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The following Terms and Conditions constitute an agreement between the Entrants, the Promoter (cleverTV Limited, Unit 2A, Lloyds Wharf, London, SE1 2BD) and Trinity Mirror plc, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP.
It is important that Entrants read them carefully and understand what they mean. By entering into the Game, Entrants confirm their complete understanding and acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
Definitions:
Game: You The Manager 2007/08 fantasy football game
Newspapers: Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, The People, Racing Post, Racing & Football Outlook.
Websites: www.mirror.co.uk, www.sundaymirror.co.uk, www.people.co.uk, www.racingpost.co.uk
Entrants: Readers of the Newspapers who make an entry into the Game
Materials: The text, graphics, photographs, pictures, sounds, digital audio and video clips published in the Newspapers and on the Websites to publicise the Game
- The Game will run in the Newspapers or any such Trinity Mirror plc national or regional titles as may be deemed appropriate from time to time and on the Websites and/or in other partner publications as deemed appropriate from time to time.
- Entrants must be aged 18 years or over at the time of registration. Failure to observe this will deem any winning entry invalid and prizes will be forfeited. You The Manager is intended for play only within the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and is governed by English law. Each entrant must ensure that his or her participation in the game is lawful in accordance with the laws of the country of which he or she is a citizen and/or resides, and/or happens to be at the time his Entry is made. Neither the Promoter nor its servants or agents shall be taken to make any representations, express or implied, as to the lawfulness of any entrant's participation. Void in all U.S. Territories (e.g. Guam and Puerto Rico) and where prohibited by law. Residents of North Dakota, Connecticut, Minnesota, Maryland, Colorado, Montana, Vermont, Louisiana, Arizona, Florida and the province of Quebec may play, but WILL NOT be eligible to win or receive prizes.
- Employees of Trinity Mirror plc, cleverTV Ltd, Centurycomm Ltd, their respective group companies, agents, and members of their families or households are not allowed to enter.
- Trinity Mirror Standard Competition Rules apply. Where any conflict exists between Trinity Mirror Sandard Competition Rules and the Game Terms and Conditions contained herein, the Game Terms and Conditions shall prevail.
- Entry to the Game will be accepted from Monday 24 July 2007 until 12.15pm on Saturday April 4th 2008. Scoring for the Game will commence on Saturday 11 August 2007 (or on such date as the first match of the 2007/08 Premier League season is played whichever date is the earlier) and conclude on Sunday 11th May 2008 (or on such date as the last match of the 2007/08 Premier League season is played whichever date is the latter).
- To score points from Saturday 11 August 2007 internet and phone entries must be received by no later than 12.30pm UK time on Saturday 11 August 2007, postal entries must be received by first post on Saturday 11 August 2007.
- Acceptable methods of entry into the Game:
- Online via the Websites. Payment to be made by the Entrant using the available payment methods. Cost per team is £5 (excludes transfers). There is an option to pre-buy transfers for £3. Entrants entering online will also incur their own cost (if any) of time spent accessing the internet.
- Telephone via the Game hotlines published in the Newspapers. Entrant to be charged 75p per minute (UK) or 125c per minute (RoI). Estimated call duration is seven minutes. Call charges based on BT landlines. As calls from other networks, mobiles and payphones may vary it is the Entrant's responsibility to check with their telephone provider.
- Post via the official Game coupon published in the Newspapers. Payment to be made by the Entrant by enclosing cheque or Postal Order for the required amount. NB. Not all game entry points will offer the coupon option.
- The Promoter may from time to time offer Website Entrants discounts and special promotions at its sole discretion. To qualify for discounts and special promotions Website Entrants must comply with the offer conditions.
April Manager of the Month offer Terms and Conditions
1) Open to all entrants aged 18 or over.
2) The voucher code APRILMOTM entitles you to receive 50% off your total spend when you spend £10 or more in a single registration session.
