The following terms of service (the "TOS") apply to your use of these websites, including access to the Services (as defined below) and Content (as defined below) available through our websites. Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using the website, accessing the Content and/or using the Services.
BY USING THE WEBSITE, THE SERVICES, OR THE CONTENT, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THIS TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT AS THEY APPLY TO YOU AND YOUR USAGE AND ACCESS.
Your use of the website, the content, and the services is also subject to all applicable laws and regulations. If you do not agree to any of the terms of service in this agreement, you should not use the website, the services, or the content. Your use of the website is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is available here.
These terms and conditions of use apply to all associated websites owned or operated by Chalkline Sports, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates including, but not limited to, Chalkline Sports website currently located at www.chalklinesports.com and any other sites that the company operates, (collectively, the “Site”). The Site is the property of Chalkline Sports, Inc. and its licensors.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT BY BROWSING OR USING THE CONTENT, SERVICES AND TOOLS OFFERED BY THE SITE, YOU HAVE AGREED, WITHOUT LIMITATION OR QUALIFICATION, TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE AND ANY ADDITIONAL TERMS THAT MAY APPLY. If you do not agree with these Terms of Use, please do not use this Website.
Chalkline Sports reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms of Use, at any time, consistent with applicable law. It is your responsibility to check these Terms of Use periodically for changes. Chalkline Sports will post a notification on this Site or otherwise provide notice to you if these Terms of Use materially change. Such changes, whether in the form of modifications, additions, or deletions, shall become effective when specified in the relevant notification. If you do not agree to the changes, do not continue to use this Site after the date they become effective. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes will mean that you accept and agree to the changes. As long as you comply with these Terms of Use, Chalkline Sports grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to enter and use the Site.
2. Content & Intellectual Property
All stats, player usage statistics, historical player performance, stadium weather, lines, odds, betting percentages, betting systems, fantasy trends, fantasy systems, fantasy angles, homerun rate predictions, pitcher strikeout rate predictions, stadium trends, picks, articles, text, hidden text within source code, graphics, user interfaces, visual interfaces, photographs, videos, trademarks, logos, music, sounds, and computer code (collectively, “Content”), including but not limited to the design, structure, selection, coordination, expression, “look and feel” and arrangement of such Content, contained on the Site is owned by Chalkline Sports or its licensors, and is protected by U.S. and international intellectual property and proprietary rights.
All trademarks appearing on this Site are the property of their respective owners, including, in some instances, Chalkline Sports and/or its partner companies. Nothing contained on this Site should be understood as granting you a license to use any of the copyrights, trademarks, service marks, or logos owned by Chalkline Sports or by any third party.
When accessing this Site, you agree to obey the law and to respect the intellectual property rights of Chalkline Sports and others. You agree that you shall be solely responsible for any violations of any applicable laws and for any infringement of third-party rights caused by any Feedback (as defined below), User Content (as defined below), and PII (as defined below) that you provide or transmit to us.
All materials contained or distributed in this website (the “Materials”) are owned by Chalkline Sports or its licensors. Except for downloading one copy of the Materials on any single computer for your personal, non-commercial home use, you must not reproduce, modify, copy, publish, transmit, prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, perform or display the Materials without first obtaining the written permission of Chalkline Sports and, if applicable, any other copyright owner. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading or printing the Materials. Materials may not be used in any unauthorized manner.
3. Your Use of the Site; Restrictions
You may browse this Site and all associated content solely for your personal use and enjoyment. Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, no part of the Site may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, sold, distributed, or otherwise exploited in any way (including, but not limited to, by “mirroring”) to any other computer, server, website or other medium for publication or distribution or for any commercial enterprise, without Chalkline Sports’s express prior written consent.
You may not use any “deep-link”, “page-scrape”, “robot”, “spider” or other automatic device, program, algorithm or methodology, or any similar or equivalent manual process, to access, acquire, copy or monitor any portion of the Site, or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Site, to obtain or attempt to obtain any materials, documents or information through any means not purposely made available to you through the Site. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of the Site, or any other systems or networks connected to the Site or to any server of Chalkline Sports, or to any of the services offered on or through the Site, by hacking, password “mining” or any other illegitimate means.
You may not probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Site or any network connected to the Site, nor breach the security or authentication measures on the Site or any network connected to the Site. You may not modify, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, reduce or attempt to reduce to a human-perceivable form any of the source code used in providing this Site, trace or seek to trace any information on any other user of or visitor to the Site, or any other customer of Chalkline Sports, including any Chalkline Sports account not owned by you, to its source, or exploit the Site or any service or information made available or offered by or through the Site, in any way where the purpose is to reveal any information, including but not limited to PII , other than your own information, as provided for by the Site.
