Pick EM

FREE TO ENTER

NOPURCHASE NECESSARY

ELIGIBILITY:
Participation constitutes full and unconditional agreement to, and acceptance of, these Official Rules. The Pick EM contest is open to legal residents of the United States within the WAAY-TV viewing area, who are (a) 18 years of age or older. Employees, officers, and directors of WAAY-TV, its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies, their immediate family members and persons living in their same household, are not eligible to win prizes in the Contest. This Contest is offered in the U.S. only and shall only be construed and evaluated according to U.S. law. Residents of states that prohibit such contests are ineligible. To obtain a printed copy of these Rules write to: WAAY-TV Pick EM Contest 1000 Monte Sano Blvd Huntsville, AL 35801.

GENERAL RULES OF CONTEST:
To enter, register and play online. Technologies have been put in place to lock in the first chosen outcomes for each week. If for some reason the technology is bypassed to improve an entrant's score, WAAY-TV may adjust the score or disqualify the entrant. WAAY-TV reserves the right to amend the contest rules at any time. You may win more than one week.

All rules, rule interpretations, disqualifications, prize awards, and all other aspects of the Contest will be decided by WAAY-TV based solely on WAAY-TV’s judgement, and WAAY-TV reserves the right to change the rules or cancel the Contest at any time for any reason in WAAY-TV’s sole discretion.

The entrant indemnifies WAAY-TV for any and all costs associated with an claim, suit, or threat of claim based on WAAY-TV’s publication of any image entered in the Contest, including all reasonable legal costs. 

HOW TO ENTER:

1.) Online: Go online to http://web.waaytv.com/pickem and complete the registration form. Provide all requested information in the required fields contained in the entry form, and then choose game winners. Online entries will be accepted throughout 2011 NCAA Football Season.

AWARDS:
Weekly winners will receive a $100 Amex gift card.
Additional awards may be added throughout the contest and awards will not apply retroactively to previous months’ winners.

WINNER NOTIFICATION:
Sponsors will contact all potential winners in accordance with the information supplied to Sponsors on their Entry Forms. Winners may be verified over the telephone at the time and may be asked to provide Sponsors with valid identification. Acceptable identification includes a valid driver’s license or other valid picture ID showing name and address. Faxes will not be accepted. If Sponsors are unable to communicate directly with a winner within two (2) days from initial attempted notification, Sponsors in their sole discretion may disqualify that winner and select an alternate winner using the same winner selection method set forth above. Alternate winners are subject to all eligibility requirements and restrictions of these Official Rules. Upon verification of eligibility, the names and/or photographs of the First Place Winner and Runner-Up Winners may be posted on www.waaytv.com.

MISCELLANEOUS:
All federal, state and local laws apply. Sponsors shall be entitled to interpret these rules as needed - including but not limited to rules regarding entries, selection of winners, deadlines, restrictions on awards, and eligibility - and all of their decisions are final. By entering, Entrants agree to these Official Rules. Sponsors reserve the right to cancel, terminate or suspend this Contest or any part of this Contest at any time and for any reason, including but not limited to any non-authorized intervention, network failure, information storage failure, telecommunications failure, malfunction, corruption or impairment of the security, administration, fairness and/or operation of this Contest, as determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion.  Sponsors retain the right to select the Winners in accordance with any criteria deemed appropriate at the sole discretion of the Sponsor, including the previously announced selection criteria from among all non-suspect eligible entries received at the time of the Contest termination. Sponsors are not responsible for lost, interrupted, or unavailable network, server, or other connections, or for any failed telephone or computer hardware or software, or for any failed, delayed, misdirected, corrupted, or garbled transmissions or errors of any kind, whether human, mechanical, or electronic, even if the failures or disruptions are due to Sponsor errors, or for entries that for any reason are not received by Sponsors by the deadlines stated above. Sponsors are also not responsible for any injury or damage to any computer, modem or other electrical device as a result of participation in this Contest or downloading of any software or materials. Sponsors reserve the right to correct typographical or clerical errors in any Contest-related materials. No more than the stated number of awards will be available. In the event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than the stated number of awards as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, Sponsors reserve the right to provide only the stated number of awards by selecting the Winners using any criteria deemed appropriate at the sole discretion of the Sponsor.

WAAYTV-com will NOT be responsible for the inability to select winners because of postal failure, equipment failure, or data storage failure. 

Sponsors reserve the right to prohibit any Entrant from participating in the Contest if, at their sole discretion, Sponsors find such Entrant to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest, or if such Entrant repeatedly shows a disregard for, or attempts to circumvent, these Rules, or acts: (a) in a manner Sponsors determine to be not fair or equitable; (b) with an intent to annoy, threaten or harass any other Entrant or Sponsors; or (c) in any other disruptive manner as determined by the Sponsor. Any person attempting to defraud or tamper with this Contest in any way will be ineligible to participate or receive an award and may be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Any failure by the Sponsors to enforce any of these Rules shall not constitute a waiver of such Rules.

DISPUTES:
By entering the Contest, Entrants agree that (a) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Contest, or any awards shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (b) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering the Contest but in no event attorneys' fees; and (c) under no circumstances will any Entrant be permitted to obtain any award for, and Entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the Entrants and Sponsors in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Alabama without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Alabama. Any legal proceedings arising out of this Contest or relating to these rules shall be instituted only in the federal or state courts located in Madison County, Alabama and the parties consent to jurisdiction therein with respect to any legal proceedings or disputes of whatever nature arising under or relating to these rules. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these rules shall otherwise remain in effect and be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.