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July 28, 2026
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Part I. The Agreement
1Acceptance of terms
By accessing, browsing, creating an account on, or otherwise using the Varsity Engine platform ("Platform"), operated by Varsity Engine LLC ("Company"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree, do not use the Platform.
These Terms apply to every user, including athletes, parents and legal guardians, high school and college coaches, athletic directors, schools, associations, media, and fans. If you use the Platform on behalf of a school, team, or association, you represent that you are authorized to bind that organization to these Terms.
These Terms incorporate by reference the Privacy Policy, Copyright Policy, Community Guidelines, and, where applicable, the User Agreement (Part A, parent or legal guardian consent, and Part B, athlete participation) and the NIL Consent and Authorization Agreement. Together they form the complete agreement between you and the Company.
The Company reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time. Material changes will be communicated through the Platform or by email at least thirty (30) days before they take effect, together with an opportunity to review them. This advance-notice commitment does not apply to changes that introduce a new feature or that the Company must make immediately for legal, regulatory, or security reasons or to address ongoing abuse. Changes apply prospectively only and do not alter rights or obligations that accrued before the effective date, and the effective date above will be updated. Continued use of the Platform after modifications take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.
2Platform services
Varsity Engine provides schedules, official scores, standings, brackets, athlete and team profiles, recruiting and discovery tools, messaging, media sharing, live scoring, statistics, rankings, and related services for high school athletics. Features may be added, changed, or discontinued at the Company's discretion.
Official data. Scores, rosters, schedules, and statistics submitted by verified school representatives are marked Official. The Official label identifies the source or verification workflow through which the information was submitted or confirmed. It is not a warranty that the information is final, complete, or free of error, and it is not an association designation. The Platform also displays information aggregated from publicly available sources, which is labeled by source and is not marked Official. Each data display shows its source and, where available, a last-updated time, and provides a way to report a correction. The Company works to keep this data accurate but does not warrant that every score, statistic, or standing is free of error, and results may be corrected as verified information is received.
Availability. The Platform is provided on an ongoing basis but may be unavailable during maintenance, updates, or events beyond the Company's control. The Company is not liable for interruptions, delayed score updates, or data loss arising from such events.
Sports-data disclosure. Varsity Engine provides sports data and recruiting tools for informational use. Scores, schedules, rosters, statistics, standings, rankings, projections, and generated summaries may be incomplete, delayed, or corrected. An “Official” label identifies the source or verification workflow; it is not a warranty that the information is final or error-free. Do not rely on the Platform as the sole basis for eligibility, recruiting, scholarship, medical, financial, or wagering decisions. Verify important information with the applicable school, association, or institution. Varsity Engine is not an agent, scout, advisor, or representative of any athlete or program. This statement is the Company's standard sports-data disclosure and appears in the same form in the site footer and next to data displays in the product.
Associations and tenants. Varsity Engine may host multiple athletic associations, each with its own branding, sports, classifications, and rules. Availability of specific sports and features may vary by association and season.
3Accounts & access
Eligibility. The Platform is intended for use by member schools, their personnel, student-athletes (with parental or legal-guardian consent where required), and authorized college recruiting staff. You must be at least 14 years old to create or hold an account. Athletes under 18 may not create or activate an account until a parent or legal guardian has reviewed and signed the required consent. The Platform does not publish, display, or maintain personally identifiable information about an athlete under 14, whether submitted by the athlete, a guardian, or a member school. Aggregate or team-level results that do not identify an individual under 14 are not restricted by this sentence. By using the Platform, you represent that you meet these requirements and that any information you provide about your role, school, or affiliation is truthful.
Creating an account. You must register with a valid email address and complete any verification steps for your role (for example, coach or school-staff verification). One person may not maintain multiple accounts to impersonate others or evade suspensions, and you may not create an account on behalf of someone else without their authorization.
Account security. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. Do not share your password, and use a strong, unique password. Notify us immediately at [email protected] if you suspect unauthorized access or any breach of security. We are not liable for losses arising from your failure to safeguard your credentials.
Accurate information. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information and to update it promptly when it changes. Official data submitted on behalf of a school (schedules, rosters, scores, and statistics) must be truthful and submitted only by authorized personnel. Knowingly submitting false, misleading, or manipulated information may result in correction, suspension, or termination.
