If there is a tie for a Wildcard spot, the following tie-breakers* will be used:

1. YTD Points Scored
2. Points Against

*NOTE: For leagues whose season started with NBA Week 2 or later, the only tiebreaker used will be YTD points scored.

Deadline to Change Status
The deadline for setting your weekly lineup is 30 minutes before the start of the first game of the scoring period. The scoring period for CBSSports.com Fantasy Basketball runs from Monday to Sunday (except week 1, as noted earlier). Once the lineup is set for the week, it cannot be changed.


Adding and Dropping Players

Free Agents
Throughout the season you may want to improve your roster by adding available free agents and dropping players that aren't performing up to your expectations. You can submit a free agent request at any time. With only two exceptions, there are no limits to the number of Add/Drops you can request, nor are there any transaction fees.

1. The first exception is when an owner drops his entire team or a significant number of players, also known as "team dropping". Team dropping has a negative impact on the league and as such, any owner who elects to drop his team shall be subject to immediate removal from the league. Players selected from waivers or added from free agency that were part of a team drop may be reversed at our discretion. In such move reversals, the waiver ranks will not be reset. CBSSports.com's Fantasy Basketball uses weekly lineups, so any changes made may go into effect for the following week's games.

2. The second exception is abuse of the waivers process. This is when a team owner adds then drops a series of players, putting those players on waivers and making them inaccessible to other team owners. Such an action could result in forfeiture of points as well as that team owner being blocked from making any additional add/drops for the remainder of the season.

If either of these situations occur within your league, please contact CBSII through the Help Center as soon as possible.

Waivers
To provide an equal opportunity for all owners to add players to their roster, a waivers process is implemented. Requests for players who are on Waivers are not executed immediately, but are put in a pending status. This allows multiple teams to request the same players. Each night between midnight and 9AM ET, CBSII will process all of the pending requests. The order in which these requests are processed is based on the Waiver Rank of each team.

Any player who is dropped from a team during an add/drop transaction is considered to be on waivers until one waivers process is completed without that player being claimed. At that point, the player is considered a free agent, and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. All players who are not drafted will also be placed on waivers once your draft ends.

Waiver Rank
During the waiver process, pending transactions are processed in an order determined by each team's waiver rank. The team with a waiver rank of 1, considered the highest, will get its first requested player. After the transaction is executed, the team's waiver rank is then set to 12 (last), and all other teams move up one spot.

If a team's highest pending transaction becomes invalid because another team received the requested player, that transaction gets deleted and the team's next pending transaction, if one exists, becomes that team's highest. If a team doesn't have any pending transactions because all players requested were taken by other teams, or the owner simply didn't request any players, there isn't any penalty and the Waiver Rank will not be changed.

The initial waiver rank will be the reverse order of the draft. The first waivers process will run the second evening after a league drafts.

Undroppable Players
To maintain the integrity of your league, you will be prevented from dropping certain star NBA players throughout the season. CBSSports.com, as commissioner of all Fantasy Basketball leagues, will decide - in its sole discretion - which NBA players are undroppable. If there are players we've deemed undroppable on your roster, they will not be displayed on the Add/Drop page for your team. You may appeal to CBSSports.com for permission to drop an undroppable player; however CBSSports.com will make the final decision on all undroppable player requests. Appeals can be sent via the Help Center and should include the names of the players you want to add and drop.


Trades

Trade Deadline
hroughout the season, owners can trade players with other teams. In an effort to keep the integrity of the league, a deadline for trades will be imposed at 11:59 PM ET Wednesday 2/27/2008. No trades will be allowed after that time.

Trade Approvals
In an effort to prevent collusion among owners, and to ensure fair competition, a trade approval process is used. After two owners agree to a trade, the trade will be put in a pending status for at least 24 hours. If four owners in your league object to the trade within the pending time period, the trade will not be executed, but will go to the Commissioner for evaluation. Example: a trade made at 5:00:00 PM Tuesday will not execute at 5:00:00 PM Wednesday, but between midnight and 6:00:00 AM ET Thursday, assuming four owners do not object before then.

