
1. INTRODUCTION
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE WEBSITE. By using the Website, you signify your agreement to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you may not use the Website. In addition, when you use any of our current or future services you will also be subject to our guidelines, terms conditions and agreements applicable to those services. If these Terms of Use are inconsistent with the guidelines, terms and agreements applicable to those services or businesses, these Terms of Use will control.
2. PRIVACY
AND YOUR ACCOUNT
Please review our Privacy
Policy, which also governs your
visit to the Website, to understand
our privacy practices. The terms
and conditions of our Privacy
Policy are incorporated herein
and made a part of these Terms of
Use.
We may sell products for children, but sell them to adults who can purchase with a credit card or other permitted payment method. If you are under 18, you may use the Website only with the involvement of a parent or guardian. We reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in our sole discretion.
3. CONSIDERATION
You agree that these Terms
of Use are supported by reasonable
and valuable consideration, the
receipt and adequacy of which you
hereby acknowledge, including, without
limitation, your access to and use
of the Website and data, materials
and information available at or
through the Website.
4. RESTRICTIONS
ON USE; LIMITED LICENSE
All content contained on the
Website (collectively, "Content"),
such as text, graphics, logos, icons,
images, audio and video clips, digital
downloads, data compilations, and
software, is our property or the
property of our licensors or licensees,
and the compilation of the Content
on the Website is our exclusive
property, protected by United States
and international copyright laws,
treaties and conventions. All software
used on the Website is our property
or the property of our software
suppliers and protected by United
States and international copyright
laws, treaties and conventions.
Any trademarks, service marks, graphics, logos, page headers, icons, scripts and trade names (each, a "Mark") contained on the Website are proprietary to us or our licensors or licensees. Our Marks may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not ours in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among users or that disparages or discredits us or anyone else. All other Marks not owned by us that appear on the Website are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by us.
We grant you a limited license to access and make personal use of the Website. No Content of the Website or any other Internet site owned, operated, licensed, or controlled by us may be copied, reproduced, republished, downloaded (other than page caching), uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way, or sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose, except that you may download one (1) copy of the Content that we make available to you for such purposes on a single computer for your personal, noncommercial, home use only, provided that you: (a) keep intact all copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights notices; (b) do not modify any of the Content; (c) do not use any Content in a manner that suggests an association with any of our products, services or brands; and (d) do not download Content so as to avoid future downloads from the Website. Your use of Content on any other website or computer environment is strictly prohibited.
The license granted to you does not include, and specifically excludes, any rights to: resell or make any commercial use of the Website or any Content; collect and use any product listings, descriptions, or prices; make any derivative use of the Website or Content; download or copy account information for the benefit of anyone else; or use any form of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. You may not frame, or utilize framing techniques to enclose, any Mark, Content or other proprietary information, or use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing any such intellectual property, without our and each applicable owner's express written consent. Any unauthorized use automatically terminates the license granted to you hereunder. You are granted a limited, revocable, and non-exclusive right to create a hyperlink only to our home page provided that the link does not portray us or our licensors or licensees, or their respective products or services, in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any of our or any such party's intellectual property as part of the link without our and each such party's express written consent.
5. SUBMISSIONS
You may post reviews, comments,
photographs, and other content;
send communications; and submit
suggestions, ideas, comments, questions,
or other information, so long as
none of these materials are illegal,
obscene, threatening, defamatory,
invasive of privacy, infringing
on intellectual property rights,
or otherwise injurious to third
parties or objectionable and do
not consist of or contain software
viruses, political campaigning,
commercial solicitation, chain letters,
mass mailings, or any form of "spam."
You may not use a false e-mail address,
impersonate anyone, or otherwise
mislead as to the origin of any
content. We reserve the right (but
not the obligation) to remove or
edit any such content, but we do
not regularly review posted content.