Verification and roles. Certain features are limited to verified members (for example, entering scores, managing rosters, or contacting athletes). We may grant, review, or revoke role-based access at any time to protect the integrity of the network, and we may require re-verification periodically.
Account responsibility. You are responsible for all content and actions associated with your account. If your account is used by a minor with guardian consent, the consenting parent or guardian remains responsible for that use.
4Coach & school accounts
Authorized personnel. Authorized school personnel (coaches, athletic directors, and administrators) may manage schedules, rosters, scores, statistics, and media for their programs. By submitting official data, these users affirm they are authorized to act on behalf of the school and that the information is accurate.
Verification. School and coach accounts may require verification before gaining access to official-data tools. You agree to complete reasonable verification steps and to notify us promptly if your role or authority at the school changes so we can update or revoke access.
Official data responsibility. Data you submit on behalf of a school (final scores, statistics, rosters, and schedules) flows through the network and updates standings, athlete profiles, and public pages. You are responsible for its accuracy and for correcting errors promptly. Repeated or intentional submission of false data may result in loss of access.
Student-athlete information. When posting rosters, media, or statistics that identify minors, you confirm your school has the necessary rights and consents to share that information and that doing so complies with school policy and applicable law, including FERPA where it applies.
Delegated access. If you invite assistants or other staff to help manage your program, you remain responsible for their activity. Access should be limited to people who genuinely need it, and you must remove access when it is no longer appropriate.
Association oversight. Athletic associations may review, correct, approve, or remove data submitted by their member schools to preserve the integrity of scores, standings, and eligibility records.
5Acceptable use
You agree not to: submit false scores, stats, or recruiting information; impersonate another person or school; use the Platform for gambling, harassment, or any unlawful purpose; attempt to access unauthorized areas of the Platform; or interfere with the Platform's operation.
Coaches, Athletic Directors and/or other school officials who submit game results affirm their accuracy. Intentional submission of false information may result in account suspension and referral to Varsity Engine.
Automated access and data collection. You may not access the Platform using bots, scrapers, crawlers, or other automated means, and you may not copy, index, mirror, or bulk-download Platform data, except as expressly permitted in writing or, for public search engines, in accordance with the Platform's robots file. You may not collect or harvest information that could identify a person, including usernames, contact details, faces, or images, and you may not attempt to re-identify, aggregate, or build a database of student-athletes. Because the Platform involves minors, these protections are strictly enforced.
No manipulation of metrics. You may not cause or encourage inaccurate measurements of genuine activity, including artificially inflating profile views, film plays, recruiting-interest counts, rankings, followers, or engagement, whether by automated means, incentives, coordinated action, or otherwise. You also may not misuse any reporting, flagging, dispute, or appeals process by submitting groundless, repetitive, or bad-faith submissions.
Part II. Content, Intellectual Property, and NIL
6User content
Ownership. You retain ownership of content you submit (scores, media, profile data). By submitting content, you grant the Company a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, and sublicensable license to host, reproduce, format, adapt, display, and distribute it on and through the Platform for its intended purpose, including recruiting visibility, recaps, and, where separately authorized, promotional material. This license continues for content already published even after you remove content or close your account, only to the extent needed for backups, for legal and regulatory record-keeping, and for copies the Company cannot reasonably remove from third-party caches or from copies already downloaded by other users. On removal, the Company will cease public display of the content within a commercially reasonable period. Where content depicts an athlete under 18, this license is at all times subject to the scope selected in the User Agreement, and the license to display that content publicly terminates on withdrawal of that consent. Sublicenses and transfers of this license are limited to the Company's service providers acting on its behalf and to a successor in interest, and do not authorize any use of a minor's name, image, or likeness beyond the scope the guardian selected.
Your warranties. You represent that you own or have all rights and permissions necessary to submit your content and to grant this license, that your content does not infringe any third party's intellectual property, privacy, or publicity rights, and that any individuals depicted, or their guardians if under 18, have given required consent. Content must comply with the Copyright Policy and Community Guidelines.