All trades must be made (i.e., accepted by both parties involved) prior to 11:59 PM ET each Saturday night to be effective for the following week. However, trades in which 4 or more owners object are then subject to Commissioner approval, and may NOT be effective for the upcoming period. Please always check your team Monday morning.

If you make a trade offer, be sure to monitor the status of that offer (on the My Team, Trade page) as the weekly lineup deadline approaches, to ensure that acceptance of that trade does not cause your team to have an illegal lineup for the current week's games.

Multi-player Trades
Owners can enter unbalanced multi-player trades such as a 3 player for 1 player trade. A trade that results in an illegal roster will be allowed; however, you will be required to enter the necessary transactions to correct your roster before your lineup is due for the coming week. If your roster is not legal by the weekly deadline, you will receive zero points for that particular week.

Sportsmanship

General Sportsmanship
By participating, you agree to abide by the general sportsmanship rules set forth in these rules and fantasy games in general. You further agree to accept and abide by the rulings and the decisions of CBSII regarding all questions of sportsmanship. If an owner does not comply with the sportsmanship rules as defined in these official rules, or CBSII determines (in CBSII's sole discretion) that an owner has acted in an unsportsmanlike manner, CBSII reserves the right to disqualify the owner and/or remove that owner from the league. All decisions by CBSII in sportsmanship and related matters will be final.

Multiple Teams
In order to keep the leagues as competitive as possible, owners will only be allowed to have one team in a league.

Collusion
CBSII does not permit two or more owners in the same league to work together to better one team at the expense of the other (for example, making one-sided trades, one team dropping highly-rated players so the other team can pick them up, etc.).

Inappropriate League Communication
The Fantasy and League Message Boards, League News area, League Email Address and Chat Room are available for you to communicate with other league owners. We ask that you refrain from posting or sending messages that could be construed as offensive to other owners. Inappropriate communication can also include spamming other league team owners with trade offers and posting multiple messages on the message board. If a team owner is unable to abide by the guidelines specified in the CBS Interactive Terms of Use, CBSII reserves the right to terminate that team owner's ability to communicate within the league and/or disqualify that person from participating in any Fantasy Basketball league.

Prizes

League Champion Prize
Free League Grand Prize
The first-place finisher in each Free league will be entered into a random drawing to determine the overall Grand Prize winner. The One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive a 2009 NBA All-Star Weekend prize pack to include:

• Roundtrip airfare for two (2) to/from the NBA All-Star Weekend Host City (City TBD), from a major airport closest to the winner's home.
• Three (3) night stay (based on double occupancy).
• Two (2) tickets to the 2009 NBA All-Star game. Access to events throughout the 2009 NBA All-Star weekend, one select NBA league function, and NBA Jam Session.

The winner of the overall Grand Prize will be notified by email or telephone within 30 days of the end of the NBA season.

Potential winners will be required to sign and return, within thirty (30) days of issuance, the Affidavit of Eligibility and Publicity (unless prohibited by law)/Liability Release. Failure to return such documents within the specified time period, noncompliance with these Official Rules, the return of any prizes or prize notifications or if any potential winners declines a prize for any reason, prizes may be awarded to the entrant with the next highest score or via another random drawing (as applicable).

Travel Companion Liability Release and Travel Companion Publicity Release. If the Prize consists of a trip with one (1) or more travel companions, each travel companion must complete, execute and return a Travel Companion Liability Release, and where lawful, a Travel Companion Publicity Release (collectively, the "Travel Companion Release Forms") prior to issuance of travel documents. Failure to return Travel Companion Release Forms timely may prevent one (1) or more of the travel companions, as applicable, from participating in the trip.

