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Official Terms of Participation in the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge™
1. Game of Skill:
The
FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge
is a game of skill in which participants use their knowledge and analysis
of professional football, and the skills and strategies surrounding
the rules governing the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge,
to compete against other participants. Winners
are determined by the objective criteria enumerated under the Official
Rules of the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge document.
2. Participants: To enter, individuals must electronically check-off indicating agreement
to abide by the official terms, disclaimers and rules
governing the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge. Participants must also submit proper payment
via a credit card.
Credit card orders
are processed via the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge Secure Order Form. No application will be accepted without
proper payment, or without applicant authorizing the application.
3. Co-Participants: Only one person will be considered the
manager of a team in the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge and any prize awards will be paid solely
to that one individual. Teams may elect to have co-managers if they
wish, but for all official FFTOC NFL Playoff Challenge purposes each team will be owned
by one individual. Co-participants have no legal standing with the
FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge and may be residents of any state.
4. Refunds/Deposits: Once a participant authorizes his Official
Participant Application for the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge and submits valid payment, no money will be refunded to
participants unless the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge is canceled.
5. Eligibility: The FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge is open to legal residents of the
50 United States, Washington D.C., and Canada (excluding Puerto Rico
and Quebec) 21 years of age or older other than residents of
Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana and Vermont,
(collectively “Restricted States”) who are not eligible to participate.
Full Time employees of 4for4.com, Pieracle Inc.,
Fantasy Tournaments LLC and members
of their immediate families are not eligible to play. Immediate family
is defined as parent, sibling, or any other person residing in the
same household as employee. In addition, all FFTOC.com contributors
and any other individuals providing services to fftoc.com in calendar year 2007
are not eligible to win prizes. Contestants must have
and supply their own access to a computer and the Internet to manage
their teams.
6. Term of FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge: The Contest begins on Saturday, 1/5/2008
and ends after the NFL Super Bowl (2/3/2008), spanning all weeks of NFL playoffs.
7. Cancellation of Tournament: In the very unlikely event the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge
are cancelled because of an act of terrorism, or any unforeseen catastrophe, or
an Act of God, or lack of participation, then Fantasy Tournaments LLC will return all entrance fees collected from participants
in the cancelled tournament. Fantasy Tournaments LLC and it's members are not responsible for any loss or liability incurred
by any participant due to cancellation of the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge.
8. NFL Scheduling: If for any reason, the National Football
League amends any portion of its playoff schedule, Fantasy Tournaments LLC
reserves the right to determine prize winners based
on an amended FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge system. Fantasy Tournaments LLC reserves
the right to make any and all reasonable scheduling changes
if the NFL alters its schedule. In the event that the NFL cancels
any part of its playoff schedule, Fantasy Tournaments LLC reserves
the right to determine FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge prizes based on the NFL games already
played.
9. Tournament Management/Commissioner: The FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge tournament management software
was desinged to keep track
of tournament reporting, starting lineup submissions, fantasy point
calculations, standings and rankings. All
NFL player statistics will be provided by a third party and will serve
as the standard for all scoring.
Starting a player that does not play that week will result in a zero score.
Fantasy Tournaments LLC will serve
as the Commissioner of the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge as it relates to decisions and
rulings regarding the tournament.
10. Scoring Discrepancies: Any and all scoring discrepancies
affecting a team must be noted and submitted via email to the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge
Commissioners at support@fftoc.com by midnight ET on the Tuesday
following the completion of that week’s games. After 3:00 PM ET
on Wednesday of any given week, all scores will be considered final. It
will be up to the sole discretion of Fantasy Tournaments LLC as to whether
a change in the official statistics of a player can reasonably be
applied to amend the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge rankings or scoring of any or all teams
potentially affected by the change in a player’s statistics.
11. Disputes/Appeals Regarding Rules: Any disputes or
appeals regarding the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge Official Rules will be decided by
Fantasy Tournaments LLC using its interpretation of the rules. Fantasy Tournaments LLC
will consider the intent and spirit of the rules;
the integrity of the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge; as well as the feasibility of accommodating
any appeal. Any and all disputes or appeals must be submitted via
email to support@fftoc.com. The deadline for submitting a rules dispute
or appeal is by midnight ET on the Tuesday following the completion
of that game or games in which the dispute has occurred. Please include
a detailed and lucid account of the dispute and resolution requested. All
rulings made by Fantasy Tournaments LLC are final and binding.
