Terms of Service
Effective date: August 4, 2026
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the website at northstarcollegeathleticrecruiting.com (the “Site”) and the recruiting consulting services offered by Northstar College Athletic Recruiting, LLC, a California limited liability company (“Northstar,” “we,” “our,” or “us”). Please read them carefully. By accessing the Site or using our services, you agree to these Terms.
These Terms cover the consulting service and the marketing website. The Northstar Email Platform is a separate software product with its own Terms of Service, which govern that product.
1. About Our Services
Northstar provides college athletic recruiting guidance and consulting for high school student-athletes and their families. Our services include recruiting strategy, player-development guidance, film review and editing, college outreach strategy, and related education and support, as described on the Site and in the applicable services agreement. We provide guidance and consulting only. We are not an agent, employee, or representative of any student-athlete, family, college, university, or athletic program, and we do not act as a recruiter, scout, or athlete agent for any institution.
2. The Site Is Informational; Services Require a Separate Agreement
The Site provides information about our services and a way to contact us or begin working with us. Using the Site does not create a client relationship. Recruiting consulting services are provided only under a separate written services agreement (a “Services Agreement”) that you and, for a minor, a parent or legal guardian must sign. If anything on the Site, in our marketing, or in these Terms conflicts with a signed Services Agreement, the Services Agreement controls as to the services it covers.
3. Eligibility and Minors
The Site and our services are intended for student-athletes who are at least thirteen (13) years old and for parents and legal guardians. If you are under eighteen (18), you may use the Site and engage our services only with the involvement and consent of a parent or legal guardian, who must enter into the Services Agreement on your behalf and who is responsible for supervising your use. We do not knowingly provide services to, or collect personal information from, children under thirteen (13) without verifiable parental consent. By using the Site or our services, you represent that you meet these requirements.
4. Our Guarantee
From time to time we advertise a performance guarantee (for example, our “three-school” guarantee). Any such guarantee is subject to eligibility requirements, conditions, exclusions, and limitations set out in full in the applicable Services Agreement and any published guarantee terms. Marketing statements and summaries of the guarantee are not the complete terms. The signed Services Agreement is the binding and controlling statement of the guarantee, and it governs if any advertisement or summary differs from it. A guarantee applies only to the specific program and plan identified in the Services Agreement.
5. No Guarantee of Recruiting Outcomes
Recruiting results depend on many factors outside our control, including a student-athlete's ability, academic record, timing, injuries, program needs, coaching decisions, and the student-athlete's own effort and conduct. Except for an express performance guarantee stated in a signed Services Agreement, we do not guarantee, warrant, or promise any athletic scholarship, financial aid, admission, roster spot, offer, commitment, National Letter of Intent, NIL opportunity, interest from any particular school, or any specific recruiting outcome or number of responses. Any results, testimonials, or placements shown on the Site are examples and are not a promise or prediction of your results.
6. Communications Consent (Calls, Texts, and Email)
By providing your contact information and requesting information or services, you agree that we may contact you by email, phone, and text message (SMS/MMS) about your inquiry, your services, scheduling, and recruiting activity. You may opt out of promotional messages at any time by replying to any message and asking us to stop, or by emailing support@northstarcollegeathleticrecruiting.com; we may still send you non-promotional messages about active services. Message and data rates may apply. Agreeing to receive calls or text messages is not required to book a call or to use our services.
Booking form and text messages. When you enter your phone number on our booking or scheduling form and submit it, you consent to receive calls and text messages from us (including messages sent by automated means) about your inquiry and appointment. This includes a follow-up message if you begin but do not complete a booking. You provide this consent when you submit your number, whether or not you finish booking. Agreeing to receive these calls or texts is not required to book a call or to use our services. You can opt out at any time by replying to any message and telling us to stop, or by emailing support@northstarcollegeathleticrecruiting.com. We honor opt-out requests and will stop sending messages after you opt out.
Where a student-athlete is a minor, the parent or legal guardian is responsible for any contact information submitted on the student-athlete's behalf and consents to these communications. If you do not want to receive calls or texts, do not submit a phone number, or ask us to stop.
