DRAFT ONLY — NOT LEGAL ADVICE
The Late Thirds Legal Drafts Backup v1
Prepared: 2026-06-16

Important: These are practical first-draft website policy templates for review and editing. They are not legal advice and do not replace review by a qualified attorney.

Audience Notice:
The Late Thirds is intended for a general sports audience. Content may include occasional strong language, stylized artwork, fictional character depictions, references to adult beverages, smoking, and adult situations. The site is not directed to children under 13.

TERMS OF USE
Effective Date: [INSERT DATE]
Last Updated: [INSERT DATE]

  1. Acceptance of Terms
    By accessing or using The Late Thirds website at https://thelatethirds.com/ (the “Site”), creating an account, or purchasing a subscription, you agree to these Terms of Use.

If you do not agree, do not use the Site.

  1. Site Purpose
    The Late Thirds provides fantasy football analysis, player profiles, rankings, commentary, written content, stylized artwork, subscription content, and related sports entertainment.

The Site does not offer gambling, betting picks, sportsbook services, contests, prize games, daily fantasy contests, or financial advice.

  1. Age Requirements
    You must be at least 13 years old to create an account. If you are under 18, you should use the Site only with the knowledge and permission of a parent or legal guardian. Paid subscriptions must be purchased by an adult or with parent/legal guardian permission.
  2. Accounts
    You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for all activity under your account. You agree not to share, sell, transfer, or misuse your account.

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, abuse the Site, attempt to bypass restrictions, share paid content improperly, or create security, legal, or operational risk.

  1. Subscriptions
    Subscriber-only content is available only to users with an active subscription or approved access. Subscription terms, pricing, cancellation, renewal, and access rules are described on the checkout page and in our Refund & Cancellation Policy.
  2. No Guarantees
    We do not guarantee player performance, fantasy results, rankings accuracy, roster outcomes, draft outcomes, injury outcomes, league results, or any other competitive result.

All fantasy football content is editorial opinion, analysis, commentary, and entertainment.

  1. Paid Content Restrictions
    Subscriber-only content may not be copied, scraped, redistributed, republished, resold, posted publicly, shared through account sharing, or used to create competing products or services without written permission.

Violations may result in account suspension or termination without refund.

  1. Intellectual Property
    The Site, including text, graphics, original artwork, profile formats, rankings, commentary, systems, labels, marks, terminology, frameworks, and original concepts, is owned by or licensed to The Late Thirds unless otherwise stated.

Certain Late Thirds names, systems, labels, formats, marks, terminology, frameworks, and original concepts may be proprietary, trademarked, patent-pending, copyrighted, or otherwise protected. No license, assignment, or transfer of ownership is granted by your access, account, or subscription.

  1. Player, Team, League, and Brand References
    The Late Thirds is not affiliated with, sponsored by, endorsed by, or officially connected to the NFL, NCAA, any team, league, school, player, player association, brand, or rights holder.

Names, teams, schools, and related references are used for identification, commentary, criticism, news, and analysis.

  1. Artwork and Visual Content
    Artwork and visual content may be stylized, fictionalized, fan/editorial-style, or illustrative. It does not imply endorsement, affiliation, sponsorship, or partnership with any player, team, league, school, brand, or rights holder.

Rights holder or player concerns may be submitted through our Contact / Takedown Requests page.

  1. User Conduct
    You agree not to:
  • Harass, threaten, abuse, or dox others
  • Post hate speech, illegal content, spam, malware, or deceptive content
  • Impersonate others
  • Share subscriber-only content publicly
  • Scrape, copy, crawl, reverse engineer, or overload the Site
  • Attempt to bypass paywalls, account controls, security systems, or access restrictions
  • Use the Site for gambling, betting, prize contests, illegal activity, or unauthorized commercial use
  1. Community Areas
    If chat, comments, forums, or community features are enabled, we may moderate, remove content, restrict posting, suspend accounts, or terminate subscriptions for violations of these Terms or Community Rules.
  2. Affiliate, Sponsor, and Partner Links
    If we use affiliate links, sponsorships, referral programs, or paid partnerships, we will disclose material relationships where required.
  3. Termination
    We may suspend or terminate access to the Site or subscription content if we believe you violated these Terms, created risk, misused the Site, or engaged in unlawful or harmful conduct.
  4. Disclaimers
    The Site is provided “as is” and “as available.” We do not guarantee uninterrupted access, error-free operation, complete accuracy, or that all content will remain available.
  5. Limitation of Liability
    To the fullest extent permitted by law, The Late Thirds and its owners, contributors, staff, and affiliates are not liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, or lost-profit damages arising from use of the Site.
  6. Changes to Terms
    We may update these Terms from time to time. Continued use of the Site after updates means you accept the revised Terms.
  7. Contact
    Questions about these Terms may be sent to:
    [INSERT CONTACT EMAIL]