PlayFantasySoccer Terms & Conditions

 

  1. THE GAME:

    These Terms and Conditions apply if you play the Nigerian Fantasy Soccer League Competition ("the Game"), which is operated by Fantasy Soccer Limited ("the Promoter").

    The game shall consist of five (5) game periods with each game period lasting two (2) months from 1st September 2005.

    • Game Period One: 1 September 2005 - 31 October 2005
    • Game Period Two: 1 November 2005 - 31 December 2005
    • Game Period Three: 1 January 2006 - 28 February 2006
    • Game Period Four: 1 March 2006 - 30 April 2006
    • Game Period Five: 1 May 2006 - 30 June 2006


    The top three (3) prize winners from each game period are eligible, and shall automatically qualify, for the Manager of the Year Competition.

    The Manager of the Year Competition shall go to the team manager that accumulates the most points from each of the game period. until 30th June 2006..


2.      ENTRY DATES:

Entries will be accepted at any time once a Game period has started.

3.      ENTRY QUALIFICATION:

The Game is only open to any eligible person residing in a country where the Game is not prohibited or otherwise unlawful. Failure to observe these requirements and these terms and conditions will mean that any winning entry is invalid and all winnings will be forfeited. Employees of the Promoter, its associated, affiliated and subsidiary companies, and their families, agents and any person connected with the Game are excluded from entry. In the case of all entries, entrants must supply all the information requested.

4.      HOW TO SELECT A TEAM:

(a) Entrants may enter as many teams as they like, subject to these Terms and Conditions. Each entry is subject to these Terms and Conditions. Each entry must have a different team name. The Promoter reserves the right to reject any team name, which in its sole judgement, is inappropriate or offensive. In that event the Promoter reserves the right to rename the team in the name of the entrant or to apply such other name as the Promoter considers appropriate.

(b) The Promoter has chosen the players and their specified positions included on the player list. Positions will remain constant for the whole duration of the Game. The Promoter will not enter into any correspondence relating to the inclusion or non-inclusion of any player. Players which are not included on the player list will not be accepted into any team.

(c) All information published for each player will remain in effect throughout the Game in regard to all eligible matches in the Game. All validly entered teams will be deemed to be valid for the duration of the Game (provided that transfers are validly made in accordance with paragraph 6). If a player becomes injured, the player's points will become frozen. If a player is frozen in the player list, a team will not become invalid as a result.

(d) All teams must be in any of the following formats: (i) 4-4-2 (ii) 5-3-2 (iii) 3-4-3 (iv) 4-3-3 (v) 4-5-1 (vi) 5-4-1 (vii) 3-5-2. A player can only be selected once - player duplication is not permitted. Entries that do not comply with these selection rules will not be validly entered teams and will not be eligible for prizes.

5.      ACCEPTANCE OF ENTRIES:

Once an entry is correctly submitted, the entrant's team is accepted.

6.      TRANSFERS:
(a) Transfers cannot be made without the use of the entrant’s team name and password. If more than one transfer is requested at a time, and a team is made invalid by any of those requested transfers, then all transfers requested at that time will be rejected. It is the responsibility of each entrant to ensure that all transfers result in a new team which complies with these terms and conditions. Transfer requests cannot be altered after submission.

(b) The Game computer's record of transfers will be deemed to be the official record of transfers.

(c) Please see the Website for full details of players available and transfer details.

(d) The transfer deadlines may be amended by the Promoter without notice.

7.      PRIZES:

The points scoring rules are set out in the scoring rules. The winning entry will be the validly entered team that throughout each Game Period accumulates the most points calculated using those points scoring rules. The entrant whose validly entered team has scored the most points at the end of a Game Period will win the first prize.

8.      TIE-BREAK:

In the event of two or more teams having the same score for the main Game prizes a tie-break will come into effect.

If there is a tie at any prize point in the Game the winner will be determined by which team has scored the most goals during the Game.

If there is still no clear winner, then the tie-break will be decided by the team conceding the least goals during the Game.

If there is still no clear winner, then the tie-break will be decided by the team with the best disciplinary record during the Game.

