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CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
1. Eligibility: Junior Rawlings Gold Glove Contest (the
"Contest") is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and
the District of Columbia who are at least twenty-one (21) years old at the time
of entry, who are parents or legal guardians of a child age twelve (12) or
under who plays or played baseball on an organized team or league in 2006 or
2007. Contestant must have video uploading capability as of January 17, 2007.
Employees of Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc., Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.,
Dick's Sporting Goods Inc., Hibbett Sporting Goods Inc., Dunham's Sports, MC
Sports, Modell's Sporting Goods Inc., Sport Chalet Inc., The Sports Authority
Inc., Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation, Academy Sports + Outdoors, Champs
Sports, Eastbay, Inc., Baseball Express, Inc., Chick's Sporting Goods, Inc. and
ePrize, LLC, and any of their parent and affiliate companies as well as the
immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members
of each such employee are not eligible. Subject to all applicable federal,
state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited by law.
Participation constitutes Contestant's full and unconditional agreement to
these Official Rules and Sponsor's and Administrator's decisions, which are
final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Winning a prize is
contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
2. Sponsor: Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc., 510
Maryville University Drive, Suite 110, St. Louis, MO 63141. Administrator:
ePrize, LLC, One ePrize Drive, Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069.
3. Timing: The Contest begins on February 22, 2007 at 12:00
a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") and ends on September 7, 2007 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the
"Contest Period"). The Contest Period consists of an Upload Phase (the "Upload
Phase"), a Judging Phase (the "Judging Phase") and a Voting Phase (the "Voting
Phase") as set forth in the chart below. Fleishman-Hillard's computer is the
official time-keeping device for this Contest.
4. How to Enter: During the Upload Phase of the Promotion
Period, visit
www.rawlingsgoldglove.com/junior and follow the links and Contest
instructions to register for the Contest. Fill out the registration form
completely. Then, follow the links and instructions to upload and submit a
recent video of your child, at age twelve (12) or under, making an outstanding
defensive play in an organized baseball game during 2006 or 2007. Video must
not exceed two (2) minutes in length and must be in .mpeg, .mov, or .wmv format
(the "Submission"). You will have the opportunity to provide a text description
of fifty (50) words or fewer, describing the set-up, context or situation that
made this an exceptional play. By submitting your Submission you agree that
Sponsor may post the Submission on their website during the Contest Period.
VIDEO SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Contestant's Submission must be a
video of his or her child, at age twelve (12) or under, from a game played
during 2006 or 2007. Submissions must not exceed two (2) minutes in length.
Contest Submissions must be the work of the Contestant. You must be the sole
owner of the copyright of any video submitted. Your Submission is your
guarantee that you are the author and copyright holder of the Submission. In
addition, by entering, Contestants represent and warrant that their Submissions
do not infringe any other person's or entity's rights.
For all Entries: Submissions must not be staged, set up,
inappropriate, indecent or obscene, as determined by Sponsor in its sole
discretion. All Submissions determined to be staged, set up, inappropriate,
indecent or obscene will be disqualified. Proof of submission or sending is not
proof of receipt by Sponsor. Sponsor shall have the right to edit, adapt and
publish any or all of the Submissions, and may use them in any media in
association with the Contest without attribution or compensation to the
Contestant, his/her successors or assigns, or any other entity. Sponsor is not
responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, illegible, or
misdirected Submissions, which are void.
Limit: Contestant is allowed one (1) Submission per child during the Contest
Period. Multiple Contestants are not permitted to share the same e-mail address.
Any attempt by any Contestant to enter more than the stated number of
Submissions by using multiple/different e-mail addresses, identities,
registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that Contestant's
Submissions and that Contestant may be disqualified.
5. Judging Phase/Voting Phase: During the Judging Phase,
qualified judges will judge each Submission based on the following objective
criteria: (60%) the child's fundamental execution of the defensive play; (30%)
the context or situation surrounding the play; (10%) public appeal. In the
event of a tie between two (2) or more Submissions, judges will break the tie
based on the fundamental execution of the play. The ten (10) Submissions with
the highest scores will be deemed the finalists (each a "Finalist"). Each
Finalist will receive a First Prize. During the Voting Phase, the ten (10)
Finalists will be posted in an online gallery for public voting at
www.rawlingsgoldglove.com/junior. Visitors to the site will be invited to vote
for their favorite Finalist using the judging criteria stated above. Limit: One
(1) vote per computer per day. The Finalist which accumulates the most votes
during the Voting Phase will be the Contest winner (the "Winner"). In the event
of a tie, the Sponsor's judges will re-judge the tied Submissions using the
above judging criteria and the Submission with the highest score will be the
Winner.