Responsibility. You are solely responsible for content you submit. The Company does not endorse user-submitted content, is not responsible for its accuracy, and may remove content that violates these Terms, the Copyright Policy, or the Community Guidelines.
Moderation. All submitted content is subject to review. The Company reserves the right to reject, remove, label, or modify content at its sole discretion, subject to the notice and appeal provisions below, and to take account action for violations. The Company is not obligated to monitor content but may do so to maintain the safety and integrity of the Platform.
Feedback. If you send suggestions or feedback about the Platform, you grant the Company a perpetual, royalty-free right to use it without obligation or compensation to you.
Notice and appeals. If the Company removes your content or takes action on your account, it will notify you with the reason, unless doing so would violate the law or the direction of an enforcement authority, compromise an investigation or the integrity, operation, or security of the Platform, or risk harm to a user, third party, or the Company. You may request review of a removal, label, or account action by contacting [email protected], and the Company will review timely, good-faith appeals.
7Platform intellectual property
The Platform, including its design, code, logos, and original content, is the property of Varsity Engine LLC and is protected by copyright and trademark law. Varsity Engine marks are used under authorization. You may not reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from Platform materials without written permission.
All software, source code, application programming interfaces, databases, data compilations, analytics, rankings, projections, page layouts, user-interface designs, graphics, icons, logos, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, models, algorithms, reports, and other proprietary technology are owned by Varsity Engine or its licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade-secret, and other intellectual property laws. The Varsity Engine name, logo, and related marks may not be used without the Company's prior written permission, and nothing on the Platform grants any license to those marks by implication or otherwise. The selection, arrangement, coordination, and presentation of data on the Platform is a protected compilation, even where individual facts (such as scores) are not themselves owned. Except for the limited right to access and use the Platform's features as intended, no right, title, or interest in the Platform or its content is transferred to you. You may not copy, modify, reverse engineer, decompile, create derivative works from, frame, mirror, or otherwise exploit the Platform or its underlying technology, and you may not remove or alter any proprietary notice. The Company reserves all rights not expressly granted, and any unauthorized use terminates the permissions granted in this Policy and may violate applicable law.
8School and association content
Schools and athletic associations retain ownership of the schedules, rosters, statistics, logos, mascots, branding, and other official materials they submit to the Platform, and grant the Company a license to host, display, and distribute that material as part of operating the Platform and its official-data features. Only authorized representatives may submit official content, and by doing so they warrant that they have the authority to act for the school or association and to grant this license, and that the material does not infringe any third party’s rights. School and association marks remain the property of their owners and are used to identify teams and events; their presence on the Platform does not imply endorsement of the Company by, or affiliation beyond the services provided to, that school or association. A school or association may request correction or removal of its official material, subject to the integrity of shared records such as scores and standings and to any retention required by law.
9Engine-generated content
Game recaps, rankings, summaries, statistical insights, predictions, projections, and other material produced by the Varsity Engine are proprietary works owned by Varsity Engine unless otherwise stated. This includes the compilation, arrangement, and presentation of data, as well as the models and methods used to generate it, all of which are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. You may view and share this content through the features the Platform provides, but you may not scrape, bulk-export, republish, resell, or create derivative works from engine-generated content without the Company's written permission. Underlying factual data, such as final scores and official statistics, is not owned by the Company as fact, but the Company's original expression, organization, and analysis of that data is. Engine-generated content is provided for informational and entertainment purposes, may contain errors, and does not constitute an endorsement or official record; the Company may correct, relabel, or remove it at any time.
10Broadcasts and livestreams
Broadcast rights remain with the applicable rights holder unless licensed to Varsity Engine. Live streams and replays produced by student broadcasters, schools, or associations must comply with the Community Guidelines and any broadcaster requirements the Company publishes, including the approval workflow, content standards, and audio-rights rules. Varsity Engine may remove any broadcast that infringes a third party's rights, uses unlicensed music or commercial content, exposes a minor without required consent, or violates association or venue restrictions. Uploading a broadcast confirms you hold every right necessary to publish it, including any rights of the opposing school, the venue, and the individuals depicted.
