ESPY Challenge: How to Play

1. To enter, fill out the free game registration form on ESPN.com. After registering, click on the "Create Entry" link on the game's frontpage to participate in the game. The objective of the game is to correctly select who you think will be the winner in each of 14 ESPY categories. All contestants are also asked to submit answers to 4 tiebreaker questions, which will only be used to break a tie for the overall prize. You will automatically be brought through these steps after you signup to play and sign in. All selections can be changed until 8:00PM ET on February 12, 2001.

2. MAKING YOUR SELECTIONS: After creating an entry you will automatically be brought through three pages of the 14 ESPY categories. In order to proceed to each following page you must select one of the nominee from each of the categories, and click on the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page, as shown below:

Comeback Athlete:
	Moises Alou, Astros -	355 BA, 30 HR, 114 RBI in 454 AB

	Andres Galarraga, Braves -	302 BA, 28 HR, 100 RBI after returning from one-year absence due to lymphoma

	Sean Elliott, Spurs -	Returned to NBA following a kidney transplant...In 19 reg. season games, he averaged 6 ppg. (10 ppg. in postseason)

	Dara Torres, swimmer -	Returned from 7-year absence from swimming to win five Olympic medals (2 gold, 3 bronze)

After you have made your selections for each of the 14 categories you will be asked to submit answers to four tiebreaker questions, which will be used only to determine an overall winner in case of a tie.

3. SCORING: Contestants receive five points for each winning pick in the 8 "Silver" categories, 10 points for each correct selection in the 4 "Gold" categories, and 15 points for each correct selection in the 2 "platinum", as shown below. No points are awarded for a non-winning selection.

CATEGORY	SELECTIONS	PTS PER	TOTAL PTS
Silver	8	5	40
Gold	4	10	40
Platinum	2	15	30
Total	14	-	110

4. TRACKING YOUR RESULTS: After entering your selections, you can watch your points accumulate once the ESPY broadcast begins. This is done on your main selections page and immediately after each category winner is announced on TV your selections page will reflect your current results, as shown below:

ESPY Awards
CATEGORY	CHOICE	WINNER	POINTS
Silver Category: 5 Points Each
Breakthrough Athlete	Daunte Culpepper	--	--
Comeback Athlete	Andres Galarraga	--	--
Coach/Manager	Bob Stoops	--	--
Come From Behind Performance	Lakers	--	--
Pro Team	New Jersey Devils	New Jersey Devils	5
College Team	LSU baseball	--	--
Record Breaking Performance	Cory Dillon	Marion Jones	0
Most Memorable Moment	Cathy Freeman	Cathy Freeman	5
Gold Category: 10 Points Each
Championship Performance	Lance Armstrong	Lance Armstrong	10
Most Spectacular Play	Vince Carter	Antonio Freeman	0
Male US Olympic Athlete	Lenny Krayzelburg	--	--
Female US Olympic Athlete	Laura Wilkinson	--	--
Platinum Category: 15 Points Each
Male Athlete	Tiger Woods	Tiger Woods	15
Female Athlete	Sheryl Swoopes	Venus Williams	0
Total			35

Your guesses appear on "choice" column, while the actual results -- as they are announced during the broadcast -- show up in the "winner" column.

5. GROUPS: You have the option to group yourself with friends, co-workers, or completely random fans by joining or creating a group. Within each group your entry will be automatically ranked. Most of the groups in the ESPY Challenge are public and can be joined at anytime until the game locks at 8:00PM ET on February 12, 2001. If you want to play with a specific group of people you know, create a private group and make it only accessible to those whom you have given the password. The creator of a group sets the group's name and password. Groups can have up to 50 members and you can move your entry from one group to the next until the beginning of the ESPY Broadcast without losing any of your total points. All of this is easily done on the main Group Directory page.

6. PRIZES/WINNER SELECTION: The final leaderboard will be posted the day following the ESPY broadcast. Due to legal reasons, the leaderboard will not be "official" until all winning entries have been examined and the winners return an affidavit. This process can take up to three weeks.

The Grand Prize will be awarded to the contestant whose entry has accumulated the most points. In the event of a tie between two or more entries, the winning entry will be determined by the following tiebreakers, in order of listing:

Tiebreaker #1 - How many total entrants will participate in the ESPY Challenge?
Tiebreaker #2 - How many total commercials will be shown during the telecast?
Tiebreaker #3 - How many winners will not be in a tuxedo?
Tiebreaker #4 - How many winners thank their mom?

In all cases in which a tiebreaker is necessary, an entry that does not win a tiebreaker is eliminated from consideration.

GRAND PRIZE (1): The entrant who accumulates the highest point total (and wins any pending tiebreaker) will receive: A trip for two to the 2002 ESPY awards in New York.

See the Official Rules and Prize Info for a more detailed description of the prize.



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