T-Mobile confirms not one but two cool summer freebies are coming to a store near you soon
Both items are meant to celebrate and promote the return of a Friday Night 5G Lights competition that enjoyed a "wildly successful" debut last year. This is not exactly something most regular T-Mo customers need to be interested in, but if you happen to be a US high school teacher, football coach, administrator, or other "authorized" official in a town with less than 150,000 people, you may want to look into entering the contest.
That's because there's a prize pool of over $4 million to be split between more than 450 schools, with weekly $5K Fridays giveaways set to take place through September 12 and various votes deciding an additional 26 winners of $25K prizes each and one school that will receive, get this, a $1 million football field upgrade, a renovated weight room, and an all-expense-paid trip to the SEC Championship Game for "select" officials and students. That's certainly more valuable than a water bottle or a stadium bag, but it's still mighty nice of T-Mobile to give everyone a little something, something this summer... in addition to free Slurpees every month, that is. Secure your connection now at a bargain price!
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