11Prohibited uses of Platform content
Users may not copy, scrape, bulk-download, index, mirror, frame, redistribute, modify, sell, sublicense, republish, or commercially exploit Platform Content without the Company's written permission. Automated data collection tools, including bots, crawlers, scrapers, and harvesting scripts, are prohibited unless expressly authorized in writing. You may not use Platform Content to build, train, or populate a competing product, database, or model, remove or obscure any copyright, trademark, or attribution notice, or circumvent any access control, rate limit, or technical protection measure. Limited personal, non-commercial use of features the Platform makes available, such as viewing and sharing through provided tools, is permitted. The Company may throttle, suspend, or terminate access, and pursue available legal remedies, for violations of this section.
12Minors, name, image, and likeness
Guardian consent required for minors. If an athlete is under 18, a parent or legal guardian must review and complete the NIL Consent and Authorization Agreement before the athlete's profile is published. That consent authorizes how the minor's name, image, and likeness (NIL) may be used for promotional material and school recruitment profiles, and is limited to the uses the guardian selects.
Scope of the NIL license. Subject to the guardian's selections (or the athlete's own authorization if 18 or older), you grant the Company a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to display the athlete's name, image, likeness, verified statistics, and submitted media on the Platform and, where authorized, in promotional material and to verified college programs. The specific selections a guardian or adult athlete makes in the NIL Consent and Authorization Agreement control the scope of authorized NIL uses. This Section and the rest of these Terms govern the operational mechanics of that license but do not expand it beyond the selected uses; if these Terms could be read to authorize a use the signed selections did not permit, the signed selections control. Basic account access does not require any promotional selection. This license does not permit the sale of a minor's personal information.
Withdrawal. A guardian or an adult athlete may withdraw NIL consent in writing at any time. On withdrawal, the profile is removed from recruiting visibility, subject to a reasonable processing period and to record-keeping required by law.
Accuracy and authority. The person granting consent affirms they have the legal authority to do so and that the information provided is accurate.
Identity verification. To confirm authority to consent for a minor, the Company requires the parent or legal guardian to provide a valid government-issued identification. This document is used solely to verify the guardian's identity and authority, is never displayed on the athlete's public profile, and is handled under the safeguards described in the Privacy Policy. An athlete under 18 cannot activate an account until the guardian has read, signed, and completed identity verification.
No sale of a minor's information. The Company does not sell or share the personal information of a known minor for cross-context behavioral advertising, and the NIL license granted here does not authorize any such sale or sharing.
Monetization and compensation. Unless the Company and the athlete, or the guardian for an athlete under 18, enter into a separate written agreement, no user is entitled to any payment, revenue share, or other compensation in connection with content submitted to or displayed on the Platform, or in connection with the display of the athlete's name, image, or likeness. The Company does not place third-party advertising on or within a minor's profile or media, and does not license a minor's name, image, or likeness to any third party for advertising or endorsement purposes. [CONFIRM: whether the Company intends to sell advertising at any tier, and whether any MAIS or state association rule restricts commercial use of a high school athlete's name, image, or likeness.]
Recordkeeping. A copy of the signed NIL Consent and Authorization Agreement, the selected NIL scope, and the verification record is retained for compliance purposes and is available to the guardian on request. Consent remains in effect until withdrawn or until the athlete turns 18 and manages their own authorization.
Nothing in this Policy transfers ownership of an athlete's name, image, or likeness. Users grant Varsity Engine only the rights necessary to display submitted content in connection with the Platform, and, where separately authorized through the NIL Consent and Authorization Agreement or, for an athlete 18 or older, the athlete's own authorization, in promotional material and to verified college programs. For an athlete under 18, NIL rights may be authorized only by a parent or legal guardian, and are limited to the specific uses the guardian selects. Any NIL license granted is non-exclusive, revocable in writing, and does not permit the sale of a minor's personal information or the use of an athlete's NIL to endorse a third party's product or service without separate, explicit consent. The athlete or guardian may withdraw or narrow NIL permissions at any time, after which affected content is removed from recruiting and promotional visibility, subject to a reasonable processing period and to any records required by law. This section works together with the Name, Image & Likeness provisions of the Terms of Service and the NIL Consent and Authorization Agreement.