Please do not send us any material that you do not intend to be subject to the User-Generated Content License described in this paragraph. All content described in the immediately preceding paragraph and any and all other information, content or materials that you post or send to us hereinafter collectively is referred to as "User-Generated Content." If you post or send any User-Generated Content to us, intentionally or unintentionally, we (and such others as we may designate from time to time) shall have the unrestricted rights to the use thereof for any and all purposes whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without any further permission from, or any payment to, you or anyone else. We and our designees also shall have the right (but no obligation) to use the name that you submit, as well as any other name by which you are or may be known, in connection with User-Generated Content. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you hereby unconditionally grant to us a perpetual, non-exclusive, irrevocable, fully-paid, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable universal license to use, re-use, reproduce, transmit, print, publish, display, exhibit, distribute, re-distribute, copy, host, store, cache, archive, index, categorize, comment on, broadcast, stream, download, edit, alter, modify, adapt, translate, create derivative works based upon and publicly perform User-Generated Content, in whole or in part, by all means and in all media now known or hereafter devised for any and all purposes without further notice to you and with or without attribution (the "User-Generated Content License"). You agree to the User-Generated Content License whether or not your User-Generated Content is used by us.
You represent, warrant and agree that: you own or otherwise control all of the rights to all User-Generated Content that you post or send to us; that all such User-Generated Content is accurate; use of such User-Generated Content does not violate these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy or the rights of any third party and will not cause injury to anyone; and you will indemnify us and our affiliates and designees from and against all claims arising out of, resulting from or relating to any such User-Generated Content. We have the right (but no obligation) to monitor, edit or remove any activity or content involving you. We have no responsibility, and assume no liability, for any User-Generated Content posted or sent by you or by anyone else.
You agree that User-Generated Content will not be subject to any expectation of trust or confidence between us and that no confidential or fiduciary relationship is intended or created between you and us. To the extent that any so-called "moral rights," "neighboring rights" or similar or analogous rights apply to any User-Generated Content and which are not exclusively owned by us, you agree not to enforce or assign, or permit any third party to enforce or assign, any such rights.
Each time that you access the Website, or post or submit User-Generated Content, you agree that the User-Generated Content License is ratified and confirmed with respect to such User-Generated Content and all User-Generated Content previously posted or submitted by you.
6. CONTENT
LINKED TO THE WEBSITE
You should be aware that when
you visit the Website, you could
be directed to other sites beyond
our control including links to or
from affiliates and content partners
that may use our Marks as part of
an affiliate relationship. When
you click on a link that directs
you away from the Website, the site
to which you are directed may not
be controlled by us and different
terms of use and privacy policies
may apply which you should carefully
read and evaluate. You acknowledge
that we are not responsible for
examining or evaluating, and that
we do not warrant the offerings
of, any such third party or the
content of their sites. We do not
assume any responsibility or liability
for the actions, products, or content
of any third party or any third
party site. We reserve the right
to disable links from or to third-party
sites, although we are under no
obligation to do so.
7. DISCLAIMER
OF WARRANTIES
THE CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE
IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED
OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE
DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES,
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS
CONTAINED IN ANY CONTENT (INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, USER-GENERATED
CONTENT) WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR
ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE
CORRECTED, OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR
THE SERVERS THAT MAKE SUCH CONTENT
AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR
OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS AND YOU
ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY
SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION
OF ANY OF YOUR EQUIPMENT OR SOFTWARE.
WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES
REGARDING USE, OR THE RESULTS OF
USE, OF ANY CONTENT, PRODUCT OR
SERVICE CONTAINED ON OR OFFERED,
MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH, OR OTHERWISE
RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THE WEBSITE
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
THIRD PARTY SITE OR SERVICE LINKED
TO FROM THE WEBSITE (AND SPECIFICALLY
NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF
CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS,
RELIABILITY OR SAFETY).
CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
WE EXPLICITLY DISCLAIM ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION, CONTENT AND MATERIALS FOUND ON SITES THAT LINK TO OR FROM THE WEBSITE. WE CANNOT ENSURE THAT YOU WILL BE SATISFIED WITH ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE THAT YOU PURCHASE FROM A THIRD PARTY WEBSITE THAT LINKS TO OR FROM THE WEBSITE OR THIRD PARTY INFORMATION, CONTENT OR MATERIALS CONTAINED ON OUR WEBSITE. WE DO NOT ENDORSE ANY OF THE MERCHANDISE, NOR HAVE WE TAKEN ANY STEPS TO CONFIRM THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR RELIABILITY OF, ANY OF THE INFORMATION, CONTENT OR MATERIALS CONTAINED ON ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITE. WE DO NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE SECURITY OF ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT OR MATERIALS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CREDIT CARD AND OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION) YOU MIGHT BE REQUESTED TO GIVE TO ANY THIRD PARTY. YOU HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AGAINST US WITH RESPECT TO INFORMATION, CONTENT AND MATERIALS CONTAINED ON THE WEBSITE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, USER-GENERATED CONTENT), ON THIRD PARTY SITES, AND ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT AND MATERIALS YOU PROVIDE TO OR THROUGH ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY SITES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CREDIT CARD AND OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION). WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE WHATEVER INVESTIGATION YOU FEEL NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH ANY ONLINE OR OFFLINE TRANSACTION WITH ANY THIRD PARTY.
