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Business of Soccer (Bo$) was founded in March 2010 and launched in November 2010.
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Thank you for your interest in using the online services (the “Service”) operated by BusinessofSoccer.com. d/b/a BusinessofSoccer.com (“Business of Soccer”) and offered through the BusinessofSoccer.com network of websites (the “Sites”). These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of the Service and the Sites (collectively, the “BusinessofSoccer.com Network”). Please read these Terms carefully. By using the BusinessofSoccer.com Network, you are stating that you have read and understand, and agree to be bound by, these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you are not permitted to use the BusinessofSoccer.com Network.
1. Your Responsibilities.
You are responsible for obtaining and maintaining all equipment and services needed for access to and use of the BusinessofSoccer.com Network and for paying all charges related thereto. When you register to become a member of the BusinessofSoccer.com Network, BusinessofSoccer.com collects certain personal information about you. You agree that BusinessofSoccer.com may use any information BusinessofSoccer.com obtains about you in accordance with the provisions of the BusinessofSoccer.com Network Privacy Policy. You agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current, and complete information as prompted by the registration form; and (b) maintain and update such information to keep it true, accurate, current, and complete at all times. In addition, you agree not to use the BusinessofSoccer.com Network to: (a) violate any local, state, national, or international law or regulation; (b) transmit any material that is abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, pornographic, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable; (c) transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of solicitation; (d) transmit any material that contains adware, malware, spyware, software viruses, or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; (e) stalk, harass, or harm another individual, including revealing the real name of any fellow user that has chosen to use an alias on the BusinessofSoccer.com Network; (f) impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; or (g) interfere with or disrupt the BusinessofSoccer.com Network or servers or networks connected to the BusinessofSoccer.com Network, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies, or regulations of networks connected to the BusinessofSoccer.com Network.
2. User Submissions.
BusinessofSoccer.com does not claim ownership of any information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, tags or other materials you submit for display or distribution to others through the BusinessofSoccer.com Network (collectively, “User Submissions”). As between BusinessofSoccer.com and you, you own all rights to your User Submissions. However, you grant to BusinessofSoccer.com and BusinessofSoccer.com’s affiliates, representatives, and assigns an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid, world-wide, license (sublicensable through multiple tiers) to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform, and publicly display your User Submissions (in whole or in part) in any format or medium now known or later developed; provided, however, that the exercise by BusinessofSoccer.com of its rights under the foregoing license shall at all times be subject to the limitations upon disclosure of your User Submissions imposed upon BusinessofSoccer.com under the BusinessofSoccer.com Network Privacy Policy. BusinessofSoccer.com reserves the right to display advertisements in connection with User Submissions and to use User Submissions for advertising and promotional purposes. BusinessofSoccer.com does not pre-screen User Submissions and you agree that you are solely responsible for all of your User Submissions. BusinessofSoccer.com is not required to host, display, or distribute any User Submissions, and may remove at any time or refuse any User Submissions. BusinessofSoccer.com is not responsible for any loss, theft or damage of any kind to any User Submissions. You represent and warrant that your User Submissions and BusinessofSoccer.com’s authorized use thereof do not and will not infringe the rights of any third party (including, without limitation, intellectual property rights, rights of privacy or publicity, or any other legal or moral rights).
3. Copyright Infringement.
Business of Soccer respects the intellectual property rights of others. Accordingly, Business of Soccer has a policy of removing User Submissions that violate copyright law, suspending access to the BusinessofSoccer.com Network (or any portion thereof) to any user who uses the BusinessofSoccer.com Network in violation of copyright law, and/or terminating in appropriate circumstances the account of any user who uses the BusinessofSoccer.com Network in violation of copyright law. Pursuant to Title 17 of the United States Code, Section 512, BusinessofSoccer.com has implemented procedures for receiving written notification of claimed copyright infringement and for processing such claims in accordance with such law. If you believe your copyright is being infringed by a user of the BusinessofSoccer.com Network, please provide written notice to the following BusinessofSoccer.com agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement.