Part III. Content Removal
13Copyright removal (DMCA)
14Counter notification
If your material was removed or disabled due to a copyright notice and you believe the removal was a mistake or misidentification, you may submit a written counter notification to the Company's designated agent at the address in Section 11 ([email protected]). A valid counter notification must include: your physical or electronic signature; identification of the material that was removed and the location where it appeared before removal; a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification; your name, address, and telephone number; and, where required, a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate court and will accept service of process from the party who filed the original notice. Upon receipt of a valid counter notification, the Company may forward it to the original complainant and may restore the material in 10 to 14 business days unless the complainant notifies us that they have filed a court action seeking to restrain the allegedly infringing activity. Submitting a counter notification that contains a material misrepresentation may expose you to liability under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.
15Repeat infringer policy
Varsity Engine maintains a policy of suspending or permanently terminating, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are repeat copyright infringers. The Company tracks valid infringement notices against an account and may act after repeated violations, or sooner in the case of severe or willful infringement. A user generally becomes a repeat infringer after multiple separate, valid notices that are not successfully countered, though the Company weighs the nature, severity, and pattern of the conduct rather than a fixed count. As a general guide, the Company records a copyright strike on receipt of each valid removal notice, and an account that accumulates repeated active strikes, ordinarily three within a 90-day period, is subject to termination. The Company weighs the number of valid notices, whether any were retracted or successfully countered, and the severity, willfulness, and pattern of the conduct rather than applying a fixed count mechanically, and it may act sooner for severe or willful infringement. A strike is removed if the complainant retracts the notice or if the user submits a valid counter notification that is not followed by a court action within the period described in Section 12. Where the content removed for infringement was a live broadcast, the Company may restrict the account's access to live broadcasting. The Company retains records of the notices received and the actions taken on each account sufficient to implement this policy. Terminated repeat infringers may be barred from creating new accounts, and the Company may decline to reinstate accounts removed for infringement. Counter-notifications that are upheld are not counted against a user. The Company's determination of what constitutes a repeat infringer is made at its discretion and consistent with the DMCA and applicable law.
16Emergency removal
Varsity Engine may immediately remove or disable access to content that it believes, in good faith, infringes intellectual property rights, exposes a minor without required consent, or otherwise violates this Policy or applicable law, without prior notice and while any investigation is pending. This includes content flagged through the DMCA process, safety reports, or the Company's own review. Emergency removal is a precautionary measure and is not a determination of liability; affected users may be notified and, where appropriate, may use the counter-notification or review process. The Company is not liable for the temporary or permanent removal of content taken in good faith under this section.
17Privacy and likeness removal
Separate from the copyright process in Section 11, any individual who is uniquely identifiable in media published on the Platform, or the parent or legal guardian of an identifiable individual under 18, may request removal of that media on privacy or likeness grounds, whether or not the person making the request holds any copyright in it. A request should identify the media and its location, identify the individual and describe where in the media they appear, state the basis for the objection, and be sent to [email protected] or submitted through the report tool on the media page. The Company generally requires the request to come from the individual depicted, except that a request concerning an individual under 18 may be submitted by a parent, legal guardian, school official, or legal representative. On receipt the Company will notify the uploader and give the uploader 48 hours to remove or edit the media. If the uploader does not act, the Company will review the request and may remove, restrict, or blur the media where it determines that the individual is uniquely identifiable and is either a featured subject of the media or is depicted in a manner that is invasive, demeaning, or exploitative, and that no consent or applicable exception covers the use. Incidental appearance during ordinary game action at an interscholastic event is not by itself grounds for removal, except that the Company will ordinarily honor a request made by the parent or legal guardian of a depicted individual under 18. The Company may remove media immediately, without providing the 48-hour period, where the request involves a minor, a safety risk, or a credible allegation of harassment, stalking, or exploitation.
18Synthetic and altered media
You may not upload media that realistically depicts an identifiable person saying or doing something they did not say or do, and you must clearly disclose any material alteration to media you upload, including audio or video that is generated or modified using artificial intelligence. An athlete, or the parent or legal guardian of an athlete under 18, may request removal of synthetic or altered media depicting that athlete through the Privacy and likeness removal process in Section 14A. The Company will remove such media unless it determines that the content is clear parody, satire, or commentary that does not harm the athlete, and will remove it in all cases where the depicted athlete is under 18 and the guardian requests removal.
