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NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE
YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. How to Enter. To enter, attend any Major League Soccer™ game in the United States or Canada
during the 2008 regular season, register as a designated driver
at the designated driver booth at the Major League Soccer™ stadium by completing
the designated driver pledge form. To enter without attending a Major League Soccer™ game, register online at www.rhir.org or
send a postcard (no envelopes please) with your name, e-mail address, mailing
address, work or home phone number, the name of your favorite Major League
Soccer™ team and a statement of no more than 100 words on why you believe it
is important to be a designated driver at a sporting event to TEAM Coalition
(“Sponsor”), 1800 Diagonal Road Suite 600, Alexandria, VA 22314. All entries
submitted at a Major League Soccer™ stadium must be received by the end of the
last 2008 regular season game at the respective stadium. All online entries must
be submitted by Monday, October 27, 2008. All mailed entries must be postmarked
by Monday, October 27, 2008 and received by Friday, October 31, 2008.
You may enter as many times as you like, however, mailed entries are limited to
one (1) entry per postcard and each mailed entry will be counted as one entry.
All entries become the sole property of the Sponsor and receipt of entries will
not be acknowledged or returned. Delivery of prize may require a street address
(no P.O. Boxes). Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, mutilated,
invalid, unintelligible, postage-due or misdirected entries, all of which will be
disqualified. Sponsor is not responsible for the failure of any Major League Soccer™
stadium to retain any entries or for any human error in connection with the
retention of entries. No facsimiles, mechanical reproductions alterations or forged
entries. Only fully completed entry forms are eligible and incomplete entry forms
will be disqualified.
2. Start/End Dates. Sweepstakes begins on Saturday, March 29, 2008 and all
in-stadium entries must be received by the end of the last 2008 regular season game at any Major League Soccer™ stadium.
All online entries must be submitted by Sunday, October 26, 2008. All mailed entries must be
postmarked by Monday, October 27, 2008 and received by Friday, October 31, 2008.
3. Eligibility. Participation is open only to legal residents of
the U.S. and Canada, age 21 and over in the U.S. as of date of entry, or
who have reached the age of majority in Canada as of date of entry, and
who possess a valid driver’s license. Void in Puerto Rico, outside of
the U.S. and Canada, and where prohibited, taxed or restricted by law.
Employees, officers & directors of TEAM Coalition (“Sponsor”) are ineligible.
4. Random Drawings/Odds. On or about Saturday, November 1, 2008, each of the
fourteen (14) Major League Soccer™ teams will randomly select one (1) Finalist from
a pool of all entries received at each stadium or received by TEAM via online or
mail and identified as the favorite Major League Soccer™ team on such entry forms
for a total of fourteen (14) Finalists (“Finalists”). The two (2) drawn Finalists
(of the fourteen (14) Finalists) each representing a Major League Soccer™ team playing
in MLS Cup 2008™ will receive an MLS Cup 2008™ prize as detailed below. One (1)
additional Finalist will be drawn from the remaining 12 Finalists to win the 2009 Pepsi MLS
All-Star Game™ prize. Odds of being chosen as a Finalist depend on the number of
eligible entries received for each stadium/team. The odds of a Finalist winning
an MLS Cup 2008™ prize are 1:7, and the odds of a Finalist winning the 2009 Pepsi MLS All-Star
Game™ prize are 1:12. By entering the Sweepstakes, entrants agree to be bound by
these rules and the decisions of the judges, which will be final and binding in all
matters relating to the Sweepstakes. Canadian residents, if selected as a Finalist,
must correctly answer a mathematical skill-testing question by phone or mail in order
to win a prize. Contest not produced or executed by any the Office of the Commissioner
of Soccer, Major League Soccer Properties, Inc. or any other Major League Soccer
affiliated entity including employees, officers or directors of MLS and or its teams
affiliated partners (collectively, the “MLS Entities”).
5. Prizes. Two (2) MLS Cup 2008™ prizes each consisting of a trip for
two (2) people to MLS Cup 2008™ scheduled to be held at Home Depot Center in Carson, CA on November 23, 2008. MLS Cup 2008™
prize includes roundtrip coach-class air transportation for winner and travel
companion from gateway airport nearest to winner’s residence to Los Angeles, CA (if necessary), two
(2) nights hotel accommodations as determined by Sponsor (single room, double
occupancy, if necessary), and two (2) tickets to MLS Cup 2008™ (ARV $2,400). One 2009 Pepsi MLS All-Star
Game™ prize consisting of a trip for two (2) people to the 2009 Pepsi MLS All-Star Game™.
