(updated 5/20/25)
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID
WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
Promotion Overview: This promotion offers eligible
individuals the opportunity to compete in a skill-based soccer “Contest” to win
a trip to Spain to attend clinics at the Real Madrid Club de Fútbol ("Real
Madrid") practice facility (full prize details are set forth in Section 8
below). The promotion includes 2 phases: A registration phase (from May 7 –
June 14, 2025) and a skills-based Contest that will take place from June 17 –
July 24, 2025. In order to participate, eligible
individuals must timely register for one of the available half-day soccer
“Clinics” offered in the following cities on select dates: Southlake TX,
Philadelphia PA, College Park MD, Chicago IL, and Los Angeles CA. The specific
dates, times and locations for each Clinic are listed in Section 5 below. Each
city will offer Clinics for 125 individuals who have registered on a
first-come, first-served basis per Clinic. Participants who attend the Clinic
will be evaluated by independent, qualified coaches/judges associated with Real
Madrid, based on the judging criteria set forth in Section 6 below. To ensure
gender diversity among the winners, the top 4 scoring males and the top 4
scoring females from all of the Clinics combined will be selected as the
potential winners. Additionally, 3 additional potential winners will be
selected based on the highest remaining score, regardless of gender, after the
first 8 potential winners have been determined.
2. Sponsor: Abbott Laboratories, 100
Abbott Park Road, Abbott Park IL 60064. Administrator: The Specialized Marketing Group, Inc., 77 Waukegan Road, Suite #201,
Deerfield IL 60015.
4.
Timing: Registration
begins on May 7, 2025 at 12:00 a.m. ET and ends the earlier of when 125
registrations have been received for the applicable Clinic or 2 calendar days
before the Clinic is scheduled to take place, whichever occurs first, as set
forth in the table below.
|
Clinic
Location |
Latest
End Date for Registration (at 11:59 p.m. ET) |
|
Southlake
TX |
June
14, 2025 |
|
Philadelphia
PA |
June
22, 2025 |
|
College
Park MD |
July
7, 2025 |
|
Chicago
IL |
July
14, 2025 |
|
Los
Angeles CA |
July 21, 2025 |
The
Contest will take place starting June 17, 2025 and end on July 24, 2025 after
the conclusion of the last Clinic. Administrator's servers are the official
time-keeping devices for the Promotion.
5.
How to Register:
In order to enter the skill based Contest, you must
participate in 1 of the 10 following soccer Clinics (one in the morning and one
in the afternoon), each made available for free to the first 125 registrants on
a first come, first served basis. Each location below will host both a morning
and an afternoon Clinic.
·
Southlake
TX (Dallas/Fort Worth Area) Clinics, taking place June 17, 2025 at ULETE Soccer
Center, 2308 Dean Wy, Southlake, TX 76092;
·
Philadelphia
PA (Philadelphia Area) Clinics, taking place June 25, 2025 at Vidas Athletic
Complex at Drexel University, 4300 Powelton Ave,
Philadelphia, PA 19104;
·
College
Park MD (Washington D.C. Area) Clinics, taking place July 10, 2025 at
University of Maryland, 90 Stadium Dr, College Park, MD 20742;
·
Chicago
IL (Chicago Area) Clinics, taking place July 17, 2025 at Lake View High School,
4015 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60613;
·
Los
Angeles CA (Los Angeles Area) Clinics, taking place July 24, 2025 at Jesse
Owens Stadium at Cal State LA, 22 Circle Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90032.
Morning Clinics will
take place starting with check-in opening at 7:30 a.m. and end at 12:00 p.m.
Afternoon Clinics will take place starting with check-in opening at 1:30 p.m.
and end at 7:00 p.m. All Clinic times are local time. Each Clinic is free to attend
and has an approximate retail value of $150 per person.
To register for a Clinic: Visit www.abbottdreamteam.com and follow the links
and instructions to complete and submit the registration
form, including your first name, last name, valid email address, valid home
address (P.O. Boxes are not permitted) and check the boxes verifying you have a
valid passport for travel to Spain and that you agree to these Official Rules
and Sponsor’s Privacy Policy. You will also be
required to present photo identification and sign a liability waiver and
publicity release at Clinic check in in order to participate. Once the maximum
capacity of 125 participants per Clinic has been reached, registrants will be
put on a waitlist. Participants will be notified by email within 24 hours of
registration if they have secured a place in a Clinic or have been placed on a
waitlist. A registered participant can cancel by emailing their cancellation
request to abbottdreamteam@tsmgi.com. Waitlisted
registrants will receive notice of receiving a spot in their chosen session at
least 7 days prior to the event. Limit 1
registration per person.
