2025 SNY Kidcaster Contest
Official Rules
May 1, 2025 — June 1, 2025
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION: No purchase necessary. A purchase will not improve your chances of winning. Void where prohibited. The 2025 SNY Kidcaster Contest presented by HSS (“Contest”) will begin on May 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM ET and end on June 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET (“Contest Period”). All times in the Contest refer to Eastern Time (“ET”). Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.
ELIGIBILITY: Open only to permanent, legal U.S. residents who are physically residing in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut or Pennsylvania, and who are eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the start of the Contest Period and the parent or legal guardian of a child who is nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11) or twelve (12) years of age as of the start of the Contest Period (“Child”). Officers, directors, and employees of Contest Entities (as defined below), members of these persons’ immediate families (spouses and/or parents, children, and siblings, and each of their respective 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. “Contest Entities,” as referenced herein, shall include NBCUniversal Media, LLC, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112, Sterling Entertainment Enterprises, LLC d/b/a/ SNY, 4 World Trade Center, 150 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10007, Hospital for Special Surgery d/b/a/ HSS, 535 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021 (collectively, “Sponsors”), the MLB Entities, and each of their respective parent, subsidiary, and affiliate companies, and administrative, advertising, and promotion agencies, and any other entity involved in the development, administration, promotion, or implementation of the Contest. The “MLB Entities” shall mean the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball (“BOC”), its Bureaus, Committees, Subcommittees and Councils, MLB Advanced Media, L.P., Major League Baseball Properties, Inc., The MLB Network, LLC, the Major League Baseball Clubs (“Clubs”), each of their parent, subsidiary, affiliated and related entities, any entity which, now or in the future, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Clubs or the BOC, and the owners, general and limited partners, shareholders, directors, officers, employees and agents of the foregoing entities.
HOW TO ENTER: To enter the Contest, during the Contest Period, go to www.sny.tv/kidcaster (the “Website”) and fill out your full name, your email address, your date of birth, your Child’s name, your Child’s date of birth, your telephone number, and your zip code and upload your Video (defined below) (“Entry”).
As part of your Entry, you will be required to submit a video (“Video”) of your Child announcing the New York Mets highlight that will be viewable on the Website. The Video must have been taken by you or your Child’s other parent or legal guardian, or you must have permission of whoever took the Video to use it in the Contest. You must have permission of any person who appears or is identified in the Video (or permission of the person’s parent or legal guardian if said person is under the age of majority in his/her jurisdiction of residence and under eighteen (18) years of age). Videos with watermarks are not eligible. Video must be no longer than sixty-five (65) seconds in length.
All Entries become the property of Sponsors and will not be acknowledged or returned. You must submit the Video and entry form to enter and be eligible for the Contest. By entering the Contest, entrants grant Sponsors the non-exclusive, royalty-free, and irrevocable rights to use, reproduce, copy, publish, display, distribute, perform, translate, adapt, modify, and otherwise exploit the Video and to incorporate the Video in other works in any and all markets and media worldwide in perpetuity. Entrants warrant that they have the sole and exclusive right to grant such rights to Sponsors and that the Sponsors’ reproduction, publishing, displaying, and/or other use of the Video will not infringe on any rights of third parties, including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, privacy, or publicity, or create claims for defamation, false light, idea misappropriation, intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress, or breach of contract. If any Video contains material that is violent, pornographic, obscene, illegal, inappropriate, or racially or morally offensive or if any Videos do not comply with these Official Rules or meet Sponsors’ standards for any reason, as determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion, such Video (and the related Entries) may be rejected as ineligible for consideration and/or deleted from the Website. Entries must comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations. Sponsors shall have no obligation to copy, publish, display, or otherwise exploit the Video.
