Sprint Player of the Week

NO PURCHASE OR USE OF WIRELESS SERVICE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR USE OF WIRELESS SERVICE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR ODDS OF WINNING. SWEEPSTAKES OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES (EXCEPT PUERTO RICO & TERRITORIES) AT LEAST AGE 18 OR AGE OF MAJORITY ON DATE OF ENTRY. THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

Sponsor: CBS Interactive, 2200 W. Cypress Creek Road, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309
Prize Provider: Sprint Communications Company, LP,6200 Sprint Parkway, Overland Park, KS 66251
Administrator: CBS Interactive Inc. 2200 W. Cypress Creek Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
Sweepstakes Entities: CBS Interactive Inc., Sprint Communications Company, LP,6200 Sprint Parkway, Overland Park, KS 66251, Marden-Kane, Inc., 36 Maple Place, Manhasset, NY 11030

Each text message sent to or received by a service subscriber of any participating wireless carrier will incur a standard text messaging charge. Fees will appear on your mobile bill or are deducted from your pre-paid balance in accordance with that carrier's Terms and Conditions applicable to such customer's particular voice/data rate plan. Contact your wireless carrier for text messaging plan details.

  1. Acceptance of Official Rules. By entering any of the "Sprint Player of the Week Sweepstakes" entry period(s) (individually an "Individual Sweepstakes Entry Period(s)")together the "Sweepstakes") by text message and/or the CBS.com Web site accessible at the domain www.cbs.com/sprint (the "CBS.com Service"), you hereby accept and agree to these official rules (the "Official Rules") of these Sweepstakes, and the decisions of the Administrator in connection with any of these Sweepstakes, whose decisions are final on matters relating to the operation of these Sweepstakes.

  2. Eligibility. These Sweepstakes are offered and open to persons who are legal residents of the United States (except Puerto Rico & U.S. territories) at least eighteen 18 years of age or age of majority at the date of entry in this Sweepstakes. For participation online, an eligible person must first become a Registered User. For purposes of these Official Rules "Registered User(s)" means a person who has successfully completed the registration form and has obtained a User Identification ("ID") and associated password ("Password") on one or more of the following Websites: CBS.com, CBSnews.com, CBSSports.com, CBSgames.com, NCAASports.com, NFL.com, ETonline.com and/or theinside.com (individually a "Participating Website" and collectively the "Participating Websites"). Employees, officers, directors (including immediate family members and members of the same household) of the Sweepstakes Entities, their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies, advertising and promotion agencies, legal and financial advisors and any and all other companies associated with these Sweepstakes are not eligible to participate in this Sweepstakes. For purpose of the foregoing "immediate family" means parents, spouses, children, siblings or any members of the same households of such employees and directors. These Sweepstakes are void in all U.S. territories and possessions and where prohibited by law.

    If you are not a Registered User you may become a CBS.com Registered User and obtain an ID and Password by completing the CBS.com Service registration form by going to http://www.cbs.com/sprint on the CBS.com Service. There is no fee or charge to you to become a Registered User of any of the sites noted. You do not need to become a Registered User of a CBS.com Service to enter any of the Sweepstakes via the text message method of entry.

  3. Sweepstakes Entry Periods: Each Individual Sweepstakes Entry Period is its own Sweepstakes. End date of each Individual Sweepstakes Entry Period is subject to scheduling changes. Sponsor may at its discretion shift any Individual Sweepstakes Entry Period(s) and post notice of shift online at the www.cbs.com/sprint Web site. Survivor: Gabon broadcasts are subject to preemption, broadcast delays and schedule changes. In some cases, such as a delayed broadcast of a Survivor: Gabon episode the Individual Sweepstakes Entry Period may be shorter than indicated or may start and/or end later than indicated. Please check local television listings for Survivor: Gabon broadcast dates/times in your area.