Participation in the Contest: Attend and compete in
your selected Clinic to enter the Contest. Each Clinic will consist of 1 hour
of soccer drills, including shooting, passing and dribbling drills and
small-sided games/scrimmages and a 1 hour education session focused on
nutrition and hydration. A Real Madrid coach and assistant at each Clinic will
run the soccer drills and also serve as the qualified judges for the Contest.
Sponsor may substitute alternate qualified judges. Judging criteria for the
Contest is set forth in Section 6 below.
Sponsor may, in its discretion, film and/or
photograph participants during each Clinic (“Contest Footage”). All Contest
Footage will be owned by Sponsor as set forth in the Publicity section below.
Sponsor has no obligation to film Contest Footage or to use any Contest Footage
that is filmed.
Note: Participation in physical activities has inherent risks. Each participant is responsible for assessing their ability to participate in any Clinic activities and is solely responsible for all risks related to such participation. There exists an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 in any public place where people are present. By traveling to and attending a Clinic, participant voluntarily assumes all risks related to exposure to COVID-19.
Limit:
Each participant may only register for 1 of the 10 Clinics
and may only attend 1 Clinic. Registrations received from any person or
email address in excess of the stated limit will be void. Registrations
generated by script, macro or other automated means are void. In the event of a dispute as to any registration,
participant will be required to present valid government issued identification
that matches the name on the applicable registration. Released Parties (as defined in Section
9, below) are not responsible for lost, late, stolen, damaged, incomplete,
invalid, un-intelligible, garbled, delayed or misdirected registrations, all of
which will be void. Released Parties are also not responsible if a Clinic does
not take place as scheduled due to circumstances outside of Released Parties’
control and in such case the Clinic will be cancelled in its entirety.
6. Winner
Determination: Winners
will be determined according to the process set forth below.
During the Contest, qualified
judges determined by Sponsor and Real Madrid in their sole discretion will
score participants based on the following criteria (“Judging Criteria”):
To ensure gender diversity among the
winners, the top 4 scoring males and the top 4 scoring females from all Clinics
combined will be deemed the potential winners. Additionally, 3 more potential
winners will be selected from all Clinics combined based on the highest
remaining score, regardless of gender, after the first 8 potential winners have
been determined. In the event of a
tie, the participant of the applicable gender (if necessary) who received the
highest score for Game Performance, as determined by the qualified
judges in their sole discretion, will be deemed
the applicable potential winner from among the tied participants. Sponsor reserves the
right to select fewer than 11 winners, if, in its sole discretion, there are
not a sufficient number of eligible and qualified participants. Sponsor
will not disclose judging scores.
7. Winner
Requirements: Potential winners will be notified by email from
Administrator on or around July 31, 2025. Each potential winner will be
required to sign and return prize claim documents, including an IRS Form W-9,
which must be received by Administrator within 7 days of the date notice or
attempted notice is sent, in order to claim the prize.
If a potential winner cannot be
contacted, fails to execute and return the prize claim
documents or provide any other requested information within the required time
period (if/as applicable), does not comply with these
Official Rules, or if prize is returned as undeliverable, potential
winner forfeits the prize. If a potential winner is
disqualified for any reason, the prize may be awarded to a
runner-up of the applicable gender (if necessary), in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Only 3 alternate winners may be determined, after which
the applicable prize will remain un-awarded.
A PARTICIPANT IS NOT A WINNER OF THE CONTEST, EVEN IF
NOTIFIED BY ADMINIATRATOR, UNLESS AND UNTIL POTENTIAL WINNER’S ELIGIBILITY AND
COMPLIANCE WITH THE OFFICIAL RULES HAVE BEEN VERIFIED AND WINNER HAS BEEN
NOTIFIED THAT VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE.