8. INDEMNIFICATION
You hereby agree to indemnify,
defend, and hold us, and our licensors,
licensees, successors, distributors,
agents, representatives and other
authorized users, and each of their
respective officers, directors,
owners, managers, members, employees,
agents, representatives and assigns
(collectively, the "Indemnified
Parties"), harmless
from and against any and all loss,
cost, damage, liability and expense
(including, without limitation,
settlement costs and legal or other
fees and expenses) suffered or incurred
by any of the Indemnified Parties
arising out of, in connection with
or related to any breach or alleged
breach by you of these Terms of
Use. You shall use your best efforts
to cooperate with us in the defense
of any claim. We reserve the right,
at our own expense, to employ separate
counsel and assume the exclusive
defense and control of the settlement
and disposition of any claim that
is subject to indemnification by
you.
9. LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE) SHALL WE BE LIABLE TO
YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING
LOST PROFITS), PERSONAL INJURY (INCLUDING
DEATH) OR PROPERTY DAMAGE OF ANY
KIND OR NATURE WHATSOEVER THAT ARISE
OUT OF OR RESULT FROM: (A) THE USE
OF, OR ANY INABILITY TO USE, THE
WEBSITE OR ANY CONTENT OR FUNCTIONS
THEREOF; OR (B) ANY ACT OR OMISSION,
ONLINE OR OFFLINE, OF ANY USER OF
THE WEBSITE OR ANYONE ELSE, EVEN
IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL
OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL
LOSS, COST, DAMAGE, LIABILITY OR
EXPENSE (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS FEES
AND COSTS) THAT YOU MAY SUFFER OR
INCUR, UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE,
EXCEED THE LESSER OF THE AMOUNT
PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR THE RIGHT
TO ACCESS OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY
ACTIVITY RELATED TO THE WEBSITE
OR $100.00.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL WE OR ANY OF THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DELAY OR FAILURE IN PERFORMANCE RESULTING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM ANY EVENT OF FORCE MAJEURE OR OTHER CAUSE BEYOND OUR OR THEIR CONTROL INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ACTS OF GOD, WAR, EQUIPMENT AND TECHNICAL FAILURES, ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURES OR FLUCTUATIONS, STRIKES, LABOR DISPUTES, RIOTS, CIVIL DISTURBANCES, SHORTAGES OF LABOR OR MATERIALS, NATURAL DISASTERS, GOVERNMENTAL ACTIONS, ORDERS OF DOMESTIC OR FOREIGN COURTS OR TRIBUNALS, OR NON-PERFORMANCE OF THIRD PARTIES. NEITHER WE NOR ANY OTHER INDEMNIFIED PARTY IS RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR: (A) ANY INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THE WEBSITE AND ANY SITE, SERVICE, SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE; OR (B) ANY DELAY OR FAILURE YOU MAY EXPERIENCE WITH ANY TRANSMISSION OR TRANSACTION RELATED TO THE WEBSITE.
THE LIMITATIONS, EXCLUSIONS AND DISCLAIMERS HEREIN AND ELSEWHERE IN THESE TERMS OF USE APPLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW CERTAIN OF THE EXCLUSIONS, LIMITATIONS, OR DISCLAIMERS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS OF USE, SO SUCH EXCLUSIONS, LIMITATIONS OR DISCLAIMERS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
10. COPYRIGHT
COMPLAINTS
We respect the intellectual
property rights of others. If you
believe that your work has been
copied on the Website in a way that
constitutes copyright infringement,
please follow our Notice and
Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright
Infringement.
