The information set out below is a summary of our key terms for information purposes only. This does not replace the full Terms and Conditions set out below. You should read and agree to the full Terms and Conditions before registering and using our Services. In the event of any conflict between this summary and the full Terms and Conditions, the full Terms and Conditions will apply.
References to “us”, “our” or “we” are references to Draft Fantasy Inc, a company registered in the United States at 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, Delaware 19808.
These Terms and Conditions apply if you enter Draft Fantasy Football (“the Game”) located at draftfantasyfootball.co.uk (“the Website”) and the official mobile game app (the “App”) which is operated by Draft Fantasy Inc 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, Delaware 19808
The Game, the Website and the App make up the services we provide (“Services”). The Game consists of leagues that are completely free of charge (“Free Leagues”) and leagues in which users must pay (“Premium Leagues”). You are bound to play within the terms and conditions of play as specified.
Draft Fantasy Inc (“Draft Fantasy”) shall be deemed to be the Game judges (the “judges”) and Draft Fantasy’s decision in all matters relating to the Game shall be final. Entrants to the Game shall be referred to as “Managers” and Managers creating a Free or Premium League shall be referred to as “Chairmen.”
- To use our services, you must register and open an account with us. By registering an account with Draft Fantasy (draftfantasyfootball.co.uk), you will enter into a legally binding agreement with us which incorporates the General Terms and Conditions, the rules for each of the products and services that we offer and any applicable third party terms and conditions in respect of the use of their software.
- In order to use our Services, you must be 18 years or age or older and meet the other eligibility and verification criteria to use our services.
- We collect and may use your personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy and Cookies Notice.
- Only one (1) account may be registered with us per person
IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ THESE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCEPTING THEM. WE WILL NOT FILE OUR CONTRACT WITH YOU, SO PLEASE PRINT THESE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR YOUR RECORDS, ALONG WITH THE GAME RULES AND ANY OTHER CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO YOUR USE OF OUR SERVICES. THESE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE (AS SET OUT BELOW).
These General Terms and Conditions were last updated on 3/10/2023 All previous terms and conditions are cancelled and void.
FULL GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. AGREEING TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1.1 By registering an account with Draft Fantasy (draftfantasyfootball.co.uk) (see Section 4 (Registering and Opening an Account)) and accepting Draft Fantasy’s terms, you will enter into a legally binding agreement which incorporates these general terms and conditions (“General Terms and Conditions”) and the rules for each of the products and services that we offer (“Game Rules”) and any applicable third party terms and conditions in respect of the use of their software (“Third Party Terms”). The General Terms and Conditions, the Game Rules and the Third Party Terms are together referred to as the “Terms and Conditions”. You agree to the use of electronic communications in order to enter into these Terms and Conditions and you waive any rights or requirements under applicable laws or regulations in any jurisdiction which requires an original (non-electronic) signature, to the extent permitted under applicable law.
1.2 You should read, and will be bound by the full Terms and Conditions when using our Services, however, for a summary of the material terms and conditions please click here.
1.3 The products and services that Draft Fantasy Inc offers (via its websites and mobile applications) are together referred to as the “Services”. Your agreement under these Terms and Conditions is with us for all the Services that you use.
1.4 The Game Rules for each of our products and services can be found by clicking on the links below:
Draft Fantasy Football’s Free Leagues Game Rules are available by clicking here.
Draft Fantasy Football’s Premium Leagues Game Rules are available by clicking here
2. PARTIES
2.1 The Terms and Conditions are a binding legal agreement between you Draft Fantasy Inc, a company registered in the United States located at 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, Delaware 19808
2.2 References in the Terms and Conditions to “us”, “our” or “we” are references to Draft Fantasy Inc, whose trading names include Draft Fantasy and Draft Fantasy Football.
2.3 References to “you” and “your” in the Terms and Conditions are to you as the end user of the Services.
3. CHANGES TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
3.1 The Terms and Conditions govern your use of the Services and supersede any and all prior agreements between you and us in respect of the same.
3.2 We may need to change the Terms and Conditions from time to time (including to comply with applicable law or a change in our regulatory requirements). We will publish any changes on our websites. If we need to make a material change to the General Terms and Conditions (e.g. one which effects your rights or obligations under the General Terms and Conditions) we will give you at least 30 (thirty) days’ advance notice (by emailing you and/or providing a prompt with a link to the revised terms on our websites. Your continued use of the Services following notification or, in the case of material changes, such 30 (thirty) day period will be deemed binding acceptance of the changes. If any change is unacceptable to you, you should stop using our Services and should close your Account. It is your sole responsibility to review the Terms and Conditions and any amendments to them each time you use the Services.
