Official Rules For The 2010 Nike Field Reporter Contest
1. No Purchase Necessary to enter or win. A purchase will not increase your chances of winning.
This Contest is sponsored by NIKE USA, Inc., One Bowerman Drive, Beaverton, Oregon 97005. Sponsor reserves the right to modify or cancel this Contest at any time and, in the event of cancellation, substitute another in its place.
2. AMATEUR ATHLETE DISCLOSURE.
Sponsor reserves the right to withhold use of the Submission if doing so may compromise a student or amateur athlete’s ability to play high school, NCAA college, or other amateur sports. You are responsible for ensuring that your participation does not affect your eligibility as an amateur athlete. Please check with your amateur athletic association for the rules that apply to you. SPONSOR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION RESULTING IN YOUR INELIGIBILITY AS AN AMATEUR ATHLETE.
This Contest is open only to legal permanent US residents who are between the ages of 18 to 24 as of April 1, 2010, and not currently or planning to be on a high school or college sports team. Employees of NIKE USA, Inc., its parent company, NIKE, Inc., their subsidiaries and affiliates, or of other companies associated with the promotion of the Contest, as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible.
4. CONTEST PERIOD:
This Contest begins at 7:00 pm (PST) on April 1, 2010 and ends at 7:00 pm (PST) on May 17, 2010 (“Entry Period”). This is not a job for the camera shy. So show us you can talk game as well as you play it. Tell us your funniest joke. Your greatest story. Go ahead, knock our sneaks off. This is a job interview, after all. Submissions not meeting the subject matter criteria will not be considered. Sponsor may choose to accept or reject your submissions based on the sole judgment of Sponsor. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.
5. CONTEST SUBMISSION:
PHASE 1 (4/1/10 – 4/30/10): essay + photo
Write a 1000-words-long essay describing why you are the Nike Field Reporter we’ve been searching for. Tell us about your love of sports. Tell us why you belong in front of a camera. Tell us why you’re the best girl for the job. Show us you can write. Show us you’ve got star appeal. Make us want to call off the search right then and there to crown you the next NFR. One (1) essay and photo entry per person.
If we’re buying what you’re selling, you’ll make the first cut. If that happens, we’ll get back to you with specific instructions on creating a submission video. But don’t worry about that now. Just worry about wowing us.
Visit www.NikeWomen.com to view Submission Guidelines and submit your Submission to the Contest.
PHASE 2 (5/3/10 – 5/17/10) top 100 essay submissions will be asked to submit a video
a. If you are chosen as one of the top 100 essay submissions, we will ask you to create the ultimate two (2) minute interview audition video, which must be your own work, communicating your love of sports, ability to interview and write articles (the "Submission"). We want you to tell us a little bit about yourself:
We wanna know everything about you. That you’re a kickboxing dynamo who can’t live without her lucky mouth guard. That you know every 80s sitcom jingle by heart. And that time you barely escaped a giant grizzly bear. All in 2 minutes or less.
Visit www.NikeWomen.com to view Submission Guidelines and submit your Submission to the Contest.
b. Video Submission Requirements:
c. Upload Phase: Go to www.NikeWomen.com and follow the links and instructions for Submission. All individuals who desire to participate in the Contest must first create a member profile in order to upload Submissions and thereby be an eligible participant (a "Participant"). Participants who already have a member profile on a NIKE site do not need to register again. During the registration process, each Participant will be required to click where indicated to confirm that such Participant agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and Submission Guidelines. Any Submission that includes content that is deemed inappropriate, indecent, obscene or otherwise does not comply with the Content Restrictions listed in Section 6 below, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, will not be eligible. All Submissions become the exclusive property of Sponsor, and no submissions will be acknowledged or returned. Sponsor shall have the right to edit, adapt, and publish any or all of the Submissions, and may use them in any media without attribution or compensation to the Participant, her successors or assigns, or any other entity. ENTERING A SUBMISSION IN THIS CONTEST CONSTITUTES PARTICIPANT'S IRREVOCABLE ASSIGNMENT, CONVEYANCE, AND TRANSFERENCE TO SPONSOR OF ALL RIGHT, TITLE, AND INTEREST IN THE SUBMISSION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL COPYRIGHTS. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, or misdirected entries which are void. In addition, by entering, Participants represent and warrant that the entries that they submit: are their own original creations, do not infringe any other person's or entity's rights, have not been submitted previously in a contest of any kind, and that they have obtained permission from the people featured in the Submission to enter this Contest. Participants who disregard these Official Rules may be declared ineligible.
Limit: Each Participant may enter one (1) Submission during the Entry Period. Multiple Participants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any Participant to enter more than one (1) Submission by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations, or any other methods will void all Submissions entered by that Participant and that Participant, at the sole discretion of Sponsor, may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to any registration, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the registrant or Participant. The "authorized account holder" is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. The potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.