8. Prizes: 11 Grand Prizes -- A trip for
each winner to Madrid, Spain, scheduled to take place November 21, 2025 through
November 26, 2025. Trip package includes:
·
Round
trip, coach-class air transportation from a major airport near winner’s home
(determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) to Madrid, Spain;
·
5 nights accommodations (single occupancy) at a hotel
determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion;
·
Breakfast,
lunch and dinner Saturday November 22, 2025 through Tuesday November 25, 2025;
·
4
soccer training sessions at Real Madrid training facility;
·
4
educational tours/museum visits, all details determined by Sponsor in its sole
discretion;
·
Select
transportation within Madrid;
·
1
gift bag consisting of soccer gear including backpack, jersey, hat, and water
bottle; all details to be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.
Sponsor will also provide each winner a
check for $2,000.00, which is intended to assist the winner with any federal,
state, or other tax obligations related to the Grand Prize (the “Tax Gross-Up
Payment”). A Grand Prize winner’s actual tax liabilities related to the
Grand Prize could exceed the Tax Gross-Up Payment. Each Grand
Prize winner is solely responsible for all applicable federal, state, or other
tax obligations related to the Grand Prize. Sponsor will not provide
any further assistance toward a winner’s tax obligations.
Additional Prize Terms: Sponsor may, in its discretion, film
and/or photograph winners during the Grand Prize trip (“Prize Footage”). All
Prize Footage will be owned by Sponsor as set forth in the Publicity section
below. Sponsor has no obligation to film Prize Footage or to use any Prize
Footage that is filmed. Winner must travel on the dates determined by Sponsor
in its sole discretion or prize will be forfeited. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Sponsor will make reasonable efforts to select travel dates acceptable
to winner. Travel and accommodations are subject to availability. Travel must
be round trip. Sponsor will determine airline and flight itinerary in its sole
discretion. No refund or compensation will be made in the event of the
cancellation or delay of any flight. Travel is subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Promotion, and those set forth by the Sponsor’s
airline carrier of choice as detailed in the passenger ticket contract. All
expenses and incidental travel costs not expressly stated in the package
description above, including but not limited to additional ground
transportation, additional meals, incidentals, gratuities, passenger tariffs or
duties, airline fees, surcharges, airport fees, service charges or facility
charges, personal charges at lodging, security fees, taxes or other expenses
are the responsibility solely of winner. Winners must have proper
identification and a valid credit card for hotel check-in and to cover
incidental expenditures. Winners are solely responsible for obtaining valid
passports and any other documents necessary for international travel. Travel
restrictions, conditions and limitations may apply. By traveling and
attending trip related events, winners voluntarily assume all risks related to
exposure to COVID-19. Sponsor will not replace any lost, mutilated, or
stolen tickets, travel vouchers or certificates. Sponsor is not responsible if
any trip related event is delayed, postponed or cancelled for any reason, in
which event that portion of prize is forfeited in its entirety and no
substitution will be provided except as in Sponsor’s sole discretion.
Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): $8,500.00. Actual value may vary based on
airfare fluctuations and distance between departure and destination. Winner
will not receive difference between actual and approximate retail value.
Prize is non-transferable and no substitution will
be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor
reserves the right to substitute the prize (or a component thereof) for one of
equal or greater value if the designated prize/prize component should become
unavailable for any reason. Winners are responsible for all taxes and fees
associated with prize receipt and/or use. Winners will receive an IRS Form 1099 MISC
reporting the actual value of the prize received. All details of the trip prize
will be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. 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. Limit: 1 prize per person.
9. Release: Each participant agrees to release and
hold harmless Sponsor, Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, Administrator
and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers,
distributors, advertising/promotion agencies and prize suppliers, and each of
their respective parent companies and each such company’s officers, directors,
employees and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all
actions, claims, injury, loss or damage arising in any manner, directly or
indirectly, from participation in this Promotion and/or acceptance, use,
inability to use, misuse or redemption of a prize (including any injury or harm
related thereto).
Sponsor’s
decisions are final in all matters relating to the Promotion.
