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New York Knicks “Youth Coach of the Year Award” Contest
                                     Official Rules
                                       Presented by HSS

                     NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

Eligibility: Nominators: Nominations will be accepted from individuals eighteen (18) years of
age or older (the “Nominator”). Nominees: Nominee must be current youth basketball coaches
(coaching kids ages fourteen (14) and younger), who are not currently playing amateur
basketball and who are legal U.S. residents of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, who are
at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of entry, and who reside within a 150-mile radius
of the arena at Madison Square Garden (the “Arena”) (collectively, the “Nominee”). For the
purpose of these Official Rules, both Nominator and Nominee may also be referred to herein as
“participants.” The Nominee must also be someone with whom the Nominator is personally
acquainted, and Nominator must have Nominee's permission to nominate him/her. Employees,
temporary workers, freelancers and independent contractors of New York Knicks, LLC (the
“Knicks” or “Sponsor”), Hospital for Special Surgery (“HSS”), MSG Sports & Entertainment, LLC
(“MSG”), The National Basketball Association (the “NBA”), the NBA Member Teams, NBA
Media Ventures, LLC, NBA TV, LLC, and NBA Properties, Inc. (collectively, the “NBA Entities”),
and any of their respective parent companies, affiliates, advertising/promotion agencies and
prize providers, and members of the immediate family (spouse and parents, children and
siblings and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and household
members, whether or not related, are not eligible to participate. This Contest is subject to all
applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void outside the area stated and where
prohibited by law.

How to Participate: Visit https://www.nba.com/knicks/junior/coach-of-the-year?icmp=int_jrk-
coy_nav_181214 between 12:00:01PM Eastern Time (“ET”) on December 5, 2018 and
11:59:59PM ET on January 5, 2019 (the “Nomination Period”) and follow the on-screen
instructions in order to nominate a candidate for the Youth Coach of the Year Award (the
“Award”). Public voting will begin on or about February 18, 2019 and end at 5:00 p.m. ET on
February 28, 2019 (“Online Voting Period”).

Submit honest responses to each prompt on the online nomination form including an essay of
no more than 250 words describing the Nominees youth basketball coaching involvement,
integrity and passion for the growth of youth basketball, being sure to include the amount of time
given by Nominee (and number of years) towards youth basketball, and stating why you believe
the Nominee should win the Award (“Nomination”). You cannot nominate yourself. Nomination
must be submitted in English. Once you complete and submit your Nomination, it is final and
may not be modified or edited further. A Nominator may submit more than one (1) Nomination
provided each Nomination is for a different Nominee. A Nominee may be nominated more than
once by different Nominators. The same Nominator cannot nominate the same Nominee more
than one (1) time.

Incomplete Nominations will be disqualified; however, Sponsor reserves the right to allow for
minor deviations from the guidelines and restrictions set forth herein, based on clear intent to
comply with these Official Rules, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor
reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to void any and all Nominations of a Nominator who
submits more than one Nomination using multiple/different addresses, identities, or any other
methods, or who Sponsor believes has attempted to tamper with, influence or impair the
administration, security, fairness, or proper administration of this Contest. Proof of entering
information is not considered proof of delivery to or receipt by Sponsor of a Nomination. Any use
of robotic, automatic, programmed method or any other method which subverts the Nomination
process will void all such Nominations by such methods. All Nominations become the property
of Sponsor.