19Nonconsensual intimate imagery
The Company prohibits nonconsensual intimate imagery, including computer-generated, AI-altered, or otherwise synthetic depictions. A clear and conspicuous plain-language description of this removal process, written so an ordinary person can understand and use it, is published separately and linked from every page of the Platform. If an intimate visual depiction of you has been published on the Platform without your consent, you or a person authorized to act on your behalf may request its removal by emailing [email protected] or by using the report tool available on every media page, both of which are monitored so that requests are received and acted on promptly. A valid request should include enough information to locate the content, such as its URL or the profile on which it appears; a statement that you are the depicted individual or are authorized to act for that individual; a statement that the depiction is intimate and was published without your consent; and a means of contacting you. Where the request concerns a depicted individual who is a minor, a parent, legal guardian, or other authorized representative may submit it. The Company logs the date and time each request is received and takes reasonable steps to confirm the requester is the depicted individual or an authorized representative before acting. The 48-hour period begins when a valid request is received. Within that period the Company removes the reported depiction and makes reasonable efforts, including hash-based matching where available, to identify and remove known identical copies across the Platform. The Company records the action taken and the time it was completed. The Company may also remove such content on its own initiative, may report it to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children or to law enforcement where required or appropriate, and may terminate the responsible account without prior notice. To prevent misuse of this process, the Company may decline or defer action on a request it determines in good faith to be false, duplicative, or submitted to harass, and may take action against an account that abuses the reporting tools; declining a facially invalid request is not a failure to act on a valid one.
20Child safety reporting
Content that sexualizes, exploits, or endangers a minor is handled as a child-safety matter, not merely as nonconsensual or synthetic imagery, even where it is described that way or is computer-generated. On identifying apparent child sexual abuse material, the Company preserves the content and associated records as the law directs, restricts access pending referral, reports it to the CyberTipline operated by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children as required by federal law, and cooperates with law enforcement. Accounts involved in such content are terminated without prior notice, and the notice and appeal provisions described in the Terms of Service and the Community Guidelines do not apply to them.
21Preservation of records
Varsity Engine may retain copies of removed content, DMCA notices and counter-notifications, related communications, guardian consents, identity-verification records, and technical logs (such as IP addresses and timestamps) as necessary for dispute resolution, enforcement of this Policy, legal compliance, and response to valid law-enforcement or court requests. Records are kept only as long as reasonably necessary for these purposes or as required by law, and are then deleted or de-identified in accordance with the Privacy Policy. Sensitive records, including a minor's information and guardian identity documents, are stored with restricted access. The Company may preserve and disclose records where it believes in good faith that doing so is required by law, necessary to protect the safety of a user or the public, or needed to investigate suspected violations. Preservation of a record is not an admission or determination of infringement or liability.
22Copyright and removal contacts
Copyright notices and questions may be directed to the Varsity Engine Copyright Agent at [email protected]. Privacy and likeness removal requests should be sent to [email protected]. Reports of nonconsensual intimate imagery or of content that endangers a minor should be sent to [email protected] or submitted through the in-Platform report tool.
Part IV. Recruiting and Automated Features
23Recruiting
Varsity Engine facilitates communication and discovery between athletes, high school staff, and college programs. The Company does not guarantee recruitment, roster spots, scholarships, offers, or coach responses, and is not a party to any recruiting relationship formed through the Platform. All users are responsible for complying with applicable NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA, and association recruiting and eligibility rules.
No agent or advisory relationship. The Company is a neutral technology platform, not a recruiting service, agent, advisor, scout, or representative of any athlete, school, or program. Nothing on the Platform constitutes recruiting, athletic, academic, financial, or eligibility advice, and the Company does not negotiate, secure, or influence offers on any user's behalf.
Compliance responsibility. Each user is solely responsible for ensuring that their communications, timing, and conduct comply with the recruiting, contact-period, dead-period, official- and unofficial-visit, and amateurism rules that apply to their sport, class year, division, and governing body. Coaches and programs are responsible for their own institutional and conference compliance obligations. The Company does not provide legal or compliance certification of any interaction.