Entries must be received before June 1, 2025 at 11:59 pm ET to be eligible for the Contest. Sterling Entertainment Enterprises, LLC’s computer shall be the official timekeeper for all matters related to this Contest. You may submit one (1) Entry per each Child of yours during the Contest Period. Multiple entries received from any person or email address beyond this limit will void all such additional entries. Entries that are incomplete, garbled, corrupted, or unintelligible for any reason, including but not limited to illegible handwriting, are void and will not be accepted. Entry constitutes entrant’s permission on his/her behalf and on behalf of his/her Child (except where prohibited by law) to use entrant’s and Child’s name, city, state, likeness, image, and/or voice for purposes of advertising, promotion, and publicity in any and all media now or hereafter known, throughout the world in perpetuity, without additional compensation, notification, permission, or approval.
PRIVACY: Entrants will have the opportunity to receive information from Sponsors and selected partners by checking the appropriate box(es) on the Website at the time of entry. Opting in to receive such information from Sponsors and/or any partner(s) is not required and will not impact one’s chance of winning the Contest. If, at any time, you no longer wish to receive materials from the Sponsors or our partners, please go to Sponsors’ privacy policies, located at http://www.nbcuniversal.com/privacy and https://www.sny.tv/about/privacy, or the applicable partner’s privacy policy and follow the procedures indicated.
SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION OF WINNER: On or about June 2, 2025, a panel of qualified judges selected by Sponsors (“Judges”) will review the eligible Entries received during the Contest Period and select one (1) potential prize winner based on the following judging criteria (“Judging Criteria”): knowledge of baseball/accuracy (60%); clarity, confidence and originallity (25%); and passion for the New York Mets (15%). Judges may review eligible Entries on a rolling basis as Entries are received but the potential winner will not be determined until after the Contest Period has ended. In the event of a tie, the Judges will break the tie by selecting the tied Entry that received the highest points from the Judges for the “passion for the New York Mets” score. In the event a tie remains, the tied Entries will be judged by an additional tie-breaking judge, using the Judging Criteria, to determine which of the tied Entries will be the potential Winner.
Decisions of Sponsors and Judges are final and binding with respect to all matters related to the Contest. Sponsors reserve the right to extend the Contest Period if the Contest does not receive a sufficient number of eligible and qualified Entries, as determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion. The potential winner shall be subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules, and once verified, the potential winner shall be declared the official winner of the Contest (the “Winner”). Potential winner will be contacted via telephone and/or email in Sponsors’ sole discretion. Potential winner will be required as a condition of continued eligibility to sign an Affidavit of Eligibility, Waiver of Liability, and, except where prohibited, Publicity Release (collectively, “Contest Documents”) within two (2) days of such notification. Noncompliance within this time period will result in disqualification. If the potential winner cannot be reached or if it is found ineligible, if it cannot or does not comply with the foregoing requirements and these Official Rules, if its prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, or if it does not satisfactorily execute all of the Contest Documents, potential winner will be disqualified and Sponsors will award the corresponding Prize (defined below) to the runner-up, if any, once such runner-up is verified as eligible and in compliance with Official Rules and the requirements of a potential winner.
PRIZE: There will be one (1) prize awarded to the Winner. Prize will consist of the following: three (3) tickets for the Winner, Winner’s Child in Winner’s Video, and one (1) guest (“Guest”) for one (1) 2025 regular season New York Mets home game to be played at Citi Field in Flushing, NY, as determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion (“Game”); and the opportunity, subject to the discretion, rules, and regulations of Sponsors and the applicable MLB Entities, for the Winner’s Child in Winner’s Video to sit in the SNY broadcasters’ booth and announce one (1) half inning of the Game (the “Prize”). Prize is subject to certain terms and conditions. Restrictions apply. Exact Prize details, including Game date, seat locations, and half-inning to be announced, to be determined in sole discretion of Sponsors and Sterling Mets, L.P. (“New York Mets”). ACCOMMODATIONS, PARKING, AND TRANSPORTATION ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRIZE.
Estimated Retail Value (“ERV”) of Prize is five hundred dollars ($500). Actual Retail Value (“ARV”) of the Prize may vary based on, among other things, the date, opponent, and seat location for the Game. Any difference between ERV and ARV will not be awarded.