Grant of Rights: By participating, participants grant to Sponsor, HSS, MSG, the NBA Entities
and their designees a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, unrestricted, irrevocable
and fully sublicensable right and license to consider, disclose, use, re-use, reproduce, modify,
digitize or enhance, adapt, change, edit, publish, translate, create derivative works based upon,
distribute, redistribute, and/or display the Nomination (in whole or in part) and/or incorporate all
or part of Nomination in other works all in a manner and in any form, format, or media now
known or hereafter devised anywhere in the world at any time, as well as in connection with any
distribution or syndication arrangement with third parties or third-party sites, in any media format
or medium and through any media channels now known or hereafter devised and for any
purpose, including but not limited to for advertising and promotion, without further notice or
compensation to or permission from participants or any third party. Sponsor, HSS, MSG, the
NBA Entities and their designees have the right to use any and all Nominations, and any and all
elements appearing in the Nomination, including but not limited to names, likenesses, symbols
and phrases of any kind for future advertising, marketing, commercial, promotion and publicity in
any manner and in any medium now known or hereafter devised throughout the world in
perpetuity without further notice or compensation to or permission from Nominator. Participants
waive any and all “moral rights” they may have in the Nomination.

Sponsor is in no way obligated to use any Nomination and Nominator may or may not be given
any credit or attribution if the Nomination is subsequently used or the Nominator’s Nominee is
declared a winner. Participants agree to waive all claims to receive any royalties of any kind
now or in the future from Sponsor, HSS, MSG, the NBA Entities and their designees for any use
of any Nomination, including copyright or trademark royalties and Nominator represents,
warrants and agrees that no other party is entitled to claim any royalties from the use of the
Nomination as set further in these full Official Rules.

By submitting a Nomination, Nominator represents and warrants that (i) he/she has permission
from the Nominee to submit the Nomination; (ii) the Nomination is original and is Nominator’s
own work and does not infringe or violate any third party’s copyright, trademark, patent, trade
secret, defamation, privacy, publicity, false light, idea misappropriate or any contractual rights or
any other rights; (iii) the Nomination is true, accurate and verifiable and is an expression of
his/her personal experience and/or belief; (iv) Nominator has not copied or used other works of
others in the Nomination without permission or right to do so; and (v) no other persons other
than Nominator and Nominee have any right, title or interest in any part of the Nomination.
Sponsor reserves the right to require proof of statements made in Nomination in a form
acceptable to Sponsor. Failure of Nominator and/or Nominee to provide proof of statements in a
form requested by Sponsor may result in disqualification.

Nominations may not contain any image or depiction of the following: (i) materials which include
or constitute trademarks, trade names or copyrighted works created or owned by any person or
entity other than Nominator or for which the Nominator has not obtained owner’s permission to
use; (ii) materials bearing profanities or that are lewd, obscene, pornographic, disparaging,
indecent or that are otherwise deemed to be inappropriate by Sponsor; (iii) materials which bear
the name or likeness of any celebrity, living or dead, or which contain visibly identifiable or
potentially identifiable information including but not limited to phone numbers, website links,
street addresses, email addresses or license plate numbers; (iv) inappropriate behavior for a
general audience; (v) materials which violate anyone’s reasonable privacy expectations, violate
any known agreement, or which are defamatory in nature; (vi) violence in any form; (vi)
materials which are derogatory to Sponsor, HSS, MSG, the NBA Entities, their products or
services or any affiliated entity or person; (viii) materials which are discriminatory based on race,
religion, national origin, physical disability, age, sex, or sexual orientation or preference; and (ix)
materials which do not comply with all other requirements in these Official Rules. Nominations
which do not conform to these guidelines will be disqualified. Sponsor reserves the right to
reject or disqualify any Nomination that Sponsor, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines
to be inconsistent with the letter or spirit of the Official Rules or the Contest or potentially
damaging to its, the Contest’s, or another’s image or reputation.

Contest Judging: All eligible Nominations received during the Nomination Period will be judged
by a panel of qualified judges, whose decisions are final and binding, to determine the winner
using the following criteria:

        1. The amount of time of Nominee’s youth basketball service/involvement: 30%;
        2. What the Nominee has done to significantly contribute to and/or impact his/her local
           community through youth basketball: 30%;
        3. Reasons expressed by Nominator as to why Nominee deserves to receive the prize:
           30%; and
        4. Articulation/Persuasiveness of Nomination: 10%.