Accounts may not be shared and may only be used by one individual per account.
You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the Site or Chalkline Sports’s systems or networks, or any systems or networks connected to the Site or to Chalkline Sports.
You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any transaction being conducted on the Site, or with any other person’s use of the Site, including, but not limited to, by interfering or attempting to interfere with service to any visitor, host, or network, such as by means of submitting a virus or any other harmful component to this Site, or by overloading, “flooding,” “spamming,” “mail bombing,” or “crashing” this Site. In addition, you agree not to use this Site to send unsolicited e-mail, including, without limitation, promotions, or advertisements for products or services. You also agree not to frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any aspect of this Site, such as any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including, but not limited to, images, text, page layout, or form), or to use any metatags or any other “hidden text” utilizing Chalkline Sports’s name or trademarks without Chalkline Sports’s express written consent.
You may not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any message or transmittal you send to Chalkline Sports on or through the Site or any service offered on or through the Site. You may not pretend that you are, or that you represent, someone else, or impersonate any other individual or entity.
You may not use the Site, including, but not limited to, any Content or Materials contained therein, for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use, or to solicit the performance of any illegal activity or other activity which infringes the rights of Chalkline Sports or others. Without limiting the generality of any terms or conditions set forth herein, in using the Site, you may not transmit or solicit: (a) any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent information of any kind, including images and language; (b) any message that constitutes, or encourages or incites conduct that would constitute, a criminal offense or gives rise to civil liability; or (c) any information, software or other material which violates or infringes upon the rights of others, including material which is an invasion of privacy or publicity rights or which is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, or derivative works with respect thereto, without first obtaining permission from the owner or right holder. Any violation of Chalkline Sports’s system or network security may subject you to civil and/or criminal liability.
4. Feedback & User Content
Any feedback, suggestions, questions, comments, ideas, notes, concepts, and other similar information relating to the Site or Chalkline Sports that you provide to Chalkline Sports (but excluding your PII) (collectively, “Feedback”) is deemed to be Chalkline Sports’s proprietary information. Chalkline Sports may use such Feedback for any purpose, including, but not limited to, improvement and modification of the Site, and Chalkline Sports shall own all rights, title and interest in and to the Feedback and such improvements and modifications.
This Site may contain message boards, profiles, and other interactive features that allow users to post, submit, publish, display, or transmit content and materials, including, but not limited to, photos, videos, other creative transmissions (“User Content”). All User Content must comply with the standards set out in these Terms of Use. By providing any User Content on this Site, you hereby grant to Chalkline Sports and its affiliates, and each of their respective licensees, successors, and assigns a non-exclusive, irrevocable, unrestricted, perpetual, transferable, worldwide and royalty-free and fully paid-up right and license to use, reproduce, modify, perform, display, distribute, and otherwise exploit the User Content for any purpose. You represent and warrant that you own or control all rights in and to the User Content and have the right to grant the license granted above to Chalkline Sports and its affiliates, and each of their respective licensees, successors, and assigns. Chalkline Sports is not responsible or liable to any third party for the content or accuracy of any User Content posted by you or any other user of the Site.
The terms “Feedback” and “User Content” do not include any personally identifiable information, such as your name, e-mail address, physical address, phone number(s) (collectively, “PII”) that you may provide to Chalkline Sports, and which is subject to the privacy standards set forth in Chalkline Sports’s Privacy Policy. To access parts of this Site or some of the resources it offers, you may be asked to provide certain information, including, but not limited to, PII. It is a condition of your use of this Site that all the information you provide on this Site, including, but not limited to, PII, is correct, current and complete.
5. Sweepstakes, Contests, and Promotions
Notwithstanding the foregoing, ownership and use of all User Content, Feedback, and PII submitted in connection with a sweepstakes, contest, giveaway or other promotion (“Promotion”), shall be subject to the applicable Promotion’s “Official Rules” or other terms of service. If you participate in a Promotion, such terms of service, may, for example, permit Chalkline Sports to contact you to verify your eligibility, use your physical address for the purposes of prize fulfillment, share your PII with third parties providing services in connection with such Promotion or for purposes of prize fulfillment, and/or use other information submitted with your entry for future marketing, such as to notify you of a product or subsequent Promotion that we think may be of interest to you. If you no longer wish to receive information about products or Promotions, you may opt out of receiving further information by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link included in such e-mails. Please also note that if you win a Promotion, some of your PII may be disclosed on a winners list as required by law.
