Jersey Mike’s – Court Of Creativity Contest – Win a check in the amount of $1000 made payable to the school

COURT OF CREATIVITY CONTEST
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS
CONTEST. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR
CHANCES OF WINNING.
THIS IS A SKILL-BASED CONTEST.
ALL DISPUTES WILL BE RESOLVED SOLELY BY BINDING ARBITRATION AND ENTRANTS
WAIVE THE ABILITY TO BRING CLAIMS IN A CLASS ACTION FORMAT.
SPONSOR OBTAINS RIGHTS FROM ENTRANTS TO POST AND USE ANY AND ALL
CONTENT SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE CONTEST.
THIS CONTEST, INCLUDING ANY ENTRY METHOD OR PRIZE OFFERED, MAY BE
CANCELED OR POSTPONED BY SPONSOR, IN FULL OR IN PART AT ANY TIME, DUE TO
REASONS RELATED TO THE ONGOING PANDEMIC (E.G., CORONOVIRUS/COVID-19).
GRAND PRIZE WINNER MUST BE AVAILABLE TO HOST A VISIT FROM THE HARLEM
GLOBETROTTERS BETWEEN MAY-JUNE 2023 OR OTHERWISE FORFEIT HIS/HER RIGHT TO
CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN CONTEST.
BY ENTERING THIS CONTEST, YOU AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES, WHICH ARE A
CONTRACT, SO READ THEM CAREFULLY BEFORE ENTERING. WITHOUT LIMITATION, THIS
CONTRACT INCLUDES INDEMNITIES TO THE RELEASED PARTIES FROM YOU AND A
LIMITATION OF YOUR RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
ELIGIBILITY: The Court of Creativity Contest (hereafter, “Contest”) is open only to those who are, as
of the date of entry, legal residents of the forty-eight (48) contiguous United States and District of
Columbia, eighteen (18) years of age or older and either (i) a School Administrator, Teacher, Parent
Teacher Association (“PTA”) leader or Parent Teacher Organization (“PTO”) leader representing a
public state-accredited, private/parochial school or vocational school with grades between
Kindergarten and fifth grade that is located in the forty-eight (48) contiguous United States or the
District of Columbia; OR (ii) the parent or legal guardian of a child that is currently enrolled in a
public state-accredited, private/parochial school or vocational school with grades between
Kindergarten and fifth grade that is located in the forty-eight (48) contiguous United States or the
District of Columbia. For this Contest, a School Administrator is defined as a Principal, Vice-
Principal, Dean, Superintendent or Health and Wellness Administrator. Entrants will be
responsible for securing any necessary school, school board or board of directors’ permission prior to
participating in this Contest. Employees, officers, directors, agents and representatives of Jersey
Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. (hereafter, “Sponsor”), Campus Multimedia (hereafter,
“Administrator”), Harlem Globetrotters International, Inc., and each of their respective parents,
affiliates, subsidiaries, retailers, distributors, advertising and promotion agencies (hereafter
collectively, “Released Parties”), and each such individual’s immediate family members (mother,
father, sister, brother, any child, husband, wife and their respective spouses, regardless of where they
reside) and those living in their same households, whether or not related, are not eligible to
participate or win the prize. Void where prohibited by law. All applicable federal, state and local laws
apply.
PROMOTION PERIOD: The Promotion Period begins at 12:00:00 a.m. (midnight) Eastern Time
(“ET”) on 3/1/23 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. ET on 4/16/23 (hereafter, “Promotion Period”).
HOW TO PARTICIPATE: To participate, entrants will be prompted to submit either a photo with a
250-word description OR a 60-second video as outlined in the “How to Submit Entry” section below
during the Promotion Period. The photo with description OR video must describe a personal and
original creative basketball moment (hereafter, “Theme”). The photo with description OR video AND
the entry form shall be collectively referred to hereafter as the “Entry”. Guidelines for a photo with
description submission: 1) an essay written in English, in two hundred and fifty (250) words or less
(including counting words such as “I”, “a”, etc.), describing the most creative basketball moment you
have seen (the “Description”), and 2) a current original, unaltered digital color photo illustrating the
Theme of your Description (the “Photo”). Photo must only contain persons that have granted
express permission to be included by entrant in the Entry. Guidelines for a video submission: Video
must capture a creative basketball moment and not exceed sixty (60) seconds in length and must be
current, original, and unaltered (the “Video”). Video must only contain persons that have granted
express permission to be included by entrant in the Entry. NOTE: Consider the judging criteria (as
outlined below) and Entry requirements as you create your Entry.
