“THE ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR CHALLENGE”

OFFICIAL RULES

1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER CONTEST. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS PHYSICALLY RESIDING IN THE 50 UNITED STATES AND DC (EXCLUDING GUAM, PUERTO RICO AND US MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND TERRITORIES).
   
   MUST BE 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AS OF THE DATE OF ENTRY.
   
   
2. 1) GENERAL/TIMING:
   The One Hundred Thousand Dollar Challenge (the “Competition”) begins 12:00 PM (noon) Eastern Time (“ET”) on August 15, 2008 and ends on or about 8:00PM ET on Sunday December 30, 2008. ("Competition Period")
   The Competition is sponsored by NBC Sports and NBC Universal, Inc. (collectively “NBCU” or “Sponsor”).
   
   
3. 2) HOW TO ENTER:
   There is no entry fee to enter the Competition. To enter the Competition, during the Competition Period, you must register at http://100k.nbcsports.com (the “$100K Challenge Website”). You will be asked to fill in and submit the registration information including your name, email address, zip code, birth date and other information and you will receive a confirmation email with your ID and password and other information about the Competition. You will also be asked if you wish to receive promotional materials and Competition reminders from Sponsor. Your consent to receive these materials is optional. Even if you consent, you may subsequently unsubscribe by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link in any promotional materials you receive.
   
   
4. 3) ELIGIBILITY:
   Entrants must be legal permanent residents of and must physically reside in one of the 50 United States and must be 21 years of age or older as of the date of entry. Void in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and U.S. Military installations in foreign countries, anywhere outside of the 50 United States and where prohibited by law. Employees and their immediate families, including household members, of NBCU, AllStar Stats, Inc. and/or of each of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries and affiliates, and of their respective distributors, suppliers, participating vendors, promotion or advertising agencies, or of any other company or person involved with the design, production, execution or distribution of the Competition (collectively, Sponsor’s “Promotional Partners”) are NOT eligible to enter.
   
   
5. 4) HOW TO PLAY:
   
   • A. GENERAL The Competition is a fantasy football based game where each week of the Competition Period entrants create a One Hundred Thousand Dollar Challenge Team (an entrant’s “$100K Team”) by 1) selecting from a pool of Sponsor-designated players from National Football League (“NFL”) rosters (the “Players” and collectively, the “Pool”) to fill the first ten (10) $100K Roster Positions listed below and 2) selecting a single team from all of the NFL teams scheduled to play that week to fill the eleventh (11^th) $100K Roster Position listed below, which eleventh (11^th) $100K Roster Position will constitute entrant’s defense and special teams on his/her $100K Team (an entrant’s “Defense/Special Team”).
     
     The Pool may change during any given week of the Competition Period if Sponsor chooses to add or remove Players who have been added to or removed from NFL rosters during the Competition Period.
     
     As explained further below, the tenth (10^th) $100K Roster Position on an entrant’s $100K Team each week is a bonus player who is an individual NFL offensive player from the Pool who is on one of the teams playing in that week’s NBC Sunday Night Football game (an “NBC SNF Player”).
     
     Defense/Special Team roster position consists of the players on the NFL team selected by the entrant as his/her Defense/Special Team who play on defense or special teams for that NFL team during the corresponding week.
     
     Each entrant will receive fantasy points (“Fantasy Points”) each week based upon the performance of the $100K Team entrant has selected for that week (i.e., the performance of his/her first ten (10) $100K Roster Position Players and the Defense/Special Team at his/her number eleven (11) $100K Roster Position). Entrants will be ranked (as compared to other entrants) for the cumulative Fantasy Points that they receive from week 1 through week 12 of the NFL Season (the “Regular Season Contest”).
     
     After the Regular Season Contest is completed, entrants who qualify either 1) by having received enough Fantasy Points (see “Qualification for Playoffs” section below) or 2) by selecting the “Perfect Picks” (see below) in any single week during the Regular Season Contest will be eligible to compete in the Playoff Round for the Playoff Round prizes. All other entrants will be eligible to compete in the Consolation Round for the Consolation Round prizes. Both the Playoff Round and the Consolation Round will have the same weekly rules described herein as for the Regular Season Contest but the Playoff Round and the Consolation Round will aggregate Fantasy Points received from selections in weeks 13 through 17 of the NFL Season (rather than in weeks 1 through 12 as for the Regular Season Contest).(The Playoff and Consolation Rounds will also not include any “Perfect Picks.”)
     
     Entrants will be allowed to create, invite and join private groups. These private groups will allow entrants to view standings and selections for the entrants who are attached to that particular group. Some examples of groups that entrants might create for themselves are family, friends, college friends, softball buddies, etc. These groups are for personal enjoyment only and have no bearing on the results of the Competition.
     
