2025 CBSSports.com Free Fantasy Baseball Leagues Terms

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IMPORTANT NOTICE: THIS SERVICE IS SUBJECT TO BINDING ARBITRATION AND A WAIVER OF CLASS ACTION RIGHTS AS DETAILED IN SECTION 11 BELOW.

1. Introduction	2025 CBSSports.com Free Fantasy Baseball The Commissioner
2. Leagues	Signing Up Eligibility Scoring Systems and Player Pool Private or Public Leagues Winners Leagues League Joining Deadline
3. Draft	Two Ways to Draft Live Draft Instructions Automated Draft Instructions
4. Teams	Overview Roster Restrictions — Rotisserie Leagues Roster Restrictions — Head to Head Leagues Position Eligibility
5. Scoring	Overview Rotisserie Scoring Systems Weekly Head-to-Head Scoring System Statistics Corrections
6. Schedule & Playoffs (head-to-head leagues only)	Regular Season Playoffs
7. Lineup Changes	Weekly Lineups Weekly Lineup Setting Deadline
8. Adding and Dropping Players	Overview Free Agents Waivers Waiver Rank Undroppable Players
9. Trades	Trade Approvals Multi-Player Trades Trade Deadline
10. Sportsmanship	General Sportsmanship Multiple Teams Collusion Inappropriate League Communication
11. Dispute Resolution; Arbitration Agreement	Mandatory Pre-Arbitration Notice and Informal Dispute Resolution Procedure Arbitration Procedure Discovery During Arbitration Confidentiality Offer of Settlement Mass Filing Severability
12. Legal Disclaimers	General Conditions Internet Sponsor/Administrator's Mailing Address

1. Introduction

2025 CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball
Welcome to the 2025 CBSSports.com Free Fantasy Baseball Leagues ("Free Fantasy Baseball"), where you can start your own ten (10) team Fantasy Baseball league (each a, "League" and collectively the, "Leagues"), or join an existing League. You can play in a Rotisserie or Head to Head League. No matter what your skill level, you will find that there are a variety of Leagues from which you may choose to participate. Most Leagues include one sentence describing the type of player the League is looking to recruit (e.g., "experts," "beginners," "Mets fans," etc.) so you should have no trouble finding the right League for you. The rules for Free Fantasy Baseball are explained fully in this document. If you'd rather make your own rules than play by ours, check out CBSSports.com' Baseball Commissioner service. Now, get ready to play ball!

Free Fantasy Baseball takes place on " CBSSports.com Platforms," which includes the website located at the domain cbssports.com and the mobile apps CBS Sports App, and CBS Sports Fantasy, as well as any other websites or apps as determined in the sole and exclusive discretion of CBSI. "Registered User" means a person who has successfully completed the registration form and has obtained a User Identification ("ID") and associated password ("Password") on one of the CBSI network of sports and entertainment websites or apps, which includes but is not limited to the following: CBSSports.com, SportsLine.com and StarTrek.com. There is no charge or payment to become a Registered User.

The Commissioner
The Commissioner of a League is responsible for coordinating and managing the League. CBS Interactive Inc. ("CBSI") will serve as the Commissioner for all Leagues and will be solely responsible for resolving any disputes that arise regarding unbalanced trades, alleged rules violations or anything else.

Due to any unforeseen circumstances, including, without limitation, any game(s) cancellation, the absence of game(s) statistics, a pandemic (e.g. Covid-19) and/or any other circumstances, CBSI may in its sole discretion make material changes to Free Fantasy Baseball, including, without limitation, canceling the Free Fantasy Baseball service and/or concluding it early. If such changes are necessary, they will be noted in these Terms and/or your League homepage.

2. Leagues

Signing Up
The "Period" means the period of time between January 14, 2025 and September 28, 2025. You may sign up to participate in Free Fantasy Baseball between the start of the Period and 11:59:59 PM ET on July 7, 2025 (the "Signup Deadline"). The "Playing Period" means the period of time commencing on March 27, 2025 and ending on September 28, 2025 and corresponds to the Major League Baseball ("MLB") regular season. It is free to play and participate in Free Fantasy Baseball.

In the event of a change to the start or end date of the MLB regular season, the dates of the Playing Period may change to correspond to the MLB regular season at CBSI's sole and exclusive discretion.

NOTE: You may sign up, to play, up to five (5) times (to avoid confusion you can create up to five (5) teams to play) during the Period. If you create multiple teams, each team must be in a different League. Limit of 5 entries per person for the duration of the Period.

If you are not a Registered User of CBSSports.com Platforms, you will be prompted to register prior to signing up for Free Fantasy Baseball. There is no cost associated with registration. As previously noted, we will provide a list of available Leagues for you to choose from after you sign up. By registering and participating in Free Fantasy Baseball, you agree to comply with these Terms.

Eligibility
Free Fantasy Baseball is open to persons who are: (a) Registered Users; (b) legal residents of the United States (c) twenty-one (21) years of age or older, at the date of registration.

Employees of CBSI, CBS Broadcasting Inc. and each of their parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies (collectively the "Challenge Entities") and members of the immediate family or household of each are not eligible to play or win. Immediate family member is defined as a parent, sibling or any person residing in the same household as an employee of the Challenge Entities.

3. Draft

Live Draft Instructions
You will acquire players for your team within a League through a draft. Each League will be set at its creation to either "Live Draft" or an "Automated Draft." You can choose to join or create a Live Draft League or an Automated Draft League. During a Live Draft, the League participants (each a "Manager") can log in to an online "draft room" at the scheduled time, which will be designated by CBSI for each League. Each Manager, in draft order, has ninety (90) seconds to select an available MLB player for his or her team. If the Manager does not make a selection, then it will be determined for them by the same selection process used for an Automated Draft League, described below. This kind of draft is exciting but extremely fast-paced and recommended for experienced managers. See 'Live Draft Instructions' section below.

If you are a beginner or are unable to schedule a block of two (2) to four (4) hours for a live draft, you may prefer to participate in an Automated Draft League. After joining the League and at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the day of the draft, you may simply arrange players, using the "Rank Lists" provided by CBSI, in the order that you'd like those players selected for your team. The Automated Draft is then processed the morning of the scheduled draft day using your lists. The highest-ranked player on your lists who is available, and fits the roster needs of your team, will be selected for you during each round of the automated draft. See 'Automated Draft Instructions' section below.

Scoring Systems and Player Pool
You may choose when creating a League one of four different scoring systems — three Rotisserie-style (a.k.a. "Roto") systems and one weekly Head-to-Head points-based system. More information can be found in the Scoring section below. You may also choose one of three different player pools: AL-only, NL-only, or AL/NL combined.

Please note, if you choose an AL-only or NL-only League and one of your players is traded out of the League you're using, that player is put in an "out of League" status. The player will continue to accumulate statistics for your team. However, once you drop that player, he will be removed from your League and will not show up on Free Agent reports. If you choose to trade that player within your League, he will still accumulate stats for the team he is traded to.

Private Leagues or Public Leagues
If you know all of the Managers who are going to be in your League, or you want to recruit specific individuals and/or friends, you may want to join or create a "Private League". The person who creates a Private League sets a password and other Managers use that password to join the league. However, please keep in mind that the creator of a League will not have the ability to control any other League functions. If you already know all of the Managers in your League and want complete control of your League's rules, you should also check out the CBSSports.com Baseball Commissioner product, our powerful and fully-customizable stats service.

"Public Leagues" are open to all eligible participants. If you create or join a Public League, you will have no control over who joins the League. Be sure to read the description of the League you want to join to make sure it is suitable for you.

