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A sixth-grade boy from suburban Chicago beat millions in completing a near-perfect bracket predicting the NCAA men’s basketball tournament and finished in a tie for first in ESPN’s annual contest.
Sam Holtz said ESPN officials told him Tuesday that is he ineligible to claim the top prize — a $20,000 gift card — because he’s only 12 years old. ESPN requires participants to be at least 18 to win the prize. Instead, he was told he will get a goody bag from the cable network.
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Technically, ESPN is right to deny payment. The rules were plain when the boy entered the contest. However, placing the 20k in a college trust fund for the young man would buy ESPN a lot of good publicity.
A sixth-grade boy from suburban Chicago beat millions in completing a near-perfect bracket predicting the NCAA men’s basketball tournament and finished in a tie for first in ESPN’s annual contest.
Sam Holtz said ESPN officials told him Tuesday that is he ineligible to claim the top prize — a $20,000 gift card — because he’s only 12 years old. ESPN requires participants to be at least 18 to win the prize. Instead, he was told he will get a goody bag from the cable network.
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Technically, ESPN is right to deny payment. The rules were plain when the boy entered the contest. However, placing the 20k in a college trust fund for the young man would buy ESPN a lot of good publicity.