4. REGISTERING AND OPENING AN ACCOUNT
4.1 To use our Services, you need to register and open an account with us (“Account”). You can open an Account by clicking the “Register Now!” link on our websites or mobile applications. There are no ordinary set-up charges for opening an Account with us. When you open your Account, you will be asked to provide personal information, including (but not limited to) your first and last name, postal address, email address, date of birth and telephone number. You shall ensure that the details provided by you at registration are accurate and kept up to date. You can change some of your details at any time by editing your Account preferences using the facility provided on our websites. For further information about our collection and use of your personal information, please refer to our Privacy and Cookies Notice.
4.2 You can only open an Account with us if you fulfill our eligibility criteria.
4.3 You can only register one (1) Account with us, which can then be used on all of the Services. Should we find that you have opened multiple or duplicate, without limiting any other rights or remedies available to us, we will close all but one (1) Account.
4.4 You must provide us with accurate information in relation to your Account. It is your responsibility to inform us of any changes to your personal details which may impact on the use of your Account (e.g. a change of address or new bank card details). If any of these details change, please notify us using the facility provided on our websites or mobile applications.
5. INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU
5.1 We process information about you in accordance with our Privacy and Cookies Notice. Our Privacy Policy and Cookies Notice forms part of these Terms and Conditions and contains details on the types of information we collect and what we do with that information.
5.2 Entry into our Services constitutes permission for Draft Fantasy Limited, Draft Fantasy, Inc., and/or its associated, affiliated and subsidiary companies to use the users’ names, league names, team names, team selections and pictures of participants for publishing purposes at its discretion. All winners may be required to participate in such publicity as Draft Fantasy reasonably requires.
6. ELIGIBILITY
6.1 You must be 18 (eighteen) years of age or older to use the Services. By registering with us, you confirm that you are aged eighteen (18) or older.
7. VERIFICATION
7.1 We reserve the right to ask for proof of age and address from you and may suspend your Account until you provide the requested documents.
7.2 By accepting the Terms and Conditions, you authorise us to conduct any identification, credit or other verification checks that we may require (either for our own purposes or as required by applicable law or a regulatory body), including (but not limited to) checking any or all of the details you provide when registering or changing your Account details (e.g. when you update the payment method linked to your Account). In particular, we may verify that you are 18 (eighteen) years of age or older and that you are resident in the country in which you say you are resident. You agree to provide us with any information we may need in relation to such checks.
7.3 We may supply the information that you have given us to authorised credit reference agencies, who will check the details we provide against any databases (public or private) to which they have access and will keep a record of that check. We may share information with credit reference and fraud prevention agencies for use in credit decisions, identification checks and for fraud detection and prevention purposes. You agree that we may process, use, record and disclose the personal information which you provide in connection with your registration and that such personal data may be recorded by us or the credit reference agencies.
7.4 As well as the other checks we may undertake, you may be required to provide proof of identity to assist us with age verification. If requested by us, you will need to send us a copy of your passport, driver’s licence or birth certificate for these purposes. These documents must be emailed to our secure email address here.
7.5 Whilst these additional checks are not generally required for credit card users, we reserve the right to request such documentation.
8. USER ID AND PASSWORD
8.1 When you register with us, your User ID will be your email address and you will create a Password for your Account. If you wish to change your Password, you may do so within the Account section.
8.2 You may not in any circumstances nominate or allow any person to be an authorised user of your Account. It is your responsibility to ensure that you do not reveal your User ID and Password to anyone else. We shall not be liable for any claims in the event that you disclose your User ID and Password to anyone else or where your negligence or deliberate act has contributed to such third party access to your Account.
8.3 It is your sole responsibility to maintain the confidentiality and security of your Account information, User ID and Password. If young persons are sharing or have access to your devices, you may wish to install parental control software. Possible options for parental control services are CYBERsitter and NetNanny You should change your Password on a regular basis via the link on our websites and/or mobile applications. You should notify us of any unauthorised use of your Account as soon as you suspect it or otherwise become aware of it.
8.4 If you enter your Password incorrectly 5 (five) or more times, your Account will be locked for security purposes If you lose or forget your User ID and/or Password you can retrieve the details or if you need to, unlock your Account using the tools provided on our websites and/or mobile applications. Alternatively, you can contact us by email or by mail and subject to sufficient security and verification checks we will reset your User ID and/or Password for you. If you suspect that someone else has obtained your User ID and Password, you must contact us by email immediately.
