Sports Deal Mom

Terms of Service

Updated September 19, 2024

Welcome to SportsDealMom.com, a blog created for the purpose of providing information and sharing opinions on various topics surrounding sports and sports equipment. The following Terms of Use, or Terms of Service (aka rules), govern your use of this website, any content made available from or through this website or our social media accounts, and any related services. By using this website, you acknowledge and agree to follow and be bound by these terms. We reserve the right to update or change these rules at any time, and will post the new rules on our site, whether you notice them or not.

These Terms of Service are written in a way that we believe makes them clear and easy to understand, by limiting the legalese as much as possible. Please use our contact information found on our Contact Us page to let us know if anything is not clear, or if you are having trouble or issues with our site, services or products.

Modification

We reserve the right to modify these Terms of Service at any time, and such modifications shall be effective immediately upon posing on this website. Your continued use of this site after any modifications of the Terms of Service shall be deemed your acceptance of the modified Terms of Service.

User Conduct

  • You must be at least 13 years old to use the site, or if you are a resident of the European Union, you must be at least 16 years old. Additionally, regardless of where you live, if you are under the age of 18, you must have the permission of a parent or legal guardian who has agreed to these rules on your behalf.
  • Do not use the site to do anything illegal, or break the rules in our Terms of Service, or encourage or promote anyone else from breaking the rules of this site.
  • Do not change anything about our website or applications, or do anything that may affect how other people use and enjoy the site. This includes uploading any type of virus or malware, or posting links to such, or doing anything that may interfere with the way the site works or the services it provides.
  • Do not post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, indecent, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material, or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered violent, a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. This includes anything that can be considered bullying.
    • By bullying we mean making degrading statements about someone, judging someone you have never met, or posting inappropriate images that threaten others.
    • This also includes posing content or links to any content that contains nudity, sexual violence, or commercial sexual services.
    • This also includes posting content or links to any content related to regulated goods such as selling or trading non-medical drugs, or pharmaceutical drugs of any kind.
  • Do not attempt to gain unauthorized access to this website, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to this website.
  • Do not impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
  • Do not post anything that does not belong to you, or that infringes upon someone else’s intellectual property.

Ownership

All content on this website, including but not limited to text, comments, graphics, logos, icons, images, audio and video is the property of SportsDealMom.com, its content suppliers, or the properly attributed party, and is protected by international copyright laws. The compilation, meaning the collection, arrangement, and assembly of all content on this site, is the exclusive property of SportsDealMom.com and is protected by international copyright laws.

In other words, we own any and all communications displayed on our website, servers, comments, emails and any other media as allowed by the United States law, and we will not give credit or pay royalties for unsolicited user-generated content such as blog comments, deals or emails. Do not use our stuff, change our stuff, remove our stuff, or claim to be or represent us, without our express written consent.

For more information about when and how your information or data provided is collected, how it is stored, how it is used, and with whom it may be shared with, please see our Privacy Policy for more information.

Use of Content

You may use the content of this website for personal and non-commercial purposes only. You may not sell, reproduce, distribute, modify, display, publicly perform, prepare derivative works based on, repost or otherwise use any content of this website in any way for public or commercial purpose without written permission of SportsDealMom.com

We reserve the right to republish or distribute anything uploaded to our site as reasonable in the course of our business.  You agree to not submit any content that could be illegal or serve an unlawful purpose, including but not limited to; content that is potentially libelous or maliciously false, obscene, abusive, negligent or otherwise harmful or inappropriate.  In other words, you cannot submit any content that you know violates any laws or our Terms of Service.

SportsDealMom.com welcomes user comments, but you understand that all user comments do not represent the views of SportsDealMom.com, and are not endorsed by SportsDealMom.com.  You are solely responsible for the content of any comments you make.  By submitting a comment, you are claiming that you own all intellectual property rights, or have sufficient rights to grant the license to the content before posting.

Intellectual Property Rights

All text, images, designs, graphics, trademarks and service marks are owned by and property of SportsDealMom.com or the properly attributed party.  It is a violation of Federal law to use any of our intellectual property in whole or in part without our express written consent.  Modification of any materials contained on this site is illegal and may be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law permissible, including asking for financial damages and/or an injunction forcing you to stop using our intellectual property immediately.  In simple terms, do not use our stuff, do not change our stuff, do not remove our stuff, or do not claim to be us, without our express written consent.

Any use of any original photography, images, or graphics that have been created by SportsDealMom.com is strictly prohibited without express written consent of SportsDealmom.com, and failure to comply constitutes a copyright violation.  This includes, but is not limited to, posting or reposting on websites or social media, or using them in printed or digital advertising such as in magazines, sales materials, or packaging.  Credit and backlinks to our site do not constitute permission.  If you would like to use any of our content, please Contact Us for terms of usage.

Copyright Disclaimer

Any photo or graphic that is not credited to an outside source have either been taken or created by SportsDealMom.com and are rights protected.  All photos and graphics that have not been taken or created by SportsDealMom.com are credited and linked to their outside sources and are believed to be available for use in the public domain (published according to the U.S. Copyright Fair Use Act, title 17, U.S. Code).  We also reserve the right to move, replace or remove any images or content without any prior announcement.

