Terms of Service

Effective October 20, 2026

The agreement

These terms are an agreement between you and The ScoreBench ("we", "us"). They cover thescorebench.com, the scoring app at app.thescorebench.com, and our emails (together, the "service"). By creating an account or using the service, you agree to these terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you use the service for a league, school or club, you confirm you are allowed to agree on its behalf.

Who can use it. You must be at least 13 to create an account. If you are under 18, a parent or guardian must agree to these terms for you, and anything you buy must be bought with their permission.

Your account. Give us accurate information, keep your password private, and tell us at [email protected] if you think someone else is using your account. You are responsible for what happens under your account. You can delete your account at any time in Settings.

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Leagues, roles and the data you enter

A league (organization) is run by its admins. Admins can invite scorers and other admins, manage teams, rosters and events, correct finished games, and decide whether an event is public. Admins can remove members, and members can leave a league.

You are responsible for the information you or your league enter, including player and coach names. Before entering anyone's name, and especially a minor's, make sure your league has permission to do so. Before making an event public, make sure the league has permission to publish the names, jersey numbers and stats that will appear on it.

Scores, stats and standings are only as accurate as what scorers record. The league, not The ScoreBench, is responsible for official results, rulings, eligibility decisions and protests.

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Plans and payments

Prices are shown in the app and on our pricing page, in US dollars. Payments are processed by Stripe. Prices do not include tax. If a tax applies where you are, it is added at checkout and shown before you pay.

  • Walk-On: free trial games, then one-time game bundles per sport. Unused bundle games do not expire.
  • Starting Five: a monthly or yearly subscription for a league, plus optional day-packs of extra seats. Renews automatically until cancelled.
  • Varsity: a yearly or 6-month subscription by card, or by invoice or purchase order, in sizes set by the number of teams in a plan year. Using more teams than your size never stops your games; the next term is at the size you need. Includes Go Live for your own games where shown. A yearly card subscription renews automatically until cancelled; a 6-month term and invoice plans do not renew. Invoices are due in 30 days; if one is still unpaid 30 days after it is due, paid features are switched off until it is paid.
  • Go Live: a monthly or yearly subscription for streaming graphics, on its own or as an add-on to another plan, or a one-time pass for a set time. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled; a pass ends on its own.

Discount codes. We may offer discount codes from time to time. A code is entered at checkout, and its terms (how much, for how long, and who can use it) are shown with the code. Codes have no cash value and cannot be added to a payment after it is made.

Renewals. Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each period and charge the card or send an invoice on file, until you cancel.

Changing plans. A change of plan takes effect at the end of your current paid period. There is no credit or partial refund for the time left on the old plan.

Cancelling. You can cancel at any time. Your plan stays active until the end of the period you paid for, then stops renewing. You can undo a cancel before that date. Deleting your account also cancels any plan you pay for.

No refunds. Payments are non-refundable, including for unused time, unused seats or unused game bundles, except where the law requires otherwise.

Price changes. We may change prices for future periods. We will tell you before a change affects a renewal, and you can cancel before it does.

Free games. We may change or end free trial games and other free offers in the future. Games and bundles you have already received or paid for are not taken away.

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Using the service

Please don't:

  • use the service for anything illegal, or to harass, threaten or embarrass anyone, including players
  • enter information you have no right to share, or post offensive names or content
  • try to get into accounts, leagues or data that are not yours, or get around plan limits or payments
  • overload, scrape, copy or reverse-engineer the service, or send invites as spam

Your content. You and your league own the rosters, game data and other information you enter. You give us permission to store, process and display it as needed to run the service, including on public pages for events your league makes public. We can use anonymous, combined statistics that do not identify anyone to improve the service.

Game recaps. You also give us permission to use the scores and stats of finished games to write articles about them, such as game recaps and weekly roundups, to publish those articles on our website, and to let news outlets and other publishers republish them, with or without a fee. A recap of a public game can name players, as its public page does. A recap of a private game never names players, coaches or officials; players appear only by jersey number. We own the articles we write. To have a recap taken down, email [email protected].

Our service. The ScoreBench name, logo, app, website and the articles we publish belong to us. You may use the app as offered, but you may not copy or resell it. To republish or license one of our articles, email us. If you send us feedback, we may use it without owing you anything.

Offline use. The app saves games on your device so you can score without a connection. Data saved on a device may be lost if you clear the browser or lose the device before it syncs.

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No warranty. The service is provided "as is" and "as available". We work hard to keep it accurate and running, but we do not promise it will be error-free, uninterrupted, or that no data will ever be lost. Keep your own record of results that matter.

Limit of liability. To the extent the law allows, The ScoreBench is not liable for indirect or consequential losses, such as lost data, lost profits, or disputes over game results. Our total liability for any claim is limited to what you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or $100 if you paid nothing.

Indemnity. If someone makes a claim against us because of information you entered or how you used the service, such as publishing a player's name without permission, you agree to cover our reasonable costs.

Suspension and ending. You can stop using the service and delete your account at any time. We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms or puts others at risk, and will tell you why when we can.

Changes. We may update these terms as the service grows. The date at the top will change, and for important changes we will tell account holders by email or in the app. Using the service after a change means you accept it.

Governing law. These terms are governed by the laws of Guam and applicable United States law, and disputes will be handled in the courts of Guam. The ScoreBench is currently run by its founder as an individual in Guam.

Contact. The ScoreBench, [email protected].

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