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2008 CBSSports.com Tournament Brackets Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. THIS
SWEEPSTAKES IS OPEN TO PERSONS WHO ARE: (A) REGISTERED USERS; (B) LEGAL RESIDENTS OF ONE (1) OF THE
FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES, WASHINGTON D.C., OR CANADA (EXCLUDING QUEBEC) (FOR PURPOSES OF CLARITY,
PUERTO RICO IS EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED); AND (C) AT LEAST EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER OR LEGAL AGE
IN THEIR STATE OF RESIDENCE AT THE DATE OF ENTRY IN THE SWEEPSTAKES. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
| Introduction | 2008
CBSSports.com Tournament Brackets No Cost The Administrator Eligibility |
| Playing | Signing
Up Selection Deadline Making Picks |
| Prize | Grand
Prize Drawing/Odds/Winner Notification |
| Legal
Disclaimers | General Conditions Rules/Winners
Information Internet Sponsor/Administrator's Mailing Address |
Introduction
2008 CBSSports.com Tournament Brackets
Welcome to the 2008 CBSSports.com Tournament Brackets. The 2008 CBSSports.com Tournament Brackets (the
"Sweepstakes") is a competition based on results of the 2008 Division I Men's College Basketball
Tournament (the "Tournament"). On March 16, 2008, the selection committee will seed the
qualifying college basketball teams of the Tournament. Participants will attempt to select the winners
of all the games of the Tournament. Participants will earn points by correctly predicting the winning
teams in the games of the Tournament. The number of points awarded for each correct pick of a winning
game of the Tournament will increase with each round of the Tournament. The exact number of points
awarded in this Sweepstakes is set forth in the Making Picks section below. The grand prize (the
"Prize") will be awarded to a randomly-selected participant who is among the top ten percent
(10%) of point scorers in this Sweepstakes, as described in the Prize section of these Official Rules.
The Sweepstakes will begin on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 and will run through the final game of the
Tournament scheduled for April 7, 2008.
No Cost
The 2008 CBSSports.com Tournament Brackets is FREE to play. No purchase or entry fee
necessary to enter or win.
The Administrator
CBS Interactive Inc. ("CBSII") will serve as the Administrator of the 2008 CBSSports.com
Tournament Brackets and will be responsible for resolving any disputes that arise regarding violations
of the rules.
Eligibility
To be eligible to participate in the Sweepstakes, you must be: (a) a Registered User; (b) a legal
resident of one (1) of the fifty (50) United States, Washington D.C., or Canada (excluding Quebec) (for
purposes of clarity, Puerto Rico is expressly excluded); and (c) at least eighteen (18) years of age or
older or age of majority in your state of residence at the date of entry in this Sweepstakes.
For purposes of these Official Rules, "Registered User" means a person who has successfully
completed the registration form on Facebook.com. If you are not a Registered User you may become a
Registered User and by completing the registration on Facebook.com. There is no fee or charge to you to
become a Registered User.
Employees of CBS Interactive Inc., CBS Broadcasting Inc. and Facebook (collectively, the
"Sweepstakes Entities") and each of their parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries,
advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies and members of the immediate family or household of
each are not eligible to win. Immediate family member is defined as a parent, sibling or any person
residing in the same household as an employee of the Sweepstakes Entities. Void where prohibited by
law. Such excluded employees and/or family members may play, but WILL NOT be eligible to receive any
prizes.
Playing
Signing Up
Registered Facebook Users can sign up any time by visiting the Facebook website prior to the start of
the Tournament on March 20, 2008. Participants will be asked to go to the URL: www.facebook.com/brackets and add the CBSSports.com
Tournament Brackets application.
Selection Deadline
Brackets will be filled on March 16, 2008 and posted on-line under the "Brackets" tab on the Facebook
website in the CBSSports.com Tournament Brackets application. Picks must be submitted by 11:00 AM ET on
March 20, 2008. The Administrator may send a reminder message on the Facebook website on March 16, 2008
to participants to notify them to make their picks.
Making Picks
After you sign up, and the teams have been selected, you will have access to an on-line brackets page
listing 63 of the 64 eligible Division 1 Men's College Basketball Tournament teams and their round one
match-ups.
Note: The 64th team will be determined by a play-in Tournament game on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. That
game will not be counted in this Sweepstakes. Prior to completion of that game, the 64th team will be
listed on our brackets page as "Play-In Winner," and Participants are free to pick "Play-In Winner" in
the first round if they want to submit picks before the play-in game is complete.
Participants must enter their projected winners of all 63 games of the Tournament, round by round.
Beginning with round two, the Administrator will weigh predictions for each successive round more
heavily than the previous round in accordance with the table below. Points will be awarded by
multiplying your number of correct predictions of winning teams in each round of the Sweepstakes by the
weight assigned to each applicable round. For example, you would receive five (5) points for five
correct predictions of winning teams in round one, and ten (10) points for five correct predictions of
winning teams in round two. You will receive an individual score for each of the six Tournament rounds;
and an overall score, which is the combined total of your individual round scores.