Counsel note: this describes the iClosed booking flow and SendBlue messaging. SendBlue does not automatically process a STOP keyword, so opt-out is offered as a reply-and-remove method plus an email address, and opt-outs are honored and suppressed manually. Because the abandoned-booking follow-up is a marketing message under the TCPA, confirm that (a) the booking flow presents Northstar's own SMS consent disclosure at or before the point the number is submitted (the iClosed form's built-in notice links only to iClosed's policies); (b) a reliable manual process captures and suppresses every opt-out, in any wording, before further messages are sent; and (c) messaging to minors is handled consistently with iClosed's 16+ invitee-age terms and applicable law. iClosed's invitee terms place responsibility for messaging consent, notices, and opt-out handling on the Customer, including manual opt-out processing where the channel has no automatic unsubscribe.
7. Fees and Payment
Fees, payment schedules, and refund and cancellation terms for our services are set out in the applicable Services Agreement. Please review that agreement carefully before signing. Third-party costs — such as camp, showcase, tournament, travel, and film-capture costs — are your responsibility unless the Services Agreement states otherwise.
8. Your Content and Submissions
You may submit information and materials to us, including film, statistics, academic information, and target-school preferences (“Your Content”). You retain ownership of Your Content. You grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, host, reproduce, edit, and share Your Content as needed to provide our services, including sharing it with college programs on the student-athlete's behalf. You represent that you own or have permission to provide Your Content, including any footage captured by third parties, and that our use of it as described will not infringe anyone's rights. Media, name, image, and likeness permissions for marketing are addressed in the Services Agreement and our Privacy Policy.
9. Intellectual Property
The Site and its content — including text, graphics, logos, layouts, curricula, templates, systems, and methodologies — are owned by Northstar or its licensors and are protected by intellectual property laws. We grant you a limited, revocable, non-transferable license to access and use the Site for your personal, non-commercial use in connection with our services. You may not copy, reproduce, republish, sell, or create derivative works from the Site or our materials, or use them to build or operate a competing service, without our prior written consent.
10. Acceptable Use
You agree not to: use the Site or services for any unlawful purpose; provide false or misleading information; impersonate any person; interfere with or disrupt the Site or its security; attempt to gain unauthorized access to any system or account; scrape, harvest, or collect data from the Site by automated means; or infringe the rights of others. We may suspend or terminate access for any violation.
11. Athletic Association Rules and Eligibility
You are solely responsible for complying with all rules that apply to you, including those of the NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA, and your high school, club, and state athletic association, and for maintaining your own athletic and academic eligibility. We do not provide eligibility certification, compliance, academic advising, legal, tax, or financial-aid advice. You should confirm eligibility questions with the appropriate compliance office or a qualified advisor.
12. Third-Party Links and Services
The Site may link to or rely on third-party websites and services (for example, video hosting, scheduling, and payment providers). We do not control and are not responsible for third-party content, products, or practices. Your use of third-party services is governed by their terms and privacy policies.
13. Privacy
Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share information, including information about minors and the sharing of student-athlete information with college programs. It is incorporated into these Terms by reference. By using the Site or our services, you acknowledge our Privacy Policy.
14. Disclaimer of Warranties
THE SITE AND OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT OUR SERVICES WILL PRODUCE ANY PARTICULAR RESULT. YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
15. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NORTHSTAR AND ITS MEMBERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST OPPORTUNITIES, LOST SCHOLARSHIPS, LOST ELIGIBILITY, OR LOST PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SITE OR OUR SERVICES. OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SITE OR SERVICES WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100).
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you, and you may have additional rights.
16. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Northstar and its members, officers, employees, contractors, and agents from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to your use of the Site or services, Your Content, your violation of these Terms or any law or athletic-association rule, or your communications with college programs.
17. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. The parties will first attempt to resolve any dispute through good-faith negotiation for thirty (30) days. If unresolved, any dispute will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Santa Barbara County, California, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY DISPUTE WILL BE CONDUCTED ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT IN A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION, AND EACH PARTY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL.
Counsel note: confirm whether binding arbitration is preferred over the court-venue clause, and confirm enforceability of the class and jury waivers for consumers and minors under California law. Harmonize with the dispute-resolution clause in the Services Agreement.
18. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. We will post the updated Terms with a new effective date, and material changes will apply going forward. Your continued use of the Site or services after an update means you accept the updated Terms.
19. Termination
We may suspend or terminate your access to the Site at any time, with or without cause. Termination of Site access does not by itself terminate a Services Agreement, which is governed by its own terms. Sections that by their nature should survive — including intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and governing law — survive termination.
20. Miscellaneous
These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any Services Agreement, are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Site. If any provision is held invalid, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary and the rest will remain in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger, sale, or reorganization.
18. Contact Us
If you have questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us at:
Email: support@northstarcollegeathleticrecruiting.com