BushLeagueBaseball.com Official Game Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. BushLeagueBaseball.com is a skill game of baseball management.
1. ELIGIBILITY. Open to legal residents of the United States (excluding Puerto Rico), Canada and the United Kingdom who have reached the age of majority in their country, state or province and had a valid e-mail account prior to 7th February, 2006 (the "Start Date"), who are located in the United States (excluding Puerto Rico), Canada and the United Kingdom (excluding Ineligible Locations (defined below)) at the time of entry.
Residents of Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee, Vermont, and the province of Quebec (the "Ineligible Locations") may participate, but are NOT eligible to win or receive any prizes. Any individual who is at least 13 years of age as of the Start Date, but has not reached the age of majority in his or her country, state or province, may register to participate in BushLeagueBaseball.com but will NOT be eligible to win prizes or purchase credits.
BushLeagueBaseball.com is not open to employees, representatives and agents of Cat Games Ltd, respective subsidiaries and/or affiliates of any of the foregoing, BushLeagueBaseball.com judges (collectively, the "Contest Parties"), and any person domiciled with, and/or an immediate family member of, any of the foregoing.
2. CONTEST DATES. The BushLeagueBaseball.com game seasons begins 7th February, 2006 and lasts approximately 49 days consisting of Division Games, Exhibition Games and Division and Finals Champion Shield Cup Competitions. The game will then roll-over starting a new 49 day cycle (the "Season").
All times are EST. Cat Games reserves the right not to offer additional seasons and terminate BushLeagueBaseball.com at the end of the Season. Any credits outstanding on termination will be voided with no compensation.
3. HOW TO ENTER. Visit the BushLeagueBaseball.com website at http://www.BushLeagueBaseball.com and follow the prompts to log in, register and choose your players and begin play. You may be able to log in and enter at any time during the Season but the League may become full and no further entries will be accepted.
A maximum of 4,096 individuals may be registered. Persons entering will be assigned to an available team at the sole discretion of the Cat Games. Individuals may manage no more than one team. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of an entrant, the entrant will be deemed to be the person in whose name the e-mail account was registered on the date when registering for the first time in the Season.
The Contest Parties and their respective affiliates, officers, directors, governors, agents and employees are not liable for lost, late, stolen, illegible, delayed, or misdirected entries, technical hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incomplete, or damaged on-line entries, garbled or delayed computer transmissions, which may limit a user's ability to participate in BushLeagueBaseball.com in any way.
The Contest Parties and their respective affiliates, officers, directors, governors, agents and employees are not responsible for any problems or the technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail on account of technical problems or traffic congestion, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant's or any other person's computer or other property related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in connection with BushLeagueBaseball.com.
4. PRIZES and DISCOUNT OFFERS. During the Season, one prize and/or discount offer will be awarded to the entrant whose manager, as the case may be, has the highest score in each of the categories indicated below. The prizes / discount offers available for the Season are indicated below. Potential winners will be notified BY E-MAIL ONLY.
A tie for any prize or discount offer will be broken by awarding the prize or discount offer to the entrant whose team has the highest ratio of goals scored to goals allowed. If there is still a tie, duplicate prizes or discount offers, as applicable, will be awarded. Credits received may be used for the following Season only.
Anything not explicitly indicated as part of the prize or discount offer, including but not limited to taxes, fees and insurance, is solely the responsibility of the winners. The prize or discount offer must be accepted as awarded and cannot be transferred, redeemed for cash, substituted or exchanged except at the sole discretion of Cat Games, who reserves the right to substitute any prize or discount offer with another prize or discount offer of equal or greater approximate value if the advertised prize or discount offer is unavailable.
All amounts are expressed in US dollars. VERIFICATION OF POTENTIAL WINNERS. All potential winners are subject to verification of compliance with these Official Rules. Each potential winner may be required to complete and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release ("Release") within seven (7) days of date on the notification, and otherwise comply with these Official Rules, or the prize or discount offer will be forfeited and another potential winner will be selected in accordance with these rules.
If any prize notification is returned as undeliverable, that potential winner will be disqualified, will not receive a prize, and an alternate potential winner will be selected in accordance with these Official Rules.
5. COLLECTION OF INFORMATION. Collection of any personally identifiable information will be in accordance with the privacy policy above (the "Privacy Policy").
6. GENERAL. By entering this BushLeagueBaseball.com, each entrant agree that (except in TN and where otherwise prohibited by law) Cat Games may use the name, address, comments, likeness of the entrant if she/he becomes a winner of any prize / discount offer, in publicity or advertising concerning BushLeagueBaseball.com or otherwise in any medium now known or hereafter devised (including the Internet or other interactive network) in perpetuity throughout the universe without further compensation or right of review.
All entrants are subject to and agree to comply with and be bound by these Official Rules, the Privacy Policy and the decisions of the judges of BushLeagueBaseball.com which are final and binding on all entrants for all aspects of BushLeagueBaseball.com.
Non-compliance with any provisions of these Official Rules, use of foul, racist, abusive or offensive language;
cheating including playing yourself or teams managed by yourself or arranging wins with other players;
or any attempt to damage BushLeagueBaseball.com or its community in any way will be grounds for disqualification of the potential winner, forfeiture of any prize or discount offer, and selection of an alternate entrant.