    Individual Sweepstakes Entry Periods & Drawing Periods listed below:

    Entry Begins Entry Ends Drawing Date
    9/25/08 at 5:00:00 pm PT 9/25/08 at 11:59:59 pm PT 9/26/08
    10/2/08 at 5:00:00 pm PT 10/2/08 at 11:59:59 pm PT 10/3/08
    10/09/08 at 5:00:00 pm PT 10/9/08 at 11:59:59 pm PT 10/10/08
    10/16/08 at 5:00:00 pm PT 10/16/08 at 11:59:59 pm PT 10/17/08
    10/23/08 at 5:00:00 pm PT 10/23/08 at 11:59:59 pm PT 10/24/08
  4. Sweepstakes Description: During each first-run CBS broadcast episode of Survivor: Gabon during each Individual Sweepstakes Entry Period, viewers will be invited to participate in the Sweepstakes by responding the Sprint Player of the Week question. Participants may submit their answer via either text message on their text messaging capable cell phone or online. Question format may vary and is determined solely at the discretion of Sponsor. Sponsor reserves right to further modify entry format and will post notice as a postscript to these rules should this step be taken. Participant will receive one (1) entry into the prize drawing for each answer submitted for the corresponding Individual Sweepstakes Entry Period prize drawing. There is a maximum of ten (10) answers/entries per person regardless of method of entry. All eligible entries will be placed into a random drawing to select one grand prize winner per Individual Sweepstakes Entry Period.

  5. How to Enter: There are two ways to enter:

    A) Enter Via Cell Phone Text Messaging: If you are a wireless service subscriber and have a text messaging capable device, you may enter a Sweepstakes during each Individual Sweepstakes Entry Period by sending a text message to the short code "81818" with your answer for that week's question. You will receive a "thank you" text message. You will be charged standard text and data rates for each text message sent or received from your handset according to the Terms and Conditions of your Service Agreement with your wireless carrier. Each wireless carrier's rate plan may vary, and entrants should contact their wireless carrier for information on messaging rate plans and charges relating to your participation in each Sweepstakes. Any text message form of entry into each Sweepstakes will be deemed made by the named account holder whose mobile phone number is assigned at the time of entry to the text messaging device so used.

    B) Enter for Free Online: To enter each Sweepstakes without using text messaging go to www.cbs.com/sprint during any of the Individual Sweepstakes Entry Periods and follow the instructions to complete the Sweepstakes entry form, including, without limitation, submitting your ID and Password, provide your answer for that week's question, hit submit and you will receive one (1) entry into the applicable Sweepstakes drawing for the corresponding Individual Sweepstakes Entry Period. If you are not a Registered User see rule #2 for instructions on how to become a Registered User. There is no fee or charge to you to become a Registered User. For every answer submitted during an Individual Sweepstakes Entry Period via text messaging or online, entrant will receive one (1) entry into the corresponding Individual Sweepstakes Entry Period random drawing. There is a maximum limit of ten (10) answers/entries per person per Individual Sweepstakes Entry Period, regardless of method of entry. Any attempt by any person to enter in excess of the disclosed entry limit will void entries in excess of maximums disclosed. Entries received do not 'roll-over' into any subsequent Sweepstakes.

