or other giveaway information by Sponsor or entrants for any reason whatsoever.  Sponsor is also not responsible for any injury or damage to any entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any materials in the giveaway or for entries that are late, misdirected or incomplete.  All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned.  CAUTION:  ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATIONS OF THE GIVEAWAY IS A VIOLATION OF THE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.  Sponsor reserves the right to cancel the giveaway if it becomes technically corrupted.

     

    1. Two winners (one Boys Basketball Coach and one Girls Basketball coach) will be selected on or about Monday, March 30th based on points awarded for nominations, photos and videos, and team performance during the 2008-2009 season. Nomination material will be verified by a panel of Fox Chicago and Chicago Sky employees by checking with Coach and school staff to make sure photos and videos pertain to that coach and his or her team.

    The Prize(s)

    1. Each winner will receive 40 tickets to the Chicago Sky home game on Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 5pm.  The approximate retail value of each ticket is $39.00. The approximate retail value of all tickets is $1,560.00. In addition to the 39 tickets, the winning coaches will be recognized and announced as “Coaches of the Year” during the Sunday, June 14th game and each coach is invited to attend a Chicago Sky practice and a lunch with Coach Key, actual date and time for practice and lunch TBD. The estimated value of the lunch with Coach Key is valued at $50.00. The total estimated value of prize is $1,610.00 per winner.

     

    1. Winner(s) will be notified by phone on or about March 30th, 2009.  Winners will be required to complete, sign and return a Certification of Eligibility and Release within 3 days of the date of notification or they will be disqualified.  If a winner cannot be reached, or if a winner does not return the Certification of Eligibility and Release within the designated time period, the prize will be awarded to an alternate winner selected based on the same criteria as the original winner. 
    1. Prizes cannot be redeemed for cash or substituted for any other items by the winner(s).  The winner(s) cannot assign or transfer prize.  Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a comparable prize of like or greater value, including cash, for any prize, for any reason.

     

    1. The winner(s) is responsible for all local, county, state, and federal taxes on prizes based on the value of the prizes set forth in these rules.
    1. Winner must claim the prize by April 2, 2009 or the prize will be forfeited.

     

    Odds of Winning Miscellaneous

    1. Odds of winning depend on the number of correct entries received.

     

    1. These giveaway rules are available at www.foxjox.com, and Monday through Friday during normal business hours at WFLD FOX Television, 205 N. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60601 through March 21,  2009.
    1. For a list of prize winners, send a separate, self-addressed, stamped envelope after March 30, 2009 to: WFLD FOX Television, 205 N. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60601.

     

    1. This giveaway is subject to all applicable laws and regulations and is void where prohibited or restricted by law, including without limitation, in jurisdictions requiring registration, filing, trust account, or posting of a bond, or any other requirements or disclosures that are not expressly satisfied by these rules.  Sponsor is not responsible for typographical or other errors in the printing, offering, or administration of the giveaway, or in the announcement of the prize.
    1. By entering, participants represent that they are eligible, and agree (a) to be bound by these rules and the decisions of the judges, (b) to release Sponsor, its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind caused by any prize or resulting from acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize, and (c) to Sponsor’s use of entrants’ personal information as described in Sponsor’s Privacy Policy located at www.myfoxchicago.com.  Email addresses used to submit a nomination will be turned over to the Chicago Sky for future marketing efforts.
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