Sponsors will determine all details of the Prize in their sole discretion. Sponsors reserve the right to substitute Prize (or portion thereof) with a similar prize (or prize element) of comparable or greater value. All taxes and other expenses, costs, or fees associated with the acceptance and/or use of Prize are the sole responsibility of Winner. Prize cannot be transferred or redeemed for cash and is valid only for the items detailed above, with no substitution of Prize. If Prize is unclaimed within a reasonable time after notification from Sponsors, as determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion, it will be forfeited, and time permitting, an alternate potential winner may be selected from the remaining eligible Entries at Sponsors’ sole discretion based on the Judging Criteria scores.
Sponsors and the MLB Entities shall have no responsibility or liability for cancellations, delays, or any other change by any company or person providing any element of Prize, and are not responsible or liable for any expenses incurred as a consequence thereof. If Winner chooses to attend the Game without his/her Child or with no Guest, the remaining elements of Prize shall constitute full satisfaction of Sponsors’ Prize obligation to Winner and no additional compensation will be awarded. Guest, if any, may be required to execute and return releases of liability and, except where prohibited, publicity releases (collectively, “Guest Documents”), which must be returned with the Contest Documents, or Guest portion of the Prize will be forfeited.
The Winner’s Guest must be of legal age of majority in his/her jurisdiction of residence (and at least eighteen (18) years of age), unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Major League Baseball game, event, and exhibition dates and times are determined in the sole discretion of the BOC and/or the applicable Club, as applicable, and may be subject to change. The terms and conditions of the Game tickets awarded as part of the Prize will govern in the event a legal game, event or exhibition, as defined by Major League Baseball, is not played or held, as applicable, due to weather conditions, an act of God, an act of terrorism, civil disturbance or any other reason. The Winner and his/her Child, and Guest agree to comply with all applicable ballpark and venue, as applicable, regulations in connection with the Prize. Sponsor and the applicable MLB Entities reserve the right to remove or to deny entry to the Winner and/or his/her Child and/or Guest who engage(s) in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person at the Game, event or exhibition. Released Parties (defined below) will not be responsible for weather conditions, Acts of God, acts of terrorism, civil disturbances, work stoppage or any other natural disaster outside their control that may cause the cancellation or postponement of any Major League Baseball game, event or exhibition. Major League Baseball game, event and exhibition tickets awarded as part of the Prize may not be resold or offered for resale or used for any commercial or promotional purpose whatsoever. Any such resale or commercial or promotional use may result in disqualification and Prize forfeiture, and may invalidate the license granted by the Game, event or exhibition tickets.
BROADCASTING: Sponsors, in their sole discretion, may choose to display online and/or broadcast a selection of entrants’ submitted Videos, in whole or in part, on their linear and digital platforms. Sponsors display or broadcasting of any Video is not an indication that the Video has been declared a wining Video or that the entrant who submitted such Video has been declared a Winner. If Sponsors, in their sole discretion, elect to incorporate any Video, whether audio or video recording, in whole or in part, into linear or digital programming (the “Recording”), the taping and/or the Recording will not be considered an employment opportunity, and entrants will not be entitled to compensation or credit thereof. Sponsors will determine the nature of the Recording in their sole discretion. If the Recording is broadcast, such broadcast will be at a time, for a length of time, and on a date determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion. The content of the Recording as, and if, finally exhibited and the number of exhibits and re-airs thereof, if any, will be determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion. Entrants will not have a right of review, notice, or approval of the content of the Recording or any exhibition or exploitation thereof. These Official Rules and the Contest itself are neither a contract nor an application for employment.