     
   • B. Local Stations $100K Team Competition:
     Each entrant shall choose his/her local NBC television station (i.e., an NBC affiliate) at the time of registration (a “$100K Team NBC Local Affiliate Group”). Those entrants in a region covered by two or more NBC affiliate television stations will be asked to choose one NBC affiliate at the time of registration. (Note: Entrants must select the NBC affiliate that corresponds to their address or they may forfeit any prizes won.) Entrants will be able to see standings for all $100K Teams in their respective $100K Team NBC Local Affiliate Group on the $100K Challenge Website and are eligible to qualify for the Playoff Round based on their performance in their NBC Local Affiliate Group (see details below).
     
     
   • C. Perfect Picks: Each week when entrants make their selections for their $100K Team on the $100K Challenge Website during the Regular Season Contest, each entrant will also have the opportunity to select his/her best guess at the perfect fantasy line-up (an entrant’s “Perfect Picks”) during that week as another means of qualifying for the Playoff Round. In other words, in addition to the chance at qualifying for the Playoff Round by having received enough Fantasy Points during the Regular Season Contest (see “Qualification for Playoffs” section below), entrants may also qualify for the Playoff Round if they are among the entrants (see below) who make “Perfect Picks” during any week during the Regular Season Contest. (The Playoff Round and the Consolation Round will not include any “Perfect Picks” method of qualifying or winning.)
     
     
6. 5) SELECTING A $100K TEAM EACH WEEK:
   
   • A. General:
     Entrants will use the $100K Challenge Website to select their $100K Team each week. The $100K Challenge Website will take users through a series of pages where they will create their weekly $100K Teams by 1) selecting Players from the Pool at the first ten (10) $100K Roster Positions and 2) selecting a Defense/Special Team from among all of the NFL teams scheduled to play that week at the eleventh (11^th) $100K Roster Position. Entrants will submit their completed $100K Team on the $100K Challenge Website each week, which will qualify as an entry into the Competition.
   • B. $100K Roster Positions:
     Each week of the Competition Period each entrant will select Players from the Pool and a Defense/Special Team for the following $100K Roster Positions in order to form his/her $100K Team for that week:
     
     • 1. Quarterback 1
     • 2. Quarterback 2
     • 3. Running Back 1
     • 4. Running Back 2
     • 5. Wide Reciever 1
     • 6. Wide Reciever 2
     • 7. Wide Reciever 3
     • 8. Tight End 1
     • 10. Place Kicker 1
     • 11. Defense/Special Team
       
     • 12. *NBC SNF Player
     
     
     After the first time an entrant chooses a Player from the Pool for his/her $100K Team in any given week in any of the first nine (9) $100K Roster Positions (the “Regular $100K Roster Positions”), the entrant may not then select that Player as a member of his/her $100K Team (in any of the Regular $100K Roster Positions) in any subsequent week for the remainder of the Regular Season Contest (except that any such Player may be selected as an NBC SNF Player in a subsequent week, as explained further below). Also, entrants may only select Players in the Regular $100K Roster Positions at the positions that they have been designated as playing in the Pool. For example, if a Player in the Pool is designated as a Wide Receiver (Marvin Harrison, e.g.), he can only be picked in one of the Wide Receiver Regular $100K Roster Positions.
     
     All Players selected by an entrant as part of his/her $100K Team (in any $100K Roster Position) are considered Starting Players, meaning that all statistics for that Player count towards the entrant’s Fantasy Points scoring once that Player has been finally selected by the entrant.
   • C. Selecting an NBC SNF Player Each Week:
     Entrants will select their NBC SNF Player (i.e., their tenth (10^th) $100K Roster Position) (the “Bonus $100K Roster Position”) each week from any offensive Player who is on the roster of one of the two teams playing in that week’s NBC Sunday Night Football Game. Unlike selecting a Player for one of the Regular $100K Roster Positions on entrant’s $100K Team, the NBC SNF Player can be a Player who has previously been selected by an entrant for his/her $100K Team (i.e., in one of his/her Regular $100K Roster Positions) in a previous week of the Regular Season Contest. Also unlike the entrant’s selections in the Regular $100K Roster Positions, if a Player is selected by the entrant as his/her NBC SNF Player in one week, the entrant may select that Player again in a subsequent week as his/her NBC SNF Player if that Player’s team plays another NBC Sunday Night Football Game (assuming that the Player is still on the team’s roster at that time and, as such, is still in the Pool). For example, if in Week 1 an entrant chooses Tom Brady (New England Patriots Quarterback) on his/her $100K Team (e.g., in the first (1^st) Regular $100K Roster Position), then Tom Brady cannot be selected for the rest of the Regular Season Contest in any of the Regular $100K Roster Positions on that entrant’s $100K Team; however, Tom Brady may still be selected in subsequent week(s) as that entrant’s designated NBC SNF Player (e.g., in Week 2 and then again in Week 12 as the New England Patriots will be playing in NBC’s Sunday Night Football Game in both of those weeks). At the same time, and subject to the restriction on the number of times a Player can be selected in a Regular $100K Roster Position (i.e., once), an entrant may select a Player in one of the $100K Regular Roster Positions and as his/her NBC SNF Player in the same week. In other words, in any given week a Player in the Pool may be selected in one of the entrant’s Regular $100K Roster Positions (if the entrant has not previously selected that Player in a Regular $100K Roster Position) and as his/her NBC SNF Player (in the same week), if the entrant chooses to do so. An entrant cannot pick a Defense/Special Team as his/her NBC SNF Player in any week.
     