10. Publicity: Participation in the Promotion shall
constitute and signify each participant’s agreement and consent that Sponsor
and its designees may use the participant’s name, city, state, likeness, photo,
voice, opinions, Contest Footage, and/or prize information and Prize Footage
(if applicable) in connection with the Promotion for promotional, advertising
or other purposes, worldwide, in any and all media now known or hereafter
devised, including the Internet, without limitation and without further payment,
notification, permission or other consideration, except where prohibited by
law. Sponsor is not obligated to use any of the above-mentioned information or
publicity materials but may do so and edit such information or materials at its
sole discretion, without further obligation or compensation.
11. General Conditions: Sponsor
reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Promotion if any fraud,
technical failures, human error, or any other factor impairs the integrity or
proper functioning of the Promotion, or any event or cause beyond Sponsor’s
control (e.g. events such as natural calamities, national emergencies, wide
spread illnesses, declarations of war, acts of God, acts of terrorism)
interferes with any aspect of the Promotion, including but not limited to
fulfillment of the prize(s), as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.
If terminated, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, determine the winners from
among all Clinic participants evaluated up to time of such action using the
judging procedure outlined above. Sponsor may also modify the prizes offered.
In addition, Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any individual it finds
to be tampering with the registration process, a Clinic, or the operation of
the Promotion or to be acting in violation of the Official Rules of this or any
other promotion offered by Sponsor or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive
manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate
operation of the Promotion may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and,
should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and
other remedies (including attorneys’ fees) from any such person to the fullest
extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these
Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
12.
Limitations of Liability:
Released Parties are not responsible for: (a) any
incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by participant, printing, typographical or other errors or
by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the
Promotion; (b) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to
malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in the internet, phone lines or
network hardware or software; (c) unauthorized human intervention in any part
of the Promotion; (d) printing, typographical, technical, computer, network or human error which may occur in the administration of
the Promotion, the uploading of
registrations, the announcement of the prizes or in any Promotion-related
materials; (e) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or
stolen mail; or (f) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be
caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from participant’s
participation in the Promotion or receipt or use or misuse of any prize (including any travel/activity related thereto). Released
Parties are not responsible for misdirected or
undeliverable registrations or for any technical problems, malfunctions of
computer systems, servers, providers, hardware/software, lost or unavailable
network connections or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer
transmission or any combination thereof.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING REGARDING THIS CONTEST
INCLUDING THE PRIZES, IS 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.
13. Indemnification: By participating in the Contest, you
agree to indemnify and hold Sponsor, its subsidiaries, and affiliates,
contractors and each of their respective members, employees, agents, attorneys
and/or other partners, harmless from and against any and all claims, expenses
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and settlement costs), damages,
suits, costs, demands and/or judgments whatsoever, due to or arising out of:
(a) your submission of a registration form, use of the website or participation
in a Clinic; (b) your breach of these Official Rules; and/or (c) your violation
of any rights of another individual or entity. The provisions of this section
are for the benefit of Sponsor, its subsidiaries and/or affiliates, and each of
their respective members, employees, agents, attorneys and/or other partners.
Each of these individuals and entities shall have the right to assert and
enforce these provisions directly against you on its behalf.
14. Disputes: EXCEPT WHERE
PROHIBITED, EACH PARTICIPANT AGREES THAT: (A) ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND
CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THIS PROMOTION OR ANY PRIZE
AWARDED SHALL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY,
WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION, AND EXCLUSIVELY BY THE UNITED
STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN
DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS OR THE APPROPRIATE ILLINOIS STATE COURT LOCATED IN COOK
COUNTY, ILLINOIS; (B) ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS AND AWARDS SHALL BE LIMITED
TO ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS INCURRED, INCLUDING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
ENTERING THIS PROMOTION, BUT IN NO EVENT ATTORNEYS’ FEES; AND (C) UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES WILL PARTICIPANT BE PERMITTED TO OBTAIN AWARDS FOR, AND
PARTICIPANT HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO CLAIM, INDIRECT, 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. All issues and questions concerning the construction,
validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the
rights and obligations of the participant and Sponsor in connection with the
Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of
the State of Illinois without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of
law rules (whether of the State of Illinois or any other jurisdiction), which
would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
State of Illinois.
15. Participant's Personal Information: Information collected from participant
is subject to Sponsor’s Privacy Policy.
16. Winner List: For a
winner list, please email abbottdreamteam@tsmgi.com with your request. The
winner list will be available after winner confirmation is complete until
October 31, 2025.
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