CONDITIONS: By entering the Contest, each entrant agrees for entrant and for entrant’s heirs, executors, and administrators (a) to release and hold harmless Contest Entities and each of their respective officers, directors, and employees (collectively, “Released Parties”) from any liability, illness, injury, death, loss, litigation, or damage that may occur, directly or indirectly, whether caused by negligence or not, from such entrant’s participation in the Contest and/or his/her acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of Prize or any portion thereof (including any travel related thereto); (b) to indemnify Released Parties from any and all liability resulting or arising from the Contest and to hereby acknowledge that Released Parties have neither made nor are in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to Prize, including express warranties provided exclusively by Prize supplier that are sent along with Prize; (c) if selected as the Winner, to the posting of such entrant’s or Child’s name on Website and the use by Released Parties of such name or Child’s name, voice, image, and/or likeness for publicity, promotional, and advertising purposes in any and all media now or hereafter known, throughout the world in perpetuity, without additional compensation, notification, permission, or approval, and, upon request, to the giving of consent, in writing, to such use; and (d) to be bound by these Official Rules and to waive any right to claim any ambiguity or error therein or in the Contest itself, and to be bound by all decisions of the Sponsors, which are binding and final. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in disqualification from the Contest at Sponsors’ sole discretion.
ADDITIONAL TERMS: Sponsors reserve the right to permanently disqualify from any promotion any person they believe has intentionally violated these Official Rules. Any attempt to deliberately damage the Contest or the operation thereof is unlawful and subject to legal action by Sponsors, who may seek damages to the fullest extent permitted by law. The failure of Sponsors to comply with any provision of these Official Rules due to an act of God, hurricane, war, fire, riot, earthquake, terrorism, act of public enemies, actions of governmental authorities outside of the control of Sponsors (excepting compliance with applicable codes and regulations), or other “force majeure” event will not be considered a breach of these Official Rules. Released Parties assume no responsibility for any injury or damage to entrants’ or to any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from entering or downloading materials or software in connection with the Contest. Released Parties are not responsible for telecommunications, network, electronic, technical, or computer failures of any kind; for inaccurate transcription of entry information; for errors in any promotional or marketing materials or in these Official Rules; for any human or electronic error; or for entries that are stolen, misdirected, garbled, delayed, lost, late, damaged, or returned. Sponsors reserve the right to cancel, modify, or suspend the Contest or any element thereof (including, without limitation, these Official Rules) without notice in any manner and for any reason (including, without limitation, in the event of any unanticipated occurrence that is not fully addressed in these Official Rules). In the event of cancellation, modification, or suspension, Sponsors reserve the right to select Winners based on the judging criteria from among all eligible, non-suspect Entries received prior to the time of the event warranting such cancellation, modification, or suspension. Notice of such cancellation, modification, or suspension will be posted at Website. Sponsors may prohibit any entrant or potential entrant from participating in the Contest, if such entrant or potential entrant shows a disregard for these Official Rules; acts with an intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other entrant, Sponsors, or Sponsors’ agents or representatives; or behaves in any other disruptive manner (as determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion). Sponsors reserve the right to modify these rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the Contest.
DISPUTES: The Contest is governed by, and will be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, and the forum and venue for any dispute shall be in New York, New York. If THE controversy or claim is not otherwise resolved through direct discussions or mediation, it shall THEN be resolved by FINAL AND binding arbitration administered by JUDICIAL ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION SERVICES, INC., in accordance with its Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures or subsequent versions thereof (“JAMS Rules”). The JAMS Rules for selection of an arbitrator shall be followed, except that the arbitrator shall be experienced and licensed to practice law in new york. All proceedings brought pursuant to this paragraph will be conducted in the County of new york. THE REMEDY FOR ANY CLAIM SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL DAMAGES, AND IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARTY BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES OR OTHER SUCH RELATED COSTS OF BRINGING A CLAIM, OR TO RESCIND THIS AGREEMENT OR SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR ANY OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF.
WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT: For the name of the Winner, available after July 22, 2025, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to be received by August 31, 2025, to: SNY Kidcaster Contest Winners List c/o SNY, 4 World Trade Center, 150 Greenwich Street, New York, NY, 10007.
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