The five (5) Nominations (each, a “Finalist”) that receive the highest scores, as determined by
Sponsor in its sole discretion, will advance on to the final round as described below (each a
“Finalist Submission” and collectively, the “Finalist Submissions”). In the event of a tie, the
judges will determine the Finalists based on the contribution of the Nominee’s community-driven
activities and accomplishments within their local community through youth basketball.

Final Round: The Finalists will be re-judged in accordance with the following criteria: (i) the
amount of time of Nominee’s youth basketball service/involvement: 25%; (ii) what the Nominee
has done to significantly contribute to and/or impact his/her local community through youth
basketball: 30%; (iii) reasons expressed by Nominator as to why Nominee deserves to receive
the prize: 30%; and (iv) public voting: 15%. The Finalist Submission that receives the highest
score, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, will be deemed the winner of the Grand
Prize as described below. The four (4) Finalist Submissions with the lower scores will be
deemed the runners-up (each, a “Runner-Up”) and will each win the Runner-Up Prize as
described below. In the event of a tie, the applicable judges will re-judge the tied Finalist
Submissions and re-rank the Finalist Submissions based on the foregoing criteria until a Grand
Prize winner is determined. Judging scores will not be revealed. Decisions of Sponsor and
judges are final and binding on all matters. Sponsor reserves the right to not award all prizes if,
in their sole discretion, they do not receive a sufficient number of eligible and qualified
Nominations. For the avoidance of doubt, the Nominee and not the Nominator will be
deemed the “winner”.

Public Voting: During the Online Voting Period, Finalist will be announced on the Knicks Twitter
page (https://twitter.com/nyknicks) for public voting. Sponsor reserves the right to post fewer
than five (5) Finalists for public voting if, in its sole discretion, it does not receive a sufficient
number of eligible and qualified Contest Submissions. Visitors to the Knicks Twitter page will
vote on their favorite Finalist by posting on Twitter using the applicable Finalist’s designated
hashtag. Public voting will end at 5:00 p.m. ET on February 28, 2019. There is a limit of one (1)
vote per person. Subsequent votes by a single user will be disqualified. Votes generated by
script, macro or other automated means or any other means intended to impact the integrity of
the voting process as determined by Sponsor may be void. Votes obtained by any fraudulent or
inappropriate means, including, without limitation, offering prizes or other inducements to
members of the public, payment for votes or offering to trade votes, as determined by Sponsor
in its sole discretion, may result in those votes being void and the Finalist(s) being disqualified.

Winner Notification/Conditions: Each Finalist will be notified by telephone, mail and/or email
and may be required to complete an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release (unless
prohibited by law) and any other documents required by Sponsor, which must be returned within
the time period specified in the notification. Return of prize or prize notification as undeliverable,
failure to sign and return requested documentation by a potential winner within the specified
time period, the inability of Sponsor to contact a potential winner within a reasonable time period
or noncompliance with these Official Rules by any potential winner will result in disqualification
and, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, the prize may be awarded to a runner-up, time permitting.
Each Finalist must agree not to release any publicity or other materials on their own or through
someone else regarding their participation in the Contest without the prior consent of the
Sponsor, which it may withhold in its sole discretion. Each Finalist must agree that upon receipt
of winning a prize (except where prohibited) Sponsor, HSS, MSG and the NBA Entities may use
winner’s name, city and state of residence, picture, portrait, likeness and voice, biographical
information and content of Nomination for advertising, promotional and other purposes, in any
and all media, including but not limited to on the Knicks’ websites and social media channels,
now or hereafter devised, in any manner, worldwide, in perpetuity, without further
compensation, notification or permission. By accepting the prize, each winner consents to being
photographed and/or interviewed on camera (live or taped) by Sponsor.

Prize & Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”):

Grand Prize (1): Grand Prize winner will receive (i) two (2) tickets to the Knicks regular season
home game on February 5, 2019 at the Arena (exact game date is subject to change at
Sponsor’s sole discretion), (ii) four (4) tickets to the Knicks regular season home game on
March 9, 2019 at the Arena (exact game date is subject to change at Sponsor’s sole discretion),
which will include on-court recognition during the game, and (iii) automatic entry into the Junior
NBA Coach of the Year contest sponsored and administered by the NBA (visit www.nba.com for
more details). Total ARV of Grand Prize: $1,200. Transportation to/from the Arena is not
included as part of Prize. Seat locations will be determined by Sponsor.