  6. Prizes: One Sweepstakes grand prize winner will be awarded an Individual Sweepstakes Entry Period Grand Prize. There will be a total of six (6) Sweepstakes Grand Prizes awarded. Each Individual Sweepstakes Grand Prize consists of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000). Total value of all Weekly Grand Prizes is Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000).
  7. Prize Drawings/Winner Notification/Odds: One (1) potential Grand Prize winner will be randomly selected from all eligible entries received for each respective Individual Sweepstakes Entry Period to select a potential Sweepstakes Grand Prize Winner ("Potential Winner"). Drawing will take place the Friday following each Individual Sweepstakes Entry Period. Sponsor has contracted with Marden-Kane Inc., an independent judging organization who will be responsible for all Sweepstakes Drawings, winner clearance and prize fulfillment. A representative of Marden-Kane will attempt to contact the Potential Winner personally via the cell phone number or daytime phone number (provided on online entry form) between 10:00 am Eastern Time (ET) and 5:00 pm ET on day of drawing. If unable to reach any Potential Winner after one call attempt the agent of Sponsor retains sole discretion to disqualify the entrant and will attempt to contact an alternate entrant until such time that direct contact is made with an entrant. Sweepstakes drawings will be conducted under the supervision of Marden-Kane Inc whose decisions are final and binding on matters relating to the drawings, clearance of winners and the fulfillment of prizes. .. Each Potential Winner is subject to verification of eligibility and rules compliance. Odds of winning a Sweepstakes Grand Prize depend on the number of eligible entries received for the applicable Individual Sweepstakes Entry Period.
  8. Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release and Publicity Release. Potential Winners will be required to sign and properly execute the following documents and return them via facsimile (and subsequently by mail) to Marden-Kane within 24 hours of receipt: (1) an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability Waiver; and (2) where lawful, a consent to publicity. If any documents sent to a Potential Winner by any means are returned as undeliverable or if a Potential Winner fails to properly execute and return all documents described herein in the time noted, or if Potential Winner is found not to be eligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules a Sweepstakes Grand Prize will be forfeited even though the Potential Winner's name may have been shown/announced on air, and an alternate Potential Winner will be selected and contacted in accordance with these Official Rules. Except where prohibited by law Sweepstakes Entities may announce the name of each Sweepstakes winner on a broadcast of Survivor: Gabon and/or online.
  9. Certain Prize Restrictions. No assignment, transfer or substitution of a Sweepstakes Grand Prize is permitted. Sweepstakes Grand Prizes are solely for personal use and may not be used in conjunction with any other promotion. All other costs and expenses not specified herein, if any, are the responsibility of each Sweepstakes Grand Prize winner ("Winner(s)"). All Sweepstakes Grand Prizes details are at the sole discretion of the Sweepstakes Entities.
  10. Prize Taxes. All federal, state or other tax liabilities arising from this Sweepstakes is the sole responsibility of each Sweepstakes Winner.
  11. Publicity Release Terms. Except where prohibited by law, Winner's acceptance of a Sweepstakes Grand Prize constitutes permission for the Sweepstakes Entities to use a Winner's name, photograph, likeness, statements, biographical information, voice, and address (city and state) worldwide and in all forms of media, in perpetuity, without further compensation.
  12. Improper Conduct. Administrator, in its sole discretion, may disqualify any entrant from participation in the use of any or all portions of any of these Sweepstakes, and refuse to award any prize, if entrant engages in any conduct Administrator deems to be improper, unfair or otherwise adverse to the operation of any of these Sweepstakes or detrimental to other entrants of any of these Sweepstakes. Sweepstakes Entities, and/or any other relevant party, reserve the right to remove or disqualify the entrant who engages in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any Sweepstakes Entity. Such improper conduct, includes, without limitation, falsifying personal information required during entrant registration or a prize claim, violating any term or condition stated herein, accumulating entries through methods such as automated computer scripts or any other programming techniques, allowing others to use entrant's personal information for the purpose of accumulating entries, or intentionally trying to defraud, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise tamper with the computer programs in connection with any of these Sweepstakes. Entrants agree that Administrator may void any part of a prize that entrant may have won and/or require the return of any part of a prize that entrant may have won as a result of such improper conduct. Entrant further acknowledges that any forfeiture of a prize and/or return of a prize shall in no way prevent Administrator from pursuing other avenues of recourse such as criminal or civil proceedings in connection with such conduct. WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF ANY OF THESE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SWEEPSTAKES ENTITIES RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
  13. Integrity of Sweepstakes. If, for any reason, any one of these Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, network overload (Internet/phone/cellular) or any other causes which Administrator, in the sole opinion of Administrator, deems could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of any of these Sweepstakes, Administrator reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend any of these Sweepstakes and select a Potential Winner for the affected Sweepstakes Entry Period from entries received prior to the action taken or in such other manner as Administrator may deem fair and appropriate.
