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Terms and Conditions

1. These rules are the general terms and conditions ("Terms and Conditions") that apply to

the fantasy football game described at the URL address http://www.espnstar.com/footballmanager, http://www.espnstar.com/fcmanager, http://www.espnstar.com/games/maxismanager, ("Game"), unless otherwise expressly stated. By entering the Game through these web pages entrants agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
2. Specific rules relating to the Game are displayed on the

http://www.espnstar.com/footballmanager, http://www.espnstar.com/maxismanager, http://www.espnstar.com/fcmanager, web page posting for the Game (the "Game Rules") and are incorporated herein. In the event of discrepancy between these Terms and Conditions and the Game Rules, these Terms and Conditions shall prevail.
3. In the event of any dispute regarding the Terms and Conditions, Game Rules, conduct of

the Game, results and any other matter relating to a Game, the decision of ESPN STAR Sports shall be final and no correspondence or discussion shall be entered into.
4. Please note that ESPN STAR Sports reserves the right to cancel or modify the Game, and

amend or reissue the Game Rules or these Terms and Conditions at any time without prior notice and you agree that no liability shall attach to ESPN STAR Sports or the Company and that you have no right to claim any compensation as a result thereof. Any changes will be posted either within the Game Rules or these Terms and Conditions. You should visit this page regularly to review the current Terms and Conditions, since your continued use of the Site will be deemed as irrevocable acceptance of any revisions. Any such revisions may include extending the Terms and Conditions to include other terms and conditions applicable to other products or services offered by us from time to time. These terms were last updated on 5th August 2011.
5. ESPN STAR Sports and the Company will assume (and by using the Site you warrant)

that either you have legal capacity to enter into the agreement set out in these Terms and Conditions (i.e., that you are of sufficient age and mental capacity and are otherwise entitled to be legally bound in contract), or if you are below 21 years of age, your parents have consented to your use of the Site and accept these Terms and Conditions on your behalf. 5.1 To have a Team you will need to buy 11 players plus 4 subs and a manager. Please note - only the 11 players you select for your final team will score relevant fantasy points. You may only select 3 players (including a manager) from one club. The only exception to this rule is when a player in the game transfers to another club in the league - in this case they will automatically be transferred to their new club in your team. If this player goes to a club where you already have 3 other players from that club, there is an exception to the 3 player rule. Once this player is transferred out of your team you will no longer be allowed to have four

players from one club in your team. Players that are transferred/ loaned to a club outside the league will go to club unknown and you will have to use a transfer to put a new player into your team.
6. Playing the Game.

6.1 To have a Team you will need to select 11 players plus 4 subs and a manager. Please note - only the 11 players you select for your starting team will score relevant fantasy points. 6.2 Entry to the Game and all transfers throughout the Game are FREE. 6.3 Qualifying Entrants Unless otherwise stated in the Game Rules, the Competition is open to residents of Singapore, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines, Brunei, South Korea and Macau. Eligibility and entitlement as to prizes may change for regulatory reasons in which case the Terms and Conditions shall be amended accordingly. You agree that ESPN STAR Sports shall not be held liable in the event that any persons are subsequently excluded from the Competition as a result of any regulatory direction or applicable law. a. To qualify to enter the Game, entrants must provide a valid telephone contact number, home postal address and e-mail address. In the event that any entrant is below 21 years of age, such entrant must obtain consent from his/her parent or legal guardian prior to entering the Game. ESPN STAR Sports and/or the Company reserve the right to verify that such consent has been obtained at all times. To Qualify to enter the Maxis Malaysia League, entrants must be resident in Malaysia. b. Employees and agents of any sponsor or promoter of the Game, ESPN, ESPN STAR Sports, STAR TV, the Walt Disney Company, the Company, or any advertising agency, web company connected with ESPN STAR Sports (the Specified Companies) or any subsidiary or associated company of the Specified Companies, as well as members of their families or households, are not eligible to enter the Game. ESPN STAR Sports and/or the Company reserves the right to verify the eligibility of all entrants. c. By entering the Game, you: - warrant that all information submitted by you is true, accurate, current and complete; - accept that all entries and any intellectual property rights subsisting therein, which are received by ESPN STAR Sports will become the property of ESPN STAR Sports and will not be returned; and - warrant that your entry does not defame, cause injury or invade the privacy of or otherwise infringe or violate any statutory, common law, regulatory or intellectual