     (Note ?????????? There is no NBC Sunday Night Football Game on October 28, 2008 ???????????. Therefore, Sponsor will designate another NFL game played that week as a substitute NBC Sunday Night for that week, and entrants may select their Bonus $100K Roster position for that week from Players in the Pool who will be on the rosters of the two teams playing in that week’s game designated by Sponsor as the NBC Sunday Night Football Game for that week. For example, Sponsor may designate one of the afternoon games on October 28, 2007 as the NBC Sunday Night Football Game for that week from which entrants may select their NBC SNF Player for that week from among the Players in the Pool who are on the rosters of either of the two teams playing in that game.)
     
     
   • D: Selecting a Defense/Special Team Each Week:
     Entrants will also use the $100K Challenge Website to select their Defense/Special Team each week. Entrants may select their Defense/Special Team from any one of the thirty-two (32) NFL teams scheduled to play during the applicable week. Unlike the Regular and Bonus $100K Roster Positions, entrants do not pick individual Players when they select their Defense/Special Team. Instead, they pick one (1) NFL team that is playing that week. For example, if the entrant picks the Indianapolis Colts as his/her Defense/Special Team during a given week, the entrant will earn Fantasy Points (see below) for plays made by any Indianapolis Colts players (regardless of whether they are in the Pool) or by the Indianapolis Colts team as a whole while those players and/or the team is on the field on defense or in a special teams capacity. Once an entrant has selected an NFL team as his/her Defense/Special Team in any given week, that NFL team cannot be selected as the entrant’s Defense/Special Team again for the remainder of the Regular Season Contest. A Defense/Special Team can also not be selected as an entrant’s NBC SNF Player.
     
     
7. 7. SELECTING PERFECT PICKS EACH WEEK: During each week of the Regular Season Contest, entrants will also be allowed to submit their best guess at the “perfect” fantasy line-up for that week (and, as such, try by another means to qualify for the Playoff Round) by selecting Players from the Pool (an entrant’s “Perfect Picks”) for the following Perfect Picks Roster Positions:
   • Quarterback
   • Running Back
   • Wide Receiver
   • BONUS PERFECT PICKS ROSTER POSITION (NBC SNF Player)
   
   
   The goal of the Perfect Picks is to select the highest Fantasy Point scoring Player at each of the above listed Perfect Picks Roster Positions based on the scoring set forth in these rules (see below). Unlike an entrant’s selections for his/her $100K Team, an entrant may select a Player as one of his/her Perfect Picks in more than one (1) week during the Regular Season Contest. For example, an entrant may select Peyton Manning (of the Indianapolis Colts) at the first (1^st) Perfect Picks Roster Position in connection with his/her Perfect Picks in more than one (1) week during the Regular Season Contest. In other words, unlike the Regular $100K Roster Positions selections each week, there are no restrictions on the number of weeks in which a Player may be selected as one of an entrant’s Perfect Picks. However, within a given week, an entrant may not pick the same Player in more than one Perfect Picks Roster Position, except that an entrant may select a Player at his/her Bonus Perfect Picks Roster Position who they may have already selected at one of the three (3) other Perfect Picks Roster Positions (within the same week or in a different week). (For example, Drew Brees could be selected within the same week by an entrant at the Perfect Picks Quarterback Roster Position and at the Bonus Perfect Picks Roster Position, if the New Orleans Saints are playing in the NBC Sunday Night Football Game that week).
   
   With respect to choosing the Bonus Perfect Picks Roster Position (i.e., an NBC SNF Player), the entrant may select either the Player he/she already selected as his/her regular NBC SNF Player (on his/her $100K Team) or a different Player as his/her guess as to the Player who will be the highest Fantasy Point scoring Player of any Player in the Pool playing in the NBC Sunday Night Football Game during that week.
   
