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Knicks Fan, it's time to Declare Your Knicks Story to the world!

 

The Knicks want to know your story, so document why you love the Knicks, your fan rituals, traditions and personal experience with your favorite team, then, together with the collection of existing Knicks video clips and music tracks made available, mix and mash them up to Declare Your Knicks Story. 

 

 

Objectives

 

We know how crazy you are about the Knicks, and they’re giving you a chance to show it by creating a 30 second video that illustrates your own personal experience with the team.  Videos must be a mash-up of both original content that exemplifies your rituals, traditions and experiences mixed together with the video and audio files available on the PROJECT FILES tab. 

 

The Knicks want you to be creative, passionate and funny! Show what it takes to be a Knicks fan by creating the Ultimate Knicks Video…centered on you!

 

It's Your Knicks Story... Declare!

Details

 

There will be cash prizes, outlined on the PRIZES tab, awarded to five winning video creators. 

 

--Bonus Prize: In addition to the $2,500 cash prize, the First Prize Winner will receive a T-Mobile Knicks Declare Experience on Fan Appreciation Night, Monday, April 12, 2010 at Madison Square Garden courtesy of T-Mobile and the Knicks.  This Experience will include: two (2) luxury suite tickets and the broadcast of the winning creator’s Declare Mash-up video on Gardenvision.


For more information on the New York Knicks, go to http://www.nba.com/knicks/


To view the 2009/2010 New York Knicks Media Guide click here

Requirements

 

1.     Videos must be 30 seconds in length.  Preferred Format is HD 720p 16x9.  Acceptible file formats are: .mov, .av., .mp4, .wmv, DivX.  Acceptible codecs are H.264 (MP4), MPEG-4, H.263, MPGV, WMV, DivX.

 

2.     All work must be your own and free of any copyrighted material.

 

3.     Video footage from NBA games not provided by the Sponsor in the PROJECT FILES is strictly off-limits.  The inclusion of unauthorized material may result in submission(s) being disqualified.  Video submissions including video clips not provided by the Sponsor (including, but not limited to clips from NBA games or events) may also be disqualified.

 

4.     Videos must be a mash-up of both your own experience as a Knicks fan andthe provided video and audio available on the PROJECT FILES link on this page. 

 

5.     Videos must feature the theme of declaring your Knicks pride.

 

6.     Videos cannot contain any profanity, offensive language, nudity or otherwise objectionable material, the determination of which is solely at the discretion of the Knicks.

 

7.     Videos must not portray the Knicks or other NBA franchises in a negative way, the determination of which will solely reside with the Sponsor.

 

8.     Videos must be in the English language or subtitled.

 

9.     Limit 1 submission per member.

 

10.   You must be at least 13 years of age to enter.

 

11.  The Sponsor reserves the right to post all video submissions on outside web sites.  


ADDITIONAL PROJECT DETAILS:

 

For all purposes of these Project Details, the Official Rules and the Terms and Conditions, the term “Sponsor” shall mean and include Madison Square Garden L.P., Madison Square Garden, Inc. (and shareholders thereof), T-Mobile, Inc., The New York Knickerbockers Basketball Club, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors, shareholders, agents and employees.


Anywhere in the official contest rules where there is reference to “Contest Details” it shall refer to this page and the Project Details contained herein.


Furthermore, the first paragraph of Section 5: Limitations of Liability and Release of the Contest Rules is superseded by the following paragraph:  No liability or responsibility is assumed by Tongal, the Sponsor, The National Basketball Association and its member teams, NBA Properties, Inc., NBA Media Ventures, Inc., or any of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assigns, advertising and promotions agencies, and their respective employees, agents and contractors (“Released Parties”) resulting from any user’s participation in or attempt to participate in a Contest or ability or inability to upload or download any information in connection with participating in a Contest.