FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (January 6, 1999)- SportsLine USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLN), publisher of Soccernet, and Daedalus Worldwide Corp., makers of Commissioner.com, bring the world's most popular sport and one of the world's fastest growing pastimes together with the launch of the "Soccernet Soccer Challenge" (soccerchallenge.commissioner.com) fantasy soccer game. Using teams and players from the English Premier League, the world's most popular and highest-level soccer league, fans can draft squads and compete against other soccer fans worldwide for the grand prize of $2,500 and for other season and weekly prizes.
The first soccer fantasy game of its kind, the "Soccernet Soccer Challenge," uses a "challenge style" format in which users build their teams under a set salary cap of £10,000. Players earn points based on their performance in real Premier League matches, and statistics and standings are updated the morning after games are played. The scoring system rewards both offensive and defensive skills, with links to Soccernet's award winning Premier League coverage providing players all the tools they need to build a winning team.
"Soccernet Soccer Challenge" is designed to be easy and fun for beginners, but challenging for expert players. The entire game is contained on the Web; fans can enter their rosters, make changes, read statistics and standings reports, and view available player lists on the site. Players can receive free e-mail reports of their team's progress. There is even a toll-free customer support number to answer their questions. "Soccernet Soccer Challenge" is open to U.S., United Kingdom, Australian, and Canadian residents 18 years or older. Void in Vermont, North Dakota, Arizona, Montana, Quebec and where prohibited by law.
"The 'Soccernet Soccer Challenge' underscores our corporate strategy to dominate the international sports marketplace with the best products and services on the Internet," said Michael Levy, president and CEO of SportsLine USA, publisher of Soccernet, CBS SportsLine, and CricInfo, among numerous other sites. "We saw first-hand the enormous popularity of soccer across the globe when we produced an unparalleled site devoted to World Cup '98 which generated traffic from every continent in the world. The popularity of soccer continues to grow among sports fans of all ages, and needs and interests of this increasingly large audience prompted us to develop a top-notch soccer fantasy game. We are proud to lead the charge for worldwide fantasy soccer on the Web."
Daedalus Worldwide Corp., makers of Commissioner.COM, the world's premier fantasy sports products and services, also produces fantasy games for professional auto racing, baseball, basketball, football, golf, and hockey through its association with SportsLine USA.
About SportsLine USA, Inc. SportsLine USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLN) is a leading Internet-based sports media company that provides branded, interactive information and programming as well as merchandise to sports enthusiasts worldwide. SportsLine USA publishes CBS SportsLine, which features more than 400,000 pages of multimedia sports information, entertainment and merchandise covering all major professional, collegiate and international sports and includes exclusive content from sports teams, organizations and superstars such as Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and Shaquille O'Neal. SportsLine USA was founded in 1994, and its Internet sports service was renamed CBS SportsLine in March of 1997 as part of an exclusive five-year promotional and content agreement with CBS Sports.
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