If there is still no clear winner for a prize after the above tie-breaks, the team which was entered into the Game first in time from the tied entrants shall win the prize.

The subsequent teams will be placed in the order they have entered.

Example: a team that comes second in a tie-break, will receive the next prize below the one that is being decided by a tie break. This applies to all tie-break situations.

9.      AWARDING OF PRIZES:

The judges' calculation of points and their awarding of prizes and all other matters associated with the Game will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. The prizes are non-transferable and there are no alternative prizes.

10.   LIABILITY:

In respect of the operation of the Game and interpretation of these Terms and Conditions, the Promoter's decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. The Promoter and its subsidiary, associated and affiliated companies do not accept liability for lost, corrupted, damaged, unclear, inaudible, delayed or otherwise invalid entries. Proof of calling or sending or transmission of an entry shall not be proof of receipt or acceptance of an entry. The Promoter and its subsidiary, associated and affiliated companies do not accept liability for failures of any kind which may limit or prohibit the opportunity to participate in the Game. The Promoter reserves the right to amend and/or waive these Terms and Conditions or any part thereof at any time and entrants agree that no liability shall attach to Fantasy Soccer Limited as a result thereof, and that the exercise of such discretion shall not result in any compensation or payment being payable or paid to any entrant. It is a condition of entry of the Game that these Terms and Conditions and the "How to Score" rules detailed at Paragraph 8 above and the latest promotional and explanatory copy which form part of these Terms and Conditions are accepted as binding and that the entrant agrees to abide by these Terms and Conditions. If there is any inconsistency between these Terms and Conditions and any other promotional or explanatory copy, the Promoter shall be entitled in its sole discretion to determine these terms and conditions shall prevail.

11.   COMPLAINTS:

The Promoter reserves the right to investigate any complaints that it receives but shall be under no obligation to do so. Should the Promoter chose to exercise this right, its decision shall be final and binding on all complainants and it shall not enter into any correspondence regarding its decision or any other matter. The Promoter reserves the right to refuse to accept any entry if at its sole discretion the entrant has not complied with the Game Terms and Conditions or if the entrant has in the sole view of the Promoter contravened the spirit of the Game.

12.   CONTACTING WINNERS:

All winners will be notified via the contact details provided on their entry form within 14 days of the announcement of the prize. Prizes will be announced within 7 days of the end of the relevant period. All entrants agree to allow the free use of their names, photographs, general location, team name and selections for publicity and news purposes in the Newspaper and on the Website. All winners shall be required to participate in any such publicity as the Promoter reasonably requires.

13.   UPDATES:

The Promoter will make all reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy of the Game information online at
http://www.playfantasysoccer.com ("the Website") and to update such information on a regular basis, but does not guarantee that such information will be accurate or up-to-date at all times.

14.   GOVERNING LAW:

These Terms and Conditions will be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the entrants agree that all claims they may have arising from their participation in the Game which may be brought against the Promoter will be under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Nigerian Courts. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions proves to be illegal or unenforceable, this shall not prevent the remaining provisions continuing in full force and effect.

15.   PROMOTER DETAILS / CONTACT DETAILS:

The Promoter is Fantasy Soccer Limited, 13 Douala Road, Apapa, Lagos. If you have any problems regarding your entry/entries, or any general queries, or if you have lost or forgotten your team name or password, please contact us by sending e-mail queries to the general Game helpdesk at: help@playfantasysoccer.com

16.   COPYRIGHT:

(a) Copyright in these Terms and Conditions, the game mechanics and the scoring system is the sole property of the Promoter or a subsidiary, associated or affiliated company of the Promoter. Single copies of these Terms and Conditions including the "How to Score" rules may be copied or printed off by each entrant solely for their use in connection with the Game, but otherwise no information or material relating to the Game may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the prior written consent of the Promoter. No information may be reproduced in any format without prior written consent from the Promoter.

(b)
NIGERIAN FANTASY SOCCER LEAGUE IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK AND CANNOT BE USED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF FANTASY SOCCER LIMITED.

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