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Round | 1 | 2 | Sweet
16 | Final 8 | Final 4 | Final Game |
| 1st Pick | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
Prize
Grand Prize (the "Prize")
One (1) Prize will be awarded to a randomly-selected participant who is among the top ten percent (10%)
of eligible point scorers in this Sweepstakes. One (1) Prize Winner (the "Prize Winner") will receive
Ten Thousand US Dollars (ARV $10,000 US Dollars). Prize to be awarded in the form of a check.
Drawing/Odds/Winner Notification
Prize drawing will be held on or around Tuesday, April 15, 2008. Prize Winner will be chosen at random
from among the top ten percent (10%) of all eligible participants and ties, based on overall point
score.
Odds of winning the Prize depend on the number of eligible participants and the outcome of the 2008
Division I Men's College Basketball Tournament. Potential Prize Winner will be notified by phone or by
email.
Legal Disclaimers
All participants agree to abide by the terms of these Official Rules and the Legal Disclaimers below,
and by the decisions of the Sweepstakes Entities, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining
to the game.
General Conditions
By entering, each participant accepts and agrees to be bound by these rules and by the decisions of the
Sweepstakes Entities, which shall be final and binding in all respects. Further, each participant also
acknowledges and agrees to the Facebook Terms of Use.
Taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the Prize Winner. No substitution or transfer of the
Prize permitted except by the Sweepstakes Entities. The Sweepstakes Entities reserve the right to
substitute the Prize for one of equal or greater value in the event that the advertised Prize is
unavailable.
Potential Prize Winner will be required to sign and return, within thirty (30) days of issuance, the
Affidavit of Eligibility and Publicity/Liability Release. Failure to return such documents within the
specified time period, noncompliance with these Official Rules, the return of the Prize or prize
notification or if the potential Prize Winner declines the Prize for any reason, Prize may be awarded
and an alternate Prize Winner selected via random drawing from the participants whose score resides in
the top 10% of all scores in accordance with these Official Rules.
Except where prohibited by law, the Prize Winner's acceptance of the Prize constitutes permission for
the Sweepstakes Entities to use Prize Winner's name, photograph, likeness, statements, biographical
information, voice, and address (city and state) worldwide and in all forms of media, in perpetuity,
without further compensation. Participants agree to Administrator's use of their names and likeness for
advertising and publicity purposes, without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law.
All federal, state, local, and provincial laws and regulations apply.
The Sweepstakes Entities are not responsible for lost, late or misdirected on-line entries or
transactions, for incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete entry information whether caused by a contestant,
equipment, or technical malfunction or for any human error, technical error or malfunctions. The
Sweepstakes Entities reserve the right to halt or modify the Sweepstakes at any time during the
Sweepstakes period if events beyond their control compromise the Sweepstakes. fairness or integrity. In
the event that a scheduled game is canceled or preempted for any reason, no points will be awarded for
that game or the affected NCAA teams.
The Sweepstakes Entities are not responsible for typographical or other human or technical errors in
the offer or administration of this Sweepstakes, including but not limited to errors in advertising,
the Official Rules, the selection and announcement of the Prize Winner or the distribution of the
Prize.
The Sweepstakes Entities, in their sole discretion, may disqualify any participant from participating
in the Sweepstakes, refuse to award points or the Prize, and require the return of any part of the
Prize, if participant engages in any conduct the Sweepstakes Entities deem to be improper, unfair or
otherwise adverse to the operation of the Sweepstakes or detrimental to other participants. Such
improper conduct includes, but is not limited to, falsifying personal information required during
Sweepstakes registration or Prize claim, violating any term or condition stated herein, accumulating
points or prizes through methods such as automated computer scripts or other programming techniques,
allowing others to use the participant's personal information for the purpose of accumulating points or
prizes, tampering with the Sweepstakes Entities. administration of this promotion, or intentionally
trying to defraud, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile or otherwise tamper with the computer
programs on this Web site. Participant further acknowledges that the forfeiture of the Prize and/or
return of any part of the Prize shall in no way prevent the Sweepstakes Entities from pursuing other
avenues of recourse such as criminal or civil proceedings in connection with such conduct.
The Sweepstakes Entities reserve the right to modify these rules for clarification purposes without
materially affecting the terms and conditions of the Sweepstakes. This Sweepstakes is not affiliated
with or endorsed by the NCAA or any NCAA team. This is a skill game designed to entertain consumers in
the CBS Sports Service and the Facebook Service.
This Sweepstakes may not be used for any form of gambling.
Rules/Winners Information
For winner information or an additional copy of the Official Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped
envelope by June 1, 2008 to: 2008 CBSSports.com Tournament Bracket, 2200 W. Cypress Creek Road, Fort
Lauderdale, FL 33309. Specify "Rules" or "Winners List." Residents of VT may omit return postage.