Winner will be announced on or about September 13, 2007. The Finalists and
Winner will be notified by mail, e-mail or phone. Potential Winner will be
required to sign and return to Sponsor, within ten (10) days of the date notice
or attempted notice is sent, an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability &
Publicity Release in order to claim his/her prize. If the potential Winner
cannot be contacted, or fails to sign and return the Affidavit of Eligibility,
Liability & Publicity Release within the required time period, potential
Winner forfeits prize. Finalists and potential Winner must continue to comply
with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is
contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. Failure to comply with this
requirement for any reason, return of prize notification or prize as
undeliverable or disqualification of a Finalist or Winner for any reason will
result in forfeiture of prize. An alternate Finalist or Winner will be selected
by the judges from the remaining Submissions based on the next highest number
of votes for the Winner and based on the next highest judged score for the
Finalist and the prize will be awarded to him or her. Only three (3) alternate
winners will be selected, after which the applicable prize will remain
un-awarded. Acceptance of any prize shall constitute and signify the Winner's
and Finalist's agreement and consent that Sponsor may use the Winner's and/or
Finalist's name, city, state, likeness, video, Submission, photos and/or prize
information in connection with the Contest worldwide, including the Internet,
without limitation and without further payment or consideration, except where
prohibited by law. Prizes will be fulfilled eight (8) to ten (10) weeks after
winner confirmation.
6. Prizes: ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: One (1) Junior Rawlings
Gold Glove Award. Approximate Retail Value ("ARV"): $200.00. TEN (10) FIRST
PRIZES: One (1) per Finalist): One (1) Rawlings Pro Preferred 50th
Anniversary Gold Glove. ARV: $300.00. No cash equivalent. All prizes are
non-transferable and no substitution will be made unless determined by Sponsor,
in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the listed
prize for one of equal or greater value if a prize should become unavailable
for any reason. Winner is responsible for all taxes and fees associated with
prize receipt and/or use.
7. Release: By receipt of any prize, each Finalist or Winner
agrees to release and hold harmless Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc.,
Fleishman-Hillard, Inc., Dick's Sporting Goods Inc., Hibbett Sporting Goods
Inc., Dunham's Sports, MC Sports, Modell's Sporting Goods Inc., Sport Chalet
Inc., The Sports Authority Inc., Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation, Academy
Sports + Outdoors, Champs Sports, Eastbay, Inc., Baseball Express, Inc.,
Chick's Sporting Goods, Inc., and Administrator, and their respective
subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion
agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of their respective parent companies
and each such company's officers, directors, employees and agents
(collectively, the "Released Parties") from and against any claim or cause of
action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or
loss of property, arising out of participation in the Contest or receipt or use
or misuse of any prize.
8. Publicity: Except where prohibited, participation in the
Contest constitutes Finalists' and Winner's consent to Sponsor's and its
agents' use of Winner's name, Submission, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions
and/or hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, in
perpetuity, without any further payment or consideration.
9. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel,
suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical
failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor's reasonable control impairs the
integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its
sole discretion. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to
disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or
the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official
Rules or those of any other Promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive
manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate
operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and,
should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from
any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor's failure to
enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that
provision.
10. Limitations of Liability: The Released Parties are not
responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by
Contestants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming
associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) technical failures of any kind,
including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in
phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human
intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; (4) technical or
human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the
processing of entries; (5) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail;
or (6) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused,
directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from Contestant's participation in
the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If, for any reason, a
Contestant's Submission is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or
otherwise destroyed or corrupted, Contestant's sole remedy is another
Submission in the Contest. If it is not possible to award another Submission
due to discontinuance of the Contest, or any part of it, for any reason,
Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among
all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all
of the prizes offered herein. No more than the stated number of prizes will be
awarded. In the event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any
other reasons cause more than the stated number of prizes as set forth in these
Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, Sponsor reserves the right to
award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all
legitimate, un-awarded, eligible prize claims. Sponsor is not responsible for
misdirected or undeliverable entries or for any technical problems,
malfunctions of computer systems, servers, providers, hardware/software, lost
or unavailable network connections or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed
computer transmission or any combination thereof. Sponsor and Administrator are
not responsible for any typographical/other error in entries, selection
announcement or for any liability for damage to any computer system resulting
from participation in, accessing or downloading information in connection with
this promotion.
11. Disputes: Except where prohibited, Contestant agrees that:
(1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or
connected with this Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved
individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Southern
Division) or the appropriate Michigan State Court located in Oakland County,
Michigan; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to
actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering
this Contest, but in no event attorneys' fees; and (3) under no circumstances
will Contestant be permitted to obtain awards for, and Contestant hereby waives
all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages
and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any
and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues
and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and
enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the
Contestant and Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Michigan without
giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the
State of Michigan or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application
of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan.
12. Contestant's Personal Information: Information collected
from Contestants is subject to
ePrize, LLC's Privacy Policy and
Sponsor's Privacy Policy.
13. Winner List: For a list of winners and/or a copy of these
Official Rules, send a hand-printed, self-addressed, stamped envelope to
"Junior Rawlings Gold Glove Contest Winner List/Rules," c/o ePrize, LLC, P.O.
Box 8070, Royal Oak, MI 48068-8070. Winner List requests must be received by
December 13, 2007. VT residents may exclude return postage for Official Rules.
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