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<p>I introduced the Sportstalksocial weekly writing contest <a href="https://www.sportstalksocial.com/sportstalk/@zoneboy/introducing-a-new-sports-token-sink-the-sportstalksocial-weekly-writing-contest-week-1">here</a> and the maiden edition saw 4 participants.</p>
<ul><li>@junior182 entry can be seen <a href="https://www.sportstalksocial.com/sportstalk/@junior182/should-bets-be-banned">here</a></li><li>@blanchy.sports entry can be seen <a href="https://www.sportstalksocial.com/sportstalk/@blanchy.sports/should-sports-betting-be-banned">here</a></li><li>@jozef230 entry can be seen <a href="https://www.sportstalksocial.com/esteem/@jozef230/should-sports-betting-be-banned-the-sportstalksocial-weekly-writing-contest">here</a></li><li>@oxygen02 entry can be seen <a href="https://www.sportstalksocial.com/sportstalk/@oxygen02/should-sports-betting-be-banned">here</a></li></ul>
<p>The second edition saw a single participant.</p>
<ul><li>@lebey1 entry can be seen <a href="https://www.sportstalksocial.com/coaching/@lebey1/should-cross-gender-coach-be-allowed-in-football">here</a></li></ul>
<p>The third edition saw 2 participants.</p>
<ul><li>@oxygen02 entry can be seen <a href="https://www.sportstalksocial.com/sportstalk/@oxygen02/what-is-your-favourite-sport">here</a></li><li>@lebey1 entry can be seen <a href="https://www.sportstalksocial.com/sportstalk/@lebey1/my-favorite-sport">here</a></li></ul>
<p>The fourth edition saw a single entry</p>
<ul><li>@oxygen02 entry can be seen <a href="https://www.sportstalksocial.com/sportstalk/@oxygen02/are-football-fans-morons">here</a></li></ul>
<p>There was no entry for the fifth edition due to the Hardfork.</p>
<p>The sixth edition saw a single entry.</p>
<ul><li>@oxygen02 entry can be seen <a href="https://www.sportstalksocial.com/sportstalk/@oxygen02/tfootball-is-too-dangerous-for-players">here</a></li><li>The seventh edition saw @lebey1 sole entry <a href="https://www.sportstalksocial.com/sportstalk/@lebey1/healthy-career-unhealthy-retirement">here</a></li><li>The eight edition saw @fredkese @fredkese.pal participate for the first time <a href="https://steemit.com/sportstalk/@fredkese.pal/do-individual-awards-increase-a-player-s-selfishness">here</a></li><li>The ninth edition saw @oxygen02 sole entry</li></ul>
<h1>Proof of Burning</h1>
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<p>The new contest</p>
<h1>Contest Details</h1>
<h4>Title: Who should be blamed for a defeat</h4>
<p><strong>Intro-</strong> Every sport have a winner and a loser. You won't see 2 individuals or teams claiming the number 1 spot. Everyone want to win and nobody want to lose. The teams that end up being on the loser side often get the blames from the media, fans, and club owners at times. Who do you think should get the blame for a defeat? Is it the coach, the players, or the board</p>
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<p><strong>Entry fee:</strong> <strong>(500 SPORTS)</strong>. It should be sent to @zonefund with your post link as the memo. All entry fees will be sent to @null for burning which means permanently removing them from the supply.</p>
<p><strong>Word Count:</strong> Minimum of 400 words.</p>
<p><strong>Promotion:</strong> Promote your entries on Twitter, Facebook, Medium, etc. Include the promotion link at the end of your post.</p>
<p><strong>Deadline:</strong> Submission ends exactly 3 days from this announcement.</p>
<p><strong>Tags:</strong> Tags should include <strong>sportstalk</strong>, <strong>sports</strong>  and any other tags of your choice.</p>
<h5>Entries will be curated based on a set of pre-defined rules.</h5>
<h5>You are free to modify the title but make sure it still contains the original title.</h5>
<h1>Rewards</h1>
<p><strong>30,000 Sports Power</strong> delegation will be shared between the top 3 winners in the ratio 3:2:1.</p>
<ul><li><strong>Winner:</strong> 15,000 Sports power delegation for a week.</li><li><strong>Second Place:</strong> 10,000 Sports power delegation for a week.</li><li><strong>Third Place:</strong> 5,000 Sports power delegation for a week.</li></ul>
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<p>If you don't have SPORTS token, you can exchange with Steem on <a href="https://steem-engine.com/?p=market&amp;t=SPORTS">Steem-engine</a>.</p>
<p>The entry fee is to prevent low-quality submissions and also help burn SPORTS.</p>
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<h4>Note</h4>
<ul><li>Entries will be curated by @zonefund.</li><li>All curation rewards will be powered up.</li><li>Liquid sports will only be used for initiatives that will be announced in a subsequent post.</li></ul>
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