Internet
If for any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including
infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or
any other causes beyond the control of the Sweepstakes Entities which corrupt or affect the
administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes, the Sweepstakes
Entities reserve the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the
entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes. In such event, the
Sweepstakes Entities further reserve the right to award the Prize to the eligible participant selected
via random drawing from the participants whose score resides in the top 10% of all scores in accordance
with these Official Rules.
The Sweepstakes Entities assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion,
defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or
unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries or transactions. The Sweepstakes Entities are not
responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer
on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail entry or
transaction to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at
any Web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other
person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this
Sweepstakes.
Lost or Corrupted Entries
The Sweepstakes Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies and advertising and
promotion agencies, assume no liability and are not responsible for, and you hereby forever waive any
rights to any claim in connection with, lost, late, incomplete, corrupted, stolen, misdirected,
illegible or postage due entries or mail if applicable; or for any computer, telephone, cable, network,
satellite, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, unauthorized human intervention,
or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information, or the failure to capture any
such information. The Sweepstakes Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies,
advertising and promotion agencies, are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information,
whether caused by registration information submitted by end users or tampering, hacking, or by any of
the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Sweepstakes, 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
Sweepstakes.
Damaged Property
Sweepstakes Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies and advertising and
promotion agencies, assume no liability and are not responsible for, and you hereby forever waive any
rights to any claim in connection with, injury or damage to any participants or to any other person's
computer or property related to or resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes or downloading
materials from this Sweepstakes.
CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A CONTESTANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE
OPERATION OF THE GAME IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND, SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE,
THE SWEEPSTAKES ENTITIES RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH CONTESTANT TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
In the event of a dispute, entries made by Internet will be declared made by the authorized account
holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the
natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service
provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for
assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
Any entry that is incomplete, late, or does not include a validly issued User ID will be disqualified.
In the event that the Sweepstakes is challenged by any legal or regulatory authority, the Sweepstakes
Entities reserve the right to discontinue or modify the Sweepstakes, or to disqualify participants
residing in the affected geographic areas. In such event, the Sweepstakes Entities shall have no
liability to any participants who are disqualified due to such an action.
Sweepstakes Errors
The Sweepstakes Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies and advertising and
promotion agencies, assume no liability and are not responsible for, and you hereby forever waive any
rights to any claim in connection with, errors and/or ambiguity: (a) in the Sweepstakes; (b) in any
related advertising or promotions of this Sweepstakes; and/or (c) in these Official Rules including but
not limited to errors in advertising, the Official Rules, the selection and announcement of the Prize
Winner or the distribution of the Prize. In the event of any ambiguity(s) or error(s) in these Official
Rules, Administrator reserve the right to modify these Official Rules for clarification purposes or to
correct any such ambiguity or error(s) without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the
Sweepstakes.
Prize Winner and Prize
The Sweepstakes Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies and advertising and
promotion agencies, assume no liability and are not responsible for, and you hereby forever waive any
rights to any claim in connection with, the selection and announcement of the Prize Winner, the
distribution of the Prize, the acceptance/possession and/or use/misuse of any part of the Prize and/or
any injury or damage to any participant's or third person's property related to or resulting from any
part of the Prize or any part of this Sweepstakes.
Release and Indemnity
Each participant in the Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, the Prize Winner, hereby releases
and agrees to hold harmless the Sweepstakes Entities and their parents, affiliates, subsidiaries,
advertising and promotion agencies 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 the Prize, participation in this Sweepstakes and participation in any activity related
to this Sweepstakes.
Limitation of Liability and Disclaimer of Warranties
IN NO EVENT WILL THE SWEEPSTAKES ENTITIES AND/OR THEIR PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED
COMPANIES, THEIR ADVERTISING OR PROMOTION AGENCIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES,
REPRESENTATIVES 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 THE SERVICE AND/OR THE SWEEPSTAKES, DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM THE
SERVICE AND/OR THE SWEEPSTAKES. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE SWEEPSTAKES ENTITIES. TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR
ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, OR CAUSES OF ACTION EXCEED $100. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THE
SWEEPSTAKES AND THE SERVICE INCLUDING THE PRIZE ARE 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.
Binding Arbitration
The parties waive all rights to trial in any action or proceeding instituted in connection with these
Official Rules, including, without limitation, the Sweepstakes. Any controversy or claim arising out of
or relating to these Official Rules and/or the Sweepstakes shall be settled by binding arbitration in
accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such
controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any
arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. The arbitration shall be conducted in the
State of New York, in the City of New York, County of New York
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE INTERPRETATION OF ITS TERMS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAWS RULES. For
any matters which are not subject to arbitration as set forth in these Official Rules and/or in
connection with the entering of any judgment on an arbitration award in connection with these Official
Rules and/or the Sweepstakes, the parties irrevocably submit and consent to the exclusive jurisdiction
and venue of the New York state and federal courts located in the City of New York, County of New York,
and State of New York. The parties agree not to raise the defense of forum non conveniens.
Administrator/Sponsor/Prize Provider's Mailing Address
CBS Interactive Inc., 2200 W. Cypress Creek Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
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