2009 Pepsi MLS All-Star Game™ prize includes roundtrip coach-class air
transportation for winner and travel companion from gateway airport nearest to
winner’s residence to host city of 2009 Pepsi MLS All-Star Game™ (if necessary), two (2) nights hotel accommodations as determined by
Sponsor (single room, double occupancy, if necessary), and two (2) tickets to the 2009 Pepsi MLS
All-Star Game™ (ARV $2,200). Total ARV of all prizes: $4,600. All winners will be
solely responsible for all applicable taxes on prizes and any other costs not
indicated as forming part of the prize as well as optional travel insurance.
Winners are responsible for ensuring they have proper travel documentation. Winner
shall be required to sign a Prize Wavier/Affidavit prior to accepting the Prize.
Winners must be available to attend the prize events on the dates of such events;
otherwise, such prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate. Winner of
2009 Pepsi MLS All-Star Game™ prize must be able to travel on Sponsor-designated dates, or
prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate. All travel subject to
availability. Restrictions and blackout dates apply.
6. Notification. Entrants will be notified of their Finalist status by
e-mail or telephone on or about Monday, October 27, 2008. MLS Cup 2008™ and 2009 Pepsi Mist MLS
All-Star Game™ prize winners will be notified of their winning status by e-mail
or telephone after the MLS Cup 2008™ teams are determined. All winners will be
required to sign and return, where legal, an Affidavit of Eligibility and
Liability/Publicity Release. MLS Cup 2008™ and 2009 Pepsi MLS All-Star Game™ travel
companion will be required to sign and return a travel release prior to ticketing.
If travel companion is a minor, he/she must travel with his/her parent/legal
guardian who must sign the release. If winner cannot be contacted, if any prize
is returned as undeliverable, or in the event of noncompliance with these
Sweepstakes rules and requirements, an alternate winner may be selected. Limit
one prize per person. Game or event dates and times determined in the sole
discretion of the MLS Entities, as applicable, and are subject to change and/or
cancellation.
7. Conditions. All taxes are the sole responsibility of the winners.
Participation in Sweepstakes and acceptance of prize constitutes winners’
permission for Sponsor and MLS Entities to use their respective names, addresses
(city and state/province), likenesses, biographical information and any mail-in
entry statements for advertising and promotional purposes without notice or
additional compensation, except where prohibited by law. In addition, prize winners,
by accepting a prize, agree to participate in promotional events and activities,
as requested by the Sponsor and/or MLS Entities without additional compensation.
By participating, entrants, winners and MLS Cup 2008™ and the 2009 Pepsi MLS All-Star Game™
prize travel companions agrees, to release and hold harmless Sponsor, the MLS
Entities, their respective advertising and Sweepstakes agencies and their
respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, representatives,
agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers and directors, from any and all
liability, for loss, harm, damage, injury, cost or expense whatsoever including
without limitation, property damage, personal injury and/or death which may occur
in connection with, preparation for, travel to, or participation in Sweepstakes,
or possession, acceptance and/or use or misuse of prize or participation in any
Sweepstakes-related activity and claims based on publicity rights, defamation,
copyright infringement or invasion of privacy and merchandise delivery. Sponsor
is not responsible if any prize cannot be awarded or if any prize event is
cancelled due to Acts of God, Acts of War, natural disasters, weather or terrorism.
Entrants who do not comply with these Official Rules, or attempt to interfere with
this Sweepstakes in any way shall be disqualified. Prizes are non-transferable.
No substitutions or cash redemptions. In the case of unavailability of any prize,
Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value. Sponsor
shall not be responsible for awarding any replacement prize if any of the prize
events are cancelled.
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant/winner
who violates, in the sole judgment of the Sponsor and/or the MLS Entities, these
Official Rules, or whose conduct impairs or damages, or tends to impair or damage,
in the sole judgment of the Sponsor, the reputation or public image of the
Sweepstakes, the Sponsor or the MLS Entities, including, without limitation, any of
its member Major League Soccer teams. Without limiting the foregoing, Sponsor may
disqualify any entrant/winner having an outstanding or prior warrant, indictment,
citation or conviction involving alcohol or alcohol-related incidents, regardless
of when such incident occurs. Sponsor and MLS Entities are released from any
liability from the contestants’ participation in the sweepstakes.
8. Winners List. To obtain the names of the winners, visit
www.teamcoalition.org or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope by
November 6, 2008 to: TEAM Coalition, 1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 600,
Alexandria, VA 22314.
9. Sponsor. TEAM Coalition, 1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 600,
Alexandria, VA 22314. Sponsor is a promotional partner of Major
League Soccer Properties, Inc. Major League Soccer trademarks and
copyrights used with permission of Major League Soccer Properties, Inc.
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