  14. Lost, Delayed or Corrupted Entries. The Sweepstakes Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies and advertising and promotion agencies and mobile messaging vendors (i.e., VeriSign), assume no liability and are not responsible for, and entrant hereby forever waives any rights to any claim in connection with, lost, late, incomplete, corrupted, stolen, misdirected, delayed entries; or for any computer, telephone, wireless phone, cable, network, satellite, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, unauthorized human intervention, or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information, or the failure to capture any such information. The Sweepstakes Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies, advertising and promotion agencies and mobile messaging vendors (i.e., VeriSign), are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by end users of the CBS.com Service, tampering, hacking, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in any of these Sweepstakes and assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to any these Sweepstakes.
  15. Damaged Property. Sweepstakes Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies and advertising and promotion agencies and mobile messaging vendors (i.e., VeriSign), assume no liability and are not responsible for, and you hereby forever waive any rights to any claim in connection with, injury or damage to entrant's or to any other person's computer or property related to or resulting from participating in any of these Sweepstakes or downloading materials from any of these Sweepstakes.
  16. Sweepstakes Errors. The Sweepstakes Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies and advertising and promotion agencies and mobile messaging vendors (i.e., VeriSign), assume no liability and are not responsible for, and you hereby forever waive any rights to any claim in connection with, errors and/or ambiguity: (a) in any of these Sweepstakes; (b) in any related advertising or promotions of any of these Sweepstakes; and/or (c) in these Official Rules. In the event of any ambiguity(s) or error(s) in these Official Rules, Administrator reserves the right to modify these Official Rules for clarification purposes or to correct any such error(s) without materially affecting the terms and conditions of any of the Sweepstakes.
  17. Prize Winners and Prizes. The Sweepstakes Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies and advertising and promotion agencies and mobile messaging vendors (i.e., VeriSign), assume no liability and are not responsible for, and you hereby forever waive any rights to any claim in connection with, the selection and announcement of a prize winner, or the distribution of a prize, the acceptance/possession and/or use/misuse of any part any prize and/or any injury or damage to entrant's or third person's property related to or resulting from any part of a prize or any part of any of these Sweepstakes.
  18. Release and Indemnity. Each entrant in each Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, the Grand Prize Winners, hereby releases and agrees to hold harmless the Sweepstakes Entities and their parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and mobile messaging vendors (i.e., VeriSign) and their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to person, including death, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize, participation in any of these Sweepstakes and participation in any activity related to any of the Sweepstakes.
  19. Limitation of Liability. IN NO EVENT WILL THE SWEEPSTAKES ENTITIES, THEIR PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED COMPANIES, THEIR ADVERTISING OR PROMOTION AGENCIES OR MOBILE MESSAGING VENDORS (i.e., VERISIGN) OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF ANY OF THESE SWEEPSTAKES OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM ANY OF THESE SWEEPSTAKES. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.
  20. Disclaimer of Warranties. THESE SWEEPSTAKES AND GRAND PRIZES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
  21. Identity Disputes. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a Winner based on an e-mail address or cellular phone number, the winning entry will be declared made by the Authorized Account Holder of the e-mail address and/or cellular phone number submitted at time of entry. For purposes of these Official Rules "Authorized Account Holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address and/or cellular phone number by an Internet access provider, online service provider, wireless phone service carrier (or as shown on the carrier's billing records) or other organization (e.g., business, educational, institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address or the cellular phone number associated with the wireless phone service provider.
  22. Binding Arbitration. The parties waive all rights to trial in any action or proceeding instituted in connection with these Official Rules and/or any of these Sweepstakes. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Official Rules and/or any of these Sweepstakes shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. The arbitration shall be conducted in the State of New York, in the City of New York, County of New York, and judgment on the arbitration award may be entered into any court having jurisdiction thereof.
  23. Governing Law and Jurisdiction. These Sweepstakes is governed by United States law and is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant and Administrator in connection with any of these Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, U.S.A., without giving effect to the conflict of laws rules thereof and shall take place in the State of New York, in the City of New York, County of New York.
  24. Winners List/Official Rules: For the names of the Prize Winners send a self-addressed stamped envelope for receipt by January 31, 2009 to CBS Survivor/Sprint POTW Winners, c/o CBS Interactive Inc. 2200 W. Cypress Creek Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309. For Official Rules send a self-addressed stamped envelope to the above address marked "Official Rules: CBS Survivor/Sprint POTW for receipt by October 16, 2008. Residents from VT may omit postage on the self-address envelope. The Official Rules will and the names of Winners may be posted on the CBS.com Service.