OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES:

1.) NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older. Employees of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, their agencies, franchises, licensees, parent companies or subsidiaries, and their immediate family members are not eligible.

2.) The object of Last Fan Standing is to predict the winners of 10 high school football games to be played each weekend. All requested information on the entry form must be complete before registering your picks. We do not share personal information and will only use contact info to notify winners.

3.) Failure to include any required entry form information will result in disqualification.

4.) Contestants may only enter once per week. Entering more than once per week will result in disqualification.

5.). All entries must be received by noon on Fridays before games.

6.) Each week during the contest, the Post-Gazette will award one winner who predicts the greatest number of results correctly with a guest expert spot on the Last Fan Standing picks page and the opportunity to appear on our Varsity Video preview show hosted by Mike White and Colin Dunlap. The preview show is taped every Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at the Post-Gazette and runs the following Wednesday or Thursday on post-gazette.com. It is the responsibility of the winner to be present at the Post-Gazette for taping, though the winner is not obligated to attend. In case of a tie, the contestant who predicts the correct winner of the designated tie breaking game receives the prize. If still tied, the contestant who comes closest to predicting the total points scored in the designated tie breaking game receives the prize.

7.) By participating, entrants agree to abide by and be bound by these official rules and decisions of the judges.

8.) As a condition of entering this contest, winner agrees to allow publication of his/her name, hometown, picture and other publicity in the Post-Gazette for no additional compensation. Winners will be notified by phone and by mail sometime during the weekend after the featured games have been decided.

9.) Rules may be added or altered by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at its discretion, so long as the rule change is published online, and is not implemented until the day following the change.

10.) Entrants acknowledge and agree that they have entered the contest of their own free will, that the full rules and details of the contest have been made available to them in writing and they therefore understand and agree that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, their agents, affiliates, sponsors, representatives or employees have no liability with respect to the contestants’ participation in the contest or winning a prize and are not liable for any damages of their acceptance and use of the prize.

11.) Void where prohibited by law. All federal, state and local regulations apply.