Winners Leagues
If you played a CBSI website League (excluding Commissioner Leagues) in a previous year and won your League, you may be eligible to play in an exclusive "Winners League". To create or join a Winners League, you must use the same CBSI website ID you used when you won your League.

League Joining Deadline
After you become a Registered User, you may sign up and join a League at any time up to the Signup Deadline. All Leagues are required to have ten (10) Managers. Opening day of the MLB regular season is set for March 27, 2025. In order for your League's fantasy season to start with opening day of the MLB season, you must be signed up and your draft started by 11:59 PM ET on March 26, 2025. For purposes of Free Fantasy Baseball, the MLB regular season games scheduled to be played in Japan on March 18, 2025 and March 19, 2025 will not be included. Leagues may start after the opening day of the MLB regular season but prior to the Signup Deadline.

Live Draft Instructions
After you join or create a Live Draft League, you will have the opportunity to make changes to the default Rank List, which is a list of all MLB players that are eligible to be drafted, ranked from best to worst by the CBSSports.com Fantasy experts.

It is recommended that, prior to your draft, you organize the Rank List according to your own player preferences. However, you are welcome to leave the Rank List in the order our experts have provided. During the live draft, your Rank List will be used in the event your time limit expires before you make a pick (explained below).

On draft day, there will be a "Draft Room" button available on your League home page. This link may also be available in the Draft Central page of your League. This link will allow entry into the draft room. During the Live Draft, each team will have ninety (90) seconds to select an MLB player. The order of the draft will be randomly generated between midnight and 6:00 AM ET either the day of, or the day before the draft, or for same day drafts once your League aggregates and no later than five (5) minutes prior to the draft date and time. If your League has the mandatory ten (10) Managers as of approximately forty-eight (48) hours prior to your scheduled draft date, the League will aggregate and generate a draft order. If not, your League will receive an e-mail explaining that you must have ten (10) Managers as of five (5) minutes prior to your draft date and time. Within approximately twelve (12) to twenty-four (24) hours of your scheduled draft time, your League will be moved into the same day draft option to help fill the league prior to the draft time. If your League does not have ten (10) Managers as of five (5) minutes prior to the draft date and time, your League will be disbanded, and each Manager will have to join or create another League.

In the draft room, you will be able to place MLB players into a Draft Queue — which is simply a list of players, in order of priority, that you are interested in taking with your next draft pick. When it is your turn to pick, you will have ninety (90) seconds to draft a player. If the ninety (90) seconds pass and you have not manually selected a player, the player ranked highest in your Draft Queue will be automatically drafted. If the Draft Queue is empty, a pick will then be made from your Rank List. In such a case, the highest rated player from the Rank List will be drafted unless that position is filled — in which case the next best available option, at the next highest Ranked position list, will be drafted. The draft order will "snake" at the end of each round, meaning that the team with the last pick in the current round will have the first pick in the next round.

Waiver priority immediately after the draft will be the reverse order of the first round of the draft. So, Team #10 will have the highest waiver priority and Team #1 the lowest waiver priority.

You'll find more help with the live draft in the Help Center, links to the Help Center may be found inside your League pages after signup.

Automated Draft Instructions
Due to the designated hitter (">DH") not being a required position in Automated Drafts, all players listed as DH will be included within the first base ("1B") position for player ranking purposes ONLY.

These players are NOT eligible to start at 1B until they reach the required five (5) games played at that position during this year's MLB season. Until they reach that eligibility, they can only be used at the U ("Utility") position within your League.

As with a Live Draft, after creating or joining an Automated Draft League, you will have the opportunity to rank all the eligible MLB players.

As in the Live Draft, you are not required to make changes to our Rank Lists; if you choose not to, our default Rank Lists, which reflect the rankings of our Fantasy experts, will be used. However, if you decide to organize the Rank Lists yourself, you will have up to twenty-four (24) hours prior to your draft day to do so. When there are twenty-four (24) hours left until your draft day, the Rank Lists will be closed and cannot be revised.

On the morning of the scheduled draft day, your League's draft order will be randomly generated, and an Automated Draft will be conducted. Players will automatically be drafted for you using your personalized Rank Lists. If a personalized Rank List hasn't been created, players will automatically be drafted for you using the CBSSports.com default rankings. An e-mail will be sent to each Manager after the draft has been completed.

Please refer to the table below for the full breakdown of the rounds of the draft. You'll see that the order staggers each round of the draft (team #1 has the first pick in round 1; team #4 has the first pick in round 2, etc.) so that each team will have the opportunity to draft 1st in a round at least once.

Draft Order for a 10-team League
Picks	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Round 1	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10
Round 2	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3
Round 3	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6
Round 4	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9
Round 5	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2
Round 6	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5
Round 7	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8
Round 8	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1
Round 9	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4
Round 10	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7
Round 11	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10
Round 12	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3
Round 13	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6
Round 14	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9
Round 15	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2
Round 16	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5
Round 17	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8
Round 18	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1
Round 19	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4
Round 20	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7
Round 21	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10
Round 22	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3
Round 23	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6
Round 24	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9
Round 25	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2
Round 26	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5
Round 27	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8
Round 28	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1
Round 29	Tm5	Tm6	Tm7	Tm8	Tm9	Tm10	Tm1	Tm2	Tm3	Tm4

Waiver priority immediately after the draft will be the reverse order of the first round of the draft. So, team #10 will have the highest waiver priority and team #1 the lowest waiver priority.

4. Teams

Overview
There are two (2) League styles: Rotisserie and Head-to-Head. Each League will have a total of ten (10) teams. Each Head-to-Head style League will be randomly divided into two (2) divisions of five (5) teams each. There are no divisions in Rotisserie Leagues. Rosters in both styles of Leagues will be subject to certain restrictions.

Roster Restrictions — Rotisserie Leagues
During your League's Rotisserie style draft, each Manager will draft twenty-nine (29) MLB players. A team's active lineup may be changed weekly. In Roto Leagues, each team may have up to twenty-nine (29) players in their roster, but no more than twenty-three (23) in the active lineup each week. Any player not in the active lineup may be put in reserve status, as long as the total number of players on the roster, not including Injured roster positions, doesn't exceed twenty-nine (29).

All teams in Rotisserie Leagues must have a minimum of five (5) pitchers in the active lineup. This is the only minimum roster requirement. There are, however, maximums imposed for active rosters each week, as specified in the table below.

All teams will have an additional two (2) Injured ("IL") roster positions that they will be able to utilize. In order to place a player in a designated IL roster spot, the player must have been officially placed on the IL by the applicable MLB team and CBSI been notified of such change. CBSI is not responsible for lack of notification from any such third party not communicating such change. Once a player is officially removed from the IL by the applicable MLB team and CBSI has been notified of such change, and the change is reflected within the product, that player must be removed from the IL spot on your roster the next time you make a lineup change.

Roster Restrictions - Rotisserie Leagues
Position	Weekly Lineup Max	Draft Maximum
Catcher (C)	2	8
First Basemen (1B)	1	7
Second Basemen (2B)	1	7
Third Basemen (3B)	1	7
Shortstops (SS)	1	7
Outfielders (OF)	5	11
Middle Infielder (MI)	1	7
Corner Infielder (CI)	1	7
Utility (U)	1	7
Pitchers (P)	9	15
All Positions	23	-

Note: Draft Maximum values for positions only apply to Automated Drafts, not Live Drafts. In Live Drafts, you may draft any MLB player you like with each pick. Just make sure your lineup complies with the Roster Restrictions specified above before your fantasy season starts. Your team will not accumulate points for any period in which your lineup does not comply with these Terms.

