Terms of Use

Agreeing to these terms

These Terms of Use are an agreement between you and Cradle (“Cradle,” “we,” “us”) for using the Cradle app and recruiting profiles. By creating an account or using Cradle, you agree to these terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you don’t agree, please don’t use Cradle.

Who can use Cradle

• A family account is created by a parent or legal guardian who is at least 18. They are responsible for the family account and the players added to it.
• A parent or guardian can invite another parent or guardian, and can invite a player who is 13 or older to join with their own login. Players join only with a parent’s or guardian’s invite and permission. Parents and guardians can remove anyone at any time.
• Players can use the app’s stats and recruiting tools. Only parents and guardians can add or delete players, rename the family, or invite and remove people.
• Keep your sign-in private. You’re responsible for what happens in your account.
• Give us an email address you check, so we can reach you about your account.

Your information and content

• You own it. Stats, profiles, photos, transcripts, notes and recruiting lists you add stay yours.
• Permission to run the app. You let us store, copy and display your content only as needed to run Cradle for you, for example to sync it to your phone or show a recruiting profile you publish.
• Be accurate and have permission. Only add photos, documents and information you have the right to share. References and coach contacts are other people’s details; use them only for genuine recruiting communication.
• Recruiting profiles are public to anyone with the link. You choose what they include and can take them offline at any time.

Contacting coaches

Emails to coaches are sent from your own email account, by you. You’re responsible for what you send and for following the recruiting rules that apply to your player (for example NCAA, NAIA or conference contact rules). Don’t use Cradle to send spam or bulk unsolicited email.

The College and Coach Directory

The directory is gathered from public sources and is provided as a convenience. Coaching staffs and contact details change often, so information may be out of date or wrong; please check the school’s website before relying on it. Don’t copy the directory in bulk or use it for anything other than your own player’s recruiting.

No guarantees about recruiting

Cradle is an organizing tool. It does not recruit athletes, represent them, or speak for any school or coach.

• No promise of recruitment. Cradle does not guarantee that any athlete will be recruited, contacted, evaluated, offered a roster spot, admitted, or committed to any college, university or other school, public or private.
• No promise of financial aid. Cradle does not guarantee that any athlete will receive an athletic scholarship, academic scholarship, grant, or any other financial aid from any school or institution, public or private.
• No promise about coaches. We can’t promise that a coach will reply, open a recruiting profile, watch a video, or attend a game. Engagement and fit scores are guides based on the information you enter and the activity Cradle can see; they don’t predict decisions.
• Your decisions are yours. Recruiting, admissions and financial aid decisions are made only by schools, coaches and the athlete’s family. Stats are only as accurate as what is entered.

Cradle is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NCAA, NAIA, USA Lacrosse, or any college, university, club or tournament.

Free and paid features

• Some features are free; others may require a paid subscription. We’ll show the price and what’s included before you buy.
• Subscriptions are bought and billed through Apple’s App Store or Google Play, under their terms. They renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• You can manage or cancel a subscription in your phone’s App Store or Google Play settings. Refunds are handled by Apple or Google under their policies.
• If we change a subscription price, you’ll be told in advance and can cancel before it takes effect.

Using Cradle fairly

Please don’t:

• break the law, harass anyone, or pretend to be someone else;
• upload anything harmful, or content you don’t have the right to share;
• try to get into other families’ information, test or break our security, or overload the service;
• scrape, copy, resell or rebuild Cradle or its directory.

Ending your account

You can stop using Cradle and delete your account at any time; deleting it deletes your family’s information as described in the Privacy Policy. We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms or puts others at risk, and will tell you when we can. If we ever shut Cradle down, we’ll give you notice and a way to download your information first.

Disclaimers and limits

Cradle is provided “as is” and “as available.” We work to keep it running and accurate, but we don’t promise it will always be available, error-free, or that information won’t be lost, so keep your own copy of anything important.

To the extent the law allows, Cradle isn’t liable for indirect or consequential losses, lost opportunities, or data loss, and our total liability for any claim is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or $50 if you paid nothing. Some places don’t allow these limits, so they may not apply to you.

App Store and Google Play

These terms are between you and Cradle, not Apple or Google. Apple and Google aren’t responsible for Cradle or its support, and they have no obligation to provide maintenance or support for it. If the app fails to meet a warranty that applies, you may notify Apple and Apple may refund the purchase price; beyond that, Apple has no warranty obligation. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and may enforce them against you. You also agree to the App Store or Google Play terms that apply to your download.

Changes and other terms

• If we change these terms, we’ll update the date at the top and tell you in the app before significant changes take effect. Continuing to use Cradle after that means you accept the new terms.
• These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules.
• If part of these terms can’t be enforced, the rest still applies.

Contact

Questions about these terms: support@getcradlelax.com.