Limit one (1) Entry per person and per email address for the duration of the Promotion Period,
regardless of Entry format. In case of multiple Entries from any one person or email address, only
the first Entry received will be accepted. Multiple Entries for any one (1) school are allowed;
however, each Entry must be unique, original, and submitted by a different eligible person/email
address. Identical Entries submitted for the same school will be void. Modification of an existing
work does not qualify as original. If the original digital photos (if applicable) were saved at a lower
resolution and attached to the entry form, save the original high resolutions for potential future use
by Sponsor and its designees.
Video Entry Requirements:
Narration on Video, if any, must be in Entrants voice only, be original and the Video and its
contents must not infringe any third party rights;
Video must not exceed sixty (60) seconds in length and must be in the English language;
Video must be in an AVI, MOV, MP4, MPEG, WMV, or FLV format;
Video maximum file size is 1,000 MB;
Video may not include any music, including, but not limited to, any music and/or lyrics written
or performed by a third party; and
Entrants must take and appear in the Video themselves, or if Entrants have a third party take
and/or appear in the Video, applicable Entrant must have written permission from that person to
submit the Video in accordance with these Official Rules and Entrant must obtain a signed release
from the third party immediately upon the request of Sponsor. Videos taken by professional
videographers are not eligible and will be void.
Photo Entry Requirements:
be an original photo, on which no image editing software has been used and which must not
infringe any third party rights;
be saved as a .jpg, .jpeg or .png file not exceeding 1,000 MB in size;
Entrants must take and appear in the Photo themselves, or if Entrants have a third party take
and/or appear in the Photo, applicable Entrant must have written permission from that person to
submit the Photo in accordance with these Official Rules and Entrant must obtain a signed release
from the third party immediately upon the request of Sponsor. Photos taken by professional
photographer are not eligible and will be void.
In addition to that described above, all Entries must further meet the following criteria, as
determined within Sponsor’s final sole discretion:
Photos or Videos that contain or otherwise infringe on any third-party names, trademarks,
music, identities, copyrighted or patented material, and/or other material subject to third
party rights are prohibited;
Photos or Videos that include any reference to any patents and/or trade secrets of Sponsor or
Released Parties and/or its competitors are prohibited;
Photos or Videos that are obscene, offensive, contain any profanities, endorse any form of hate
or hate group, or any language or images communicating messages inconsistent with the
positive images to which Sponsor and/or Released Parties wishes to associate will be void;
Photos or Videos cannot be sexually explicit or suggestive, unnecessarily violent or derogatory
of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, or
contain nudity or any materially dangerous activity;
Photos or Videos cannot promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use
of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular
political agenda or message;
Photos or Videos cannot contain disparaging remarks, defame, misrepresent, invade the
publicity, third party rights and/or the privacy rights of Sponsor, Released Parties, their
products or any trademarks or other intellectual property they own, other products or
companies, or any person, living or deceased;
No background artwork should appear in the Photo or Video unless it is an original work of
the Entrant. Any artwork, murals, etc. that can be seen in the Photo or Video must be created
solely by the Entrant or Entrant must be the sole owner of all copyright interests therein;
Photos or Videos cannot contain trademarks owned by others, or advertise or promote any
brand or product of any kind, or contain any personal identifiable information, such as
personal names, email addresses, etc.; and
Photos or Videos cannot communicate messages inconsistent with the positive images and/or
goodwill to which Released Parties associate; and Entries cannot be in violation of any law,
statute, regulation, or ordinance.
If the Entry contains any material or elements that are not owned by the entrant, and/or which are
subject to the rights of third parties, the entrant is responsible for obtaining, prior to submission
of the Entry, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit the use and exhibition of the
Entry by Sponsor in the manner set forth in these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to
request proof of these permissions in a form acceptable to Sponsor from any entrant at any time.
