Terms
Terms of Use
Huddle312
1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing or using Huddle312 (the “Service”), you agree to these Terms of Use. These Terms govern your use of the Service as a visitor or user. They do not waive, limit, or otherwise affect any rights that third-party rights holders may have, and they do not bind those parties merely because they visit or discover the website.
2. Description of Service
Huddle312 provides news reporting, commentary, analysis, historical information, statistics, player information, team information, data visualization, entertainment, editorial content, and football-related tools and features.
3. Independent Publication / No Affiliation
Huddle312 is an independent, unofficial Chicago football publication. Huddle312 is not affiliated with, sponsored by, endorsed by, licensed by, or otherwise associated with the Chicago Bears, the National Football League, NFL Properties, or any of their respective affiliates, players, coaches, employees, agents, or representatives.
4. Editorial and Informational Purpose
The Service provides news reporting, commentary, criticism, analysis, historical information, statistics, entertainment, and other editorial or informational content concerning professional football and related subjects. Editorial content may include opinions, analysis, projections, commentary, aggregated reporting, automated summaries, and historical information, and should be understood in that context.
5. No Professional Advice
Information provided by Huddle312 is for editorial, informational, and entertainment purposes. It should not be construed as legal advice, financial advice, medical advice, professional gambling advice, investment advice, or any other regulated professional advice.
6. Huddle312 Intellectual Property
Original Huddle312 material may include site design, original writing, software, databases where protected, graphics, original research, original analysis, and other original content. Such materials remain owned by Huddle312 or applicable licensors.
7. Third-Party Marks
All third-party trademarks, service marks, trade names, team names, player names, logos, and other proprietary identifiers are the property of their respective owners.
References to third parties are made for identification, news reporting, commentary, criticism, analysis, comparison, historical discussion, or other informational purposes and do not imply sponsorship, affiliation, endorsement, or approval.
8. User Conduct
You may not:
- use the Service for any unlawful purpose;
- attempt to disrupt, overload, or interfere with the Service;
- attempt unauthorized access to accounts, systems, or data;
- engage in malicious scraping or automated abuse;
- introduce malware or other harmful code;
- impersonate another person or entity;
- commit fraud or harass others;
- violate the rights of others; or
- circumvent technical protections on the Service.
9. Third-Party Links
Huddle312 may link to news publishers, social networks, statistics providers, advertisers, merchants, and other third-party services. Huddle312 does not control those third-party services. Their inclusion does not necessarily constitute endorsement.
10. Statistics and Data Accuracy
Scores, statistics, roster information, injury information, schedules, rankings, transaction information, and other data may originate from third-party sources and may be delayed, incomplete, inaccurate, revised, or unavailable.
Huddle312 does not warrant that such information is complete, current, or error-free.
11. AI-Assisted Content
Certain summaries, classifications, analyses, metadata, images, or other features may be created or assisted by automated or artificial-intelligence systems. Such systems may make errors. Users should consult original sources where accuracy is material. Not all content on the Service is AI-generated.
12. Advertising / Affiliate Relationships
The Service may in the future include advertising, sponsorship, affiliate links, or other commercial partnerships. Appropriate disclosure may accompany commercial relationships. These Terms do not represent that Huddle312 currently participates in any particular advertising or affiliate program.
13. No Warranties
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
Without limiting the foregoing, and where permitted by law, Huddle312 disclaims warranties of accuracy, availability, reliability, fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, and non-infringement.
14. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Huddle312 and its owners, operators, contributors, contractors, licensors, and service providers shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill, or business opportunity arising from or relating to use of or inability to use the Service.
TODO — OWNER/COUNSEL REVIEW REQUIRED before any monetary liability cap is added.
15. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Huddle312 and its owners, operators, contributors, contractors, and service providers from claims, damages, losses, and reasonable expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of your misuse of the Service or your unlawful conduct, to the extent caused by you. This provision does not require you to indemnify Huddle312 for Huddle312’s own unrelated wrongdoing.
16. Copyright Concerns
If you believe material on the Service infringes a copyright you own or are authorized to assert, email copyright@huddle312.com with enough information to identify:
- the claimant;
- the work claimed;
- the challenged material and its URL;
- your contact information;
- the basis for the claim; and
- the action requested.
Huddle312 has not designated a registered DMCA agent. Sending a notice through this contact method does not by itself create or confirm any particular statutory process.
17. Trademark / Publicity / Rights Concerns
If you believe content on the Service infringes or improperly uses intellectual-property, publicity, privacy, or other rights, contact us through the designated rights-contact method with sufficient information to identify the material, the rights asserted, your relationship to those rights, and the action requested.
We may investigate and take action we consider appropriate without admitting liability.
18. No Admission
Removal, modification, restriction, geoblocking, disabling, or other treatment of challenged material shall not constitute an admission of wrongdoing, infringement, liability, ownership, validity, or enforceability of any asserted right.
19. Reservation of Rights
Huddle312 expressly reserves all defenses, exceptions, limitations, privileges, and rights available under applicable law, including those relating to news reporting, commentary, criticism, parody, nominative use, descriptive use, fair use, the First Amendment, and other lawful expressive activity, where applicable. Whether any particular defense applies depends on the circumstances. These Terms do not claim that every use on the Service is automatically fair use, nominative fair use, constitutionally protected, or otherwise lawful.
20. Governing Law
TODO — OWNER/COUNSEL TO SELECT GOVERNING LAW
These Terms do not currently designate a governing-law jurisdiction. That selection is reserved for the site owner and qualified counsel and has not been made in this document.
21. Dispute Resolution
TODO — OWNER/COUNSEL REVIEW REQUIRED
These Terms do not currently require mandatory arbitration, a class-action waiver, a jury waiver, or a selected venue. Any such process would require explicit owner approval after counsel review.
22. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.
23. Waiver
Failure to enforce a term on one occasion does not automatically waive the right to enforce that term or any other term in the future.
24. Changes to Terms
Huddle312 may update these Terms periodically. The effective date above will be revised when an update is published. Continued use of the Service after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. These Terms do not promise individual email notification of changes.
25. Contact
General inquiries: hello@huddle312.com
Rights concerns: copyright@huddle312.com
You may also use the contact page. These addresses are existing publication inboxes. This page was not prepared as attorney-reviewed legal advice.