PITTSBURGH STEELERS YINZCHAT 2025 NFL DRAFT VIP EXPERIENCE CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES
ENTRIES ARE FREE OF CHARGE. ONE ENTRY ALLOWED PER ELIGIBLE PERSON. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER. ODDS OF WINNING DEPEND UPON THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE ENTRIES RECEIVED BY SPONSOR. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR OTHERWISE RESTRICTED BY LAW.
CONTEST DETAILS: The Pittsburgh Steelers Yinzchat 2025 NFL Draft VIP Experience Contest (the "Contest") will begin on September 3, 2024 at 3:00 AM EST and end on January 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM EST ("Contest Period"). The Contest will require a participant to answer predictive and trivia questions during the Contest Period. Each correct answer will be assigned a point value (as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) that results in an individual leaderboard ranking (as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion). The Contest Entrant with the most points (as decided by Sponsor in its sole discretion) at the end of the Contest Period will win a prize package containing (i) two (2) tickets for the 2025 NFL Draft taking place in Green Bay, Wisconsin on April 24th-25th, 2025 (the "NFL Draft"); (ii) travel arrangements including roundtrip coach airfare to Green Bay, Wisconsin; and (iii) two (2) nights of hotel accommodations (the "Prize Package"). In the case of a tie, a winner will be randomly selected from those Entrants who are tied for the lead as of the final day of the Contest Period.
By participating in the Contest you agree to be bound by these official rules ("Rules"), inclusive of all terms and conditions. Please read the Rules carefully before participating. You must follow the directions provided within these Rules to be eligible to win the Prize.
SPONSOR: The Contest is sponsored by Pittsburgh Steelers LLC, 100 Art Rooney Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 ("Sponsor").
HOW TO ENTER: To enter the Contest, you must (a) download the Steelers official mobile app and create your fan profile or, if you already have a fan profile, just sign in; (b) answer the predictive and trivia questions; and (c) agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of these Rules (an "Electronic Entry").
All Entrants agree that all decisions of Sponsor shall be final and binding with respect to all matters related to the Contest. Entrants waive any right to challenge any decisions made by Sponsor and/or claim any ambiguity in the Rules, the Contest, or any Electronic Entry.
ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF ENTRY: To enter the Contest other than via the Electronic Entry, send a letter or post card, postmarked by the end date of the Contest Period, with your full name, age, mailing address, email address and phone number to: Pittsburgh Steelers Yinzchat 2025 NFL Draft VIP Experience Contest, 358 North Shore Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. By completing and sending a mail-in entry, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of these Rules (the "Mail-In Entry", and collectively with an Electronic Entry, an "Entry").
Entries, regardless of the method of Entry, must be received or postmarked by the end of the Contest Period. Limit of ONE (1), AND ONLY ONE (1), ENTRY PER PERSON. Multiple entries received from any person beyond this limit may void all such additional entries. Entries that are incomplete, garbled, corrupted, or unintelligible for any reason, including, but not limited to, computer or network malfunction or congestion, are void and will not be accepted.
Failure to follow any instructions provided in these Rules may result in disqualification. All materials submitted become the property of Sponsor, and Entries will not be acknowledged or returned. You are responsible for your costs of entering, including online access charges, postage, etc. The time of receipt of any valid Entry shall be the time such valid Entry becomes available to Sponsor. Sponsor's computer shall be the official clock of the Contest.
By entering the Contest, an Entrant gives express permission to be contacted by Sponsor.
BY PROVIDING CONTACT INFORMATION, ENTRANTS CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION AND STORAGE OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED. UNLESS THEY ELECT TO OPT-OUT, ENTRANTS TO THE CONTEST MAY RECEIVE MARKETING AND OTHER PROMOTIONAL INFORMATION FROM SPONSOR AND/OR ITS AFFILIATED PARTIES AND CONTRACTORS. ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST IS NOT, HOWEVER, DEPENDENT UPON ENTRANT'S CONSENT TO RECEIVE SUCH MARKETING AND OTHER PROMOTIONAL INFORMATION AND YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING ARE NOT AFFECTED BY SUCH CONSENT. BY PROVIDING CONTACT INFORMATION AND NOT ELECTING TO OPT OUT, ENTRANTS CONSENT TO BEING CONTACTED BY SPONSOR, ITS AFFILIATED PARTIES OR PARTNERS, AND CONTRACTORS. CONTACT METHODS MAY INCLUDE MAILINGS, EMAILS, TEXTS AND TELEPHONE CALLS (INCLUDING THOSE GENERATED FROM AN AUTOMATED TELEPHONE DIALING SYSTEM) AT THE TELEPHONE NUMBER PROVIDED, INCLUDING ANY WIRELESS TELEPHONE NUMBER PROVIDED.
ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States of America and the District of Columbia who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry (except in the case of legal residents of certain states where the legal age of majority it greater than eighteen (18) years of age, who then must meet the state's legal age of majority). Notwithstanding the prior sentence, this Contest is void where prohibited or otherwise restricted by law, rule or regulation. Winner will not receive any reimbursement or other cash equivalent. Sponsor is not responsible if the NFL Draft is delayed, postponed or cancelled for any reason and no prize package will be awarded if the NFL Draft is delayed, postponed or cancelled, except in the sole discretion of Sponsor. Officers, members, managers, directors, shareholders, and employees of Sponsor Entities (as defined below), members of these persons' immediate families (spouses and/or parents, children, and siblings, and their spouses, regardless of where they reside), and/or persons living in the same households as these persons (whether or not related thereto) are not eligible to enter or win the Contest. "Sponsor Entities" shall mean Sponsor, the National Football League ("NFL"), and their respective parents, subsidiaries, and affiliate companies, administrative, advertising, and promotion agencies involved with the Contest, and any other person or entity involved in the development, administration, promotion, or implementation of the Contest. The NFL is not, however, an actual Sponsor of the Contest.
WINNER: There will be one (1) winner ("Winner") selected on January 8, 2025. One (1) Winner will be chosen from the pool of eligible Entrants who have completed the required steps as of the end of the Contest Period. In the case of a tie, the Winner will be randomly selected from those Entrants who are tied for the lead for the Contest Period. Winning is subject to verification of eligibility.
PRIZE PACKAGE: There will be one (1) Prize awarded.
If the Winner lives within 200 miles of Green Bay, Wisconsin, the Prize Package shall consist of the following:
- i) two (2) tickets to the NFL Draft; and (ii) two (2) nights of hotel accommodations, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion (Maximum Approximate Retail Value "ARV" $2,000);
If the Winner lives more than 200 miles from Green Bay, Wisconsin, the Prize Package shall consist of the following:
- i) two (2) tickets to the NFL Draft; (ii) two (2) nights of hotel accommodations, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion (Maximum ARV $2,000); and (iii) round trip, coach-class air transportation for two (2) from a major airport near the Winner's home, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion to Green Bay, Wisconsin (Maximum ARV $1,000).
Total approximate retail value (hereinabove and below, "ARV") of the Prize Package is $2,000 - $3,000, depending on the home location of the Winner.
Exact Prize details to be determined in the sole discretion of Sponsor. The Prize is non-transferable and non-assignable, with no cash redemption except at Sponsor's sole and absolute discretion.
The Winner must travel on the dates surrounding the NFL Draft (determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) or Prize will be forfeited. Trip must be booked through Sponsor at least five (5) days prior to departure.
The trip is subject to availability and blackout dates. Travel must be round trip. Sponsor will determine airline and flight itinerary in its sole discretion. No refund or compensation will be made in the event of a cancellation or delay of any flight. Travel and accommodations are subject to availability. Travel is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in these Rules, and those set forth by Sponsor's airline carrier of choice as detailed in the passenger ticket contract. All expenses and incidental travel costs not expressly stated in the package description above, including but not limited to, additional ground transportation, meals, incidentals, passenger tariffs or duties, airline fees, surcharges, airport fees, service charges or facility charges, personal charges at lodging, security fees, taxes or other expenses are the responsibility solely of the Winner. The Winner's travel companion must be twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of the date of departure, unless the travel companion is the child of the Winner or a sibling of the Winner with the appropriate parental permissions and releases and must travel on same itinerary and at the same time as the Winner. Travel companion (or his/her parent or legal guardian, if applicable) must execute liability/publicity releases prior to issuance of travel documents. Travel restrictions, conditions and limitations may apply. If, in the judgment of Sponsor, air travel is not required due to the Winner's proximity to Prize event's location, ground transportation to and from the Winner's home to the NFL Draft will be substituted for round trip air travel at Sponsor's sole discretion. Such ground transportation will include one trip to the NFL Draft and one return trip to the Winner's home (i.e., daily round trip transportation will NOT be provided). Should the Winner elect to provide his/her own transportation to the NFL Draft instead of accepting ground transportation by Sponsor, or should the Winner elect not to stay in the hotel arranged for by Sponsor, the Winner will not receive any reimbursement or other cash equivalent for the cost of such ground transportation or hotel. Sponsor will not replace any lost, mutilated, or stolen tickets, travel vouchers or certificates. Sponsor is not responsible if the NFL Draft is delayed, postponed or cancelled for any reason, in which event that portion of the Prize is forfeited in its entirety and no substitution will be provided except as in Sponsor's sole discretion. Actual value of the Prize may vary based on airfare fluctuations and distance between departure and destination. The Winner will not receive difference between actual value and ARV. Odds of winning the Prize depend on the number of eligible Entries received during the Contest Period. The Prize is non-transferable and non-assignable, with no cash redemption except at Sponsor's sole and absolute discretion. Sponsor reserve the right to substitute for the Prize (or any portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value at their sole and absolute discretion. Actual value of the Prize may vary based on the actual items awarded.
The Winner is fully responsible for any and all applicable federal, state and local taxes (including income and withholding taxes). All costs and expenses associated with the Winner's participation in the Contest and/or acceptance of the Prize shall be the sole responsibility of the Winner, unless otherwise provided in these Rules.