Publicity Release Terms. Except where prohibited by law, the Prize Winner's acceptance of the Prize constitutes permission for the Contest Entities to use Prize Winner's name, photograph, likeness, statements, biographical information, voice, and address (city and state) worldwide and in all forms of media, in perpetuity, without further compensation. Entrants agree to CBSII's use of their names and likeness for advertising and publicity purposes, without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law.

Prize Restrictions
Actual value of trip may vary based on point of departure and dates of travel. Certain travel restrictions may apply. If Grand Prize Winner resides within a 100 mile radius of host city, ground transportation may be provided in lieu of air transportation and no compensation or substitution will be provided for difference in prize value. Grand Prize Winner and guest will be required to travel together on the same itinerary and are responsible for obtaining all required travel documents required to visit a foreign country, if applicable. Grand Prize Winner and guest must be available to travel on dates specified. In the event that the 2009 NBA All Star game, the access to events NBA league function, and/or the NBA Jam is cancelled or postponed, the trip will be awarded minus the tickets and experiences.

The guest must be eighteen (18) years of age (or, in the case of legal residents of certain states or Washington DC where the age of majority is greater than eighteen (18) years of age, such age of majority) and will be required to execute and return liability/publicity (unless prohibited by law) releases prior to ticketing. No assignment, transfer, conversion to cash or cash redemption or substitution of the any prize is permitted, except CBSII reserves the right to substitute a Prize or any of its components with a prize of comparable or greater value should a prize or any of its components become unavailable. Prizes are solely for personal use and may not be used in conjunction with any other promotion.

Legal Disclaimers

All participants agree to abide by the terms of these Official Rules and the Legal Disclaimers below, and by the decisions of CBSII, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to the game.

General Conditions
By entering, each entrant accepts and agrees to be bound by these rules and by the decisions of CBSII, which shall be final and binding in all respects. Further, each entrant also acknowledges and agrees to the CBS Interactive Terms of Use. Taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the prize winner(s). No substitution or transfer of prize(s) permitted except by CBSII. CBSII reserves the right to substitute a prize for one of equal or greater value in the event that an advertised prize is unavailable.

All federal, state, local, and provincial laws and regulations apply.

CBSII is not responsible for lost, late or misdirected on-line entries or transactions, for incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete entry information whether caused by a contestant, equipment, or technical malfunction or for any human error, technical error or malfunctions. CBSII reserves the right to halt or modify the Contest at any time during the Contest period if events beyond their control compromise the Contest's fairness or integrity. In the event that a scheduled game is canceled or preempted for any reason, no points will be awarded for that week for players on the affected NBA teams.

CBSII is not responsible for typographical or other human or technical errors in the offer or administration of this Contest, including but not limited to errors in advertising, the Official Rules, the selection and announcement of a winner or the distribution of a prize.

CBSII, in its sole discretion, may disqualify any entrant from participating in the Contest, refuse to award points or prizes, and require the return of a prize, if entrant engages in any conduct CBSII deems to be improper, unfair or otherwise adverse to the operation of the Contest or detrimental to other entrants. Such improper conduct includes, but is not limited to, falsifying personal information required during Contest registration or prize claim, violating any term or condition stated herein, accumulating points or prizes through methods such as automated computer scripts or other programming techniques, allowing others to use the entrant's personal information for the purpose of accumulating points or prizes, tampering with CBSII's administration of this promotion, or intentionally trying to defraud, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile or otherwise tamper with the computer programs on this Web site. Entrant further acknowledges that the forfeiture of the prize and/or return of a prize shall in no way prevent CBSII from pursuing other avenues of recourse such as criminal or civil proceedings in connection with such conduct.

CBSII reserves the right to modify these rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the Contest. This Contest is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NBA or any NBA team. This is a skill contest designed to increase consumer awareness of and interest in the CBS Sports Service.

This Contest may not be used for any form of gambling.

Rules/Winners Information
For winner information or an additional copy of the Official Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope by June 1, 2008 to: CBSSports.com Fantasy Basketball, 2200 W. Cypress Creek Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309. Specify "Rules" or "Winner List." Residents of VT may omit return postage.