3) You must add £10 worth of teams (2 teams or more) to your shopping basket (excluding SMS) to qualify for the offer.
4) You must enter the voucher code on the payment page of the website and successfully redeem the discount before any further payment details are entered.
5) Offer valid from the 29th March 2008 until the 11th May 2008 inclusive.
6) Offer may be redeemed more than once.
7) Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.
8) This offer has no cash value.
- There is no limit to the number of teams entered per Entrant (subject to these Terms and Conditions). However each entry must have a different team name.
- The Promoter reserves the right to reject any team name that it considers to be inappropriate or offensive. In such an event, the Promoter will automatically apply another team name. Inaudible, unintelligible, incomplete or incorrect entries will be regarded as invalid. The Game computer's record of an entry will be regarded as the entry itself. The Promoter and Trinity Mirror plc will not be held responsible for entries lost or distorted in transfer. Proof of magnetic transcript is not accepted as proof of entry. Entries will be withdrawn and disqualified if payment is not cleared in full.
- Each team entered into the Game must contain 11 players in the specified formation only, ie. 1 Goalkeeper, 4 Defenders, 3 Midfielders & 3 Strikers. The maximum team budget of £60m must not be exceeded. Players cannot appear in the same team more than once. A maximum of three players from one club as published in the official YTM player list can be used in one team entry. Only the official You The Manager 2007/08 player listing, categories, clubs and values apply. The Promoter will not enter into any correspondence in this regard.
- Players will remain with the clubs they are originally published in, for the purposes of the transfer rules
- A unique 12-digit PIN number will be supplied for each team correctly entered into the Game. It is the Entrants responsibility to ensure retention of their PIN(s) which will be required throughout the Game. Website Entrants will receive their PIN(s) via a confirmation email delivered to the email address supplied during registration, Telephone Entrants via a voiced acceptance message on conclusion of registration, Coupon Entrants via confirmation letter which will be posted by the end of August. In the event Entrants lose their PIN(s) a telephone helpline will be in operation throughout the Game on: 0870 487 0183 (ROI: +44 870 487 0183) Monday-Friday 10am-5pm. Closed on public holidays. Calls from BT landlines will be charged at up to 6p per minute. Call costs from ROI, mobiles and from other providers' may vary please check with your operator.
- The Promoter will provide up-to-date player statistics throughout the Game, where possible to be published weekly on the Websites and in the Newspapers.
- Only points scored during the 2007/08 Premier League season and awarded in accordance with the How to Score rules detailed from time to time on the Websites and in the Newspapers will apply. Goalkeeper: Clean Sheet (+4) Goal Conceded (-1) Goal Scored(8). Defender: Clean Sheet (+3) Goal Conceded (-1) Goal Scored(8). Midfielder: Clean Sheet (+1) Goal Scored (6). Striker: Goal Scored (+4). All Players: 1st Appearance (+2) Sub Appearance (+1) Key Goal Contribution (+2) Yellow Card (-1) Red Card (-3). Clean Sheet points will only be awarded to a team when that team finishes the game with a clean sheet and to a player who has played 60 minutes or more of the game. Only players listed as goalkeepers and defenders will lose points for goals conceded whilst they are on the pitch. Key goal contributions will be awarded at the sole discretion of the appointed judging panel. A player who receives 2 yellow cards and consequently a red card will score (-3) only.
- Upon entry into the game, the Entrant agrees to receive YTM email updates regularly throughout the season.
- Upon payment by the Entrant, as directed herein, a maximum of 15 transfers per team are permitted. Transfers can be made at anytime during the season from 4th September 2007. There is a weekly cut-off/ team freeze 15 minutes before the first kick-off on Saturdays - see the How To Play for more details. The points contribution of a player transferred out of an Entrant's team will be frozen. Points accrued by new players prior to being transferred into an Entrant's team will not be added to the Entrant's overall team score.