   
8. 8. DEADLINE FOR MAKING SELECTIONS:
   The deadline each week for an entrant to select any Player from the Pool 1) for an entrant’s $100K Team or 2) as one of an entrant’s Perfect Picks is the respective scheduled start time of each such Player’s game (the “Player’s Start Time”). Once a Player’s Start Time has passed, that Player cannot be selected by an entrant for his/her $100K Team or as one of his/her Perfect Picks in that week. Similarly, if an entrant has selected a Player for his/her $100K Team (or as one of his/her Perfect Picks) prior to the Player’s Start Time, the entrant cannot remove that Player from his/her $100K Team (or from his/her Perfect Picks) after the Player’s Start Time has passed. In either case, such Players are considered LOCKED once such Player’s Start Time has passed. For example, if an entrant wants to select a Player from the Pool for his/her $100K Team in any given week, and that Player’s team is scheduled to play on Thursday night that week, the entrant must select that Player for his/her $100K Team during that week before the scheduled start time of the Player’s game on that Thursday night. As another example, Players playing in the Sunday night NFL game can be selected for an entrant’s $100K Team up until the scheduled start of that game on Sunday night, and once the scheduled start time of that game has passed on Sunday night, Players playing in that game are locked and cannot be selected or removed from an entrant’s $100K Team (or as one of his/her Perfect Picks, as the case may be) for that week.
   
   The deadline each week for an entrant to select his/her Defense/Special Team is the respective scheduled start time of the corresponding NFL team’s game during that week (an “NFL Team’s Start Time”). Once an NFL Team’s Start Time has passed, that NFL team cannot be selected by an entrant as his/her Defense/Special Team in that week. Similarly, if an entrant has selected a Defense/Special Team prior to its NFL Team’s Start Time, the entrant cannot de-select that NFL team as his/her Defense/Special Team after that NFL Team’s Start Time has passed. In either case, such NFL teams are considered LOCKED once such NFL Team’s Start Time has passed.
   
   
9. 9. FANTASY POINTS SCORING
   
   • A. General:
     Entrants shall receive Fantasy Points each week according to the point designations listed below based upon plays made in the regular season NFL games (played in the same week) 1) by the Players the entrant selected on his/her $100K Team in the Regular and Bonus $100K Roster Positions for that week and 2) by the NFL team the entrant selected as his/her Defense/Special Team (i.e., the eleventh (11^th) $100K Roster Position) for that week. An entrant’s Perfect Picks each week will also be scored and ranked based upon the plays made that week by the Players entrant selected in each of the Perfect Pick Roster Positions (for that week) according to the point designations below.
     
     Regular $100K, Bonus $100K, and Perfect Picks Roster Positions Scoring
     

Scoring:

Offensive Players

Defensive Team/Special Teams

Note: Fantasy Points will not be deducted (i.e., negative Fantasy Points will not be scored) for negative yardage totals.

Each week, an entrant will receive Fantasy Points and his/her Perfect Picks will be ranked regardless of the position that any Player they selected for that week plays on the field.  For example, if an entrant selected a Player in his/her ”Running Back 1” $100K Roster Position, the entrant will receive Fantasy Points if that Player throws a touchdown pass. 

B.         NBC SNF Player (i.e., the Bonus $100K Roster Position) Scoring:

Fantasy Points received by an entrant for plays made by his/her NBC SNF Player will be doubled.  (Note: If an entrant does not select an NBC SNF Player in any given week, the entrant will receive no Fantasy Points related to the selection of an NBC SNF Player in that week.)

C.        Defense/Special Team Scoring:

Entrants will receive Fantasy Points for plays made by the Defense/Special Team that they select in any given week only in accordance with the Defense/Special Team Scoring points chart listed above.  For example, if a Player who is normally a wide receiver also plays on defense (so that such Player is part of an entrant’s Defense/Special Team) and that Player returns an interception for a touchdown, the Player DOES NOT earn six (6) Fantasy Points for his wide receiver position (i.e., as if he had been selected as one of entrant’s Regular $100K Roster Positions or as entrant’s NBC SNF Player, for example).   Instead, the entrant’s Defense/Special team (for which the Player plays) earns the Fantasy Points.

The “Total Points” category of Defense/Special Team scoring is calculated as the total team points scored against an entrant’s selected Defense/Special Team and will not take into account whether the opposing team’s offense or defense scored the points.  For example, if an entrant selects the Minnesota Vikings as his/her Defense Team and the Vikings are playing the Chicago Bears, if the Vikings’ offense throws an interception that is returned for a touchdown by the Bears’ defense, the six (6) points scored by the Bears’ defense counts toward the Total Points category of points against the Vikings as the entrant’s Defense/Special Team. 