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Your written notice must: (a) contain your physical or electronic signature; (b) identify the copyrighted work alleged to have been infringed; (c) identify the allegedly infringing material in a sufficiently precise manner to allow BusinessofSoccer.com to locate that material; (d) contain adequate information by which BusinessofSoccer.com can contact you (including postal address, telephone number, and e-mail address); (e) contain a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or the law; (f) contain a statement that the information in the written notice is accurate; and (g) contain a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner. Please do not send notices or inquiries unrelated to alleged copyright infringement to BusinessofSoccer.com’s designated agent.
4. Termination.
BusinessofSoccer.com may terminate your BusinessofSoccer.com Network membership or suspend your access to all or part of the BusinessofSoccer.com Network, without notice, if you violate these Terms or you engage in any conduct that BusinessofSoccer.com, in its sole and absolute discretion, believes is in violation of any applicable law or regulation or is otherwise harmful to the interests of BusinessofSoccer.com, any other BusinessofSoccer.com Network user, or any third party. YOU AGREE THAT BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR REMOVING YOUR USER SUBMISSIONS OR SUSPENDING OR TERMINATING YOUR ACCESS TO THE BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM NETWORK (OR ANY PORTION THEREOF). You may discontinue your participation in and access to the BusinessofSoccer.com Network at any time. BusinessofSoccer.com reserves the right to investigate your use of the BusinessofSoccer.com Network in the event BusinessofSoccer.com, in its sole and absolute discretion, believes you have violated these Terms.
5. Modifications To Terms.
BusinessofSoccer.com may, in its sole and absolute discretion, change these Terms from time to time. BusinessofSoccer.com will post notice of such changes on the Sites. If you object to any such changes, your sole recourse shall be to cease using the BusinessofSoccer.com Network. Continued use of the BusinessofSoccer.com Network following notice of any such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes.
6. Modifications To the BusinessofSoccer.com Network.
BusinessofSoccer.com reserves the right to modify or discontinue the BusinessofSoccer.com Network with or without notice to you. YOU AGREE THAT BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY SHOULD BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM EXERCISE ITS RIGHT TO MODIFY OR DISCONTINUE THE BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM NETWORK.
7. Fees.,
BusinessofSoccer.com reserves the right at any time to charge fees for access to new BusinessofSoccer.com Network content or services or to portions of the existing BusinessofSoccer.com Network content or services or to the BusinessofSoccer.com Network as a whole. In no event will you be charged for access to any BusinessofSoccer.com Network content or service, or to the BusinessofSoccer.com Network as a whole, unless we obtain your prior agreement to pay such fees. If you do not consent to the payment of such fees, however, you may not have access to paid content or services. Details regarding the content or services you will receive in exchange for fees, as well as the payment terms and conditions that apply, will be disclosed to you prior to your agreement to pay such fees. Any such terms and conditions shall be deemed to be a part of (and are hereby incorporated by reference into) these Terms.
8. Password and Security.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your BusinessofSoccer.com Network password, and you are solely responsible for all activities that occur under your password. You agree to immediately notify BusinessofSoccer.com of any unauthorized use of your password or any other breach of security related to the BusinessofSoccer.com Network. BusinessofSoccer.com reserves the right to require you to alter your password if BusinessofSoccer.com believes that your password is no longer secure. YOU AGREE THAT BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING FROM YOUR FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY SAFEGUARD YOUR PASSWORD.
9. Links.
BusinessofSoccer.com’s provision of a link to any other Web site or Internet resource is for your convenience only and does not signify BusinessofSoccer.com’s endorsement of such other Web site or resource or its contents. YOU AGREE THAT BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, OR MATERIALS FOUND AT ANY OTHER WEB SITE OR INTERNET RESOURCE.
