GameDay Squad Basketball
Offical Game Rules for the 2025 GameDay Squad Basketball Season
Official Rules: GameDay Squad Basketball season 2024
1. Introduction
By registering and participating in the 2024/25 GameDay Squad Basketball. Participants agree to be bound by these Official Rules ("Rules"). The game is part of an online fantasy sports community that rewards users based off of their own research and knowledge throughout the 2024/25 National Basketball League season Eligible Participants are able to create one (1) user registration, and enter one (1) team for each sport and per Competition in the game. There are no essential fees, charges, or purchases required to play the game, other than relevant internet usage costs. In-game purchases such as player card packs and transactions made on the transfer market are not a requirement to play the game.
2. Terms of the Game
The Basketball game commences at 12:01 am Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time ("AEST") on 19 September 2024 and closes at 11.59 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time ("AEST") on 08 February 2025, and will cover each of the 20 rounds of fixtures in the 2024/25 National Basketball League season.
3. Who is Eligible to Participate
Who is eligible to participate: Entry is open to all people; although employees of NFT Australia Group will only be eligible for prizes if cards used are purchased through packs or found on the transfer market, with proof of purchase. Non-Australian entrants will be eligible for prizes. There is no age limit for those who are eligible for prizes, however, Participants under the age of 18 will need parental authority.
Only one Registration per Eligible Participant (and per email address supplied) will be accepted. Participants found to have multiple registrations may have their account and assets suspended, or banned. If users are suspected of syndicate activity and our found guilty of syndicate activity, GameDay Squad reserves the right to halt prize payouts, seize account assets, or enforce account suspension or bans.
After Registration, Eligible Participants may participate in all remaining Rounds which have not already been completed or Locked-Out.
4. How to Participate
To participate, the individual Eligible Participants must themselves complete the online registration process for the game, located http://www.app.gamedaysquad.com.au; choose a Squad name and create a complete Basketball team of 10 players for Basketball comprising. The 10 players chosen are fully up to the discretion of the user. Users test their skills and knowledge to build a squad of who the believe to be the best performing players.
4.1 Squads
Each Participant chooses a Squad of 10 Player Cards for GameDay Squad Basketball according to the salary cap and positional restrictions described on the Web Site.
4.1.1 GameDay Squad Basketball Squads
Basketball Squads are comprised of the following positions:
● 2 Point Guard player(s);
● 2 Shooting Guard player(s);
● 2 Small Forward player(s);
● 2 Power Forward player(s), and
● 2 Centre player(s)
These positions are subject to the prescribed team salary cap for each Competition in the season ("Salary Cap"), as notified on the Website ("Team"). Squads must be Completed (one player in every slot) before the lock-out time for the upcoming Round (as notified on the Website) ("Lock Out"). Any squad that is not complete will receive 0 points for the round.
4.1.2 Basketball “Active Players”
Active players are Player Cards that contribute to the Participants overall score. For Basketball, there are 10 (“Active Players”) from the team in the following positions:
● 2 Point Guard player(s);
● 2 Shooting Guard player(s);
● 2 Small Forward player(s);
● 2 Power Forward player(s), and
● 2 Centre player(s) (together "Active Players");
5. Competitions
5.1 Basketball Competitions
There are FOUR Competitions of competition for Basketball, with each Competition defined by their salary cap restrictions.
● Starter Competition: $5 million Salary cap
● Classic Competition: $5.5 million Salary cap
● Challenger Competition: $6.5 million Salary cap
● Champion Competition: Infinity Salary Cap
5.2 Salary Cap Accumulation
Salary caps are accumulated by player card rarity. Player card rarities are as follows:
● Bronze: $500k;
● Silver: $600k;
● Gold: $700k;
● Platinum: $800k;
● Diamond: $900k;
● Legend: $1 million;
● All-Star Cards; (Special Cards): $700k
● Prize Cards;(Special Cards): $600k
5.3 Squad Submission
To participate, all Eligible Participants must submit a full Squad of players. All Eligible Participants can opt to participate any number of competitions if they desire to do so, or alternatively, not participate in any.
An Eligible Participant may choose and edit their (“Active Players”) from the initial 10, for a Round at any time before the Lock Out time for that specific player. If, after participating in a Round, an Eligible Participant does not amend their (“Active Players”) for the upcoming Round, their (“Active Players”) from the previous Round will be used, regardless of whether or not those players will be playing in the corresponding Round.
5.4 Special Cards All eligible participants are permitted to select and use Special Cards if they possess special cards. Below is a breakdown of how many special cards can be used per competition:
· Starter Competition – No Special Cards permitted
· Classic Competition – One Special Card Limit
· Challenger Competition – Three Special Card Limit
· Champion Competition – No Special Card Limit
Special Cards are subject to the prescribed team salary cap for each Competition in the season ("Salary Cap"), as notified on the Website ("Team").
6. Player Cards
Player Cards are used to accumulate points for your overall team's score. Player Cards can be acquired through free and paid Player Card packs and/or on the player card transfer market found on the website http://www.app.gamedaysquad.com.au.
Player cards display the team colour, the player's name, the player's number (If applicable), the multiplier attached, the rarity of the card, and the player's position.
6.1 Player Card Rarity
Player Card rarity determines the volume of the card available, the Points Scored Multiplier, and the salary cap number applied to it. More information on Salary Cap can be found in “Section 5 Competitions”.
The rarity of Player Cards, their volume, and their multiplier is as follows:
● Bronze: infinite - 1.0 multiplier;
● Silver: 5000 cards per player - 1.1 multiplier;
● Gold: 2500 cards per player - 1.2 multiplier;
● Platinum: 500 cards per player - 1.3 multiplier;
● Diamond: 100 cards per player - 1.4 multiplier;
● Legend: 1 card per player - 1.5 multiplier;
7. Scoring of Points
7.1 Eligible Participants will score points based upon the real-life performance of their Active Players for each Round, based on the point system set out below. Points will be awarded (or subtracted) for each performance statistic attributed to each Active Player during the Round as follows:
7.1.1 GameDay Squad Basketball 2024/25 scoring;
Point Scored - 1 Point(s); 3-point FG made - 1 Point(s); Offensive Rebounds - 3 Point(s); Defensive Rebounds - 2 Point(s); Assists - 4 Point(s); Steals - 5 Point(s); Blocks - 5 point(s); Turnovers - (-3) point(s); Personal Fouls - (-2) point(s);
Users score 0 points for every game that is completed within a round without a complete squad. Users must fill out every position slot to accumulate points.
7.2 Bench Players
The bench players will score points and are deemed Active Players. Eligible Participants will be ranked on the website by their score for the previous Round ("Round Ranking"), and their overall score for the Game to date ("Overall Ranking"), where in each case the highest score is the highest rank. The leaderboard will be updated following the completion of each round.
7.3 Data Source
All statistical data is purchased via StatsPerform (https://www.statsperform.com/), official reseller of Basketball statistical data
8. Determination of Prizes
During the competition period, winners will be determined for three different prize pools, they are Round Prizes, Season Prizes and Round Specific promotions.
8.1 Round Prizes Winners
Following the completion of all Basketball games for a specific round, the Participant(s) whose GameDay Squad team(s) has accumulated the highest number of points for that round in each Competition will be declared the Round Prize Winner.
Each Competition will have 1 Round Prize Winner, and the top 100 Participants for the Starter and Classic competitions, the top 15 for the Challenger competition and the top 10 for the Champion competition will receive a prize.
Round Prize Winners will be determined by NFT Australia Group Pty Ltd 83 649 452 933 at 5:00 PM (AEST) Monday after the completion of each round of the Basketball season during the competition period. If an active round finishes ON a Monday, any earnt prizes will be distributed on the following Monday. If there are two rounds completing within a week, both rounds will pay out on the following Monday.
8.1.1 Round Prizes - Basketball
Starter Competition 1st: 50 GDS Funds + 5 X 1 Starter Packs + 1 X 1 Common Pack 2nd: 10 GDS Funds + 5 X 1 Starter Packs + 1 X 1 Common Pack 3rd: 5 GDS Funds + 5 X 1 Starter Packs + 1 X 1 Common Pack 4th - 5th: 2.5 GDS Funds + 5 X 1 Starter Packs + 1 X 1 Common Pack 6th - 20th: 1 GDS Funds + 5 X 1 Starter Packs + 1 X 1 Common Pack 20th - 100th: 5 X 1 Starter Packs Classic Competition 1st: 75 GDS Funds + 1 x 3 player Common pack 2nd: 25 GDS Funds + 1 x 3 player Common pack 3rd: 15 GDS Funds + 1 x 3 player Common pack 4th - 5th: 5 GDS Funds + 1 x 3 player Common pack 6th - 15th: 2.5 GDS Funds + 1 x 1 player Common pack 16th - 100th: 5 X 1 Starter Packs
Challenger Competition 1st: 100 GDS Funds + 1 x 3 player Rare pack 2nd: 50 GDS Funds + 1 x 3 player Rare pack 3rd: 25 GDS Funds + 1 x 3 player Rare pack 4th - 5th: 7.5 GDS Funds + 1 x 3 player Rare pack 6th - 10th: 5 GDS Funds + 1 x 1 player Rare pack 11th - 15th: 1 x 1 player Rare pack
Champion Competition 1st: 200 GDS Funds + 1 x 3 player Unique pack 2nd: 100 GDS Funds + 1 x 3 player Unique pack 3rd: 50 GDS Funds + 1 x 3 player Unique pack 4th - 5th: 1 x 3 player Unique pack 6th - 10th: 1 x 1 player Unique pack
8.2 Season Prize Winners
Following the completion of all Basketball games for the season, the Participant(s) whose GameDay Squad team(s) has accumulated the highest number of points for the season in each Competition will be declared the Season Prize Winner.
Each Competition will have 1 Season Prize Winner, and the top 10 Participants for each Competition will receive a prize.
Coaches who finish in the top 5 of each competition will choose the player they want as their prize card. Players are selected and determined starting with the winner of the Champion competition. Below is a breakdown of how the selection process is determined: 1st Pick – First in the Champion Competition 2nd Pick – First in the Challenger Competition 3rd Pick – First in the Classic Competition 4th Pick – First in the Starter Competition 5th Pick – Second in the Champion Competition 6th Pick – Second in the Challenger Competition 7th Pick – Second in the Classic Competition 8th Pick – Second in the Starter Competition 9th Pick – Third in the Champion Competition 10th Pick – Third in the Challenger Competition 11th Pick – Third in the Classic Competition 12th Pick – Third in the Starter Competition 13th Pick – Fourth in the Champion Competition 14th Pick – Fourth in the Challenger Competition 15th Pick – Fourth in the Classic Competition 16th Pick – Fourth in the Starter Competition 17th Pick – Fifth in the Champion Competition 18th Pick – Fifth in the Challenger Competition 19th Pick – Fifth in the Classic Competition 20th Pick – Fifth in the Starter Competition
Once a player is selected, that player will no longer be able to be selected until the next Prize Card selection process. GameDay Squad will contact users who finished in the top 5 for the Champion, Challenger, Classic and Starter competitions at the completion of the GameDay Squad Women’s Aussie Rules season. It's important to note that prize cards can be bought, sold and traded on the GameDay Squad Transfer Market, however the artwork will never change, the winners team name, position on the ladder and season won will always be visible on the prize card.
Prize Cards will be subject to position changes if applicable. GameDay Squad reviews positions annually and subsequent changes will be made if the player is deemed to have warranted a position change from the previous season.
8.2.1 Season Prizes - Basketball Starter 1st - 5th: 1 x 2024/25 Basketball Prize Card 6th – 10th: 1 x 2024/25 Basketball All Star Card
Classic 1st - 5th: 1 x 2024/25 Basketball Prize Prize Card 6th – 10th: 1 x 2024/25 Basketball All Star Card
Challenger 1st - 5th: 1 x 2024/25 Basketball Prize Card 6th – 10th: 1 x 2024/25 Basketball All Star Card
Champion 1st - 5th: 1 x 2024/25 Basketball Prize Prize Card 6th – 10th: 1 x 2024/25 Basketball All Star Card
Season prize winners will be determined by NFT Australia Group Pty Ltd 83 649 452 933 at 10:00am (AEST), two business days after the completion of the basketball season. All seasonal prizes will be sent and/or allocated to users before the 8th of March 2025. Prize cards distribution dates will be confirmed by GameDay Squad and communicated to eligible winners. Prize cards will be distributed to winners account before the start of the next season.
8.3 Round Specific Promotions - Round Specific Promotions will be variable and may include multiple winners. Round-specific promotions will include prize types such as in-game assets and/or AUD. Round-Specific promotions will be applicable across all fantasy sports, and may be applicable to one or more Competitions.
9.0 Transfer Market
Eligible users will be able to participate in the transfer market which is a live marketplace where coaches can participate in peer-to-peer player card trading, live auctions and a place where coaches can sell their cards. At the point of sale the seller will incur a 10% fee or a 50c fee (depending on which is greater) on all sales (buy now, Auction and Trade listings) made on our transfer market for all successful sales.
10. Third-Party Mobile Applications
Third-party applications providers such as Apple and Google are not involved in any way with GameDay Squad competitions.
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