property rights of any third party. d. ESPN STAR Sports reserves the right to disqualify or exclude any entrant from the Game and withhold prizes if it has reasonable grounds to believe the entrant has breached any of these Terms and Conditions. e. In the event that any entrant is disqualified from the Game, ESPN STAR Sports may in its sole and absolute discretion select another winner from entries received before the specified closing date on the same criteria as the original entrant who will be subject to these Terms and Conditions and the Game Rules. 6.4 Only the registered user may make transfers (or changes) to his or her team. Anyone found to be managing a team that does not belong to them, on behalf of another game player or without their knowledge, will be removed and not eligible to win prizes. 6.5 A user may only 'Chair' (create) 3 mini-leagues and can participate in up to 10 minileagues in total. Any attempt to become a part of more than 10 mini-leagues will result in removal from the Game. 6.6 Any users that ESPN STAR Sports reasonably considers are not conducting themselves within the Game with good sporting conduct will be removed from the game. Without prejudice to the generality of the preceding sentence, it will not be good sporting conduct to make transfers in multiple mini-leagues by any one manager. The decision of ESPN STAR Sports shall be final and no correspondence or discussion shall be entered into about users or teams that are disqualified. 6.7 Duplicate mini-leagues entered into the League of Leagues will be removed without question. Duplicate mini-leagues constitute a mini-league with the exact same teams entered. 6.8 Mini-Leagues where one user manages all of the teams in that one mini-league is considered unsporting conduct and will NOT be eligible to win prizes. 6.9 Proof of dispatch cannot be accepted as proof of delivery. ESPN STAR Sports does not accept responsibility or liability for any failure to receive entries whether caused by any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft, destruction, alteration of, or unauthorised access to entries, server functions, virus, bugs or otherwise. 6.10 For the purposes of the Game and your use of the Sites the Companys computer record of your entry will be considered to be your entry. ESPN STAR Sports have the right to reject what, in its sole discretion, it considers to be incomplete, inaccurate or corrupted entries. The decision of ESPN STAR Sports as to whether an entry is incomplete, inaccurate or corrupted is final.

7. Team qualification

The League of Leagues competition will only be entered by mini-leagues who qualify with the minimum number of teams by 29th November, 2011. All mini-leagues set up, or with the required number of teams achieved after this date do not qualify for entry in to the League of Leagues competition. 7.1 All teams will score points from the matches played after the teams are selected and received by the deadline of the published kick-off time for any match. Time of transfers will be recorded as per the server clock (displayed in the bottom right hand side of the screen). Player points scored from matches played earlier will not be added. Teams will not score points until they have qualified for entry. 7.2 ESPN STAR Sports and the Company are committed to ensuring, as far as reasonably practicable to do so, that the Site and the Game do not cause offence to anyone using the same. You must not therefore enter a name for your team that may be considered by others to be inappropriate or offensive. A non-exhaustive list of names that may be considered to be inappropriate or offensive are names that are obscene, pornographic, racist, abusive or harassing. ESPN STAR Sports and the Company reserve the right to refuse to accept, and may change any team names which are considered, in their sole discretion, as inappropriate or offensive. 7.3 The players included on the player list and their positional classifications have been determined by the Company. The Company will not enter into any correspondence relating to details of the player list, nor will they accept the inclusion into a team of any player not on the published list. New players will be added to the player list if they come into first team reckoning at an English Premier League, at the discretion of the Company. Players changing clubs within the English Premier League will also change clubs on the player list and appear differently in your team. 7.4 Players will score points as follows: MANAGER WIN DRAW LOSE +5 pts +2 pts -2 pts

PLAYERS Buy wisely here and youll be heading straight to the top of the league! Position Keeper Goal Scored +7 pts Goal Conceded -1 pts Clean Sheet +3 pts Penalty Save +4 pts +3 pts Assists Penalty Miss -3 pts Hat Trick n/a