10. No Commercial Use.
You may not resell, distribute, make any commercial use of (other than to keep and share information for your own business purposes), use on a timeshare or service bureau basis, or use to operate a Web site or otherwise generate income from the BusinessofSoccer.com Network.
11. Disclaimer of Warranties.
YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM NETWORK IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM NETWORK IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM NETWORK (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT). BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM NETWORK WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM NETWORK WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ACCESS TO DATA (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DOCUMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND SOFTWARE FILES) STORED BY YOU OR OTHERS ON THE BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM NETWORK IS NOT GUARANTEED AND THAT BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA CAUSED BY THE BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM NETWORK OR ITS UNAVAILABILITY. BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM MAKES NO WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM NETWORK, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM NETWORK, OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM NETWORK WILL BE CORRECTED. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY MATERIAL AND/OR INFORMATION DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM NETWORK IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE ARISING THEREFROM. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM OR THROUGH THE BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM NETWORK SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN.
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YOU UNDERSTAND THAT TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM OR ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE) FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF REVENUES, PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF SUCH PARTIES WERE ADVISED OF, KNEW OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM YOUR (OR ANYONE USING YOUR ACCOUNT’S) USE OF THE BUSINESSOFSOCCER.COM NETWORK.
13. Exclusions And Limitations.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, some of the above limitations and disclaimers may not apply to you. To the extent that BusinessofSoccer.com may not, as a matter of applicable law, disclaim any implied warranty or limit its liabilities, the scope and duration of such warranty and the extent of BusinessofSoccer.com’s liability shall be the minimum permitted under such applicable law.
14. Indemnification.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless BusinessofSoccer.com, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants and agents from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, expenses, fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) that such parties may incur as a result of or arising from your (or anyone using your account’s) violation of these Terms. BusinessofSoccer.com reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to cooperate with BusinessofSoccer.com’s defense of such claim.
15. Trademarks.
“BusinessofSoccer.com” and the BusinessofSoccer.com design, as well as certain other of the names, logos, and materials displayed in the BusinessofSoccer.com Network constitute trademarks, trade names, service marks or logos (“Marks”) of BusinessofSoccer.com or other entities. You are not authorized to use any such Marks. Ownership of all such Marks and the goodwill associated therewith remains with BusinessofSoccer.com or those other entities.
16. Copyrights; Restrictions on Use.
The content on the Sites (the “Content”), including without limitation, video, text, photos, and graphics, is protected under United States and international copyright laws, is subject to other intellectual property and proprietary rights and laws, and is owned by BusinessofSoccer.com or its licensors. Other than with respect to your own User Submissions: (a) the Content may not be copied, modified, reproduced, republished, posted, transmitted, sold, offered for sale, or redistributed in any way without the prior written permission of BusinessofSoccer.com and its applicable licensors; and (b) you must abide by all copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in or attached to any Content..
17. Miscellaneous.
These Terms, together with the terms of any end user license agreement to which you agree when downloading any software that BusinessofSoccer.com makes available through the BusinessofSoccer.com Network and any additional terms to which you agree when using particular elements of the BusinessofSoccer.com Network (e.g., terms specific to a site within the network of Sites or relating to the payment of fees for certain BusinessofSoccer.com Network content or services), constitute the entire and exclusive and final statement of the agreement between you and BusinessofSoccer.com with respect to the subject matter hereof, and govern your use of the BusinessofSoccer.com Network, superseding any prior agreements or negotiations between you and BusinessofSoccer.com with respect to the subject matter hereof. In the event of any conflict between these Terms and terms of a specific site within the network of Sites, these Terms shall govern. These Terms and the relationship between you and BusinessofSoccer.com shall be governed by the laws of the State of California as applied to agreements made, entered into, and performed entirely in California by California residents, notwithstanding your actual place of residence. All lawsuits arising from or relating to these Terms or your use of the BusinessofSoccer.com Network shall be brought in the Federal or State courts located in San Francisco County, California, and you hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of such courts for such purpose. The failure of BusinessofSoccer.com to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, you nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the intentions of BusinessofSoccer.com and you as reflected in the provision, and that the other provisions of these Terms remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the BusinessofSoccer.com Networks or these Terms must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. The terms of Sections 2 and 11 through 17 of these Terms, as well as any other limitations on liability explicitly set forth herein, shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any termination of your use of the BusinessofSoccer.com Network.