- There will be a Transfer Amnesty prior to the start of the season. NB. This will not affect Entrant's allowance of 15 transfers for use during the season. There will be no extra cost for making transfer(s) online. For transfer(s) via the phone, normal costs will apply.
- Website Entrants can, AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION ONLY, pre-pay for transfers. Entrants agree that transfers will be available online only. Website Entrants who do not pre-pay for transfers and subsequently wish to make transfers can do so via the telephone transfer hotline or website upon payment of the required transfer fee of £50 per transfer. Pay-as-you-go transfers online carry a minimum card transaction of £2. Entrants can keep part of this amount as credit to purchase transfers at later dates. Transfer credit is non-transferable. Refunds will not be given for unused credit. If for whatever reason the website becomes unavailable then the telephone transfer hotline must be used. See 17.3.
- Telephone Entrants can make transfers via the Game hotlines published in the Newspapers. Entrant to be charged 75p per minute (UK) or 125c per minute (RoI). Estimated call duration to make 2 transfers is one minute and twenty seconds. Call charges based on BT landlines. As calls from other networks, mobiles and payphones may vary it is the Entrants responsibility to check with their telephone provider.
- Coupon Entrants can make transfers via the website (see 17.2) or telephone (see 17.3).
- The winner of the Game will be the entrant whose team has scored the most number of points throughout the Game. If two or more teams share a place, the relevant prize money will be divided equally. So if two teams finish equal third, they will share the third and fourth prizes totalling £22,500. The Promoter's decision is final and neither it nor Trinity Mirror plc, nor Centurycomm Ltd, nor any of its affiliate partners will enter into negotiations or any ensuing correspondence that may be associated with an appeal to the decision.
- Prizes will be awarded only in accordance with the Prize Fund detailed from time to time on the Websites and in the Newspapers. Overall Game: 1st £100,000; 2nd £25,000; 3rd £15,000; 4th £7,500; 5th £5,000; 6th £3,000; 7th £2,000; 8th £1,000; 9th £500; 10th £250. Monthly Game x 9: 1st £10,000; 2nd £1,000; 3rd £500. Weekly game x 35: 1st £100; 2nd £50. Mini League: 1st £2,000; 2nd £500; 3rd £250. YTM Cup: 1st £ 3,000; 2nd £1,000; Losing Semi-Finalist: £150.
- Prize amounts in Euros are estimates, and these will change according to the current conversion rate at the time of winning.
- Winners will be notified via email or telephone. All winners are required to co-operate with the Newspapers photographers or reporters to publicise their win as Trinity Mirror plc and/or the Promoter deems appropriate. Failure to comply with this rule may result in disqualification of the entry.
- For the avoidance of doubt entries from all Newspaper titles will compete in one Game. There is one prize fund across all Newspaper titles and therefore there are no prizes exclusive to readers of a particular Newspaper title.
- The Promoter, Trinity Mirror plc and Centurycomm Ltd have made all reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Game is provided using reasonable skill and care. However, no warranties are made whatsoever in relation to the accuracy, suitability, reliability, completeness or otherwise of the Game itself nor in relation to disruptions, delays or errors in connection with the Websites or the internet, in particular for any acts or omissions made by any telecommunications service provider with whom you have contracted to gain access to the Websites, all to which without limitation The Promoter, Trinity Mirror plc and Centurycomm Ltd accepts shall not be held responsible. Further, no warranty is made in respect of information to which you may have access but which has not been directly provided by the Promoter and/or Trinity Mirror plc, including without limitation, information on the internet available outside of the Websites which shall remain the responsibility of the provider of such information.
- Except as expressly provided in these Terms, and to the extent permitted by law, Trinity Mirror plc, its employees, agents and partners disclaim any and all liability in respect of any loss or damage arising out of the Game, Newspapers and/or Websites, whether such loss or damage results from negligence, breach of statutory duty or otherwise, and whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, including but not limited to the loss or corruption of data, any errors or omissions, content, delays or interruptions in transmission or operation and lines or communication failure. In no event shall the Promoter and Trinity Mirror plc be liable for any loss of profit, goodwill and any indirect, special or other consequential or incidental damage, whether foreseeable or not.