Failure to provide such proof may, if requested, render Entry null and void. By submitting an Entry,
entrant hereby grants the Released Parties, without any limitation of any other rights granted herein,
permission for the Entry to be posted on jerseymikes.com, campus-multimedia.com and other
websites as determined by Sponsor. Entrant agrees that Released Parties are not responsible for any
unauthorized use of Entries by third parties. Released Parties do not guarantee the posting of any
Entry and may remove a posted Entry at any time. Entrants agree that they will not use the Entry for
any other purpose, including, without limitation, posting the Entry to any online social networks
except as set forth in the “How to Submit Entry” section below, without the express consent of
Sponsor in each instance.
By submitting an Entry, entrant acknowledges and agrees that Sponsor may obtain many Entries
under this Contest and that such Entries may be similar or identical in theme, idea, format or other
respects to others submitted under this Contest and/or other Promotions staged and/or sponsored
by the Sponsor, or to other ideas conceived by or provided to Sponsor and entrant waives any and all
claims entrant may have had, may have, and/or may have in the future, that any Entry and/or other
works accepted, reviewed and/or used by the Sponsor (or its designees) may be similar to his/her
Entry. Except where prohibited by law, each entrant acknowledges and agrees that the Sponsor does
not have now, nor shall it have in the future, any duty or liability, direct or indirect, vicarious,
contributory, or otherwise, with respect to the infringement or protection of any copyright in and to
entrant’s Entry.
HOW TO SUBMIT ENTRY: Visit courtofcreativity.com during the Promotion Period and follow the
provided instructions to complete and submit the entry form, inclusive of your photo with
description OR video. NOTE: In the event you posted your photo with description OR video in any
social media platform and will be providing a link to such post on your entry form, your social media
post must include the following hashtag in order to be eligible to participate:
#CourtofCreativityContest. Entrant’s social media account must be public in order to enter. Sponsor
may not receive entries from social media users with “protected” updates (i.e., user has set their
account so that only people the user has approved can view their updates) due to the way many
social media platforms operate their service. Incomplete Entries and/or Entries containing inaccurate
entrant information will be disqualified at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entries must be received by
11:59:59 p.m. ET on 4/16/23 to be eligible. The use of script, macro or any other device to automate or
subvert the entry process is prohibited and all such Entries and Entries made by any other means
which subvert the entry process will be void. In the case of a dispute as to the entrant who submitted
an Entry, Entry will be deemed made by the person named on the applicable entry form (regardless
of whether that is the name of the authorized account holder of the email address from which said
Entry was submitted) and he/she must comply with these Official Rules. Other than as otherwise
specified herein, neither Sponsor, nor anyone acting on its behalf, will enter into any communications
with any entrant regarding this Contest (except for the purposes of notifying the potential winners)
or acknowledge any Entry (or portion thereof) received. Any Entry not meeting all Entry
requirements stated herein will be void.
ENTRY JUDGING:
Round 1: All eligible Entries received will be judged on the following criteria by Administrator, an
independent judging organization: 1) Does the Entry showcase creative innovation related to the
sport of basketball (inclusive of skills, design, culture, and game play): 0-25 points, 2) Does the Entry
incorporate entertainment as it relates to involving basketball with relevant educational themes such
as STEM, ART, Music, Theatrics and Sports: 0-25 points, 3) What is the level of complexity, production
value, and unique ideas of the Entry: 0-25 points, 4) Overall creativity tying in Jersey Mike’s and/or
Harlem Globetrotters: 0-25 points (collectively, the “Judging Criteria”). The top ten (10) Entries with
the highest score, as determined in Round 1 by the judges in their sole discretion, will be deemed
potential Finalist Prize winners and advance to Round 2 judging. Sponsor and Administrator reserve
the right to advance fewer than ten (10) Entries to Round 2 if, in their sole discretion, they do not
receive a sufficient number of eligible and qualified Entries.
Round 2: During Round 2, a separate panel of qualified judges, determined by Sponsor (in its sole
discretion), will judge each of the top ten (10) Entries based on the Judging Criteria. The one (1) Entry
receiving the highest score during Round 2 of the judging, as determined by the judges in their sole
discretion, will be deemed the potential Grand Prize winner. Sponsor and judges reserve the right to
not select a winner if, in their sole discretion, they do not receive a sufficient number of eligible and
qualified Entries.