D.        Official Scoring Changes:

Although entrants will be able to track their Fantasy Point scoring (their Perfect Picks ranking) on the $100K Challenge Website promptly after the plays to which they relate are made, the scoring may not be official until after the game is played.  In other words, official scoring changes may be implemented in the days following the day after games are played.  Each game is reviewed for accuracy and from time to time scoring changes are made.  These changes will be listed on the $100K Challenge Website.  All statistics and standings will be updated using these official scoring changes when they do occur.  All statistics and standings are considered official and are not subject to further change for purposes of the Competition once the first NFL game for the next week has started (i.e., as of the first snap of the football in the first NFL game of the subsequent week).  For example, if the first NFL game of a given week is scheduled for 8:00 pm on Thursday, the scoring for the previous week’s games posted on the $100K Challenge Website for purposes of the Competition is considered official as of the first snap of the football in that scheduled 8:00 pm Thursday game.

E.         Cancelled Games

In the event that a regularly scheduled NFL game is postponed and/or cancelled (a “Postponed Game”), Fantasy Points will be awarded when the Postponed Game is actually played.  In the event of a Postponed Game, the deadline for selecting Players and/or a Defense/Special Team from the teams playing in that game will remain, with respect to each team playing in such Postponed Game, the actual (i.e., not the previously scheduled start time) NFL Team’s Start Time for that game.  In the unlikely event that a Postponed Game occurs in week 12 of the Regular Season Contest such that it could impact qualification for the Playoff Round, or in the event that any other unanticipated occurrence or event interrupts or prevents the normal operation of or any aspect of the Competition, Sponsor will post revised rules that address any such event or occurrence, as needed (and as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion), on the $100K Challenge Website.

10.       QUALIFICATION FOR PLAYOFFS:

A.        General:

Entrants who fall into at least one of the categories listed below will qualify for the Playoff Round (weeks 13-17 of the NFL Season).  (Note: All entrants who do not qualify for the Playoff Round will automatically be eligible for entry into the Consolation Round.)

1.         The top 5,000 entrants who have received the most Fantasy Points including ties, using the best ten (10) weeks of the Regular Season Contest.

2.         All entrants tied as the 5,000^th entrant with the most Fantasy Points, using the best ten (10) weeks of the Regular Season Contest.

3.         Subject to the Perfect Picks Tiebreaker procedures described below, all entrants who in any week during the Regular Season Contest are one of the one hundred (100) entrants who correctly pick the “Perfect Picks” (as described above) for that week during the Regular Season Contest.

4.         All entrants who did not qualify for the Playoff Round by one of the first three (3) options above and whose $100K Team was one of the top ten (10) highest scoring $100K Teams within that entrants’ $100K Team NBC Local Affiliate Group, including ties, using the best 10 weeks of the Regular Season Contest.

5.         All entrants who did not qualify for the Playoff Round by one of the first three (3) options above and whose $100K Team is tied as the tenth (10^th) $100K Team with the most Fantasy Points within their respective NBC Local Affiliate Group.

With respect to options 1 and 4 listed above for qualifying for the Playoff Round, entrants who may be tied with one or more other entrants (at any given position within the rankings) will be considered as occupying as many positions as there are ties.  For example, if three (3) entrants are all tied at position fifty-five (55) within the first 5,000 positions (under the option 1 rankings), those entrants’ will be deemed to be holding positions fifty-five (55), fifty-six (56), and fifty-seven (57), respectively. 

If an entrant has already qualified for the Playoff Round pursuant to option 3 listed above as the result of his/her Perfect Picks in any given week, that entrant will still be included in the rankings used to determine the entrants who will be eligible for the Playoff Round by means of option 1 or 2 above.  In other words, an entrant may conceivably qualify for the Playoff Round by both option 1 or 2 and option 3 listed above.  In such instance, however, any such entrant will still only receive one (1) entry into the Playoff Round. 

However, if an entrant has already qualified for the Playoff Round pursuant to options 1, 2, or 3 listed above, that entrant will not be included in the rankings used to determine the entrants who will be eligible for the Playoff Round by means of option 4 and 5 listed above.  For example, if an entrant qualified for the Playoff Round because of his/her Perfect Picks in week 2 or because his/her $100K Team was one of the top 5,000 $100K Teams who had the most Fantasy Points at the end of the Regular Season Contest, that entrant will not be included along with the other entrants whose overall Fantasy Points totals are ranked for purposes of determining what other entrants will be eligible for the Playoff Round by virtue of having a $100K Team that is one of the top ten (10) $100K Teams within their respective NBC Local Affiliate Group with the most Fantasy Points.    

B.         Use Each Team’s Best 10 Weeks:

When calculating the overall Fantasy Points score for each entrant’s $100K Team for purposes of determining whether an entrant qualifies for the Playoff Round pursuant to options 1, 2, 4, or 5 above, each $100K Team’s best ten (10) weeks will be used.  In other words, if an entrant creates a $100K Team for all twelve (12) weeks of the Regular Season Contest, that entrant’s $100K Team’s two (2) lowest week totals will be discarded for purpose of calculating the $100K Team’s overall Fantasy Points score.  This will allow entrants to enter the Competition after the first week of the Regular Season Contest and still be competitive, and also it allows entrants to miss a week or more and still be competitive.