User Generated Content

By sending, submitting, or otherwise providing any type of user generated content to SportsDealMom.com, you are hereby agreeing that for any media that you submitted that you,

  1. Have the rights to submit it and are not infringing on or violating the copyright of any third party,
  2. That it can be used for any purpose by SportsDealMom.com, including commercial use, with no compensation to you,
  3. You grant a license to use the name, image, and likeness of any individual identifiable in such media.

Links to and From the Blog

SportsDealMom.com is not responsible for the content of any external websites that link to or from this website.  When clicking an external link from this website to a third party website, you understand that SportsDealMom.com is not responsible for the trustworthiness of the third party website before disclosing any personal information to them.  That being said, we only post links to sites that we personally use or have visited.

At SportsDealMom.com, we use advertising and affiliate links for certain products and/or services.  By clicking on those links, and making a purchase, we may earn an affiliate commission.  Please note that you don’t pay any extra due to this commission, and in fact, many of our links provide a discount.  You accept express liability for any and all consequences or benefits of clicking the affiliate links contained on this website or in any related communications.  Any testimonials provided on this site reflect the accurate, unbiased experience of the person quoted, however, your results with any particular product or service may vary.

For more information about any affiliate programs utilized on SportsDealMom.com, please see our Disclosures and Disclaimers page.

Termination

SportsDealMom.com reserves the right to terminate your use of this website at any time, for any reason, with or without notice, without liability to you.  We also reserve the right to delete any content that has been uploaded or shared for any reason, whether it has violated our rules or not.

SportsDealMom.com reserves the right to end the site and its content at any time without letting you know beforehand.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless us, our affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, assigns, content providers, and other contracting parties, from and against all losses, expenses, damages, and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from any violation of these Terms of Service, or any activity related to your use of the site, (including but not limited to infringement of third parties’ worldwide intellectual property rights or negligent or wrongful conduct) by you or any other person accessing the site using your internet account or access.

Prevailing Language

If there are any inconsistencies or conflicts between the English original of these Terms of Service, and any foreign language translation, the English version shall prevail.

Governing Law

These Terms of Service shall be governed by and constructed in accordance with the laws of the United States and the State of Connecticut, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law.

Disputes and How We Will Handle Them

We hope that you will first reach out to us with any problems so that we can try to resolve them in a civil manner, but if you have a legal problem with our website, you agree to use binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association.  This means that you will not go to court by yourself or with others, or as part of a class-action lawsuit or arbitration.  We and you waive a trial by jury.

We do agree that small claims, intellectual property disputes such as copyright and trademarks, or efforts to interfere with the services or engage with the services in unauthorized ways may be brought to court.  We also agree that a court may decide issues about the scope and enforceability of these arbitration provisions.

For any claim that is not arbitrated or resolved in small claims court, you agree that it shall be resolved exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, or a state court located in Connecticut.  You also agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of either of these courts for the purpose of litigating any such claims.

Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability

Everything we provide on SportsDealMom.com and its associated communications is on an “as is” basis, to be relied on and used at your own risk.  Do your own research before relying on anything we say or provide on this site.  We disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, quality, non-infringement, safety, freedoms from defects or that defects will be corrected, uninterrupted, virus-free or error-free performance.

We are not liable for indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages including lost profits and property damage, even if we were advised of the possibilities of such damages, nor shall we be held liable for delay or failure in performance resulting from causes beyond our reasonable control.  We cannot predict when issues may occur with our site or services.  We are not responsible for lost profits, data, or any kind of damages connected to your use of the site.  In no event shall our total liability to you for all damages, losses and causes of action exceed the fees we received from you in the past 12 months, if any.  Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation of certain warranties, so the above limitations in this section may not apply to you.

We do not control or direct what people and others may say or do, and we are not responsible for their actions or conduct.  This includes actions or conduct occurring online or offline.  We are not responsible for any content they share, including offensive, inappropriate, obscene, unlawful and any other content that may be objectionable.  We also are not responsible for services and features offered by other people or companies, even if you have accessed them through this site.  You should read and agree to their rules and terms before using their services.

Nothing on this site, or offered through any of our communications, services or products is intended to diagnose or treat any physical or mental illness.  None of the information provided on this site or in any of our communications, services or products is intended to be legal, medical, expert-level or financial advice and is for educational purposes only, unless clearly marked otherwise.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Compliance

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) protects SportsDealMom.com if the site has unknowingly hosted materials submitted by third parties that may infringe the copyrights of others.  If the copyright owner provides a takedown notice in compliance with the requirements of the DMCA, SportsDealMom.com will immediately comply with its obligations under the DMCA.

To submit a DMCA takedown request, please email SportsDealMom@gmail.com with the subject “DMCA Takedown Request”, and provide the following information:

  • A detailed description of the copyrighted work you believe is being infringed upon;
  • A description of the location on this website where the alleged infringing content appears;
  • Your contact information including, your name, address, telephone number and email address;
  • A statement that you have a good faith belief that the alleged infringing use is not authorized by you, as the copyright owner, your agent, or by law;
  • A statement affirming that, under penalty of perjury, the information in the notice is accurate and that you are indeed authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner; and
  • An original signature of the copyright owner, or by someone authorized on the owner’s behalf to assert infringement of the copyright as well as to submit the claim.

Compliance with Law Enforcement

SportsDealMom.com may disclose any information or content provided by you to law enforcement or other third parties if required by law, such as through a subpoena or court order.