ADIDAS BACK TO SCHOOL GIVEAWAY RULES

b.              How the Contest Will Be Judged.  Within three days after the announcement of the Contest Period (defined in Section 4 below), four (4) winners will be randomly selected (each, a “Winner”). Sponsor will contact the Winners via email and confirm that each Winner wishes to accept the prize pursuant to the prize acceptance terms.  If a Winner fails to respond to Sponsor promptly after being contacted, proves to be ineligible under these Rules, or opts not to accept the prize pursuant to the prize acceptance terms, Sponsor will select the next Winner from the pool of entries until it finds a responsive, qualifying Winner who accepts the prize pursuant to the prize acceptance terms.

c.              Prizes.  Each Winner will, upon confirmation of eligibility, will receive the opportunity for Sponsor to fund the purchase of schools supplies for the Winner’s classroom in an amount not to exceed Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000). Sponsor will also randomly select one of the Winners who will receive, in partnership with one of Sponsor’s vendor partners, the opportunity to refurnish the teacher’s lounge at the school where the Winner is employed. Sponsor will provide up to Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) towards the purchase of furnishings.  

2.              Sponsor.  Sponsor is located at 2030 East Byberry Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19116.  The Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with, any other entity, including Instagram or Adidas. When you enter the Contest, you are submitting an entry to Sponsor and not to any other person or entity. 

3.              Eligibility. The Contest is open to natural persons who at the time they enter are (a) 18 years of age or older, and (b) legal resident of the United States of America, and (c) is employed as a teacher at a daycare, elementary school, middle school, or high school.  Each eligible person who submits an entry into the Contest shall be referred to herein as an “Entrant.”  Directors, officers, employees, contractors, and agents of Sponsor and its affiliates and members of their immediate families (spouses, parents, siblings, and children) are not eligible to enter or win.  The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited.  Participation constitutes an Entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to the Rules.  Sponsor’s decisions relating to the Contest are final and binding in all matters relating to the Contest. 

4.              Entry Period.  You may submit entries for this Contest from 4PM a.m. EDT on September 12 2022, through 11:59 p.m. EDT on September 15, 2022 (the “Contest Period”).  Only entries received during the Contest Period will be accepted.  Sponsor’s computer is the official time keeping device for the Contest.  Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, illegible, stolen, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, misdirected, technically corrupted, or garbled entries, which will be disqualified, or for problems of any kind whether mechanical, human, or electronic.  Proof of submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor.  Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, postpone, delay or extend the Contest at any time in its sole discretion.

5.              Limits on Entry.  You may only enter the Contest once.  Entrants who submit more than one entry are automatically disqualified from the Contest. 

6.              Grounds for Disqualification.  Your entry may be disqualified if it (a) contains illegal, offensive, or otherwise inappropriate content, (b) was not created by the Entrant, (c) does not follow the contest guidelines, or (d) contains personally identifiable information (except for the Entrant's personally identifiable information) or other sensitive or confidential content.

7.              Prizes.  Winning the Prize is contingent upon your fulfilling all the requirements in the Rules and agreeing to the prize acceptance terms.  This is a random drawing, and Sponsor makes no representations about your chances of winning.  Failure to claim the Prize by the time or in the manner specified in that notification will invalidate any claim to the Prize.  The Prize is not transferable.  TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE PRIZE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR FAIR MARKET VALUE.  TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SPONSOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE PRIZE, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.  The Prize may not be substituted for cash.  The Winner will be solely responsible for all applicable taxes, fees, and surcharges associated with receipt and/or use of the Prize.  After the Winner has been notified and has complied with all of these Rules, Sponsor may announce the Winner on its website, social media accounts, or through other media, as it determines in its sole discretion.

8.              Disputes.  The Contest and these Rules are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without reference to any applicable choice of law provisions. All actions, proceedings, or litigation relating hereto will be instituted and prosecuted solely within Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.  By entering the Contest, Entrants consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of Pennsylvania and the federal courts located within Pennsylvania with respect to any action, dispute, or other matter pertaining to or arising out of the Contest.  Entrants agree that (a) any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred by them, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys' fees, and (b) under no circumstances will Entrants be permitted to obtain awards for, and Entrants hereby waive all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased.  SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

9.              General Rules.  Any failure by an Entrant to comply with any of these Rules may result in disqualification from the Contest.  Sponsor has the sole and absolute discretion to disqualify any Entrant.  Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical errors in these Rules or in any other communication surrounding the Contest or for any technical malfunction or error relating to the Contest.  Sponsor reserves the right to amend or interpret the Rules at any time, upon published notice to participants on its website or within any relevant social media page.  Entrants acknowledge that Sponsor’s selection of the Winners shall be to the Sponsor’s discretion.  Entrants agree to release, indemnify, and hold harmless Sponsor, Instagram, and their respective directors, officers, employees, contractors, and agents from any and all liability, including any injuries, losses, or damages (compensatory, direct, incidental, consequential, or otherwise), arising out of their participation in the Contest.  Any attempt by an individual to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws.  In the event such an attempt occurs, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from such individual to the fullest extent permitted by law.  IN NO EVENT SHALL SPONSOR, OR INSTAGRAM, HAVE ANY OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY WHATSOEVER IN RELATION TO THE CONTEST OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THESE RULES.