Runner-Up Prize (4): Each Runner-Up will receive two (2) tickets to the Knicks regular season
home game on February 5, 2019 at the Arena (exact game date is subject to change at
Sponsor’s sole discretion). Total ARV of each Runner-Up Prize: $400. Transportation to/from
the Arena is not included as part of Prize. Seat locations will be determined by Sponsor.

Winners and guests must comply with all venue rules and regulations. Failure to do so may
result in forfeiture of prize. If, for whatever reason, the game is cancelled or postponed and/or
Sponsor is unable to provide any other prize component, no compensation or substitution will be
provided; however, remainder of prize will be awarded and Sponsor will have no further
obligation to winner. Prize is awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or
implied. Winner may not substitute, assign or transfer a prize or redeem a prize for cash, but
Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) with
one of comparable or greater value. Winners are responsible for all applicable federal, state
and local taxes, if any, as well as any other costs and expenses associated with prize
acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided. All prize details are at Sponsor’s
sole discretion. Limit one (1) prize per person. Nominator will not win a prize.

Limitation of Liability: Participants agree to release, indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor,
HSS, MSG, the NBA Entities and their respective parent companies, affiliates,
advertising/promotion agencies and prize providers and all of their respective officers, directors,
agents, employees and representatives (collectively, “Released Parties”) for any damage, loss
or liability to person or property, due in whole or part, directly or indirectly, by reason of the
acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize or participation in this Contest or Released
Parties’ use of any Nomination. Any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of
or connected with this Contest, or any prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without
resort to any form of class action. Any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to
actual out-of-pocket costs incurred and in no event will a participant receive attorneys’ fees or
other legal costs. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend
part or all of this Contest for any reason, including but not limited to; non-authorized human
intervention, fraud, or other causes that corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or
proper play of the Contest. If terminated, a notice will be posted online and Sponsor may, at its
discretion, select winners from all non-suspect, eligible Nominations received prior to action
taken using the judging procedure set forth herein or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate
by Sponsor. Failure to comply with these Official Rules may result in disqualification.

Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, illegible, incorrect, damaged,
delayed, garbled, undelivered, or misdirected Nominations; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable
network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections, availability or
accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable
transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected
transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other
errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, computer, network,
typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Contest, including,
without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of
the Contest, the processing or judging of Nominations, the announcement of the prize or in any
Contest-related materials. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or
inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment
or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest. Released Parties are not responsible
for injury or damage to any person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this
Contest or downloading materials from or use of the website. Persons who tamper with or
abuse any aspect of the Contest or website, who act in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive
manner or who are in violation of these Official Rules, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be
disqualified and all associated Nominations will be void. In the event of a dispute as to the
identity or eligibility of the Nominator, the Nomination will be declared made by the Authorized
Account Holder of the e-mail address provided at the time of Nomination and he/she must
comply with these Official Rules. “Authorized Account Holder” is defined as the natural person
who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provided, online service provider or
other organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated
with the submitted e-mail address.

CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE
OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF
CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND OTHER REMEDIES (INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Personal Information: Information collected in connection with this Contest is subject to
Sponsor’s Privacy Policy. Visit http://www.themadisonsquaregardencompany.com/privacy.html
for more information.

Winners’ Names: For a list of the winners’ names (available after March 1, 2019), send a
stamped, self-addressed envelope for receipt by April 1, 2019 to New York Knicks “Youth
Coach of the Year Award” Contest Winners List, 2 Penn Plaza, 14th Floor, New York, NY
10121.

Sponsor: New York Knicks, LLC, 2 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10121.
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