11. AMENDMENT
We reserve the right, in our
sole discretion, to change, modify,
add or delete portions of these
Terms of Use at any time without
notice, and it is your responsibility
to review these Terms of Use for
any changes. Your use of the Website
following any change to these Terms
of Use will constitute your assent
to and acceptance of the revised
Terms of Use.
12. TERMINATION
These Terms of Use are effective
until terminated by either you or
us. You may terminate these Terms
of Use prospectively at any time
by discontinuing your access to
and use of the Website and destroying
all materials obtained from the
Website and all related documentation
and all copies and installations
thereof, whether made under these
Terms of Use or otherwise. If you
terminate these Terms of Use, you
shall notify us by sending notice
of such termination by certified
United States mail, postage pre-paid
to:
Kimberly Crossett
MVP Sports Group
Vice President, Athlete Marketing
1880 Century Park East, Suite 1511
Century City, CA 90067
We may terminate these Terms of Use (including your access to and use of the Website) without cause and without notice to you, in our sole discretion. Upon termination, you must cease any access to or use of the Website and destroy all materials obtained from the Website and all related documentation and all copies and installations thereof, whether made under these Terms of Use or otherwise. We have adopted and implemented a policy that provides for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, of users who are repeat infringers of copyright.
The provisions of these Terms of Use, which by their nature should survive the termination of these Terms of Use, shall survive such termination.
13. APPLICABLE
LAW AND DISPUTES
These Terms of Use, your rights
and obligations, our rights and
obligations, and all actions contemplated
by these Terms of Use, will be governed
by the laws of the United States
of America and the State of Missouri,
without regard to principles of
conflicts of law and as if these
Terms of Use were a contract wholly
entered into and wholly performed
within the State of Missouri. These
Terms of Use will not be governed
by the United Nations Convention
on Contracts for the International
Sale of Goods.
Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to the Website or to products you purchase through the Website shall be submitted to confidential binding arbitration in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States of America, except that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate our intellectual property rights, we may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States of America, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts.
Arbitration under these Terms of Use shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of JAMS/ENDISPUTE Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures in effect at the time of filing of the demand for arbitration. The parties specifically incorporate the terms of § 435.380 of the Missouri Code, which reads:
1. The arbitrators may issue or cause to be issued subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and for the production of books, records, documents and other evidence, and shall have the power to administer oaths. Subpoenas so issued shall be served, and upon application to the court by a party or the arbitrators, enforced, in the manner provided by law for the service and enforcement of subpoenas in a civil action.
2. On application of a party and for use as evidence, the arbitrators may permit a deposition to be taken, in the manner and upon the terms designated by the arbitrators, of a witness who cannot be subpoenaed or is unable to attend the hearing.
3. All provisions of law compelling a person under subpoena to testify are applicable.
4. Fees for attendance as a witness shall be the same as for a witness in the circuit court.
The arbitrator's award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under these Terms of Use shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to these Terms of Use, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.
14. ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATIONS
When you visit the Website
or send e-mails to us, you are communicating
with us electronically. You consent
to receive communications from us
electronically. We will communicate
with you by e-mail or by posting
notices on the Website. You agree
that all agreements, notices, disclosures
and other communications that we
provide to you electronically satisfy
any legal requirement that such
communications be in writing.
15. MISCELLANEOUS
LEGAL PROVISIONS
We may discontinue the Website
at any time and for any reason,
without notice. We may change the
contents, operation, or features
of the Website at any time for any
reason, without notice.
You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and us as a result of these Terms of Use or your use of the Website. Nothing contained in these Terms of Use is in derogation of our right to comply with governmental, court, and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Website or information provided to or gathered by us with respect to such use. A printed version of these Terms of Use and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to these Terms of Use to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.
Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms of Use or respond to a breach by you or others shall not constitute a waiver of our right to enforce any other provision of these Terms of Use as to that breach or any other.
If any provision of these Terms of Use is invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect, and the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision.
These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Website and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreement regarding that subject matter.
Updated March 2013
Notice and Procedure for Making
Claims of Copyright Infringement
If you believe that your work has
been copied in a way that constitutes
copyright infringement, please provide
our copyright agent the written
information specified below. Please
note that this procedure is exclusively
for notifying us that your copyrighted
material has been infringed.
• An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
• A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
• A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Website;
• Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
• A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
• A statement by you, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
The Foundation's Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on the Website can be reached as follows:
Copyright Agent