NOTIFICATION: Sponsor will notify the potential Winner at the telephone number (land line or cell) and/or email address provided in the Entry. Sponsor will make two (2) attempts to contact a potential Winner via email and one (1) attempt to contact a potential Winner via telephone call within twenty-four (24) hours from the time in which the potential Winner was selected. If Sponsor is unable to reach a potential Winner by telephone and/or email within such twenty-four (24) hour period, then that potential Winner will be disqualified and an alternate potential Winner's Entry will be selected by Sponsor in its sole discretion. At the time of Sponsor's contact with a potential Winner, such potential Winner will be asked to provide his/her proof of age and a government-issued photo ID (or other such identification as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion). The notified eligible Winner shall be the only party eligible to claim the Prize.
If the Winner declines the Prize, fails to claim the Prize, is unavailable for Prize fulfillment, fails to abide by the Rules, or is ineligible, Sponsor may select an alternate Winner from all remaining eligible Entries. Sponsor is not responsible for and shall not be liable for unsuccessful efforts to notify a potential Winner of the Prize.
PUBLICITY AND USE RELEASE: By submission of his or her Entry, an Entrant grants to Sponsor, and each of its designees, the right to publicize or use such Entrant's name, address (city and state of residence), voice, statements, photograph and/or other likeness (and as to the Entrant who wins, the right to use of the Prize information), for advertising, promotional, trade and/or any other purpose in any media or format now known or hereafter devised, throughout the world, in perpetuity, without limitation, and without further compensation, consideration, permission or notification, unless prohibited by law. Entrant warrants that Sponsor and its respective designees may peacefully use Entrant's name, address (city and state of residence), voice, statements, photograph and/or other likeness and will hold Sponsor and its respective designees harmless and indemnify them from any claim or lawsuit to the contrary.
RELEASE/WAIVER OF LIABILITY: By participating in the Contest and submitting an Entry and/or accepting the Prize, each Entrant and/or Winner expressly agrees to (i) be bound by these Rules, including all Entry requirements, and (ii) waive, release and discharge any and all claims against the Sponsor Entities and each of their respective parents, affiliated companies, subsidiaries, officers, directors, members, managers, employees, agents, licensees, distributors, dealers, retailers, printers, representatives and advertising and promotion agencies, and any and all other companies associated with the Contest, and all of their respective officers, directors, members, managers, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, "Released Parties") for any injury, damage or loss that may occur, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, arising out of or in any way related to the Contest, these Rules, Entrant's Entry, negligence of any of the Released Parties, any travel or activity related to the receipt or use of the Prize (or any portion thereof), or the acceptance, participation, use or misuse of the Prize (or any portion thereof).
PRIVACY POLICY: Information collected by Sponsor in connection with the Contest will be used in accordance with Sponsor's Privacy Policy (http://www.steelers.com/legal/privacy-policy/) and these Rules. In the event of any discrepancy between Sponsor's Privacy Policy and these Rules, Sponsor's Privacy Policy shall control and govern.
GENERAL CONDITIONS: Released Parties are not responsible for late, incomplete, illegible, inaccurate, undelivered, or garbled Entries, interrupted or unavailable network or other connections; misdirected, blocked, or delayed notifications; printing, typographical or other errors appearing within these Rules, in any Contest-related advertisements or other materials; or any other errors, problems or difficulties of any kind relating to or in connection with the Contest, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the Contest, the processing of Entries, or the announcement of the Prize in any Contest-related materials. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to participants or to any person's computer, phone, tablet or other electronic device related to or resulting from participating in the Contest. Released Parties (i) make no warranty, guaranty or representation of any kind concerning the Prize, and (ii) disclaim any express or implied warranties. Sponsor's failure to enforce any term of these Rules shall not constitute a waiver of any such term. All disputes will be resolved under the internal substantive laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to its conflicts of laws principles, and the laws of the United States. All disputes arising out of or with respect to the Contest or these Rules shall be heard exclusively in the courts, state and federal, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER OR NOT AN ENTRANT, TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONTEST OR UNDERMINE THE CONTENT OR LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR WILL DISQUALIFY SUCH ENTRANT, AND SPONSOR AND/OR ITS AGENTS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO PROSECUTE AND SEEK DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS' FEES) OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY SUCH ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend the Contest at any time. In the event of cancellation, Sponsor may elect to identify the Winner and award the Prize by way of selecting a Winner from among all non-suspect, eligible Entries received up to the time of such cancellation. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify these Rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the Contest. Sponsor further reserves the right to revoke the Prize or remove an Entrant or Prize Winner, at any time, if the Entrant or Prize Winner acts in a manner that is, in Sponsor's sole discretion, offensive, harassing, threatening, repugnant, or violent at any time in connection with the Contest or the Prize.
WINNER'S NAME/OFFICIAL RULES REQUEST: To obtain the name of the Winner or a copy of these Official Rules, mail a request and a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Pittsburgh Steelers Yinzchat 2025 NFL Draft VIP Experience Contest, 358 North Shore Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. The Winner's name and Official Rules requests must be received by January 10, 2026.