Roster Restrictions — Head to Head Leagues
During your League's Head-to-Head style draft, each Manager will draft twenty-one (21) MLB players. Team's active lineup may be changed weekly. In Head-to-Head Leagues, each team may have up to twenty-one (21) players in their roster, but no more than sixteen (16) in the active lineup each Weekly Scoring Period. Any player not in the active lineup may be put in reserve status, as long as the total number of players on the roster doesn't exceed twenty-one (21), not including IL roster positions.

All teams will have an additional two (2) IL roster positions that they will be able to utilize. In order to place a player in a designated IL roster spot, the player must have been officially placed on the injured list by his MLB team, and CBSI's third-party data provider must have provided CBSI with this designation. Once a player is removed from the injured list by his MLB team and CBSI's third-party data provider, and that change is reflected within the product, that player must be removed from the IL spot on your roster the next time you make a lineup change.

Roster Restrictions - Head to Head Leagues
Position	Weekly Lineup Max	Draft Maximum
Catcher (C)	1	6
First Basemen (1B)	1	6
Second Basemen (2B)	1	6
Third Basemen (3B)	1	6
Shortstops (SS)	1	6
Outfielders (OF)	3	8
Utility (U)	1	6
Starting Pitchers (SP)	5	10
Relief Pitchers (RP)	2	7
All Positions	16	-

Note: Draft Maximum values only apply to Head-to-Head Automated Drafts, not Live Drafts. In Live Drafts, you may draft any player you like with each pick. Just make sure your lineup complies with the Roster Restrictions specified above before the applicable Weekly Scoring Period starts. Your team will not accumulate points for any Weekly Scoring Period in which your lineup does not comply with these Terms.

Position Eligibility
Each team has a Utility position, which is a "wildcard" spot where any player, except pitchers, can be placed at any time.

The Utility position is filled in the same manner for both Rotisserie and Head-to-Head style Leagues, although there are differences between Live Drafts and Automated Drafts. In Live Drafts, the first player drafted at a position other than pitcher that is already "filled" (in terms of the lineup maximums specified above) is placed at the one utility spot allowed for in Leagues. In AL-only or mixed Leagues, you can draft an available DH for an open Utility spot as well. In Head-to-Head Leagues, you can still draft a DH if your Utility position is filled and you have a reserve spot available.

In all Automated Drafts, once all batter positions are filled, the next best available batter is placed at the Utility position.

Once the draft is complete, you may select any player from the pool of Free Agents (defined herein) to use at the Utility position.

During the fantasy season, all MLB players will remain eligible at their initial (pre-season) designated primary position and will also be eligible at any position at which they played at least 20 games in 2024 or at least five (5) games in 2025. Also, be aware that a player's primary position may change at any time.

Due to the unique nature of MLB player Shohei Ohtani, in NL-only and mixed AL & NL Leagues, as applicable, Ohtani will automatically receive a primary position of Designated Hitter (DH) however, he will also be eligible for the Starting Pitcher (SP) position at the beginning of the "Playing Period." Due to his DH eligibility, he will also be able to be slotted into the Utility (U) position. If Ohtani plays five games at any other position during the 2025 MLB season, he will gain eligibility at that position as well. During this 2025 MLB season and/or in subsequent seasons, the CBSI Fantasy team will evaluate the eligibility of Ohtani and any other players who in CBSI's judgment may be viable for fantasy Leagues as both hitters and pitchers. Decisions of the CBSI Fantasy team on these matters are final and binding in all respects.

5. Scoring

Overview
There are four scoring systems to choose from. Three (3) of which are Rotisserie-style, where each team is ranked in a number of statistical categories and points are awarded based on a team's ranking in each category. The fourth (4th) scoring system is a weekly Head-to-Head points system, where the team earning the most points wins the week's matchup.

Rotisserie Scoring Systems
In a Rotisserie League, your team is awarded points according to its order of finish in each statistical category. Your team's point totals for each category are then added together for your team's overall score, and standings are based on these overall scores. The first-place team in a statistical category (e.g., Home Runs) gets ten (10) points, second-place nine (9) points, and so on with the last-place team in the category getting one (1) point. If two (2) teams are tied within a category, each team receives an average of the total points available; so for example if two (2) teams tie for first place in a category, each team gets nine and a half (9.5) points rather than ten (10) points usually to the first-place team and nine (9) points to the second-place team and so on. The tables below list the specific statistical categories for each of the Rotisserie scoring systems available.

Traditional Rotisserie
Batting Category	Pitching Category
Team Batting Average	Team Earned Run Average
Runs Batted In	Wins
Home Runs	Saves
Stolen Bases	Team WHIP [(walks+hits)/innings pitched]

5x5 Rotisserie
Batting Category	Pitching Category
Team Batting Average	Team Earned Run Average
Runs Batted In	Wins
Home Runs	Saves
Stolen Bases	Team WHIP [(walks+hits)/innings pitched]
Runs	Strikeouts

Roto-Plus Rotisserie
Batting Category	Pitching Category
Team On-Base Percentage	Team Earned Run Average
Team Slugging Percentage	Wins
Runs	Saves
Runs Batted In	Team WHIP

Rotisserie Notes:

Each team's pitching staff must accumulate at least nine hundred (900) innings pitched over the course of the season or it will be placed in last place in the team ERA and WHIP categories. Each team's batters must accumulate a total of at least three thousand nine hundred and fifty (3,950) at-bats or it will be placed in last place in Batting Average (or On-Base Percentage and Slugging Percentage in Roto-Plus Leagues).
There will be no tie-breaker to determine Rotisserie League champions.
Pitchers' hitting stats will not generate any hitting points, and batter's pitching stats will not generate pitching points. MLB Player Shohei Ohtani's point accrual as Pitcher, Hitter or Utility as applicable, will depend solely on which position group he is placed in your Active Lineup. If Ohtani is placed in a Pitcher position, he will ONLY receive points that he accrues as a Pitcher for that week. If Ohtani is placed in a Hitter position, he will ONLY receive points that he accrues as a batter for that week.
In the event that any regular MLB game(s) are cancelled, due to rain, act of God or for any other reason, and the make-up game is scheduled to be played after September 28, 2025, the statistics accumulated in such games will NOT be counted towards your team's overall Rotisserie score.
In the event that there are any MLB teams that end up in a tie at the end of the regular MLB season, wherefore a tie-breaker game(s) is needed to determine the MLB teams that will participate in the MLB Playoffs, and such tie-breaker game(s) is/are scheduled to be played after September 28, 2025, the statistics accumulated in such games will NOT be counted towards your team's overall Rotisserie score.

Note: Categories that are based on percentages (e.g., Batting Average, Earned Run Average, etc.) are determined by adding the individual numbers of every player on your team, and then computing the average. We do NOT compute a percentage for each individual player and then compute a team average. For example, if you have two (2) batters — one goes 1-for-1 (1.000 BA) and the other 0-for-4 (.000 BA), then the team BA is .200 (1-for-5), NOT .500 (the average of 1.000 and .000.)

