Official Contest Rules & Regulations


Contest Title: Retro Prize Packs: Enter to WIN

This contest (the “Contest”) is sponsored by the Canadian Football League (the “Contest Sponsor”). The Contest runs from 12a.m. EDT on May 27, 2009 to 12p.m ET on Sept 4, 2009 (the “Contest Closing Date”).

Eligibility

To enter and be eligible to win you must be a legal resident of Canada who has attained legal drinking age in the province or territory in which you reside. Employees of the Canadian Football League and its member teams and the immediate family members of, or those domiciled with, the Canadian Football League and its member teams, their agents and representatives, their parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and dealers, advertising and promotional agencies, as well as suppliers of materials or services related to this contest, are not eligible to enter the contest. “Immediate family members” are defined as parents, siblings, children or spouse. To be eligible, entrant plus traveling companions must be able to travel legally in Canada. A travel companion under the age of majority in Canada must be the child or legal ward of the winner, and parent or legal guardian must sign and return all documentation.

To Enter

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY to enter the Contest . Limit of one entry per person is allowed per day. In the event that it is discovered that you attempted to enter more than once per day, all of your entries will be void. [In the event of a dispute, all email entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized owner of the email account from which they were sent.]

Prize(s)

There will be eight (8) prize packs consisting of assorted Reebok and Roger Edwards Retro merchandise and a CFL official game ball (each referred to as a “Prize Pack”). The approximate retail value of each Prize Pack ranges from $175 - $ 275 based on retail items available from the member clubs.  

All Prize Packs must be accepted as awarded without substitution and are not transferable or redeemable for cash.

In the event that the winner is unable to redeem any or all of the components of the Prize Pack due to reasons beyond the control of the Contest Sponsor, their employees, representatives, agents and all parties associated with this Contest, no compensation or substitution prize will be provided.  All taxes on prizes other than taxes specifically referred to in these rules are the responsibility of the winner.

Draw

Eight (8) random draws for the 8 Prize Packs will be held on or about September 9th, 2009 at 11a.m. ET. The odds of being selected depend upon the total number of eligible entries received by the Contest Closing Date.  You must select your favorite team in order to be entered into that specific team draw.

General

By entering this Contest, entrants accept and agree to abide by these Official Contest Rules & Regulations and the decisions of the independent contest organization with respect to all aspects of the Contest, which are final, binding and conclusive on all matters relative to the Contest.

An entrant selected pursuant to a random draw will be contacted by mail, courier or telephone within five (5) business days of the draw date. If the selected entrant cannot be contacted within five (5) business days, he/she will be disqualified and a new random draw from the remaining eligible entries will be conducted to select another entrant and the process noted above will be repeated until a selected entrant is contacted or there are no more eligible entries, whichever comes first.

Before being declared a winner, the selected entrant must first correctly answer without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, a mathematical skill-testing question posed by telephone within five (5) business days of the draw date. The selected entrant will also be required to sign and return within 10 business days, a Declaration and Release Form (the “Release Form”) confirming compliance with these Official Contest Rules & Regulations, acceptance of a prize as awarded without substitution, and releasing the Canadian Football League and its member teams, and their affiliated and related companies, advertising and promotional agencies, directors, officers, employees, agents, dealers, representatives, successors and assigns from any liability in connection with the Prize Packs or this Contest. 

Failure to answer the mathematical skill-testing question correctly or failure to return the Release Form within the required time period will cause a new random draw from the remaining eligible entries to be conducted to select another entry and the process noted above will be repeated until a winner is declared or there are no more eligible entries, whichever comes first.

The Canadian Football League will deliver the Prize Pack to the confirmed winner at the address indicated on the Release Form within thirty (30) days of being declared a winner.

By entering this Contest, each prize winner authorizes the Contest Sponsor, and its representatives to use in any related publicity, if required, his or her name, photograph, image, any statements he or she may make regarding the prize, place of residence and/or voice for advertising purposes worldwide in perpetuity and in any form of media including the Internet, without any form of compensation.

No responsibility will be taken for any failure of the website during the promotion for any reason or for any problems or technical malfunction of a network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail, on-line, or internet entry on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to an entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to and resulting from playing or downloading any material in the promotion.

The Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend the Internet portion of this Contest should a virus, bug or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Contest Sponsor corrupt the security or proper administration of the Contest. Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or to undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, the Contest Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution.

The Contest Sponsor and its agents, representatives and assigns reserve the right to void any entry and/or cancel or modify the Contest in whole or in part (without notice to entrants individually) if, in their sole discretion, they determine that for any reason the contest is not capable of running as originally planned due to fraud, technical failures, human, printing or distribution errors, or any causes or occurrences have compromised the administration, safety, fairness or integrity of the contest (subject, if applicable, to the approval of the Regis des alcohols, des courses et des jeux du Quebec).

Any person entering this Contest or trying to do so by any means which go against the intention of these Official Rules & Regulations and which would be unfair to the other participants will be automatically disqualified and the Contest Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution.  In the event it is determined that an entrant has entered in a fashion not sanctioned by these rules and has submitted more than the number of entries permitted by these rules, the entrant will be disqualified and all of the entries submitted by the entrant will be disqualified. Entries are subject to verification by Contest Sponsor or its agents, representatives or assigns.

All entries become the permanent property of the Contest Sponsor. No correspondence will be entered into except with the selected entrant. This Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and is void where prohibited.

The Contest Sponsor assumes no responsibility for lost, late, misdirected, damaged, garbled, or unintelligible entry forms, entry forms which fail to comply with these Official Contest Rules & Regulations, or for theft, destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entry forms. The Contest Sponsor is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information found on www.cfl.ca or submitted as part of an entry form, whether caused by website users, any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Contest, or any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submissions in this Contest.

When you enter this Contest, you will be asked to provide personal information including your name, address, phone number and e-mail address. The personal information provided will be used in the administration of this Contest, including contacting you if you are a potential winner.  In the event that you have opted-in to be contacted by the Canadian Football League, its member clubs and affiliates, your information can be shared between these entities.  This includes opt-ins for Canadian Football League newsletters, and special offers.  If you are declared the winner and accept a Prize Pack you may be asked to provide a photo or other likeness of yourself and you will be required to provide consent to list or announce you as the winner and to publish your likeness on television, the internet and other media.

For Quebec Residents: Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a contest in Quebec may be submitted to the Regis des alcohols, des courses et des jeux du Quebec
for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Regie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.