Welcome to the Sports Loop Author Program! These terms and conditions govern your participation as an author on Sports Loop. By applying to become an author and using our author features, you agree to these terms.
1. Content Responsibility
As a Sports Loop author, you acknowledge and agree that:
- All articles you write represent your personal opinions and analysis
- Sports Loop does not endorse or verify the accuracy of author opinions
- You are responsible for ensuring your content is original and does not infringe copyright
- You must disclose any conflicts of interest or affiliations
- You retain ownership of your content, but grant Sports Loop a license to display and distribute it
2. Content Guidelines
All author content must adhere to the following standards:
- Content must be sports-related and suitable for all audiences
- No hate speech, harassment, or discriminatory content
- No promotion of gambling, illegal activities, or inappropriate content
- Respect for all athletes, teams, and community members
- Factual accuracy when reporting sports news or statistics
- Clear distinction between facts and opinions
3. Author Privileges & Responsibilities
3.1 Privileges
As an approved author, you will have access to:
- Publish articles without pre-approval
- Featured placement opportunities on the home page
- Author badge on your profile
- Analytics for your published content
- Priority support for content-related issues
3.2 Responsibilities
As an author, you are expected to:
- Maintain high-quality content standards
- Respond professionally to comments and feedback
- Update or correct content when errors are identified
- Engage constructively with the Sports Loop community
- Report any violations of community guidelines you observe
4. Content Moderation
While authors can publish without pre-approval, Sports Loop reserves the right to:
- Review published content for compliance with guidelines
- Remove or edit content that violates our terms
- Feature or promote content at our discretion
- Request modifications to published articles
- Suspend or revoke author privileges for violations
5. Intellectual Property
5.1 Your Content
You retain all rights to your original content. By publishing on Sports Loop, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, and distribute your content.
5.2 Third-Party Content
You must ensure you have the right to use any third-party content in your articles, including:
- Images and videos
- Quotes and excerpts
- Statistics and data
- Proper attribution for all sources
6. Disclaimer
Important Notice
Articles published by authors represent their personal opinions and analysis. Sports Loop does not endorse, verify, or take responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of author content. All sports predictions, analysis, and opinions are for entertainment purposes only.
Readers should conduct their own research and not rely solely on author content for making decisions.
7. Termination
Author status may be terminated:
- By you at any time through your account settings
- By Sports Loop for violations of these terms or community guidelines
- Due to extended inactivity (no posts for 6+ months)
- For any reason at Sports Loop's discretion with notice
8. Changes to Terms
We may update these Author Terms & Conditions from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new terms on this page and updating the "last updated" date. Your continued use of author features after changes constitutes acceptance of the new terms.
9. Contact
If you have questions about these Author Terms & Conditions, please contact us at:
- Email: authors@sports-loop.com
- In-app: Settings → Help → Contact Support