Weekly Head-to-Head Scoring System
There is also a weekly Head-to-Head scoring option. During each week of the Playing Period, which runs Monday to Sunday (each, a "Weekly Scoring Period") (with the exception of week 1 which takes place from Thursday-Sunday and the All-Star Break, as applicable), two (2) teams face each other in a Head-to-Head matchup. Each team earns points based on statistics accumulated by its players during the applicable Weekly Scoring Period. Point values are listed in the table below. If a League begins after the start of the Playing Period but prior to the Signup Deadline, only the remaining weeks of the Playing Period will include Weekly Scoring Periods. During the All-Star Break the length of the Weekly Scoring Period and associated Head-to-Head matchup may be adjusted at CBSI's discretion.

For each Head-to-Head style matchup, the team with the greater number of points during a Weekly Scoring Period will earn a Win and the team with the lesser number will earn a Loss. In the event of tie, the team with the better tiebreaker total will earn the win. The tiebreaker is computed as follows: (RBI + Runs) / 2 — Pitching Runs Allowed. In the event that a tie remains, the win will be awarded to the home team. Standings are based on teams' Win/Loss records.

Head to Head Point Values
Batting Category	Point Value	Pitching Category	Point Value
Single	1 point	Win	7 points
Double	2 points	Save	7 points
Triple	3 points	Quality Start	3 points
Home Run	4 points	Strikeout	.5 points
RBI	1 point	Base on Balls	-1 point
Run	1 point	Inning Pitched	3 points
Base on Balls	1 point	Hits Allowed	-1 point
Stolen Base	2 points	Earned Runs	-1 points
Strikeout	-.5 point	Hits Batsman	-1 points
Caught Stealing	-1 point	Loss	-5 points
Hit by Pitch	1 point

Head-to-Head Notes:

A team's score is tabulated live but may be adjusted according to the statistics corrections discussed below.
Pitchers' hitting stats will not generate any hitting points, and batter's pitching stats will not generate pitching points. MLB Player Shohei Ohtani point accrual as Pitcher, Hitter or Utility as applicable, will depend solely on which position group he is placed in your Active Lineup. If Ohtani is placed in a Pitcher position, he will ONLY receive points that he accrues as a Pitcher for that week. If Ohtani is placed in a Hitter position, he will ONLY receive points that he accrues as a batter for that Week.
A player will accumulate hitting stats whether or not he plays at the position designated by the Commissioner. (e.g., J.T. Realmuto is listed at C on a Fantasy team's roster and he plays 1B in a particular game. His hitting stats in that game will still count towards his Fantasy team's total points.)
Only official regular season MLB games will be used to determine Fantasy points. Minor league or exhibition stats generated by your players will not be used.
In the event that during the regular MLB season there are any cancelled MLB games, due to rain, act of God or for any other reason, and the make-up game is scheduled to be played after September 28, 2025, the statistics accumulated in such games will NOT be counted towards your team's Head-to-Head score.

Statistics Corrections
Your League's pages will be updated to reflect official MLB statistics corrections that occur up to seven (7) days after the game has been completed. For example, for a Saturday game, the official scoring change would have to be made by the following Saturday to be included in our statistics. If the change is made any later, it will not be included in our statistics and your official fantasy scoring will be based on the original statistic. The final week of the fantasy regular season as well as throughout the fantasy playoffs, statistics will be final on the Monday morning, at 6 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET"), after the Weekly Scoring period has concluded.

For games that are suspended and resumed at a later date, the same rules outlined under Statistics Corrections above will apply to H2H Leagues only. Players that accumulated statistics/fantasy points for the portion of the game played on the scheduled date will apply to your lineup for the that same period/day. The portion of the game that is completed after the statistical corrections deadline is applied, will NOT count towards your statistics/fantasy points. If a suspended game is completed within the statistics correction deadline, the statistics/fantasy points will retroactively be applied to the scheduled date on which the game was initially started. For all Rotisserie Leagues, any statistics from the completion of a suspended games will be applied retroactively.

6. Schedule & Playoffs (For Head-to-Head Leagues)

Regular Season
The MLB regular season runs for 27 weeks, including the 2-week All-Star Period from 3/27/2025 through 9/28/2025, the Playing Period. Rotisserie style Leagues will run the entire Playing period and there are no playoffs. This Schedule & Playoffs section applies only to Head-to-Head style Leagues. Please note, that any MLB regular season games played after 9/28/2025 will NOT be included for either Head-to-Head or Rotisserie Leagues.

For Head-to-Head ("H-t-H") Leagues, the Playing Period is divided into two (2) separate periods, the "H-t-H Regular Period" and the "H-t-H Playoff Period." The H-t-H Regular Season will run for twenty-three (23) weeks from March 27, 2025 through September 7, 2025. The H-t-H Playoff Period will run for two (2) weeks, from September 8 to September 21, 2025. During such H-t-H Regular Season, each team will play in twenty-three (23) Weekly Scoring Periods Head-to-Head matchups as follows:

Three (3) matchups versus every divisional opponent (12 matchups total)
Two (2) matchups versus every non-divisional opponent (10 matchups total)
One (1) additional matchup versus a random team either divisional or non-divisional (1 matchup total).

If you sign up and draft after the first Weekly Scoring Period of the Playing Period or draft after the deadline to be eligible to start your season on Weekly Scoring Period 1, you will be play less than twenty-three (23) weekly matchups but the H-t-H Playoff Period will still start on 9/8/2025.

Playoffs
When the twenty-three (23)-game H-t-H Regular Period ends on September 7, 2025, four (4) teams from the league will make the fantasy playoffs.

The winners of each division in your League, based on win/loss record, will go to the playoffs as the top two (2) seeds. The division winner with the better regular season win/loss record will be the #1 seed and the other division winner will be the #2 seed. The remaining two (2) playoff spots ("Wildcards") will be filled with the two (2) teams with the best win/loss records, excluding the division winners.

If there is a tie for the order of playoff seeds, the following tie-breakers will be used.

Year-To-Date ("YTD") Points Scored
YTD Points Against

Note: YTD Points Against is determined by the competitor that has the highest YTD Points Against Total.

Each playoff matchup will run from Monday-Sunday during the H-t-H Playoff Period.

In the event of tie in a playoff matchup, the team with the higher seed position will win the matchup. For example, seed #1 seed vs #4 matchup tie, seed #1 would advance.

For teams that do not qualify for the playoffs, the season will effectively end. No further add/drop transactions will be permitted for any team that does not make the playoffs, or for any team that is eliminated from the playoffs.

Playoff Schedule
Semi-Finals 9/8-9/14	World Series 9/15-9/21	World Series Results
#1 vs. #4 #2 vs. #3	Winner of #1/#4 vs. Winner of #2/#3	Winner: Champion Loser: Second Place

7. Lineup Changes

Weekly Lineups
Free Fantasy Baseball uses weekly lineups for all Leagues. A week runs from Monday's games through Sunday's games (with the exception of Week 1, which runs from Thursday to Sunday and the Week 17 All-Star Period which takes place from 7/14-7/27) and, once a week begins, lineups can't be changed for that week. Each week, Managers have the opportunity to select their starting lineup for the upcoming week. If a Manager does not set a lineup for a particular week, the Manager's lineup from the previous week will be used. If a Manager has an Illegal lineup (it does not comply with these Terms), their team will score zero points for the scoring period. In the event of suspended games, see Section 5 above.

Weekly Lineup Setting Deadline
The deadline for setting your lineup is five (5) minutes before the first MLB game in which each individual MLB player's in your fantasy team is scheduled to play for the applicable weekly period. For clarity, if a MLB player does not have a scheduled game on Monday, that player will remain unlocked until five (5) minutes prior to the scheduled time such MLB player's team plays their first MLB game. Please note that player involved in a delayed or postponed game will lock at the originally scheduled lock time.