In the event of a tie during Round 1 or Round 2 of judging, the tied Entries will be re-judged based
on: Overall creativity tying in Jersey Mike’s and/or Harlem Globetrotters: 0-100 points. By
participating, entrants agree to abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and
judges, which are final and binding in all matters relating to this Promotion.
WINNER NOTIFICATION: Potential Grand and Finalist Prize winning Entries will be announced
on or about 5/1/23 and the entrant associated with each Entry will be notified by telephone and/or
email. The entrant who submitted each respective potential winning Entry will be required to execute
and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability and (where legal) Publicity Release and any other
documents required by Sponsor within three (3) days of date of issuance of notification. Prizes will be
awarded to the school named on each winning Entry’s entry form and not to the individual entrant
who submitted the individual winning Entry. An authorized representative of the Grand and Finalist
Prize winning schools will also be required to execute a release and/or other documents within three
(3) days of date of issuance of notification. Noncompliance with any of the foregoing, with these
Official Rules, the inability to contact a potential entrant (who submitted a winning Entry) or an
authorized representative of a winning school within a reasonable time period, any notification being
returned as non-deliverable may result in disqualification and, at Sponsor’s discretion, a runner-up
being chosen. Grand and Finalist Prize winner status is subject to verification of eligibility and
compliance with these Official Rules.
PRIZES: One (1) Grand Prize: A visit to the winning school between the months of May and June
2023 by the Harlem Globetrotters (hereafter, “Visit”) including lunch from Jersey Mike’s and a $1,000
donation to a charity of school’s choosing (charity to be approved by Sponsor). Approximate Retail
Value (“ARV”) of Grand Prize: $6,500. Donation to be made directly by Sponsor to charity of Grand
Prize winning school’s choice. Exact activities and interactions surrounding the Visit will be
dependent upon both the Sponsor’s and the school’s full permission and approval. All prize details,
including, but not limited to, exact Harlem Globetrotters athlete(s), date, time and duration of Visit
will be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. The Grand Prize does not have a retail value
given it’s unique nature. Ten (10) Finalist Prizes: Each Finalist Prize winning school will receive a
check in the amount of $1,000 made payable to the school. Total ARV of all prizes to be awarded:
$16,500.
The Visit may not be recorded, photographed and/or videotaped by winner or any third party for
any commercial purpose unless otherwise approved by Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to record,
photograph and/or videotape all those attending the Visit (“Attendees”) (and such recordings,
photographs and/or videotapes shall be owned by Sponsor), and use such recordings, photographs
and/or videotapes in any and all media now known or hereafter created throughout the world in
perpetuity without compensation to winner or any third party. Attendees (and, if minors, their parents
or legal guardians) may be required to execute and return a liability and publicity release prior to the
Visit. Grand Prize award is dependent upon applicable school’s approval and cooperation.
Attendance of Harlem Globetrotters during Visit is subject to availability. In the event any Harlem
Globetrotter athlete is not available to attend the Visit due to scheduling conflicts or any other reason,
prize will be awarded minus the applicable athlete and no compensation or substitution for such
portion of the prize will be provided. By accepting a prize, the winning school agrees that Sponsor
and its designees may use (unless prohibited by law), such school’s name, location, images, logos,
and/or trademarks, any for advertising, trade and/or any other purposes in any media now or
hereafter known throughout the world in perpetuity, without further compensation, permission or
notification. All costs and expenses associated with the acceptance and use of a prize not specified
herein as being awarded, including, but not limited to, all federal, state and local taxes, are the sole
responsibility of winning school.
MISCELLANEOUS: No transfer, assignment, cash redemption, or substitution of prize (or portion
thereof) is permitted, except by Sponsor who reserves the right to substitute a prize (or portion
thereof) with one of comparable or greater value, as determined by Sponsor. Entrants agree, by
entering, that 1) Sponsor and its designees may use (unless prohibited by law), entrant’s name, city
and state of residence, Entry, photographs, any recording (film, video, voice, etc.), and/or likeness for
advertising, trade and/or any other purposes in any media now or hereafter known throughout the
world in perpetuity, without further compensation, permission or notification, and 2) the Released
Parties shall have no liability and will be held harmless by entrant and winning schools for any claim,
action, liability, loss, injury or damage to entrant, winning school/community center or any other
person or entity, including, without limitation, personal injury or death to entrant or any other person
or damage to personal or real property, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by reason of the
acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize and any related activity thereto or participation in
this Contest. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, suspend, and/or terminate
this Contest (or any portion thereof) for any reason, including should virus, bugs, non-authorized
human intervention or other causes, including, but not limited to, war, strikes, and/or acts of God,
corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Contest and, in the case
of termination, at its discretion, select winners from those eligible, non-suspect Entries received prior
to event requiring such termination using the judging procedure outlined herein.