Each winner is responsible for all federal, state, provincial and local taxes. All national, state, provincial and local laws and regulations apply. The Contest Parties and their respective affiliates, officers, directors, governors, agents and employees are not responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of this BushLeagueBaseball.com, including but not limited to errors in advertising, these Official Rules, the selection and announcement of the winners, or the distribution of any prizes or discount offers.
The Contest Parties and their respective affiliates, officers, directors, governors, agents and employees: (i) make no warranty, guaranty, or representation of any kind concerning any prize or discount offer, (ii) disclaim any implied warranty or condition, and (iii) are not liable for injury, loss or damage of any kind resulting form the acceptance or use of any prize or discount offer or from participation in this BushLeagueBaseball.com.
BushLeagueBaseball.com Additional Game Rules and Features
You may join BushLeagueBaseball at any time if there is an available team, except that you may not manage more than one team. Players may not use foul, racist, abusive or offensive language in any part of BushLeagueBaseball. Nor may they use Submissions to damage the game or its community in any way.
Cat Games will be the sole judge of what is acceptable or not. Contravention of any of these rules could lead to automatic disqualification from all competitions and removal from the game. If you are invited to join a division by a friend, your place is not reserved. If you do not register in time, your slot will no longer be reserved and may be assigned to someone else. BushLeagueBaseball will warn you by email of this. If you do not log in to manage your team for 30 days, you will be removed from the game.
BushLeagueBaseball will warn you by email well in advance if you are in danger of removal. If you resign or are removed from BushLeagueBaseball, you will lose all credits associated with your previous team. Payments for these credits will not be refunded. If you decide to re-register, you will then be assigned a new team. You will not be able to reclaim any credits you may have had with your previous team or transfer any credits from one team to another.
It is not permitted to play Exhibition matches against teams managed by yourself to gain points in the Exhibition standing tables. Exhibition table points earned in games against teams managed by yourself, or teams which deliberately lose, will not be valid. Attempts to win points by playing yourself or arranging wins with other players is cheating, and could result in expulsion from the game. Extreme cases of cheating and/or offensive behaviour will result in a lifetime ban.
Merchandise
If Merchandise is advertised for sale on BushLeagueBaseball.com it is so that you may offer to purchase ("Order") for the price stated. Orders are subject to these terms and conditions and will be confirmed by e-mail. Orders are deemed accepted when we send a credit card confirmation e-mail. We cannot guarantee that a particular item will always be available. You will not be charged for any Orders that cannot be fulfilled and where appropriate we will re-credit to your account any sum debited by us.
Orders may be processed online, or by phone, using a stated credit or debit card. BushLeagueBaseball.com does not accept cash, cheque or money order. All Order details and invoices will be sent to the credit card billing address and not the shipping address where they differ. BushLeagueBaseball.com may cancel any sale and not supply Merchandise if it is reasonable to do so and may change or discontinue the availability of items at any time at its sole discretion.
Please return defective or damaged Merchandise to BushLeagueBaseball.com for a full refund or replacement, whenever possible and reasonable. If you are unhappy with any item of Merchandise please return it, with the dispatch note, unused, for a full refund within 7 working days (provided it has been returned in the condition in when delivered to you). No reason has to be given. We will endeavour to deliver as soon as possible but you should wait 28 days for delivery. Please therefore Order with sufficient lead-time to prevent any loss or disappointment.
Features
BushLeagueBaseball.com is free to use and play, however additional features may be obtained to enhance your use and enjoyment of BushLeagueBaseball.com. Such features may be obtained using Credits, which may be awarded for success in the use and playing of BushLeagueBaseball.com or purchased by you.
Credits are advertised for sale on BushLeagueBaseball.com so that you may offer to purchase ("Order") for the price stated in the manners described below. In some countries you may obtain Credits by dialling a Premium Rate Phone Number charged at a per minute rate. Within one minute the caller will be given a unique PIN number which may be entered on BushLeagueBaseball.com to give you a specified number of Credits.
The charge will appear on your monthly phone bill. All callers must ensure that they have the permission of the person who pays the phone bill before calling. In some countries you may obtain Credits using your mobile phone by sending a SMS text message to a specified number. You will then receive SMS text messages charged at a rate per message, containing a unique PIN number which may be entered on BushLeagueBaseball.com to give you a specified number of Credits.
You may obtain Credits online using your credit card. Specified amounts of credits may be purchased at a variety of price points. Charge appears on monthly credit card bill. Credit card Orders will be confirmed by e-mail and are deemed accepted when we send the confirmation e-mail. All Order details and invoices will be sent to the credit card billing address and not the shipping address where they differ. You will not be charged for any Orders that cannot be fulfilled and where appropriate Cat Games will re-credit to your account any sum debited by Cat Games.
Orders are subject to these terms and conditions. BushLeagueBaseball.com does not accept cash, cheque or money order. BushLeagueBaseball.com may cancel any sale and not supply Credits if it is reasonable to do so and may change or discontinue the availability of items at any time at its sole discretion. You may cancel your Order of Credits at any time up to the end of the 7th working day after receiving them, except where you have taken advantage of or used the Credits.
Once notified, Cat Games shall, as soon as possible, re-credit your account with any sum debited by it from your credit card or use reasonable efforts to procure that the charge does not appear on your phone bill in respect of that credit and delete your credits from BushLeagueBaseball.com.