C.        Qualification Via Perfect Picks:

If an entrant selects the Perfect Picks correctly in any given week and there are less than one hundred (100) entrants who also selected the Perfect Picks correctly, such entrant will automatically qualify for the Playoff Round.

D.        Perfect Picks Tiebreakers:

If more than one hundred (100) entrants are able to select the Perfect Picks correctly in any single week, the series of tiebreakers described below will be employed.  To begin with, when entrants are selecting their $100K Team each week on the $100K Challenge Website, they will be asked to fill in their prediction for the home team score and away team score of the NBC Sunday Night Football game for that week. 

Then, the entrants with the following choices (relating to the score of the NBC Sunday Night Football Game for that week) will advance until the total number of qualifying entrants who selected the Perfect Picks correctly is equal to or less than one hundred (100):

            1.         Closest to Total Cumulative Score (calculated as home team score plus away team score)

            2.         Closest to Home Team Score

            3.         Closest to Away Team Score

If there are still more than one hundred (100) entrants who selected the Perfect Picks correctly for that week after the foregoing steps are taken, the earliest one hundred (100) Perfect Picks that were submitted for that week will qualify for the Playoff Round.  Time of submission is the time (Eastern Time) when an entrant last saved his/her Perfect Picks.  For example:  If on September 7, 2007 at 11:00 AM an entrant initially sets his/her Perfect Picks, and then submits changes on September 8, 2007 at 11:00 AM, the latter time (September 8, 2007 at 11:00 AM) will be defined as the entrant’s time of submission for the purposes of the Perfect Picks tiebreaker.

11.       PLAYOFF ROUND

A.        General:

The Playoff Round will take place over the last five (5) weeks of the NFL Season (Weeks 13-17).  For the Playoff Round, the Competition will reset and start over.  All entrants’ Fantasy Points scores will be set back to zero and all Player restrictions lifted.

The rules for the Playoff Round will be the same as the Regular Season Contest except as otherwise noted herein. 

In the Playoff Round, all five (5) weeks will count.  An entrant’s lowest scoring week(s) WILL NOT be dropped as they were in the Regular Season Contest.

After the five (5) week Playoff Round, the entrant with the highest Fantasy Points score for the Playoff Round will be recognized as the champion (the “Winner”) and will be the potential Playoff Round Grand Prize Winner of the one hundred thousand dollar ($100,000) prize (see below).

B.         Playoff Round Tiebreakers:

If there is a tie between two (2) or more entrants as of the conclusion of the Playoff Round, the series of tiebreakers described below will be employed.

First, in the event of a tie at the conclusion of the Playoff Round between two (2) or more entrants, Sponsor will attempt to break that tie by determining whether (among those tied entrants) a single entrant has the highest Fantasy Points total during the Playoff Round in the following categories in the following order and if so (at any point during the process), he/she will designated as a potential Playoff Round winner: (1) total points for the Quarterback 1 and Quarterback 2 $100K Roster Positions combined, (2) total points for Running Back 1 and Running Back 2 $100K Roster Positions combined, (3) total points for the Wide Receiver 1, Wide Receiver 2, and Wide Receiver 3 $100K Roster Positions combined, (4) the Tight End $100K Roster Position, (5) the Place Kicker $100K Roster Position, (6) the NBC SNF Player $100K Roster Position, and finally (7) the Defense/Special Team $100K Roster Position.

If there remains a tie among two (2) or more entrants after the foregoing steps have been taken, then using the NBC Sunday Night Football Game score for week 17, each entrant’s prediction (relating to the score of the NBC Sunday Night Football Game for that week, which each entrant is asked to predict when they select his/her $100K Team each week, as described above) will examined to see if a sole winner can be determined using the following steps (in the order that they are listed):

            1.         Closest to Total Cumulative Score (Defined as Home Team Score + Away Team Score)

            2.         Closest to Home Team Score

            3.         Closest to Away Team Score

If there is still a tie among two (2) or more entrants, the same steps will be repeated with respect to the week 16 NBC Sunday Night Football Game.  If the tie still cannot be broken, these steps will be repeated with respect to each previous week’s NBC Sunday Night Football Game going back through week 13.

If there are still more than two (2) entrants that are tied after the above steps are taken, the earliest submission from among all entrants’ $100K Team selections in week 17 will be used.  If the tie still cannot be broken, the earliest entry from week 16 will be used.  If the tie still cannot be broken, this process will be repeated with respect to each previous week’s NBC Sunday Night Football Game going back through week 13.

Time of submission is the time (Eastern Time) when an entrant last saved his/her $100K Team selections.  For example:  If on September 7, 2007 at 11:00 AM an entrant initially sets his/her $100K Team selections, and then submits changes on September 8, 2007 at 11:00 AM, the latter time (September 8, 2007 at 11:00 AM) will be defined as the entrant’s time of submission of his/her $100K Team selections for purposes of the Playoff Round tiebreaker.