- In the event that any liability does arise then the liability of Trinity Mirror plc and/or the Promoter whether in contract, tort or at law shall be limited in aggregate to the money paid by the relevant Entrant in lieu of registration to play the Game.
- Without limitation all of the Game Materials in the Newspapers and on the Websites is the exclusive property of Trinity Mirror plc and/or of the companies who may have supplied such Materials to Trinity Mirror plc. The Material, including compilation, selection, presentation and arrangement thereof, is protected by national laws and international agreements on copyright, moral rights, and other intellectual property rights. All promotional and explanatory material, whether published in the Newspapers or on the Websites, form part of the Terms and Conditions.
- Entrants may not modify, reproduce, distribute, exchange, sell or transmit any of the Material, nor store it in any form (whether tangible or electronic). Copying or downloading materials for any business, commercial or public purpose is strictly forbidden. Civil or criminal liability may result from any use in contravention of this clause. The Game's name and logo, and any other graphics, logos and trademarks used in the Newspapers or on the Websites are protected by laws and international agreements on intellectual property. None of the trademarks may be used in association with the products or services of a third party or in a manner which could, either directly or indirectly, defame or discredit us or a third party. All trademarks and trade names appearing on the Website (including names or products belonging to third parties) remain entirely the intellectual property of the Promoter or Trinity Mirror plc or the intellectual property of their respective owners (as the case may be).
- The Promoter and Trinity Mirror plc reserve the right, at both parties sole and absolute discretion, to rule on any unforeseen circumstances or circumstances beyond our control in whatever way the Promoter and/or Trinity Mirror plc deem most appropriate (including the cancellation or postponement of the Game or changes to these Terms and Conditions) in order to reach what is either party considers to be an equitable solution for the Entrants to the Game. The Promoter and/or Trinity Mirror plc's decision will be announced on the Website as soon as reasonably practicable after such decision has been reached. No correspondence will be entered into by the Promoter or Trinity Mirror plc in respect of such decision which will be final and binding in all respects.
- Neither the Promoter nor Trinity Mirror plc shall be liable for its failure fully to perform their obligations under this Agreement if and to the extent that such failure is due to reasons of force majeure or change in laws or regulations or any other occurrence beyond either parties reasonable control. Refunds will only be given at the discretion of the Promoter.
- These Terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with English law and Entrants hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts in connection with any dispute that may arise regarding any aspect of the Game or the Terms.
- SMS Score Alerts: You The Manager players who are connected to and registered with the Vodafone, T-Mobile, O2, Orange, Hutchison3G UK cellular phone networks and Vodafone, Meteor and O2 ROI cellular networks may subscribe to receive SMS updates on their mobile phones reporting the performance of their team(s) and the overall leader score by completing the SMS registration procedure to the satisfaction of the Promoter. The SMS updates are available on a daily basis at a maximum cost of 25 pence per message received (including VAT), which will be debited against the entrant's registered mobile phone account. You may unsubscribe from the update service at any time by either updating your personal details on the relevant page of the Websites, by calling the helpline on 0870 487 0183 (Calls from BT landlines will be charged at up to 6p per minute. Call costs from ROI, mobiles and from other providers' may vary please check with your operator) or by sending YTM STOP to 86633 from your mobile phone. The Promoter reserves the right to suspend or cancel the provision of the SMS updates without notice and for any reason.
Write to cleverTV Limited at: Fantasy Football HQ, PO Box 61047, London, SE1 2SJ
Telephone Helpdesk: 0870 487 0183 (ROI: +44 870 487 0183)
Mon-Fri 10am-5pm. Closed public holidays. (Calls from BT landlines will be charged at up to 6p per minute. Call costs from ROI, mobiles and from other providers' may vary please check with your operator.)
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