BusinessofSoccer.com Privacy Policy
Thank you for your interest in using the online information sharing service operated by BusinessofSoccer.com. Your privacy is important to us and we have prepared this Privacy Policy to explain to you how we collect, use, and share information we obtain through your use of the Sites. This Privacy Policy does not govern our use of any information you provide to us when you call us, write to us, or communicate with us in any manner other than through the Sites. Because the Internet is global, information about you that we collect or that you submit may be transferred to, processed in, and held in countries (including the United States) other than the one in which you reside. By using the Sites, you explicitly consent to such use of your information and agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is effective as of February 11, 2008.
1. Information We Automatically Collect.
We automatically collect certain information to help us understand how our users use the Sites (which we will refer to in this Privacy Policy collectively as “Usage Data”). For example, each time you visit the Sites we may automatically collect your IP address, browser and computer type, access time, the Web page from which you came, and the Web page(s) that you access during your visit. We also use cookies (which are small amounts of data sent from a web server to your browser that are stored on your computer’s hard drive) to keep track of your use of the Sites, to validate your identity, to remember your password and preferences, to tailor the Sites to meet your personal interests, and to improve the quality of the Sites. In addition, third parties who place advertisements on the Sites may also collect information through cookies to ensure that their advertising systems and technologies work properly and to allow them to track responses to their advertisements. Cookies set by these third parties are governed by the privacy policies of those third parties. Generally, you can set your browser not to accept cookies or to notify you if you are sent a cookie, giving you the opportunity to choose whether or not to accept the cookie. Please note that if you do set your browser not to accept cookies, certain areas of our Sites may not function properly.
2. Information You Choose To Submit.
You can visit the Sites without telling us who you are or revealing any information by which someone could personally identify you (which we will refer to in this Privacy Policy collectively as “Personal Information”). If, however, you wish to register to become a member of the Sites, you are required to provide certain Personal Information (e.g., your name and e-mail address), and we ask that you also provide a user name and password. We use your Personal Information to fulfill your requests for products and services, to improve our services, and to contact you from time to time about us, our Sites, and our products and services. You may also choose to submit additional information about yourself (for example your gender, birth date, or zip code) by which someone could not personally identify you (which we will refer to in this Privacy Policy collectively as “Non-Personal Information”). Finally, you may choose to submit your alias, bio, email, photos or any other information that you would like to share with other users of the Sites (which we will refer to in this Privacy Policy collectively as “Shared Information”).
3. Our Information Sharing Practices
(a) Generally. Except as otherwise described in this section of our Privacy Policy, we will never share your Usage Data, Personal Information, Non-Personal Information, or Shared Information (which we will refer to in this Privacy Policy collectively as “User Information”) with any third party without your permission.
(b) Advertisers. From time to time, we may share your Usage Data and Non-Personal Information to enable third parties who serve advertisements on the Sites to deliver advertisements that will be relevant to you. We will not share any such information, however, in a manner that would enable the advertiser to personally identify you.
(c) Aggregated Data. From time to time, we may share aggregated User Information with third parties. We will not share any aggregated data, however, in manner that would enable the recipient to personally identify you.
(d) Service Providers. From time to time, we may enter into relationships with third parties who provide services to us (e.g., data management and storage services or credit card processing services). In those circumstances, we disclose User Information that is necessary for such service providers to perform those services and require that they maintain the confidentiality of such User Information.