If there is still a tie, Sponsor will contact entrants with a special tiebreaker trivia question that will be selected by Sponsor in its sole discretion.

12.       CONSOLATION ROUND:

The same procedures and rules that apply to the Playoff Round apply to the Consolation Round.

13.       WINNER SELECTION:

A.        Playoff Round Winners:

Winners will be determined based upon the number of Fantasy Points each entrant has accumulated throughout the Playoff Round (an entrant’s “Playoff Score”).  All winning scores are subject to verification by Sponsor, whose decisions are final and in its sole discretion.

1.         Playoff Round Grand Prize Winner:  The entrant who has the highest Playoff Score.

2.         Playoff Round First Prize Winners:  The entrants who have the second (2^nd) through the fifth (5^th) highest Playoff Scores.

3.         Playoff Round Second Prize Winners:  The entrants who have the sixth (6^th) through the twenty-fifth (25^th) highest Playoff Scores.

B.         Consolation Round Winners:

Winners will be determined based upon the number of Fantasy Points each entrant has accumulated throughout the Consolation Round (an entrant’s “Consolation Score”).  All winning scores are subject to verification by Sponsor, whose decisions are final and in its sole discretion.

1.         Consolation Round Grand Prize Winner:  The entrant who has the highest Consolation Score.

2.         Consolation Round First Prize Winners:  The entrants who have the second (2^nd) through the fifth (5^th) highest Consolation Scores.

3.         Consolation Round Second Prize Winners:  The entrants who have the sixth (6^th) through the twenty-fifth (25^th) highest Consolation Scores.

C.        Contacting Winners:

Sponsor will make two (2) attempts to contact potential winners at the phone number or e-mail address provided at time of entry.  If Sponsor is unable to reach a potential winner via phone or email after two (2) attempts, he/she may be disqualified and an alternate may be selected.  Potential winners may be required to complete, sign, have notarized and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability Release (“Affidavit and Release”) and Publicity Release (where legal) within five (5) days of date of attempted delivery.  Noncompliance within this time period, with these Official Rules or the return of or inability to deliver any prize/prize notification may result in disqualification and/or forfeiture of any prize and, at Sponsor’s discretion, and time permitting, an alternate potential winner may be selected.

14.       PRIZES:

Playoff Round Grand Prize:  One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) payable in the form of a check.

Playoff Round First Prize:  8 GB iPod Touch.  Approximate Retail Value is $300.

Playoff Round Second Prize:  NBC Sports polo shirt.  Approximate Retail Value is $30.

Consolation Round Grand Prize:  Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) payable in the form of a check.

Consolation Round First Prize:  8 GB iPod Touch.  Approximate Retail Value is $300.

Consolation Round Second Prize:  NBC Sports polo shirt.  Approximate Retail Value is $30.

Only the manufacturer’s limited warranty, if any, shall apply to the prizes awarded and no other warranty, representation or guarantee is provided to any winner with respect to any prize.  All prize details not specified herein are at the sole discretion of the Sponsors.  All federal, state and local taxes and all other costs associated with acceptance or use of prizes, not specified herein, are the sole responsibility of the winner(s). Arrangements for delivery of prizes will be performed after winner validation.  Any depictions of any prize are for illustrative purposes only.  No cash or other prize substitution, assignment or transfer of any prize is permitted by any winner, except that Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute a prize of comparable or greater value.  The decisions of Sponsor are final and entrants agree to be bound by these decisions.  In the event that any prize component is not available for any reason, then remaining elements of prize shall constitute full satisfaction of Sponsor’s prize obligation to winner and no additional compensation will be awarded.

15.       CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION: 

By entering this Competition, entrants agree to be bound by these rules and decisions of Sponsor, which shall be final and binding in all respects.  By entering this Competition, where legal, by being an entrant or winner, you consent to the use of your name, voice, and likeness, photograph in and in connection with the development, production, distribution and/or exploitation of the Competition.  Winners agree that from the date of notification by Sponsor of their status as a potential winner and continuing until such time when Sponsor informs them that they no longer need to do so that they will make themselves exclusively available to Sponsor for publicity, advertising and promotion activities, and must agree not to allow interviews by other media outlets, including television, magazines, newspapers, radio and Internet, unless authorized by Sponsor.  Sponsor and Sponsor’s Promotional Partners reserve the right to make public personal information about the entrants and winner(s), on-air, on the Internet, or otherwise, prior to, during, or following the Competition.  In all disputes, Sponsor is the sole judge and its actions are final and binding. Sponsor may announce any winner’s name on-air or on its website.

Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may disqualify any entrant from the Competition, refuse to award Fantasy Points or prizes and require the return of any prizes, if entrant engages in conduct Sponsor deems to be improper, unfair or otherwise adverse to the operation of the Competition or in any way detrimental to other entrants. Improper conduct includes, but is not limited to: falsifying personal information required to enter the Competition or claim a prize; violating any of these rules, accumulating points or prizes through unauthorized methods such as automated scripts or other automated means; tampering with the administration of the Competition or trying to in any way tamper with the computer programs associated with this Competition; obtaining other entrants information and spamming other entrants; and abusing the $100K Challenge Website in any way.  Entrant further acknowledges that the forfeiture and/or return of any prize shall in no way prevent Sponsor from pursuing criminal or civil proceedings in connection with such conduct.  Further this Competition MAY NOT BE USED FOR ANY FORM OF GAMBLING.

Sponsor reserves the right to modify these rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the Competition.  By entering into this Competition or accepting any prize, entrants, including but not limited to the winner(s), agree to release and to hold harmless Sponsor and Sponsor’s Promotional Partners and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and agencies, as well as the officers, directors, employees, shareholders and representatives of any of the foregoing entities (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever, including, but not limited to, for injuries, damages or losses to persons and property which may be sustained in connection with participation in the Competition, the receipt, ownership, use or misuse of any prize or while preparing for, participating in and/or travelling to or from any prize related activity, and claims based on publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy.

Sponsor and Sponsor’s Promotional Partners are not responsible for: any incorrect, invalid or inaccurate entry information; human errors; postal delays/postage due mail; technical malfunctions; failures, including public utility or telephone outages; omissions, interruptions, deletions or defects of any telephone system or network, computer online systems, data, computer equipment, servers, providers, or software (including, but not limited to, software and operating systems that do not permit an entrant to participate in the Competition), including without limitation any injury or damage to any entrant’s or any other person’s computer or video equipment relating to or resulting from participation in the Competition; inability to access any website, or any web pages of the Sponsor; theft, tampering, destruction, or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries and/or images of any kind; data that is processed late or incorrectly or is incomplete or lost due to telephone, postal issues, computer or electronic malfunction or traffic congestion on telephone lines or transmission systems, or the Internet, or any service provider’s facilities, or any phone site or website or for any other reason whatsoever; typographical, printing or other errors, or any combination thereof. Sponsor and Sponsor’s Promotional Partners are also not responsible for incomplete, illegible, misdirected or stolen entries. If for any reason the Competition is not capable of running as originally planned, or if the Competition or website associated therewith (or any portion thereof) becomes corrupted or does not allow the proper entry to the Competition and processing of entries or votes in accordance with these Official Rules, or if infection by a computer (or similar) virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, actions by entrants, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes of any kind, in the sole opinion of Sponsor corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Competition, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual implicated in such action and/or to cancel, terminate, extend, modify or suspend the Competition, and select the winner(s) from all eligible entries received. If such cancellation, termination, modification or suspension occurs, notification will be posted on the $100K Challenge Website.

ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY PHONE SERVICE SITE OR WEBSITE (INCLUDING THE $100K CHALLENGE WEBSITE) OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE COMPETITION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND/OR CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. 

All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Winners may be requested to provide Sponsor with proof that the winner is a resident at the address provided on the registration screen and that all eligibility requirements are met. In the event of a dispute as to the identity or eligibility of an entrant or winner based on an e-mail address, the applicable entry will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry.  "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person 21 years of age or older who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization (e.g., business, education institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. 

All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of any entrant, Sponsor or the Released Parties in connection with the Competition, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.  If any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Competition, the Official Rules, or the breach of any term hereof, cannot be otherwise resolved, it shall be resolved by binding arbitration conducted in the County of New York, and administered by Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (“JAMS”) in accordance with its Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures or subsequent versions thereof (“the JAMS Rules”).  The JAMS Rules for selection of an arbitrator shall be followed, except that the arbitrator shall be an experienced arbitrator licensed to practice law in New York.  The decision of the arbitrator shall be binding, final and conclusive and shall not be appealable to any court. 

Participation in the Competition must be made only as specified in these Official Rules.  Failure to comply with these Official Rules will result in disqualification and, if applicable, prize forfeiture.

The failure of Sponsor to comply with any provision of these Official Rules due to an act of God, hurricane, war, fire, riot, earthquake, terrorism, act of public enemies, actions of governmental authorities outside of the control of Sponsors (excepting compliance with applicable codes and regulations) or other force majeure event will not be considered a breach of these Official Rules.

16.       LIST OF WINNERS:

For the Winner and Winner’s name, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to NBC Universal Digital Media, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112. The Competition and all accompanying materials are copyright © 2007 NBC Universal, Inc.

Neither the National Football League nor any team associated with the National Football League is a Sponsor or in any way affiliated with this Competition.