8. Adding and Dropping Players

Overview
Throughout the season, you may want to improve your roster by adding available Free Agents and dropping players that aren't performing to your expectations. With only two (2) exceptions, there are no limits to the number of Add/Drops you can request, nor are there any transaction fees.

The first exception is when a Manager drops his entire team or a significant number of players, also known as "team dropping". Team dropping has a negative impact on the League and as such, any Manager who elects to drop his team shall be subject to immediate removal from the League. Players selected from waivers or added from free agency that were part of a team drop may be reversed at CBSI's discretion. In such move reversals, the waiver ranks will not be reset. Free Fantasy Baseball uses weekly lineups, so any changes made may go into effect for the following week's games.
The second exception is abuse of the waiver process. This is when a Manager adds then drops a series of players, putting those players on waivers and making them inaccessible to other Managers. Such an action could result in forfeiture of points as well as that Manager being blocked from making any additional add/drops for the remainder of the season, in some cases dismissal from the League as determined solely by CBSI.

If either of these situations occurs within your League, please contact CBSI through the Help Center as soon as possible. All decisions regarding enforcement of the exceptions to unlimited Add/Drops will be made by CBSI in its sole and exclusive discretion.

Free Agents
Any player not on any other team's Fantasy roster and not on Waivers (discussed below) is considered a free agent ("Free Agent"). In Head-to-Head Leagues, requests for Free Agents are effective for the following week's games. For example, if a Manager adds a Free Agent and drops a player on Wednesday, the roster is instantly updated for the following week, but the "pre-Add/Drop" roster is still in effect for the remainder of the current week's games. The deadline for submitting a Free Agent request is thirty (30) minutes before the first game of the scoring period in order to have the transaction effective for that week.

Waivers
In order to provide an equal opportunity for all Managers to add players that are new to the Free Agent pool, a Waivers process is used. Managers' requests to add players on waivers are not executed immediately but are put in a pending status for at least twenty-four (24) hours. This allows multiple teams to request the same players. Every night between midnight and 6:00AM ET a Waivers process will be run, executing the pending requests in "Waiver Rank" order (explained below). All transactions during the waiver process are effective for the next scoring period.

Waiver Rank
As stated, during the waiver process, pending transactions are processed in Waiver Rank order. The team with a Waiver Rank of one (1), considered the highest, will get its first requested player. After the transaction is executed, the team's Waiver Rank is then set to ten (10) (last), and all other teams move up by one (1). The initial Waiver Rank of the season is based on the reverse order of the draft. The team that selected last in the first round of the draft will have a waiver rank of one (1).

If a team's highest pending transaction becomes invalid because another team received the requested player, the transaction gets deleted and the team's next transaction, if one exists, becomes that team's highest. If a team doesn't have any pending transactions because all players requested were taken by other teams, or the Manager simply didn't request any players, there isn't any penalty and the team's Waiver Rank will not be changed.

Undroppable Players
To maintain the integrity of your League, you will be prevented from dropping certain star MLB players throughout the season. CBSI, as commissioner of all CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball Leagues, will decide - in its sole and exclusive discretion - which MLB players are undroppable. If there are players we've deemed undroppable on your roster, they will not be displayed on the Transactions, Add/Drop page. You may appeal to CBSI for permission to drop an undroppable player; however, CBSI will make the final decision on all undroppable player requests in its sole and exclusive discretion. Appeals can be sent via the Help Center page and should include the names of the players you want to add and drop.

9. Trades

Trade Approvals
In an effort to prevent collusion among Managers, and to ensure fair competition, a trade voting and approval process is used. After a trade is accepted by the system, it will enter the voting process that will last for at least one (1) full calendar day (the "Voting Period"). If four (4) Managers in your League object to the trade within the Voting Period, the trade will not be immediately executed, and instead go to the Commissioner for approval. The Commissioner will review such objected trades in a timely manner and decide if such trades are to be executed or rejected; the Commissioner decisions are final. Trades made on Saturdays, which four (4) or more Managers object to, may NOT be effective for the upcoming play period, as these are now subject to Commissioner approval.

If four (4) Managers do not object before the Voting Period is up, then your trade will be processed overnight. As an example, a trade made at 5 P.M. ET Tuesday will not execute at 5 P.M. ET Wednesday but will be processed between midnight and 5 AM ET Thursday morning, to allow for the Voting Period to conclude. Therefore, all trades must be made (i.e., accepted by both parties involved and without objection from at least 4 other Managers) prior to 11:59 PM ET each Saturday night to be effective for the following week. However, please note, that trades that do not meet the necessary number of objections are still subject to review by the Commissioner, to determine fairness principles are followed and to keep the integrity of the league. Any trade reviews and determinations by the Commissioner are final.

Trades that go to Commissioner for approval on Monday will be processed after the lineup locks on Monday. Please always check your team Monday morning.

Multi-player Trades
Managers can enter unbalanced multi-player trades such as trading three (3) players for one (1) player. However, the maximum roster size (and the position restrictions) will ultimately be enforced. If a trade is executed and your resulting roster has greater than the maximum number of players allowed, or it violates the other position requirements, you will be required to enter the necessary transactions to correct your roster. If your roster is not legal by five (5) minutes before the first game of the week, your players will not accumulate statistics or points for the ensuing week.

Trade Deadline
In an effort to keep the integrity of the League, a deadline for trades will be imposed at 11:59 P.M. ET 08/13/2025. No trades can be accepted after the aforementioned date. If a trade is performed on 8/13/2025, it will still be allowed to go through the voting process.

10. Sportsmanship

General Sportsmanship
By participating, you agree to abide by the general sportsmanship and fairness rules set forth in these Terms and fantasy games in general. You further agree to accept and abide by the rulings and the decisions of CBSI regarding all questions of sportsmanship and fairness. If a Manager does not comply with the sportsmanship and fairness rules as embodied in these Terms, or CBSI determines (in CBSI's sole and exclusive discretion) that a Manager has acted in an unsportsmanlike or unfair manner, CBSI reserves the right to disqualify the Manager and/or remove that Manager from the League. In the event CBSI removes a Manager from a League, all decisions by CBSI in sportsmanship and fairness related matters will be final.

Multiple Teams
In order to keep the Leagues as competitive as possible, Managers will only be allowed to have one (1) team in a League.

Collusion
CBSI does not permit two (2) or more Managers in the same League to work together to better one (1) team at the expense of the other (for example, making one-sided trades, one team dropping highly-rated player(s) so the other team can pick them up, etc.).

Inappropriate League Communication
The Fantasy and League Message Boards, League News area, League Email Address and Chat Room are available for you to communicate with other League managers. We ask that you refrain from posting or sending messages that could be construed as offensive to other Managers. Inappropriate communication can also include spamming other League Managers with trade offers and posting multiple messages on the message board. If a Manager is unable to abide by the guidelines specified in the Paramount Terms of Use, CBSI reserves the right to terminate that Manager's ability to communicate within the League as well as to disqualify the Manager and/or remove that Manager from the League or the CBSI Platforms.

11. Dispute Resolution; Arbitration Agreement

IF YOU OR WE HAVE ANY DISPUTE WITH OR CLAIM AGAINST THE OTHER (A "CLAIM") ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO FREE FANTASY BASEBALL, AND THE CLAIM IS NOT RESOLVED BY CALLING OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT (888) 274-5343 AND BY FOLLOWING THE INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURE SET FORTH BELOW, YOU AND WE EACH AGREE TO RESOLVE SUCH DISPUTES THROUGH AN INDIVIDUAL BINDING ARBITRATION OR AN INDIVIDUAL ACTION IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT. Class arbitrations and class actions are not permitted, and a Claim may not be consolidated with any other person's claim. You and we agree that the U.S. Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this provision, and that you and we are each waiving the right to a trial by jury or to participate in a class action. You and we agree that any arbitrations between you and us will be subject to this Section 11 and not to any prior arbitration agreement you had with us. This Section 11 shall survive termination of the Free Fantasy Baseball service.