12. Prize Notification: Winners will be notified by email
or regular mail within 30 days after the overall results are posted
on the FFTOC web site at the conclusion
of FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge. Winners agree to have their name and prize awards
announced on the FFTOC web site.
The Grand Prize winners agree to submit their photo and have it posted on the FFTOC web site.
Any prize notification returned as undeliverable may result in disqualification
and selection of an alternate winner. By accepting any prize, the
winner grants permission to Fantasy Tournaments LLC to use their names
and/or likenesses for publicity and promotional purposes without further
compensation, unless prohibited by law.
13. Prize Money: All prize money will be secured
by Bank of America, one of the nation's leading financial institutions, with all prizes
to be paid at the direction of Fantasy Tournaments LLC to the winners as determined
by the terms enumerated herein. All prize money will be
mailed out within 30 days after the overall results are posted
on the FFTOC web site at the conclusion
of the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge.
Winners of over $600 dollars
will be required to return a W9 form before their prize money
can be mailed out. A 30% U.S. income tax withholding will be applied to all non-U.S. prize winners
of $600 or more. Any interest
accrued to prize money does not convey to the prize winner. Any non-cash
prizes may be substituted by cash, or by a prize of equal or greater
value at the sole discretion of Fantasy Tournaments LLC.
14. Prizes: All FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge prizes are guaranteed.
15. Taxes: Winners receiving $600.00 or more agree to submit their valid and legal
social security number to Fantasy Tournaments LLC and winners understand
that their social security numbers will be used to report income to
the Internal Revenue Service. All taxes associated with the receipt
of any prize are the sole responsibility of the winner. A form 1099-Misc
will be issued to all prize winners receiving $600.00 or more.
16. Disbursement of Prize Money: Fantasy Tournaments LLC
will distribute 100% of all prize winnings of the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge directly to
each winning participant, and only to the winning participant. Fantasy Tournaments LLC
is not responsible for, or bound by, any agreement
between the participant and any third parties regarding apportionment
of the prize money. It is the resonsibility of each winning manager to
verify their mailing address on file is accurate.
17. Participants’ Proprietary Information: Any proprietary
information given to the FFTOC participants, including but not limited
to an internet password to access the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge tournament website, shall
be kept confidential by both Fantasy Tournaments LLC and the participant.
Fantasy Tournaments LLC will not be responsible for any changes made
to account information, or the roster or starting line up by third parties or co-team managers
who access the FFTOC website.
18. Internet/Technology Problems: Fantasy Tournaments LLC
is not responsible if the Internet portion of the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge is not capable
of running as planned, for any reason, including infection by computer
virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical
failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Fantasy Tournaments LLC which corrupt
or affect the administration, security, fairness,
integrity, or proper conduct of this tournament. Fantasy Tournaments LLC
assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption,
deletion, defect, delay in operation, faulty transmission or communication,
line failure, theft, destruction, or unauthorized access to tournament
activities conducted or information transmitted via the Internet or
the telephone. Fantasy Tournaments LLC is not responsible for a customer's
PC configuration and PC setting that may interfer with the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge software.
Further, Fantasy Tournaments LLC is not responsible for any
problem or technical malfunction of any telephone network, telephone
line, cable network, PC, cable, computer on-line system, server, equipment,
or software. Fantasy Tournaments LLC is not responsible for the failure
of any e-mail or entry or change to be applied to a customer's account
due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or
at any web site, phone or fax lines, or any combination thereof, including
any injury or damage to a customer's computer related to or resulting
from participation in the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge (including without limitation, damages
by virus).
19. Team Management Disclaimer: Fantasy Tournaments LLC is
not responsible for any problem or technical malfunction which impedes
or interferes with the transmission or receipt of any team transaction,
including but not limited to starting lineup submissions. Fantasy Tournaments LLC
is not responsible for the failure of any telephone
network or lines, computer online systems, servers, equipment or software,
or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site, phone lines,
or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to a participant's
computer related to or resulting from participation in the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge.