(e) Other Disclosure Scenarios. Notwithstanding anything in this Privacy Policy to the contrary, we reserve the right, and you hereby expressly authorize us, to share any User Information: (1) in response to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish, protect, or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims; (2) if we believe it is necessary in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, fraud, or situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person or property; (3) if we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding significant abuse of the Sites’ infrastructure or the Internet in general (such as voluminous spamming, denial of service attacks, or attempts to compromise the security of information); (4) to our parent company, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control with us (in which case we will require such entities to honor this Privacy Policy); and (5) if we are acquired by or merged with another entity.
4. Public Information.
If you identify any User Information as public, you are authorizing us to share such information publicly. For example, you may elect to make certain Shared Information (such as your alias, bio, email or photos) publicly available. Also, there may be areas of the Sites (e.g., message boards, discussion rooms, and other online forums) in which you are able to post information that will be available to all other users of the Sites. By choosing to use these areas, you understand and agree that anyone may access, use, and disclose any information that you post to those areas.
5. Choice/Opt-Out.
We offer you the opportunity to choose not to receive communications from us. If you would like to take advantage of this opportunity, please let us know by accessing and updating your profile. Please note that sometimes these requests may take up to ten business days to process and that we are not responsible for removing information about you from the database of any third party to whom we were authorized to disclose your User Information prior to processing your request. Even if you do take advantage of this opportunity, we reserve the right to send you administrative messages relating to the Sites (e.g., about changes to this Privacy Policy) and to contact you regarding any goods or services you have ordered.
6. Modifying and Deleting Your Personal Information.
If you would like to modify or delete from our database any User Information you previously submitted to us, please let us know by accessing and updating your profile. Please note that any User Information that we have copied may remain in back-up storage for some period of time after your request, and that if you delete certain information you may not be able to order services in the future without re-submitting such information. Also, please note that we will maintain User Information in our database whenever we are required to do so by law.
7. Security.
We have implemented reasonable measures to help protect your User Information from loss, misuse, or unauthorized access or disclosure. Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your User Information, we cannot guarantee its security.
8. Links.
The Sites may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any such other website and urge you to review such practices prior to submitting any information to such websites.
9. Children’s Privacy.
We are committed to protecting the privacy needs of children and we encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children’s online activities and interests. The Sites are not intended for and may not be used by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13 and we do not target the Sites to children under the age of 13.
10. Changes.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If under any such update we make any material change to the way in which we treat your User Information, we will inform you of such change via email or by posting a notice on relevant areas of the Sites. Any updated version of this Privacy Policy will be effective as of the date set forth therein.
Questions.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us by email at privacy@businessofsoccer.com.
Disclosure Statement
As of 1/4/2010
BusinessofSoccer.com is owned and written in collaboration by a group of individuals.
BusinessofSoccer.com sells advertising inventory and paid sponsorships across www.businessofsoccer.com, and advertising or sponsorship will be clearly identified as such. From time to time, BusinessofSoccer.com may sell a sponsorship that includes sponsored posts. Any posts that are part of a corporate sponsorship deal will include appropriate disclosures, and any opinions expressed on BusinessofSoccer.com will reflect the honest opinions of the writers.
In the event that one of our writers is asked to review a product or service, and receives such product/service free of charge in exchange for the review, that fact will be clearly disclosed. Notwithstanding the receipt of any product or service free of charge, or as part of a sponsorship deal, BusinessofSoccer.com writers will honestly and fairly review the product or service, based on their experience and expertise. Anyone submitting or contributing any product or service for use and/or review by anyone across BusinessofSoccer.com should be fully aware that the contribution of such product/service does not guarantee a favorable write-up or endorsement.
Our writers will only endorse products or services that they believe, based on their experience and expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider.
BusinessofSoccer.com publishes information with the primary purpose of providing the best, most robust editorial coverage and conversation, written by soccer fans, for soccer fans. The writers across BusinessofSoccer.com will not engage in activities or arrangements that would conflict with that primary goal.