11.1 Mandatory Pre-Arbitration Notice and Informal Dispute Resolution Procedure.
Before a party commences an arbitration or files a small claims court action with respect to a Claim, the party must first send to the other a written notice of dispute ("Notice"). A Notice from you to us must (1) be sent by certified mail; (2) be addressed to: CBS Interactive Inc., 680 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, Attn: Legal Department (the "Notice Address"); (3) contain your name, address, and email address; (4) describe the nature and basis of your Claim; (5) if you are submitting the Notice, include any relevant facts regarding your use of the CBSI Platforms, including without limitation whether you have created an account; (6) specify the nature and basis of the specific relief sought, including the damages sought, if any, and a detailed calculation of them; and (7) include a personally signed statement from you (and not your counsel) verifying the accuracy of the contents of the Notice. The Notice must be individualized, meaning it can concern only your dispute and no other person's dispute.

After receipt of a completed Notice, the parties shall engage in a good faith effort to resolve the dispute for a period of 60 days (which can be extended by agreement). You and we agree that, after receipt of the completed Notice, the recipient may request an individualized telephone or video settlement conference (which can be held after the 60-day period) and both parties will personally attend (with counsel, if represented). You and we agree that the parties (and counsel, if represented) shall work cooperatively to schedule the conference at the earliest mutually-convenient time and to seek to reach a resolution. If we and you do not reach an agreement to resolve the issues identified in the Notice within 60 days after the completed Notice is received (or a longer time if agreed to by the parties), you or we may commence an arbitration proceeding or a small claims court proceeding (if permitted by small claims court rules).

Compliance with this Mandatory Pre-Arbitration Notice and Informal Dispute Resolution Procedure section is a condition precedent to initiating arbitration. Any applicable limitations period (including statute of limitations) and any filing fee deadlines shall be tolled while the parties engage in the informal dispute resolution procedures set forth in this Section 11.1. All of the requirements of the Mandatory Pre-Arbitration Notice and Informal Dispute Resolution Procedure are essential so that you and we have a meaningful opportunity to resolve disputes informally. If any aspect of these requirements has not been met, a court of competent jurisdiction may enjoin the filing or prosecution of an arbitration. In addition, unless prohibited by law, the arbitration administrator may not accept, administer, assess, or demand fees in connection with an arbitration that has been initiated without completion of the Mandatory Pre-Arbitration Notice and Informal Dispute Resolution Procedure. If the arbitration is already pending prior to the completion of the Mandatory Pre-Arbitration Notice and Information Dispute Resolution Procedure, the arbitration shall be administratively closed. Nothing in this paragraph limits the right of a party to seek damages for non-compliance with the Mandatory Pre-Arbitration Notice and Informal Dispute Resolution Procedure in arbitration.

11.2 Arbitration Procedure.
Any such arbitration shall be governed by applicable rules of National Arbitration & Mediation ("NAM") (including the Comprehensive Dispute Resolution Rules and Procedures and/or the Supplemental Rules for Mass Arbitration Filings, as applicable) ("NAM Rules"), as modified by this Section 11 (the "Arbitration Agreement"), and will be administered by NAM. (If NAM is unavailable or unwilling to do so, another arbitration provider shall be selected by the parties that will do so, or if the parties are unable to agree on an alternative administrator, by the court pursuant to 9 U.S.C. §5.) The NAM Rules are available online at www.NAMADR.com, by calling NAM, or by requesting them in writing at the Notice Address. You may obtain a form to initiate arbitration at: https://www.namadr.com/content/uploads/2020/09/Comprehensive-Demand-for-Arb-revised-9.18.19.pdf or by contacting NAM.

You and we agree that the party initiating arbitration must submit a certification that they have complied with and completed the Mandatory Pre-Arbitration Notice and Informal Dispute Resolution Procedure requirements referenced in Section 11.1 and that they are a party to the Arbitration Agreement enclosed with or attached to the demand for arbitration. The demand for arbitration and certification must be personally signed by the party initiating arbitration (and their counsel, if represented).

All issues, including the scope and enforceability of this Arbitration Agreement, are for the arbitrator to decide. The arbitrator may consider but shall not be bound by rulings in other arbitrations involving different customers. At the conclusion of the arbitration proceeding, the arbitrator shall issue a reasoned written decision sufficient to explain the essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based. The arbitrator's decision is binding only between you and us and will not have any preclusive effect in another arbitration or proceeding that involves a different party. An arbitrator's award that has been fully satisfied shall not be entered in any court.

As in court, you and we agree that any counsel representing a party in arbitration certifies when initiating and proceeding in arbitration that they are complying with the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b), including certification that the claim or relief sought is neither frivolous nor brought for an improper purpose. The arbitrator is authorized to impose any sanctions under the NAM Rules, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11, or applicable federal or state law, against all appropriate represented parties and counsel.

Except as expressly provided in this Arbitration Agreement, the arbitrator may grant any remedy, relief, or outcome that the parties could have received in court, including awards of attorneys' fees and costs, in accordance with applicable law. Unless otherwise provided by applicable law, the parties shall bear their own attorneys' fees and costs in arbitration unless the arbitrator awards sanctions or finds that either the substance of the claim, the defense, or the relief sought is frivolous or brought for an improper purpose (as measured by the standards set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b)).

The payment of arbitration fees (the fees imposed by the arbitration administrator including filing, arbitrator, and hearing fees) will be governed by the applicable NAM Rules, unless you qualify for a fee waiver under applicable law.

In circumstances in which the NAM Rules provide for an in-person hearing, such hearing will take place in the U.S. county (or parish) of your residence, or otherwise in New York, New York. If the Mass Filing process described in Section 11.7 is triggered, then the location of any hearing will be determined by the arbitrator.

11.3 Discovery During Arbitration.
The parties shall each be limited to a maximum of one (1) fact witness deposition per side, unless the arbitrator determines that more depositions are warranted based on the totality of circumstances, including the amount in controversy, the complexity of the factual issues, the number of parties and the diversity of their interests, and whether any or all of the claims appear, on the basis of the pleadings, to have sufficient merit to justify the time and expense associated with the requested discovery. Document requests shall be limited to documents that are directly relevant to the matter(s) in dispute or to its outcome; shall be reasonably restricted in terms of time frame, subject matter and persons or entities to which the requests pertain; shall not include broad phraseology such as "all documents directly or indirectly related to"; and shall not be encumbered with extensive "definitions" or "instructions." The Arbitrator may edit or limit the number of document requests based on the totality of circumstances, including the factors listed above.

Electronic discovery, if any, shall be limited as follows. Absent a showing of compelling need: (i) electronic documents shall only be produced from sources used in the ordinary course of business, and not from backup servers, tapes or other media; (ii) the production of electronic documents shall normally be made on the basis of generally available technology in a searchable format that is usable by the requesting party and convenient and economical for the producing party; (iii) the parties need not produce metadata, with the exception of header fields for email correspondence; (iv) the description of custodians from whom electronic documents may be collected should be narrowly tailored to include only those individuals whose electronic documents may reasonably be expected to contain evidence that is material to the dispute; and (v) where the costs and burdens of e-discovery are disproportionate to the nature of the dispute or to the amount in controversy, or to the relevance of the materials requested, the arbitrator may either deny such requests or order disclosure on the condition that the requesting party advance the reasonable cost of production to the other side, subject to the allocation of costs in the final award.

11.4 Confidentiality.
Upon either party's request, the arbitrator will issue an order requiring that confidential information of either party disclosed during the arbitration (whether in documents or orally) may not be used or disclosed except in connection with the arbitration or a proceeding to enforce the arbitration award and that any permitted court filing of confidential information must be done under seal to the furthest extent permitted by law.

11.5 Offer of Settlement.
In any arbitration between you and us, the defending party may, but is not obligated to, make a written settlement offer at any time before the evidentiary hearing or, if a dispositive motion is permitted, prior to the dispositive motion being granted. The amount or terms of any settlement offer may not be disclosed to the arbitrator until after the arbitrator issues an award on the claim. If the award is issued in the other party's favor and is less than the defending party's settlement offer or if the award is in the defending party's favor, the other party must pay the defending party's costs incurred after the offer was made, including any attorney's fees. If any applicable statute or case law prohibits the shifting of costs incurred in the arbitration, then the offer in this provision shall serve to cease the accumulation of any costs to which the party bringing the claim may be entitled for the cause of action under which it is suing.

11.6 Mass Filing.
If, at any time, 25 or more claimants (including you) submit Notices or seek to file demands for arbitration raising similar claims against the other party or related parties by the same or coordinated counsel or entities, consistent with the definition and criteria of Mass Filings ("Mass Filing") set forth in NAM's Mass Filing Supplemental Dispute Resolution Rules and Procedures ("NAM's Mass Filing Rules," available at https://www.namadr.com/resources/rules-fees-forms/), you and we agree that the additional procedures set forth below shall apply. The parties agree that throughout this process, their counsel shall meet and confer to discuss modifications to these procedures based on the particular needs of the Mass Filing. The parties acknowledge and agree that by electing to participate in a Mass Filing, the adjudication of their dispute might be delayed. Any applicable limitations period (including statute of limitations) and any filing fee deadlines shall be tolled beginning when the Mandatory Pre-Arbitration Notice and Informal Dispute Resolution Procedures are initiated, so long as the pre-arbitration Notice complies with the requirements in Section 11.1, until your Claim is selected to proceed as part of a staged process or is settled, withdrawn, otherwise resolved, or opted out of arbitration.

Stage One: Counsel for the claimants and counsel for CBSI shall each select 25 claims per side (50 claims total) to be filed and to proceed in individual arbitrations as part of a staged process. Each of these individual arbitrations shall be assigned to a different, single arbitrator unless the parties agree otherwise in writing. Any remaining claims shall not be filed or be deemed filed in arbitration, nor shall any arbitration fees be assessed in connection with those claims unless and until they are selected to be filed in individual arbitration proceedings as part of a staged process. After this initial set of staged proceedings is completed, the parties shall promptly engage in a global mediation session of all remaining claims with a retired federal or state court judge and CBSI shall pay the mediator's fee.

Stage Two: If the remaining claims are not resolved at this time, counsel for the claimants and counsel for CBSI shall each select 50 claims per side (100 claims total) to be filed and to proceed in individual arbitrations as part of a second staged process, subject to any procedural changes the parties agreed to in writing. Each of these individual arbitrations shall be assigned to a different, single arbitrator unless the parties agree otherwise in writing. Any remaining claims shall not be filed or be deemed filed in arbitration, nor shall any arbitration fees be assessed in connection with those claims unless and until they are selected to be filed in individual arbitration proceedings as part of a staged process. After this second set of staged proceedings is completed, the parties shall promptly engage in a global mediation session of all remaining claims with a retired federal or state court judge and CBSI shall pay the mediator's fee.

Stage Three: If the remaining claims are not resolved at this time, counsel for the claimants and counsel for CBSI shall each select 100 claims per side (200 claims total) to be filed and to proceed in individual arbitrations as part of a third staged process, subject to any procedural changes the parties agreed to in writing. Any remaining claims shall not be filed or be deemed filed in arbitration, nor shall any arbitration fees be assessed in connection with those claims unless and until they are selected to be filed in individual arbitration proceedings as part of a staged process. Following this third set of staged proceedings, counsel for claimants may elect to have the parties participate in a global mediation session of all remaining claims with a retired federal or state court judge.

If your claim is not resolved as part of the staged process identified above, either:

Option One: You and CBSI may separately or by agreement, opt out of arbitration and elect to have your claim heard in court consistent with these Terms. You may opt out of arbitration by sending CBSI your individual, personally signed notice of your intention to opt out by certified mail addressed to CBS Interactive Inc., 680 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, Attn: Legal Department. Such an opt out notice must be sent by you personally, and not by your agent, attorney, or anyone else purporting to act on your behalf. It must include a statement, personally signed by you, that you wish to opt out of arbitration within 30 days after the conclusion of Stage 3 or the elective mediation associated with Stage 3. CBSI may opt your claim out of arbitration by sending an individual, personally signed notice of its intention to opt out to your counsel within 14 days after the expiration of your 30-day opt out period. Counsel for the parties may agree to adjust these deadlines.

OR

Option Two: If neither you nor CBSI elect to have your claim heard in court consistent with Option One, then you agree that your claim will be resolved as part of continuing, staged individual arbitration proceedings as set forth below. Assuming the number of remaining claims exceeds 200, then 200 claims shall be randomly selected (or selected through a process agreed to by counsel for the parties) to be filed and to proceed in individual arbitrations as part of a staged process. If the number of remaining claims is fewer than 200, then all of those claims shall be filed and proceed in individual arbitrations. Any remaining claims shall not be filed or be deemed filed in arbitration, nor shall any arbitration fees be assessed in connection with those claims unless and until they are selected to be filed in individual arbitration proceedings as part of a staged process. After each set of 200 claims are adjudicated, settled, withdrawn, or otherwise resolved, this process shall repeat consistent with these parameters. Counsel for the parties are encouraged to meet and confer, participate in mediation, and engage with each other and with NAM (including through a Procedural Arbitrator, as that term is used in the NAM Rules) to explore ways to streamline the adjudication of claims, increase the number of claims to proceed at any given time, promote efficiencies, conserve resources, and resolve the remaining claims.

A court of competent jurisdiction shall have the authority to enforce these Mass Filing provisions and, if necessary, to enjoin the mass filing, prosecution, or administration of arbitrations and the assessment of arbitration fees. If these additional procedures apply to your Claim, and a court of competent jurisdiction determines that they are not enforceable as to your Claim, then your Claim shall proceed in a court of competent jurisdiction consistent with these Terms.

You and CBSI agree that we each value the integrity and efficiency of arbitration and wish to employ the process for the fair resolution of genuine and sincere disputes between us. You and CBSI acknowledge and agree to act in good faith to ensure the processes set forth herein are followed. The parties further agree that application of these Mass Filing procedures have been reasonably designed to result in an efficient and fair adjudication of such cases.

11.7 Severability.
If any portion of this Arbitration Agreement is found to be void, invalid, or otherwise unenforceable, then that portion shall be deemed to be severable and, if possible, superseded by a valid, enforceable provision, or portion thereof, that matches the intent of the original provision, or portion thereof, as closely as possible. The other portions of this Arbitration Agreement shall continue to be enforceable and valid according to the terms contained herein.