9. USE OF THE SERVICES
9.1 We reserve the right to suspend, modify, remove and/or add a product to the Services in our sole discretion with immediate effect and without notice.
9.2 You must not misuse our websites by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to: our websites; the servers on which our websites are stored; or, any server, computer or database connected to our websites, or mobile applications. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them.
9.3 You agree that you will not use the Services in any way that may lead to the encouragement, procurement or carrying out of any criminal or unlawful activity, or cause distress, harm or inconvenience to any other person.
9.4 You agree that you will not use the Services in any way other than for your personal use and for your own benefit.
9.5 You agree not to give any indication that you have any commercial relationship with us or that you are our agent.
9.6 The information which we or third parties provide (including results, statistics, and fixture lists) on our websites and Services is for your personal use only and the distribution or commercial exploitation of such information by you is strictly prohibited. We do not give any commitment in relation to the uninterrupted provision of such information, its accuracy or the results obtained through its use. No information which we or third parties provide on our websites and Services is intended to amount to advice or recommendations and is provided for information purposes only.
9.7 We do not guarantee which products will be available on our Services. The Services are provided on an ‘as is’ and ‘as available’ basis. We cannot promise that the Services will be free from errors or omissions nor that they will be available uninterrupted and in a fully operating condition.
9.8 We will provide the Services with the reasonable skill and care as described in these Terms and Conditions. We do not make any other promises about how the Services will be provided.
9.9 We receive commentaries, news feeds, scores and other content from a number of third parties, which may carry terms and conditions governing their use. We do not accept any liability in respect of such content. Where the Services link to third party websites, content and resources this does not constitute an endorsement by us of that third party’s website or their products or services and we do not accept any liability in respect of your use of such sites.
9.10 We will make all reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy of the Game information on the Website and App and to update such information on a regular basis, but we cannot guarantee that such information will be accurate or up-to-date at all times.
9.11 We reserve the right to refuse team names that are felt in their sole opinion to be inappropriate or offensive. Unsuitable names will be deleted and at our discretion. The Manager’s team (and other teams controlled by the Manager) may (i) be deleted from the Game; or (ii) the team will appear under the player’s name. We reserve the right to refuse League names that are felt, in their sole opinion, to be inappropriate or offensive. Unsuitable League names will be deleted and either (i) the League will be deleted; or (ii) the name of the League will be replaced by the Chairman’s name.
10. CLOSING YOUR ACCOUNT
10.1 You have the right to close your Account at any time. You should make a request to close your Account in writing via e-mail or live chat. We will respond within a reasonable time.
11. DORMANT ACCOUNTS
11.1 Should your Account become dormant through lack of use, we will continue to contact you (where you have “opted-in”) with promotional messages until such time as you instruct us to stop. However, we will also contact all Account holders periodically to advise of any Account balance.
11.2 Please note that after a period of no less than 24 (twenty-four) months of Account inactivity we reserve the right to close dormant Accounts and to remove any funds. Notice via email or letter will be given at least 30 (thirty) days before any deductions are made. We will check every year on the tenth of July and clear dormant accounts from our playing database.
12. EVENTS OUTSIDE OUR CONTROL
12.1 We are not responsible for any events beyond our reasonable control. Such events might include network failures, malfunctions to our systems, war, terrorist activity, riots, malicious damage, fire, flood, storm, nuclear accident or compliance with any new law or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction.
12.2 We may also suspend or cancel the Services or any part of the Services if, despite making reasonable efforts to do so, we are not able to provide that part of the Service to you as a result of events beyond our reasonable control.
12.3 Except in the case of death or personal injury arising from its negligence or in respect of fraud and so far as is permitted by law, Draft Fantasy and their associated companies and agents exclude responsibility and all liabilities arising from any postponement, cancellation, delay or changes to the prize details beyond our control. Draft Fantasy shall not be liable for any prize(s) that do not reach the winners for reasons beyond Draft Fantasy’s reasonable control.