6. Privacy
Chalkline Sports’s Privacy Policy applies to use of this Site, and its terms are made a part of these Terms of Use by this reference. You may view Chalkline Sports’s Privacy Policy here. Additionally, by using the Site, you acknowledge and agree that Internet transmissions are never completely private or secure. You understand that any message or information you send to the Site may be read or intercepted by others, even if there is a special notice that a particular transmission (for example, credit card information) is encrypted.
7. Third-Party Content, Links and Services
The Site may display content or tools provided by third parties, links to third-party web pages, or both, including advertisements and solicitations to purchase products or services (collectively, “Third-Party Content”). In consideration for the convenience of Chalkline Sports making this Third-Party Content available or accessible to you, you acknowledge that Chalkline Sports has not reviewed all of the Third-Party Content and that Chalkline Sports is not responsible or liable for any such Third-Party Content, including, but not limited to, the privacy practices of third parties offering such Third-Party Content; you must contact the third party directly for any remedies that may be available to you. Please be aware that access to any Third-Party Content does not constitute an endorsement by Chalkline Sports or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates of any third parties or Third-Party Content. Likewise, Chalkline Sports is not the seller of products purchased from third parties offering Third-Party Content and is in no way responsible for shipping their products. Chalkline Sports may from time to time engage certain affiliates or other third parties to provide all or part of the Services to you, and you hereby acknowledge and agree that such third party participation is acceptable.
If Chalkline Sports provides links to social media platforms, such as Facebook or Twitter, and you choose to visit those websites through Chalkline Sports’s links, please note that the information you post, transmit, or otherwise make available on those websites may be viewed by the general public. Chalkline Sports does not control User Content on social media homepages and is not responsible for any third-party use of your User Content that you have posted, transmitted, or otherwise made available there.
8. Monitoring; Copyright Complaints
You agree that Chalkline Sports has the right, but not the obligation, to monitor, edit, disclose, refuse to post, or remove at any time, for any reason in Chalkline Sports’s sole discretion, any Material and Content anywhere on this Site. Notwithstanding this right, Chalkline Sports does not and cannot review all Materials, User Content, PII, and Feedback submitted to this Site. If notified, Chalkline Sports may investigate an allegation that content transmitted to Chalkline Sports is in violation of these Terms of Use, and Chalkline Sports will determine whether to have the communication removed. However, Chalkline Sports is under no obligation to remove content and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from or relating to any actions or content transmitted by or between you or any third party within or outside of this Site, including, but not limited to, any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or inaccuracy contained therein.
Chalkline Sports may, in appropriate circumstances and at its sole discretion, terminate the access of users who infringe the copyrights of others. If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible on this Site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, you may notify Chalkline Sports by providing the following information (as required by the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. sec. 512):
* a physical or electronic signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
* identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted works at this Site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at this Site;
* identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit Chalkline Sports to locate the material;
* information reasonably sufficient to permit Chalkline Sports to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and if available, an e-mail address;
* a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by you, your agent, or the law; and
* a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Please send the written communication to Chalkline Sports’s copyright agent by email AND by U.S. Mail to:
Chalkline Sports, Inc.
2810 McNairy
Nashville, TN 37204
Attn:DMCA Agent
Email: legal@chalklinesports.com
Email Subject: “DMCA Request”
9. Disclaimers
CHALKLINE SPORTS DOES NOT PROMISE THAT THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT, PRODUCT, SERVICE OR FEATURE OF THE SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE, ERROR-FREE, OR UNINTERRUPTED, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE WILL PROVIDE SPECIFIC RESULTS. THE SITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE DELIVERED ON AN “AS-IS” AND “AS-AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE SITE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. Chalkline Sports CANNOT ENSURE THAT THE SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY FILES OR OTHER DATA YOU DOWNLOAD FROM THE SITE, WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR CONTAMINATION OR DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. CHALKLINE SPORTS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Chalkline Sports DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR THE ACTS, OMISSIONS AND CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND/OR ANY SERVICES OF Chalkline Sports. YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND ANY THIRD-PARTY CONTENT. YOUR SOLE REMEDY AGAINST CHALKLINE SPORTS FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT IS TO STOP USING THE SITE OR ANY SUCH CONTENT. THIS LIMITATION OF RELIEF IS A PART OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
You understand that the Site contains information about sports, fantasy sports, and sports betting, but that this information and Content does not constitute “advice”, nor does it constitute any “recommendation” on whether or how to engage in daily fantasy or sports betting activities. CHALKLINE SPORTS ACCEPTS NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF ANY OF THE SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY CONTENT OR MATERIAL FOUND THEREIN, OR AS A RESULT OF BETTING RISKS OR FANTASY SPORTS RISKS. ANY SPORTS BETTING OR FANTASY SPORTS ACTIVITY IS INHERENTLY RISKY UNDERTAKEN AT YOUR OWN RISK.
