Terms of Service

Effective Date: October 13, 2025

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using CurveballCritiques.com ("the Site"), you agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use the Site.

2. Purpose of the Platform

CurveballCritiques.com is a community-driven platform designed to promote transparency in youth travel baseball by allowing users to share honest reviews of organizations, coaches, and programs. We aim to provide parents and players with reliable insights while maintaining user anonymity.

3. User Responsibilities

Users agree to post only truthful, first-hand experiences and to avoid sharing any personally identifiable information (PII) about minors or other individuals. Submitting fraudulent, defamatory, or misleading reviews may result in account suspension or removal.

4. Intellectual Property

All content, trademarks, and branding on the Site are owned by CurveballCritiques LLC or its licensors. You may not copy, reproduce, or redistribute any content without prior written permission.

5. Account Registration and Access

Certain features require you to create an account. You must provide accurate information and maintain the confidentiality of your credentials. You are responsible for all activities that occur under your account.

6. Content Moderation

We reserve the right to moderate, edit, or remove content that violates our Community Guidelines or these Terms of Service. Moderation decisions are final, though users may appeal if they believe their review was removed in error.

7. Limitation of Liability

CurveballCritiques LLC and its affiliates are not liable for any damages resulting from your use of the Site. All reviews and content are user-generated and provided "as is" without warranties of any kind.

8. Changes to Terms

We may update these Terms of Service from time to time. The latest version will always be posted on this page, and continued use of the Site constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

9. Contact Us

For questions about these Terms, please contact us at contact@curveballcritiques.com.

Curveball Critiques LLC — Diamond Legacy User Agreement

Applies to the Travel Ball Time Capsule ("Diamond Legacy") service. By checking the "I Agree" box, purchasing the "Legacy Builder" or "Senior Sprint" package, or using the Diamond Legacy Digital Vault, you (the "User" or "Parent") agree to the following terms governing the capture, storage, and printing of your family's memories.

1. Content Ownership and Licensing

Your Ownership: You retain full ownership of the videos, audio recordings, photos, and personal stories ("User Content") you upload to the Diamond Legacy Digital Vault.

License to Us: By uploading User Content, you grant Curveball Critiques LLC a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, and transferable license to host, store, transcribe, modify, and format your Content solely to operate the service. This includes securely routing your compiled text, images, and generated QR codes to our third-party Print-on-Demand partners to manufacture and drop-ship your physical hardcover book.

2. Minor Safety & COPPA Compliance (Age Restrictions)

Parental Representation: The Diamond Legacy service involves processing videos and memories of children. By creating an account and uploading content, you represent and warrant that you are the parent or legal guardian of the child featured in the media.

Consent: You provide verifiable parental consent for Curveball Critiques LLC to collect, process, transcribe, and store your child's video and audio data for the sole purpose of generating the Diamond Legacy digital time capsule and physical book.

3. Privacy and the "Family Vault" Display

Default Privacy: Your entire Diamond Legacy Digital Vault is completely private to your account by default.

Opt-In Public Sharing: If you choose to use the "Family Vault" feature to publicly showcase specific selected videos on your child's Curveball Critiques Player Profile, you explicitly consent to Curveball Critiques displaying your (or your child's) name, image, and likeness on our public platform. You understand you will not be compensated for the display of these memories on the Service.

4. Prohibited Content & Community Standards

To comply with our print partners and community standards, you agree to upload only appropriate family and athletic memories. You are strictly prohibited from uploading:

  • Content that is sexually explicit, violent, or harassing.
  • Videos containing identifiable individuals who have not consented to be recorded.
  • Music, professional game broadcasts, or media for which you do not own the copyright.

Right to Remove: Curveball Critiques reserves the right to delete any content or terminate access to the Digital Vault at any time, without prior notice, if we believe it violates these standards.

5. Printing, Fulfillment, and Refunds

Custom Fulfillment: The Diamond Legacy hardcover book is a custom-manufactured product. Because books are custom-printed on demand based on your specific uploads, no refunds will be issued once your digital draft is approved and sent to our third-party printer.

Quality & Logistics: Curveball Critiques LLC acts solely as a digital software provider and fulfillment facilitator. We do not own the printing facilities. We are not liable for blurry prints resulting from low-resolution user photo uploads, nor for shipping delays or damage caused by the third-party manufacturer or mail carriers.

6. Limitation of Liability & Risk Assumption

You hereby release and hold harmless Curveball Critiques LLC, its owners, employees, and affiliates from any claims, damages, or liabilities arising from:

  • The accidental loss, corruption, or deletion of your digital memories.
  • The unauthorized use or scraping of your content by third parties if you choose to make videos public on the Player Profile.
  • Any loss of amateur status or eligibility resulting from your use of the platform and public sharing of videos.