Defender +5 pts Midfielder +4 pts Striker +4 pts

-1 pts n/a n/a

+2 pts +1 pts n/a

+5 pts n/a +3 pts n/a +3 pts n/a

-3 pts -3 pts -3 pts

+9 pts +7 pts +5 pts

Additional: All Players Played Over 70 mins Played 69 mins and under Yellow Card Red Card Captain Pts: The captain named in your team at 17.00 (UK time) each Friday will score for the games in the following 7 days 7.5 The Company will use the latest scores reported by key news agencies as the basis of the fantasy scoring criteria. Reversed decisions will not be counted, (therefore if a red card or own-goal decision is reversed / altered after the initial reporting on the game, the original score will remain). Points will only be corrected if the initial reporting was incorrect. Please note: substitution times are referenced within a 90 minute game (i.e. excluding injury time). 7.6 A maximum of 5 transfers will be allocated on the dates laid out in the 'Game Rules'. Transfers CANNOT be carried over into the following period. 7.7 The Site and all materials, characters, logos or other images, and in particular the rules and point structure incorporated by ESPN STAR SPORTS and/or the Company, on the Site are protected by copyrights or other intellectual property rights. No information may be reproduced in any format without prior written consent from ESPN STAR Sports. 7.8 Please act responsibly when using the Sites and comply with these Terms and Conditions and the rules of the Game. It is a condition of entry that all rules and Terms and Conditions are accepted as final. ESPN STAR Sports reserves the right to refuse to accept or disqualify any entry which, in its sole opinion, does not comply with the Terms and Conditions or the Game Rules for the Game or which contravenes the essence of the Game. 7.9 Informative and explanatory information supplied by the Company or ESPN STAR Sports relating to the Game forms part of the Terms and Conditions of the +2 pts +1 pt -2 pts -5 pts

Game.
8. Prizes

8.1 The highest scoring Fantasy Manager at the end of the season will win $20,000. All other prizes are as outlined in the 'Game Rules' section. In the event that two or more teams have the same points, the owner that registered first will be deemed the winner. 8.3 Prize winner(s) will be notified by e-mail within 28 days of award. Return of any prize notification as undeliverable or failure to reply within 15 days of email notification shall result in disqualification. 8.4 Enquiries regarding prizes must be made via email to contest@espnstar.com. Failure to claim a prize within the time or manner notified may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. All entitled winners shall receive their prize(s) within 90 days of making their claims. Should a winner not receive his/her prize within this time then he/she should contact ESPN STAR Sports directly by email to contest@espnstar.com . 8.5 The receipt, by you if you are a winner, of any prize is conditional upon compliance with any and all laws, rules and regulations including, without limitation, these Terms and Conditions. 8.6 Winners agree that neither the Company or ESPN STAR Sports nor their employees shall have any liability in connection with the acceptance or use of any of the prizes. 8.7 Prizes are non-transferable and there is no cash alternative for non-cash prizes. ESPN STAR Sports reserves the right to request documentary proof of residency and/or age of any winner before any prize is dispatched. 8.8 In the event that any prize or receipt thereof incurs any tax liability such tax shall be borne by and is the sole responsibility of the prize winner. 8.9 Prizes are awarded on an as is basis without warranty of any kind from ESPN STAR Sports, express or implied, save where this would be contrary to applicable law. Actual prizes by ESPN STAR Sports, and any of its sponsors, may differ from those shown anywhere in or during the contest. Entrants shall not make any claims or demands in this regard. 8.10 Where relevant, winners should check with any relevant authorities regarding passport and visa requirements; it is the sole responsibility of winners to produce all requisite travel documentation. Travel and other insurance are not included and winners are strongly advised to take out insurance cover for all appropriate risks. Any costs incurred additional to the prize package elements expressly specified are at the sole expense of winners and/or their companions. 8.11 Following notification under clause 9.3, prize winners will be emailed or posted a Liability Release Form (prepared by ESPN STAR Sports releasing, wherever permitted by law, the Specified Companies, their parent companies, affiliates, directors, officers, employees or agents from responsibility or liability for claims in respect of their prize) to be properly and fully completed by the winner and traveling companion(s) (if applicable). Completed Liability Release Forms for the winner and all traveling companion(s) (if applicable) must be returned to ESPN STAR Sports in accordance with the notified

instructions to arrive at the specified address by no later than 14 days after the date ESPN STAR Sports emails or posts the Liability Release Form. Failure to comply in any respect with this requirement will result in the relevant prize being withheld and the winner's entry for the Game becoming void, whereupon ESPN STAR Sports may at its sole and absolute discretion reallocate the prize to the next valid winning entry for the Game. 8.12 In the event that the prize winner of a Competition is below 21 years of age, he/she must be accompanied by his/her parent or legal guardian. In addition, such parent or legal guardian will be required to complete and return a Liability Release Form as indicated above. 8.13 All taxes, insurances, transfers, spending money and other expenses (including meals or personal expenses, upgrades etc.) as the case may be, unless specifically stated, are the sole responsibility of the prize winner. 8.14 Where relevant the winner and all accompanying travelers must travel together at all times. For avoidance of doubt, they must all travel on the same outbound and inbound flights or other relevant mode of transportation.
9. Limits on liability

