Terms & Conditions

Section 01

Eligibility & Parent Involvement

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  Registration. A student needs a player registration to be listed with a school team. The form collects the student's grade, from 7th through 12th, the high school team, and a parent or guardian name and phone number. The student or a parent or guardian may enter that information. Registration does not sign the Season 3 waiver.
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  Season 3 waiver. UHSPA asks a parent or guardian to sign the Season 3 waiver for a registered student who is on a school roster. The person signing represents that they are the parent or legal guardian of that student and have authority to agree. The waiver says participation is subject to required consents, and that a facility may still require its own forms before a student plays there. Signing on this website does not replace a facility form. UHSPA records whether the Season 3 waiver is signed. A registered student can appear on a public roster before that waiver is signed.
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  Phone confirmation. When the person signing asks for a verification code, UHSPA texts that code to the parent or guardian phone number stored on the student's registration. The form shows only the last four digits. Entering the code shows that the signer can receive messages at that number. It does not, by itself, prove that the signer is the student's legal guardian. UHSPA does not check government identification or independently confirm legal guardianship. The number on the registration is the number that was submitted with the registration. A completed code does not prove who originally provided it.

Section 02

Student Information

These Terms describe how UHSPA handles student information on this website. See the Privacy Policy for what UHSPA collects and who helps operate the site.

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  Public pages. Team pages show registered player names, grouped by gender, and a mark when the Season 3 waiver is signed. A team handle may appear when UHSPA has one. Coach handles are not shown. Approved photos and videos may appear in the public gallery. Information UHSPA publishes is visible to visitors and can be copied by others.
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  Records that stay off the roster. Home addresses, parent or guardian phone numbers, parent or guardian names, and Play-Pickleball friend codes are used to run the league. They are not placed on the public roster. Player social media handles are not shown on that roster. The waiver form shows the last four digits of the parent phone so the signer can recognize the number.
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  Profiles and results. UHSPA may keep athletic profile details, spotlight answers, and match records for league operations and for coverage it chooses to publish. Publishing a roster or a result does not make every administrative record public.
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  Requests. A parent or guardian may ask UHSPA to review, correct, or limit information or media UHSPA controls by emailing info@uhspa.org. UHSPA will look at the request. Some records, including a signed waiver and records needed for league history or compliance, may need to be kept. Removing something from UHSPA's website does not remove copies other people have already made. The Privacy Policy explains this further.

Section 03

Media Release & Content Usage

Media permission for a participating student comes from the signed Season 3 waiver, not from these Terms. Read the waiver at uhspa.org/waiver. These Terms do not add permission beyond that waiver.

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  What the waiver authorizes. The signed waiver says UHSPA may photograph, film, record, or otherwise capture a student at practices, competitions, meets, tournaments, championships, award ceremonies, and related activities. The signer authorizes use of photographs, video, and other images for the association-related purposes named in the waiver: the official UHSPA website, UHSPA social media accounts, promotional and informational materials, newsletters, announcements, event publications, tournament reports, awards, recognition, and educational and historical records. The signer grants permission to use, reproduce, publish, display, distribute, and share that media for those purposes without compensation.
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  Ownership and likeness. The waiver says that, to the extent permitted by law, UHSPA owns photographs, video, and other media created by or on behalf of UHSPA, subject to other people's rights in media they created. That sentence does not mean UHSPA owns every photograph taken at an event. The waiver does not transfer ownership of the student's identity or likeness, and it does not authorize uses prohibited by law. It does not grant permission to sell a student's likeness or to use it as an endorsement of a sponsor or other third party.
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  Other forms. The player spotlight form is separate. It asks for its own agreement before UHSPA uses submitted answers or a social media handle in a spotlight. For an athlete under 18, that form also asks a parent or guardian to check a consent box. A checked box is a statement on that form. It is not the signed Season 3 waiver, and UHSPA does not verify the identity of the person who checks it.
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  Gallery. People may upload event photos and videos. UHSPA staff decide what appears in the public gallery. That review is not an automatic check that a signed waiver covers every person in a file. Approved media can be viewed, and copied, by visitors.

Section 04

Intellectual Property

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  UHSPA branding, logos, graphics, and website content are the exclusive property of UHSPA. Unauthorized commercial use of UHSPA branding or published league content without written consent from UHSPA is prohibited.

Section 05

Limitation of Liability

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  To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, UHSPA, its officers, directors, employees, and volunteers shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from your use of the website or attendance at UHSPA-sanctioned events.
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  When a parent or guardian signs the Season 3 waiver, that waiver's assumption of risk, release, and related terms apply to participation. These website Terms do not narrow or replace the signed waiver.

Section 06

Text Messages

UHSPA sends waiver verification codes by text. A code is sent to the parent or guardian phone number on the student's registration only after the person signing chooses "Send Verification Code" on the Season 3 waiver. A replacement code is sent only if they request it. UHSPA does not send marketing or promotional texts. The current waiver form does not send a verification code by email. After a waiver is signed, UHSPA emails a confirmation, with a PDF copy, to the email address the signer entered.

Message frequency varies. No more than 3 codes are sent to the same number in 15 minutes. Message and data rates may apply. Consent to receive these codes is not a condition of purchase.

Reply STOP to opt out of UHSPA texts. Reply START to opt back in. Reply HELP for help, or email info@uhspa.org.

Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

No mobile information will be sold or shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. See the Privacy Policy for how phone numbers are used.

Section 07

Contact Information

For privacy inquiries, parental data requests, or questions regarding these Terms, please contact us at: