UMASS Student denied $10K for made half court shot. Promo Company said his foot was on the line

[jayhovah]

Problem is they didn't stipulate that before hand and there's not rules defined half court shot by basketball rule, unlike threes or FTs .

If you're at the midcourt stripe, 99.99% are going to call that a half court shot.

It's 10k, not 1M. Pay him and avoid the negative publicity that's going to cost you waaaay more than 10k. But leave it to an insurance company not to want to pay out.

I’ve read the Odds On Promtions contract and all of the rules are clearly stipulated up front.

But OOP is actually not the sponsor of the contest and has no contract with the contestant. The school is sponsoring the contest. The school must decide whether to eat the $10,000 or tell the kid that he didn’t complete the task as defined. Then if they choose to pay him, then they can have a fight with the insurance company.