12. Legal Disclaimers

All participants agree to abide by the terms of these Terms and the Legal Disclaimers below, and by the decisions of CBSI, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to Free Fantasy Baseball.

No Internet Connection Equipment Provided. Participation in Free Fantasy Baseball requires access to the Internet. CBSI shall not be obligated to, and you acknowledge that CBSI will not, provide any bandwidth, modem, computer, or any other equipment, system or connectivity for you to connect to the Internet. You shall be solely responsible for all modems, computers, operating systems connection devices and bandwidth necessary for connecting to the Internet through which you can access Free Fantasy Baseball and the CBS Sports Content. Normal internet access and usage charges imposed by your service provider may apply.

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No Resale. You agree that you may not resell, lease, license, assign, redistribute, use in a commercial way and/or derive any pecuniary gain, or otherwise transfer any portion of the Free Fantasy Baseball service, including, without limitation, the CBS Sports Content.

No Accuracy of CBS Sports Content. The CBS Sports Content contains information, advice, text and materials that are provided for your convenience and enjoyment. Third parties provide some of the CBS Sports Content. You should be aware that the CBS Sports Content might contain errors, omissions, inaccuracies, outdated information and inadequacies, and that the CBS Sports Content may be subject to terms and conditions which may be found in the documents and policies of third parties. We make no representations or warranties as to the completeness, accuracy, adequacy, currency or reliability of any CBS Sports Content and will not be liable for any lack of the foregoing.

No Warranty of Lawfulness. CBSI does not represent or warrant that every action you take with regard to your account and related activities in connection with Free Fantasy Baseball, including, without limitation, the CBS Sports Content, will be lawful in any particular jurisdiction. It is incumbent upon you to know the laws that pertain to you in your jurisdiction and act lawfully at all times when participating in Free Fantasy Baseball and using the CBS Sports Content.

Entertainment Purposes Only. Free Fantasy Baseball, including the CBS Sports Content, may not be used in any commercial way, including, without limitation, to create, and/or operate as a business, and/or derive any pecuniary gain.

Collection of Personal Information. All personally identifiable information disclosed by Registered Users in connection with Free Fantasy Baseball is subject to the Paramount Privacy Policy incorporated herein by reference.

Representations and Warranties. You represent, warrant and covenant that you will not upload, post, transmit, distribute or otherwise publish through Free Fantasy Baseball any materials which: (a) restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying Free Fantasy Baseball; (b) are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, profane or indecent; (c) constitute or encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate the law; (d) violate, plagiarize or infringe the rights of any third party including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, rights of privacy or publicity or any other right of any third party; (e) contain a virus or other harmful or potentially harmful component; (f) contain any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, spam or any other kind of solicitation; (g) constitute or contain false or misleading indications of origin or statements of fact; and/or (h) include any personally identifiable information as such term is defined under any applicable laws.

General Conditions
By entering, each entrant accepts and agrees to be bound by these Terms and by the decisions of CBSI, which shall be final and binding in all respects. Further, each entrant also acknowledges and agrees to the Paramount Terms of Use and Paramount Privacy Policy, incorporated herein by reference. In the event these Terms conflict with the Paramount Terms of Use, the Paramount Terms of Use shall apply.

All federal, state and local, and laws regulations apply.

CBSI is not responsible for lost, late or misdirected online entries or transactions, for incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete entry information whether caused by a participant, equipment, or technical malfunction or for any human error, technical error or malfunctions. CBSI reserves the right to halt or modify Free Fantasy Baseball at any time during the Period if events beyond their control compromise fairness or integrity of the service.

CBSI, in its sole discretion, may disqualify any participant if entrant engages in any conduct CBSI deems to be improper, unfair or otherwise adverse to the operation of Free Fantasy Baseball or detrimental to other participants. Such improper conduct includes, but is not limited to, falsifying personal information required during registration, violating any term or condition stated herein, accumulating points, or through methods such as automated computer scripts or other programming techniques, allowing others to use the entrant's personal information for the purpose of accumulating points, tampering with CBSI's administration of the Free Fantasy Baseball service, or intentionally trying to defraud, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile or otherwise tamper with the computer programs on this Web site.

Free Fantasy Baseball is not affiliated with or endorsed by MLB or any MLB team.

Free Fantasy Baseball may not be used for any form of gambling.

Internet
If for any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of CBSI which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of Free Fantasy Baseball, CBSI reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend Free Fantasy Baseball.

CBSI assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries or transactions. CBSI is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail entry or transaction to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials as part of Free Fantasy Baseball.

Lost or Corrupted Entries
CBSI, CBS Broadcasting Inc. and each of their parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies (collectively the "CBSI Entities") assume no liability and are not responsible for, and you hereby forever waive any rights to any claim in connection with, lost, late, incomplete, corrupted, stolen, misdirected, illegible or postage due entries or mail if applicable; or for any computer, telephone, cable, network, satellite, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, unauthorized human intervention, or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information, or the failure to capture any such information. The CBSI Entities, are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by registration information submitted by end users or tampering, hacking, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized as part of Free Fantasy Baseball, and assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to Free Fantasy Baseball.

Damaged Property
The CBSI Entities assume no liability and are not responsible for, and you hereby forever waive any rights to any claim in connection with, injury or damage to any entrants or to any other person's computer or property related to or resulting from participating in Free Fantasy Baseball or downloading materials as part of the service.

CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A PARTICIPANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF FREE FANTASY BASEBALL IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, CBSI RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PARTICIPANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

In the event that Free Fantasy Baseball is challenged by any legal or regulatory authority, CBSI reserves the right to, in its sole and exclusive discretion, discontinue or modify Free Fantasy Baseball, or to disqualify participants residing in the affected geographic areas. In such event, CBSI shall have no liability to any participants who are disqualified due to such an action.

Errors
The CBSI Entities assume no liability and are not responsible for, and you hereby forever waive any rights to any claim in connection with typographical, human, technical or other, errors and/or ambiguity: (a) as part of the Free Fantasy Baseball service; (b) in any related advertising or promotions; and/or (c) in these Terms including but not limited to errors in advertising, the Terms. In the event of any ambiguity(s) or error(s) in these Terms, CBSI and/or Administrators reserve the right to modify these Terms for clarification purposes or to correct any such ambiguity or error(s) without materially affecting the terms and conditions of Free Fantasy Baseball.

Release and Indemnity
Each entrant in Free Fantasy Baseball hereby releases and agrees to hold harmless the CBSI Entities from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to person, including death, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation in Free Fantasy Baseball and participation in any activity related to Free Fantasy Baseball.

Limitation of Liability and Disclaimer of Warranties
IN NO EVENT WILL THE CBSI ENTITIES BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR PARTICIPATION IN FREE FANTASY BASEBALL OR DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED AS PART OF FREE FANTASY BASEBALL. IN NO EVENT SHALL CBSI'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, OR CAUSES OF ACTION EXCEED $100. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, FREE FANTASY BASEBALL IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms and all claims arising from or related to your participation in Free Fantasy Baseball will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, except New York's conflict of law rules. These Terms will not be governed by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, if applicable.

With respect to any disputes or claims not subject to arbitration or small claims court (as set forth in Section 11 above), you agree to exclusive jurisdiction in the state and federal courts in New York, New York.

Regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, you must file any claim or action related to Free Fantasy Baseball or these Terms within one year after such claim or action accrued. Otherwise, you will waive the claim or action.

Sponsor/Administrator's Mailing Address
CBS Interactive Inc., 1401 W. Cypress Creek Road, Suite 200, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309