Alltel Offering Basketball Fans Chance to Win Six-Figure Salary Job
January 11, 2008 8:13 PM | Alltel | Comments (0)
| Alltel Wireless is giving hoops fans a chance to compete for college basketball’s dream “job” in Alltel’s “My Circle Pick & Roll Challenge.” As the competition’s grand prize winner, one lucky fan will earn a six-figure “salary” and spend his/her first weekend “on-the-job” traveling by private jet to college basketball’s most exciting conference tournaments as the first-ever Chief Basketball Officer (CBO) of Fans. Starting today, fans can sign up at www.fanu.com/alltel to test their college basketball IQ in a free, weekly pick’em game. The more games a fan picks correctly, the more points he or she earns. On March 12, the three fans with the highest point total will travel to Charlotte , N.C. to compete in an interview process conducted by a panel of celebrity judges, including legendary college basketball analyst Dick Vitale. The fan that displays the most spirit and basketball savvy will land the coveted position CBO of Fans. The grand prize winner and a guest will spend an action-packed weekend jet-setting to his/her choice of college basketball conference tournaments, keeping in touch with friends and family on the new Samsung Hue handset, collecting a $100,000 “salary” and walking away with bragging rights for life. |  |
Fans can earn points in the “My Circle Pick & Roll Challenge” by correctly picking the winning teams of pre-selected weekly match-ups at www.fanu.com/alltel, the ultimate online community for college sports fans. Additionally, participants can earn bonus points throughout the challenge by creating a FanU.com profile, inviting their ‘circle’ to participate, voting in Alltel’s weekly Fan U poll, commenting on blogs, trash-talking with rivals and more.
The player who racks up the most points each week during the “My Circle Pick & Roll Challenge” will win a $1,000 prize, while players scoring 8,000 or more points throughout the five week competition will receive a free Skinit for their wireless phone.
Once registered at www.fanu.com/alltel, fans can choose to manage their picks, check scores and see their personal point total directly from their Alltel Wireless phone.
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