Logged introductions. Introductions facilitated through the Platform are recorded and time-stamped to support compliance and safety.
Independent verification. While the Platform surfaces verified statistics and school-confirmed information, users should independently verify eligibility, academic standing, offers, financial-aid terms, and any commitment before relying on them. Recruiting decisions, evaluations, and outcomes are made solely by the athletes, families, coaches, and institutions involved.
24Intelligence & automated features
Some features generate recaps, summaries, rankings, projections, and recommendations automatically from Platform data. This content is provided for informational and entertainment purposes only, may contain errors or omissions, and should not be relied upon as the sole basis for any recruiting, academic, financial, wagering, or other decision.
Not verified data. Official statistics submitted by verified school representatives carry the Official badge. Automatically generated narrative, rankings, and projections are derived interpretations, are not official records, and are not a substitute for verified data or independent judgment.
How it is produced. Automated content is generated from data available to the Platform and may not reflect the most recent games, corrections, injuries, or context. Rankings and projections reflect a point-in-time model, may change without notice, and do not imply any endorsement, guarantee, or evaluation of an athlete by the Company or any program.
Corrections and limitations. The Company may refine, relabel, or remove automated content at any time, and is not liable for decisions made in reliance on it. If you believe automated content about you is inaccurate, you may contact the Company to request review.
Part V. Subscriptions and Fees
25Subscriptions and fees
Certain features of the Platform may require a paid subscription. Applicable fees, billing frequency, renewal terms, and the features included in each plan are disclosed at the point of purchase. The Company may change fees or plan features with reasonable prior notice, and any change takes effect at the start of your next billing cycle.
Cancellation and expiration. You may cancel a subscription at any time. Cancellation stops the next renewal; it does not retroactively terminate the current term. Your paid access remains active through the end of the billing period already in progress, and the subscription then expires at the end of that cycle, whether it is a monthly plan (expiring at month end) or an annual plan (expiring at year end). No further charges are made after cancellation.
Automatic renewal. Before you are charged, the checkout screen discloses the plan, the price, the billing interval, the renewal terms, and the cancellation method, and you must affirmatively agree to them; we then send an acknowledgment of the subscription. Unless you cancel before the end of the current term, subscriptions renew automatically for a successive period of the same length at the then-current rate, using the payment method on file. You authorize the Company or its payment processor to charge that method for each renewal until you cancel. Where required by law, we send a renewal reminder before an automatic renewal takes effect. You may cancel at any time online through a method at least as easy as the one used to subscribe; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period, which is the effective cancellation date, and no further charges are made after that date. If we change the price or the plan features, we give advance notice before the change takes effect, and the change applies at the start of your next billing cycle. Refunds are handled as described in the Refunds paragraph below and as required by applicable law.
Refunds. Except where required by applicable law, fees are non-refundable once a billing period begins, and partial-period cancellations are not prorated or refunded. Access to paid features continues until expiration at the end of the paid term.
Taxes and payment. You are responsible for any applicable taxes and for keeping your payment information accurate. If a charge fails, the Company may suspend access to paid features until payment is resolved.
Part VI. Privacy and Third-Party Services
26Privacy and third-party services
Your use of the Platform is also governed by the Privacy Policy, which explains how the Company collects, uses, retains, and protects personal information, including heightened protections for minors. By using the Platform, you acknowledge the practices described there.
Third-party providers. Some features rely on third-party services, such as hosting, video and media delivery, analytics, email and messaging, and payment processing. These providers act on the Company's behalf under contracts that limit their use of information, but the Company does not control and is not responsible for their independent practices.
Third-party links and content. The Platform may contain links to, or content from, third-party sites and services. Accessing them is at your own risk, and your use may be subject to those third parties' own terms and privacy policies, which you should review.
No endorsement. Reference to any third-party product, service, school, or program does not constitute an endorsement by the Company, and the Company is not liable for loss or damage arising from your use of third-party services.
Part VII. Legal Terms
27Limitation of liability
THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE PLATFORM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ERRORS IN SCORES OR STANDINGS, LOSS OF DATA, OR RECRUITING OUTCOMES.