20. Collusion: Fantasy Tournaments LLC believes unlike old-fashion drafting
and other similar on-line fantasy football games, the unique
and exciting elements of the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge play make collusion a non-issue. That
said, any participants who collude or attempt to collude in an effort to alter the standings,
rankings, or fantasy point totals will be prohibited from winning
any prize money and will further have their teams taken over by a
surrogate or agent of Fantasy Tournaments LLC Any participant who
attempts to bribe, coerce, blackmail or otherwise influence an officer,
agent, affiliate, vendor or surrogate of Fantasy Tournaments LLC in
an effort to alter the standings, rankings, or fantasy point totals
will be prohibited from winning any prize money and will further have
his or her team taken over by a surrogate or agent of Fantasy Tournaments LLC.
Any criminal behavior by a participant which attempts to corrupt
or alter the fairness of the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge will result in civil and/or criminal
prosecution.
21. Team Competitiveness: Participants are expected to manage
their team to the best of their ability for the duration of the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge
season. However, the FFTOC recognizes that some teams will abandon
their effort to compete during the season. This might include the
failure to alter or turn in lineups, starting players on a bye, etc.
Fantasy Tournaments LLC regards such behavior as an unavoidable element of any fantasy football
league. As such, Fantasy Tournaments LLC will not directly interfere
or alter the management decisions (or indecisions) of any FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge participant.
22. Event Tampering: ANY ATTEMPT BY A PARTICIPANT OR ANY
OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE FFTOC WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE
THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE FFTOC IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND
CIVIL LAWS AND IN THE EVENT THAT AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, FANTASY TOURNAMENTS LLC
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE
LAW.
23. Disclaimers: Fantasy Tournaments LLC is not responsible
for any FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge disruptions, injuries, losses or damages caused by events
beyond the control of Fantasy Tournaments LLC or any printing or typographical
errors in any materials associated with the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge. Fantasy Tournaments LLC
or any subsidiary, affiliated company, or vendor are not in any
way responsible or liable for any damage, loss or injury (including
death) resulting from any participant’s activity in the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge and
related events, and/or acceptance and use of any prize won. Fantasy Tournaments LLC
is solely responsible for enacting, administering,
enforcing the rules, and maintaining the integrity of the FFTOC. The
FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge and web site are not sponsored, affiliated or endorsed by the
National Football League or the NFL Players’ Association.
Further, this site is not endorsed by any current NFL player or team.
24. Exclusion: The parties hereby
agree that in the event that there is an alleged breach of contract
or alleged liability incurred, no party shall commence any proceedings
or otherwise seek to impose any liability whatsoever against Fantasy Tournaments LLC
or its owners or affiliates and their respective directors, officers,
employees and agents, by
reason of alleged breach, default or claim.
25. General Release: By participating in the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge, you release
and agree to hold harmless Fantasy Tournaments LLC, participating
sponsors and any of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries,
affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agencies (collectively,
the “Released Parties”) from any liability whatsoever for any claims,
costs, injuries, losses, or damages of any kind arising out of or
in connection with the FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge or acceptance, possession, or use of
any prize (including, without limitation, claims, costs, injuries
and losses related to personal injuries, death, damage to or destruction
of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation or portrayal
in a false light, whether intentional or unintentional, whether under
a theory of contract, tort (including negligence), warrant or other
theory.
26. Governing Laws: FFTOC's NFL Playoff Challenge is governed by the laws of the
state of NC without regard to principles of conflicts of law.
27. Headers: The section headers contained herein are only
provided for convenience purposes only and shall not be used to modify
or interpret the terms of these Official Rules.
28. Severability: In the event that any provision of these
Terms and Official Rules are found invalid or unenforceable pursuant to judicial
decree or decision, the remainder of the Official Rules and Terms shall remain
valid and enforceable according to its terms. The parties intend that
the provisions of these Official Rules be enforced to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law. Accordingly, the parties agree
that if any provisions are deemed not enforceable, they shall be deemed
modified to the extent necessary to make them enforceable.
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