Terms of Service

1. Using Ballstar

Ballstar provides tools for basketball league operations, public GameStream pages, schedules, standings, box scores, player profiles, play-by-play, game flow, media, sponsor placements, ticket requests and related services. You may use Ballstar only in compliance with these Terms and applicable laws.

2. Accounts and Eligibility

• You must provide accurate account information and keep your login credentials secure.
• You are responsible for activity that occurs through your account or league management permissions.
• Ballstar is not directed to children under 13, and children under 13 may not create accounts.
• If you use Ballstar on behalf of a league, team, company or organization, you represent that you have authority to do so.

3. League, Team, Player and Game Content

You are responsible for the information, photos, videos, sponsor creative, rosters, schedules, scores, statistics, play-by-play, ticket notes and other content that you submit or manage through Ballstar.

• You must have the rights and permissions needed to submit, publish and manage that content.
• You must not submit content that is unlawful, misleading, defamatory, invasive, infringing or harmful.
• If you submit information or media involving minors, you are responsible for obtaining any required consent from the player, parent, guardian, school, league, venue or other rights holder.
• You grant Ballstar a non-exclusive license to host, process, display, reproduce and distribute your content as needed to provide, promote, secure and improve the services.

4. Public Pages and Game Accuracy

Ballstar publishes league, team, player and game information for fans, players, managers, sponsors and media. Public pages may include names, photos, schedules, scores, stats, standings, game actions, streams and sponsor placements.

Game data depends on league administrators, scorekeepers, connected clients, stat feeds and other users. We do not guarantee that scores, standings, statistics, play-by-play, timestamps, media, ticket availability or sponsor information will always be complete, current, error-free or pushed to Ballstar by a particular time.

5. GameStream, Media and Sponsorships

• Streams, replays and media may be public, embedded, recorded or made available through third-party providers.
• You are responsible for venue permissions, music or media rights, publicity rights and participant consent.
• Sponsor placements, sponsor names, sponsor links, prices and creative are provided by leagues or their authorized users.
• External sponsor links and third-party media players are not controlled by Ballstar.

6. Registration, Tickets and Payments

Ballstar may support team registration, ticket requests, payment credit displays or other commerce-related workflows. Unless a separate agreement says otherwise, leagues remain responsible for their own registration rules, ticket availability, pricing, admission decisions, refunds, event operations and compliance obligations.

Ballstar does not collect payment card numbers in the Next.js app. If payment processing is enabled through a third-party provider, that provider's terms and privacy practices may also apply.

7. Prohibited Uses

You may not use Ballstar to:

• Break the law, violate another person's rights or submit content you do not have permission to use.
• Harass, abuse, threaten, exploit or endanger players, fans, league staff or other users.
• Upload malware, attempt unauthorized access, interfere with service operation or bypass security controls.
• Scrape, copy or republish large portions of Ballstar data except as allowed by Ballstar or the applicable league.
• Misrepresent scores, stats, sponsorships, ticket rights, identity, affiliation or authority.

8. Ballstar Rights

Ballstar and its licensors own the platform, software, design, trademarks, workflows and other service technology. These Terms do not transfer ownership of Ballstar technology to you. You retain ownership of content you submit, subject to the license needed for Ballstar to operate the services.

9. Service Changes and Availability

We may add, change, suspend or discontinue features. Ballstar is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We work to keep the service useful and reliable, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted access, error-free operation, data availability or that every integration will remain available.

10. Disclaimers and Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Ballstar disclaims warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement and any warranties arising from course of dealing or usage of trade. Ballstar will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost data, lost goodwill or business interruption, except where the law does not allow those limitations.

11. Suspension and Termination

We may suspend or terminate access to Ballstar if we believe an account, league, team or user has violated these Terms, creates risk, infringes rights, misuses the service or could harm Ballstar, users, players, leagues or the public. You may stop using Ballstar at any time.

12. Updates and Contact

We may update these Terms as Ballstar changes. Continued use of Ballstar after updates means you accept the updated Terms. For questions, contact your league administrator or the Ballstar team.