10. Applicable Law and Venue; Dispute Resolution
The TOS and the relationship between you and Chalkline Sports shall be governed by the laws of the State of Tennessee without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You irrevocably submit and consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Tennessee State courts in and for Davidson County, Tennessee, and the Federal courts in and for the Middle District of Tennessee for any dispute arising out of, relating to or in connection with this TOS or your access or use of the Service and the Content. You waive any right to raise the defense of forum non conveniens.
11. Limitation of Liability
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE CHALKLINE SPORTS, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AFFILIATES, OR LICENSORS LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, RELIANCE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES WHETHER OR NOT FORESEEN, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA) ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR USE, MISUSE, OR RELIANCE ON THE INFORMATION AND SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THE SITE. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO PREVENT RECOVERY OF DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY CLAIM RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF, WHETHER SUCH CLAIM IS BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY EVEN IF Chalkline Sports HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
The above limitation applies to your use, misuse, or reliance upon the Site, including, without limitation, damages you may incur because of Third-Party Content advertised on, or linked to the Site.
Any cause of action or claim you may have with respect to this Site must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, the shortening of the applicable statute of limitations, or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, in certain jurisdictions, some of the above limitations may not apply to you; all other provisions of these Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect.
12. Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Chalkline Sports and its affiliates and their officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, licensors, and suppliers from and against any and all claims, losses, expenses, liabilities, settlements, litigation, damages, and/or costs (including, but not limited to, fees, costs and other expenses of attorneys and expert witnesses) arising out of or related to: (i) your use of the Site, including, but not limited to, any Materials or User Content, (ii) any violation of these Terms of Use or applicable law by you in connection with your use of the Site, including, but not limited to, any Materials or User Content, (iii) any actual or alleged infringement by you, or any person accessing the Site, including, but not limited to, any Materials or User Content, using your password or account identifier, of any intellectual property or privacy or other right of any third party, or (iv) any unauthorized use of password protected Materials or User Content utilizing your account information, whether or not known or authorized by you.
Chalkline Sports reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you at your expense, and you shall not in any event settle or otherwise dispose of any matter without Chalkline Sports’s prior written consent.
13. Rights to Terminate Use
Upon termination of your account for any reason, Chalkline Sports will retain your data in accordance with its Privacy Policy. Even if your account is terminated, be aware that these Terms of Use, to the extent any provisions by their nature will survive any expiration or termination of these Terms of Use, shall so survive.
To the extent that any part of this Site offers subscriptions to users, Chalkline Sports reserves the right to cancel any such subscriptions at any time in its sole and absolute discretion, upon which time affected users shall be notified of such cancellation.
You agree that Chalkline Sports reserves the right, without prejudice to its other rights, to suspend or terminate your use of the Site at any time where Chalkline Sports has determined, in its sole discretion that the use of the Site by you is, or was, in breach of these Terms of Use. ACCORDINGLY, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER RIGHTS OR REMEDIES AVAILABLE TO Chalkline Sports AND WITHOUT ANY LIABILITY WHATSOEVER, Chalkline Sports AT ANY TIME AND WITHOUT NOTICE MAY TERMINATE OR RESTRICT ACCESS YOUR ACCESS TO THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICES.
You also agree that any violation by you of these Terms of Use may constitute an unlawful and unfair business practice and cause irreparable harm to Chalkline Sports, for which monetary damages would be inadequate, and you consent to Chalkline Sports obtaining any injunctive or equitable relief that Chalkline Sports deems necessary or appropriate in such circumstances. These remedies are in addition to any other remedies Chalkline Sports may have at law or in equity.
14. Miscellaneous.
Chalkline Sports’s failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these Terms of Use shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between the parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any of these Terms of Use. Chalkline Sports may assign its rights and duties under these Terms of Use to any party at any time without notice to you and without your express consent. You will not assign any of your rights or delegate any of your obligations under these Terms of Use without Chalkline Sports’s prior written consent. Any purported assignment or delegation in violation of this Section is null and void. No assignment or delegation relieves you of any of your obligations under these Terms of Use. If any provision of these Terms of Use is held unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. These Terms of Use, together with Chalkline Sports’s Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes in their entirety any and all written or oral agreements previously existing between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
If you have any questions or comments regarding these Terms of Use, Chalkline Sports' Privacy Policy, or this Site, please feel free to contact Chalkline Sports by email at support@chalklinesports.com.
These Terms of Use were last updated on September 10, 2023.