6. CONTENT RESTRICTIONS:
The Submission must NOT contain:
Failure of any Submission to comply with the above restrictions (collectively, the "Content Restrictions"), as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, will result in disqualification.
7. JUDGING/REQUIREMENTS OF CONTEST WINNERS:
The video Submissions from five (5) finalists will be posted at www.NikeWomen.com on June 15, 2010 based on the following criteria (the "Judging Criteria"): 50% creativity and originality; 25% adherence to assignment and required topic; and 25% production quality and overall appeal in the submission. Qualified judges chosen by Sponsor, whose decisions regarding the Contest and related matters are final, will choose one (1) Grand Prize Winner, (the "Potential Winner"). The Potential Winner will be chosen on or about July 1, 2010 and will be notified by email within approximately 7 days ("Prize Notification"). If the Potential Winner declines to accept the prize, sign a contract with Sponsor, has violated any of these Official Rules, does not respond to the award notification by the date listed on the notification, or is found to be ineligible they will be disqualified and, at Sponsor's discretion, an alternative Potential Winner shall be chosen. The Potential Winner will be required to sign and return a Declaration and Release and a Contract with Sponsor within 7 days of notice or they will be disqualified and an alternative prize winner shall be chosen. The Winner releases Sponsor, its affiliated companies and all employees, agents, and representatives from all liability and responsibility of any kind which is related in any way to the prize (including without limitation any property loss, damage, personal injury or death) and consent to the use of their names and likenesses for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law. Acceptance of a prize shall constitute and signify the Winner's agreement and consent that Sponsor may use the winner's name, address (city, state), likeness, and/or prize information for contextual purposes worldwide, including the internet, without limitation and without further payment or consideration, except where prohibited by law.
8. PRIZES:
One (1) GRAND PRIZE WINNER will receive the privilege of becoming the NIKE Field Reporter for an eight (8)-month period from July 1, 2010 through March 1, 2011. Such privilege shall include, but is not be limited to:
NIKE product to wear;
Travel to various locations;
Interviews with athletes;
Attending sporting events;
Hotel accommodations;
Meal allowance; and
Minimum wage for services (see Contract for further details)
Winner must pass a background check and sign a Contract with Sponsor agreeing to the terms and conditions of being the NIKE Field Reporter, or forfeit the right to win.
Official Rules For The 2010 Nike Field Reporter Contest
Winner is responsible for all Federal, State and local taxes, if any, as well as insurance and any other costs and expenses associated with acceptance and use of a prize not specified herein as being awarded. Winner may not substitute, assign or transfer prizes, but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute prizes with one of comparable or greater value. All prize details are at Sponsor's discretion.
9. GENERAL RULES:
Void where prohibited. This Contest is subject to all applicable Federal, State and local laws and regulations.By entering or participating in the Contest, Participants agree to be bound by these Official Rules. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for electronic hardware, programming or software malfunctions, or failures, or line connections, accessibility or availability, or technical failures of any kind, or unauthorized human intervention, or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of any Submission or other information, or for the failure to capture any such information. Sponsor is not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Participants, 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 Submission process or the Contest; or (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries. Further, if for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by virus, bugs, worms, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, may corrupt or effect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest, and select the winner for the Contest from the entries received prior to the action taken or in other such manner as deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor.
Participants, by participating in this Contest, hereby waive and release, and agree to hold harmless, Sponsor, all Contest and advertising agencies, and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and distributors, and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents, from and against, any and all rights, claims and causes of action whatsoever that they may have, or which may arise, against any of them for any liability for any matter, cause or thing whatsoever, including but not limited to any injury, loss, damage, whether direct, compensatory, incidental or consequential, to person, including death and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from their acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the prize in the Contest, or their participation in the Contest, or their participation in any Contest or prize related activity, or any travel related to the Contest or any travel for any prize related activity. Winner also further acknowledges that Sponsor, all Contest and advertising agencies, and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and distributors, and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents, have neither made, nor are in any manner responsible or liable for, any warranty, representation or guarantee, expressed or implied, in fact or in law relative to any prize or this Contest including but not limited to quality, condition or fitness for a particular purpose. Except where prohibited, Participant agrees that any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and any judicial proceeding shall take place in a Federal or State court within the State of Oregon; (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 Participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and Participant hereby waives all rights to claim 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 Participant and Sponsor in connection with this Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Oregon, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Oregon or any other jurisdiction), that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Oregon.
10. PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Any information collected by registering to enter the Contest shall be used only in a manner consistent with these Official Rules and with the NIKE USA Privacy Policy, which can be found at http://niketown.nike.com/niketown/info/privacy.jsp?item=privacy.
To obtain the name of the winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to NikeWomen.com, NIKE, Inc., One Bowerman Drive, NRB3 Beaverton, OR 97005. Requests must be received within four (4) weeks of the conclusion of the Contest (July 1, 2010). Residents of the State of Vermont may omit return postage.