The Company's total liability for any claim shall not exceed the fees paid by you (if any) in the twelve months preceding the claim.
28Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Varsity Engine LLC, its officers, employees, and partners from any claims, damages, or expenses arising out of your misuse of the Platform, your content, or your violation of these Terms or applicable law.
29Termination
The Company may suspend or terminate your account at any time for violation of these Terms or the Community Guidelines, for conduct that harms other users or the integrity of the Platform, or where required by law. Upon termination, your right to use the Platform ceases immediately.
Notice and appeal. Where practicable, and unless an exception described in the Notice and appeals paragraph of Section 6 applies, the Company will notify you of the reason for a suspension or termination. If you believe an action was taken in error, you may appeal by contacting [email protected], and the Company will review the appeal and respond within a reasonable period. For thirty (30) days following termination you may request a copy of the profile information and media you submitted, and the Company will provide it in a portable format except where retention or disclosure is restricted by law or where the account was terminated for conduct involving the safety of a minor. Even after termination, you may continue to use portions of the Platform that are open to the public, such as viewing scores and schedules, without an account.
30General provisions
Governing law. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Mississippi, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
Dispute resolution. Any dispute arising from or relating to these Terms or your use of the Platform shall be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its applicable Consumer Arbitration rules, which are available at adr.org and are incorporated by reference. This provision applies to users in all fifty states and U.S. territories; arbitration will be conducted in the State of Mississippi, or, where required by applicable law, in the state of your residence, and judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. You agree to this arbitration provision by the separate, affirmative acceptance described in Section 1, and a parent or legal guardian who signs the User Agreement agrees to it in their own capacity and, to the extent enforceable under the law of the applicable state, on behalf of the minor. The arbitrator, and not any court, decides disputes about the interpretation and enforceability of this provision, except that a court decides whether a claim may proceed as a class. Arbitration fees are allocated under the applicable AAA rules, and the Company will pay the portion of the fees the rules assign to it; hearings may be conducted by video or telephone at your election. This provision is subject to the small-claims and opt-out rights below. Where binding pre-dispute arbitration or a class-action waiver is limited or prohibited by the law of your state, including any state whose law restricts a guardian's authority to waive a minor's right to a judicial forum, those provisions apply only to the extent permitted, and the remainder of this section continues to govern.
Class-action waiver. To the fullest extent permitted by the law of your state, disputes will be resolved on an individual basis, and you and the Company waive any right to bring or participate in a class, collective, or representative action.
Small claims and opt-out. Either party may bring an individual claim in a small-claims court of competent jurisdiction instead of proceeding in arbitration. You may opt out of the arbitration provision and the class-action waiver by sending written notice to [email protected] within thirty (30) days after you first accept these Terms. Opting out affects no other part of these Terms and will not affect your access to the Platform.
Severability. If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in full force.
Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy , the Copyright and Content Removal Policy, the Community Guidelines, and, where applicable, the User Agreement and the NIL Consent and Authorization Agreement, constitute the entire agreement between you and the Company regarding the Platform.
Survival. The sections that by their nature should survive the end of your use of the Platform will continue to apply, including User Content licenses already granted, Intellectual Property, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, Dispute Resolution, Class-action Waiver, and these General Provisions.
Limitation on the time to bring a claim. To the fullest extent permitted by the law of your state, any claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Platform must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim accrues; otherwise, that claim is permanently barred.
No waiver. If the Company does not act immediately on a violation of these Terms, it does not waive any right to act later, and no failure or delay in exercising a right operates as a waiver of it.
No duty to monitor. The Company is not the publisher or speaker of content submitted by users. The Company's exercise of the moderation, labeling, removal, and enforcement rights described in these Terms is voluntary, does not create any duty to monitor content, and does not make the Company responsible for content it did not create.
Interpretation. In these Terms, "include" and "including" mean "including but not limited to," and examples are illustrative and not exhaustive.
These Terms of Service are effective as of August 1, 2026. Questions may be directed to [email protected]. Copyright notices go to [email protected]; privacy and likeness removal requests to [email protected]; and reports of nonconsensual intimate imagery or content that endangers a minor to [email protected] or the in-Platform report tool.