9.1 The Company agrees to use its reasonable endeavours to maintain the Site in a fully operating condition and error free. As the Company cannot guarantee that the Site will always be fully operational or error free it does not accept responsibility for any defects that may exist or for any costs or losses arising from your use of or inability to access the Site. 9.2 Whilst the Company takes reasonable precautions to ensure that any downloads it makes available will be virus free neither ESPN STAR Sports nor the Company warrants that any downloads will be virus free and will not cause interruptions with your computer systems. 9.3 Each of ESPN STAR Sports and the Company excludes, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws, and save in respect of death or personal injury arising from negligence, all liability for any claims, losses, demands and damages arising directly or indirectly out of or in any way connected with the use of the Site or their unavailability. This exclusion shall apply in respect of, without limitation, any interruption of services, lost profits, loss of contracts or business opportunity, loss of data, or any other consequential, incidental, special, or punitive damages arising out of the Sites, even if the Company or ESPN STAR Sports has been advised of the possibility of such damages, whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence), under statute or otherwise. 9.4 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, ESPN STAR Sports shall not be liable for any damage, loss, injury or disappointment suffered by any entrant entering the Game or as a result of acceptance or use of any prize. ESPN STAR Sports is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software failure of any email or entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, telephone lines or at any web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant's or any other person's computer or mobile telephone related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in the Game.

9.5 By entering, participants agree that no claim relating to such losses or injuries (including special, indirect and consequential losses) shall be asserted against the Specified Companies, their parent companies, affiliates, directors, officers, employees or agents for any and all losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind resulting from acceptance or use of any prize. 9.6 ESPN STAR Sports and the Company do not accept any liability if matches the Game is based on are cancelled or postponed due to reasons outside our control.
10. System Abuse:

If ESPN STAR Sports or the Company find, or suspect, that you have: engaged in or attempted to engage in spamming (the unsolicited emailing for business or other purposes), sent or attempted to send, created or attempted to create, or replied or attempted to reply to so-called mail bombs (the sending of multiple or large electronic files or messages with malicious intent or the e-mailing of copies of a single message to many users), or hacked or attempted to hack into any systems or servers run by ESPN STAR Sports or the Company or undertaken any other activity which may adversely affect either the operation of the Site or another persons enjoyment of the Site, ESPN STAR Sports and/or the Company will immediately remove you from the system and your subscription will be cancelled. Each of ESPN STAR Sports and the Company reserves the right to report the matter to the relevant authorities.
11. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and keep indemnified ESPN STAR Sports, the Company and their officers, directors, employees, agents, distributors and affiliates from and against any and all claims loss damage or liability (whether criminal or civil) suffered and fees and costs incurred, including reasonable legal fees, resulting from any act neglect or default or breach by you or any person who may be authorized by you or for whom you are responsible (for example as employer) of any of these Terms and Conditions and/or from your placement or transmission of any content onto ESPN STAR Sports or the Company's servers, and/or from any and all use of your account.
12. Data Protection and Publicity

12.1 By entering the Game, entrants agree that should they win the Game, ESPN STAR Sports may use their names and addresses, photographs and audio and/or visual recordings of them in any publicity or promotional material as ESPN STAR Sports may in its sole and absolute discretion decide. 12.2 Unless otherwise indicated, any information provided to ESPN STAR Sports shall be subject to ESPN STAR Sports Privacy Policy (found on the ESPN STAR Sports website at www.espnstar.com). 12.3 By registering to play the Game you are accepting to receive email updates. ESPN STAR Sports and the Company reserves the right to validate email addresses at any time

and the right to remove or suspend from the Game, any teams found to have an invalid email address.
13. Governing Law

13.1 This Competition and the Terms and Conditions shall be governed in all respects by the laws of Singapore and you irrevocable submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts in Singapore. 13.2 Each entrant is fully responsible for ensuring that his/her participation in the Competition 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 that the application is made. None of the Specified Companies, their servants or agents make any representations, express or implied, as to the lawfulness of the Competition or any entrant's participation in a Competition. 13.3 Any provision in these Terms and Conditions that is prohibited or otherwise unenforceable in any jurisdiction is ineffective as to that jurisdiction to the extent of the prohibition or unenforceability. That does not invalidate the remaining provisions in these Terms and Conditions nor affect the validity or enforceability of that provision in any other jurisdiction. 14. The use of the term Premiership Football, EPL, English Premier League, The Premiership or any reference to official Premier League players or clubs, or reference on the Site and within the Game is purely to describe the nature of the content and Game being provided in this Site. No official or commercial association with the Premier League sponsors, The Football Association, or the Premier League organising committee is implied or intended. I accept the above Terms and Conditions.

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