Internet
If for any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of CBSII which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, CBSII reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. In such event, CBSII further reserves the right to award prizes to the players with the most points as of the termination date and to award the Grand Prize via random drawing from all Free Fantasy Basketball players with the best record (tie breakers rules will apply) as of termination date.

CBSII assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries or transactions. CBSII is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail entry or transaction to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this Contest.

Lost or Corrupted Entries
The Contest Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies and advertising and promotion agencies, assume no liability and are not responsible for, and you hereby forever waive any rights to any claim in connection with, lost, late, incomplete, corrupted, stolen, misdirected, illegible or postage due entries or mail if applicable; or for any computer, telephone, cable, network, satellite, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, unauthorized human intervention, or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information, or the failure to capture any such information. The Contest Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies, advertising and promotion agencies, are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by registration information submitted by end users or tampering, hacking, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Contest, and assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to the Contest.

Damaged Property
Contest Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies and advertising and promotion agencies, assume no liability and are not responsible for, and you hereby forever waive any rights to any claim in connection with, injury or damage to any entrants or to any other person's computer or property related to or resulting from participating in this Contest or downloading materials from this Contest.

CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A CONTESTANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE GAME IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, CBSII. RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH CONTESTANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

In the event of a dispute, entries made by Internet will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.

Any entry that is incomplete, late, or does not include a validly issued User ID will be disqualified.

Contest Errors
The Contest Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies and advertising and promotion agencies, assume no liability and are not responsible for, and you hereby forever waive any rights to any claim in connection with, errors and/or ambiguity: (a) in the Contest; (b) in any related advertising or promotions of this Contest; and/or (c) in these Official Rules including but not limited to errors in advertising, the Official Rules, the selection and announcement of a winner or the distribution of a prize. In the event of any ambiguity(s) or error(s) in these Official Rules, Administrators reserve the right to modify these Official Rules for clarification purposes or to correct any such ambiguity or error(s) without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the Contest.

Prize Winner and Prize
The Contest Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies and advertising and promotion agencies, assume no liability and are not responsible for, and you hereby forever waive any rights to any claim in connection with, the selection and announcement of a Prize Winner, the distribution of a Prize, the acceptance/possession and/or use/misuse of any part of a Prize and/or any injury or damage to any entrant's or third person's property related to or resulting from any part of a Prize or any part of this Contest.

Release and Indemnity
Each entrant in the Contest, including, without limitation, the prize winner, hereby releases and agrees to hold harmless the Contest Entities and their parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to person, including death, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize, participation in this Contest and participation in any activity related to this Contest.

Limitation of Liability and Disclaimer of Warranties
IN NO EVENT WILL THE CONTEST ENTITIES AND/OR THEIR PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED COMPANIES, THEIR ADVERTISING OR PROMOTION AGENCIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICE AND/OR THE CONTEST, DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM THE SERVICE AND/OR THE CONTEST. IN NO EVENT SHALL CBSII'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, OR CAUSES OF ACTION EXCEED $100. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THE CONTEST AND THE SERVICE INCLUDING THE PRIZE 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. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.

Arbitration
The parties waive all rights to trial in any action or proceeding instituted in connection with these Official Rules, including, without limitation, the Contest. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Official Rules and/or the Contest shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. The arbitration shall be conducted in the State of New York, in the City of New York, County of New York.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction
THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE INTERPRETATION OF ITS TERMS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAWS RULES. For any matters which are not subject to arbitration as set forth in these Official Rules and/or in connection with the entering of any judgment on an arbitration award in connection with these Official Rules and/or the Contest, the parties irrevocably submit and consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the New York state and federal courts located in the City of New York, County of New York, and State of New York. The parties agree not to raise the defense of forum non conveniens.

Sponsor/Prize Provider/Administrator's Mailing Address

CBS Interactive Inc., 2200 W. Cypress Creek Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309