OWNERSHIP/ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS: Entrants warrant and represent that (1) Sponsor shall
own the Entry and (and all material and rights embodied therein) and that such Entry will not be
acknowledged or returned; and (2) that by entering, the Entrant irrevocably assigns to Sponsor and
its designees any and all rights, title and interest in the Entry including but not limited to all
intellectual property rights; and (3) that Sponsor and its designees shall have, without limitation, the
perpetual right worldwide to edit, adapt, modify, publish, exploit and use the Entry in any way and
in any and all media now known or hereinafter discovered or devised, world-wide for trade,
advertising, promotional, public relations and/or other purposes as Sponsor and/or its designees
may determine without further permission from, or notification or consideration to entrants or any
third parties. Entrants further agree to abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor
and judges, which shall be final and binding. Entrant’s submission of an Entry constitutes his/her
representation of eligibility, consent to participate in Contest and consent for Sponsor to obtain, use,
and transfer his/her name, address and other information for the purpose of Contest administration.
Released Parties are not responsible for lost, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, inaccurate,
undeliverable, garbled, late, illegible, stolen, damaged, delayed or misdirected Entries or photos, all
of which will be disqualified; failures or malfunctions of phones, phone lines or telephone systems or
other communications or malfunctions; interrupted or unavailable network, server, cable, satellite,
Internet Service Provider (ISP) or other connections; miscommunications, failed computer hardware
or software or other technical failures; garbled, lost, misrouted or scrambled transmissions; any error,
omission, interruption, defect or delay in any transmission or communication; traffic congestion on
the Internet or for any technical problem, including but not limited to any injury or damage to
entrants’ or any other person’s computer or other device related to or resulting from participation in
the Contest; theft, destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, Entries or photos; or human-
processing error; printing, typographical or other errors or omissions in these Official Rules or in any
Contest-related advertisements or other materials; or other errors or problems of any kind whether
mechanical, human, technical, network, electronic; or errors which may occur in connection with the
administration of the Contest, the incorrect uploading of any photos or videos, the processing or
judging of Entries, the cancellation or postponement of the Visit, the awarding or announcement of
any winner and/or prize or in any other Contest-related materials. Sponsor reserves the right to void
and remove any and all Entries of a entrants who Sponsor believes has attempted to tamper with,
influence, or impair the administration, security, fairness, judging or proper play of Contest and such
entrant will be disqualified and all associated Entries will be void. All Entries become property of
Sponsor and will not be returned. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE
WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE IN
VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE,
SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND OTHER REMEDIES (INCLUDING
ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW,
INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
ARBITRATION: Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of participating in this Contest,
participant agrees that (1) any and all disputes and causes of action arising out of or connected with
this Contest, or prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class
action, and exclusively by final and binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration
Association and held at the AAA regional office nearest the participant; (2) the Federal Arbitration
Act shall govern the interpretation, enforcement and all proceedings at such arbitration; and (3)
judgment upon such arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Under no
circumstances will participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and participant hereby waives all
rights to claim, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including
attorneys’ fees, other than participant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with
participating in this Contest), and participant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or
increased.
CHOICE OF LAW: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and
enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of participant and Sponsor in
connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the substantive
laws of the state of New Jersey, USA.
WINNER’S LIST: For the names of the winning schools (available after 5/26/23), send a self-
addressed, stamped envelope to be received by 6/30/23 to: Court of Creativity Winners, 408
Broadway 2nd Floor New York, New York 10013.
SPONSOR: Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc., 2251 Landmark Place, Manasquan, NJ 08736.
ADMINISTRATOR: Campus Multimedia, 408 Broadway 2nd Floor New York, New York 10013.