13. LEAGUE CHAT ROOMS
13.1 We may provide you with a chat facility within certain of our Services to enable you to communicate with other customers. As a condition of your use of the chat facility, you agree to comply with following terms and any additional rules that may found on our websites or mobile applications:
13.1.1 you shall use English to communicate, as this is the designated language of the public chat facility;
13.1.2 you shall not make any statements that are sexually explicit or offensive, including but not limited to messages that are expressions of bigotry, racism, hatred, prejudice or profanity;
13.1.3 you shall not make statements that are abusive, defamatory or harassing or insulting to other customers including whilst waiting for other players to make a move;
13.1.4 whilst in play you shall not discuss table strategies with other customers or engage in any other communication that might give an advantage to other customers or could be classed as collusion;
13.1.5 you shall not make statements that advertise, promote or otherwise relate to any other websites or online or offline ventures, discuss illegal activities or post personal details;
13.1.6 you shall not make statements about us or the websites or any other website connected to us that are untrue and/or malicious and/or damaging to us;
13.1.7 you agree not to hold us responsible for the publication of user content within the chat facility; and
13.1.8 you agree not to post any content that you do not have the right to post.
13.2 You acknowledge and accept that your communications on the chat facility are not private or confidential, and may be viewed and used by others accessing the Services.
13.3 You agree to notify us at support@draftfantasyfootball.co.uk if you think you see any customers colluding or sharing key information via the chat facility or if you have been a victim of chat abuse. We will keep your complaint anonymous and deal with every case seriously.
13.4 We may review chat content, keep a record of all statements made on the chat facility and take necessary action retrospectively if necessary. If we feel any content you post on chat is unsuitable, we may mute or suspend your ability to use the chat facility, certain other Services or close your Account at our sole discretion and your activity may be reported to your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or the relevant authorities.
14. PROMOTIONS AND OFFERS
14.1 From time to time we offer promotions and offers to new and existing customers. These promotions and offers will have their own terms and conditions.
14.2 Please note that the terms and conditions for a promotion or offer shall prevail in the event of any conflict between the General Terms and Conditions and the terms and conditions for a promotion or offer.
14.3 All promotions and offers are limited to one per person.
14.4 We reserve the right to amend the terms and conditions of or withdraw any promotion or offer at any time at our sole discretion.
15. MISCELLANEOUS
15.1 If we need to notify you under these Terms and Conditions, we will do so by email to the email address registered to your Account.
15.2 We may wish to transfer our rights or obligations or sub-contract our obligations under these Terms and Conditions to another legal entity. You agree that we may do so provided that this will not adversely affect the standard of service you receive under these Terms and Conditions. In the case of transfer only, after we notify you of the date on which we will transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms and Conditions to another legal entity, your only rights under or in connection with these Terms and Conditions will be against the new legal entity and not against us.
15.3 These Terms and Conditions are personal to you. You may not transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms and Conditions to anyone else.
15.4 If you breach these Terms and Conditions and we take no action against you, we will still be entitled to use our rights and remedies in any other situation where you breach these Terms and Conditions.
15.5 If any part of these Terms and Conditions is disallowed or found to be ineffective by any court or regulator, the other provisions shall continue to apply.
15.6 These Terms and Conditions are not intended to give rights to anyone except you and us. This does not affect our right to transfer these Terms and Conditions.
15.7 These Terms and Conditions are only available in the English language.
16. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
16.1 All intellectual property rights in our website, and mobile applications and all material and/or content made available on the Services (including but not limited to rights in the products and services offered, all code, software, animations, graphics, music, sound, photographs, video content or text, and the selection and arrangement thereof) or otherwise by us shall remain at all times our property or the property of our third party licensors.
16.2 The names, images and logos identifying us, our partners or third parties and our/their products and services contained in our websites, interactive TV service and mobile applications are proprietary marks and may not be reproduced or otherwise used without express permission.
16.3 Nothing contained in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed as conferring by implication any licence or right to use any trade mark, patent, design right or copyright that belongs to us or any third party.
16.4 No information may be reproduced in any format from our Services without prior written consent from Draft Fantasy. Informative and explanatory copy, including the scoring system and rules, forms a part of the terms and conditions of the Game.
17. UNDERSTANDING THE GAME
17.1 Free Leagues are free to play. An individual Manager may enter a maximum of 10 leagues (as may be amended from time to time), irrespective of whether they have more than one valid email address. Any Manager being found to have entered more than ten (or other maximum number of leagues as may be applicable from time to time) teams will have all their teams removed from the Game.
Managers create their own free season-long Fantasy Football Team of 15 players or weekly Fantasy Football Team of 5 players within Public or Private Leagues from the Game’s player list. Managers will select players for their Fantasy Teams in a selection process called “the Draft.”
17.2 Fantasy Teams will score points in accordance with the Game’s point scoring parameters based on the real life performance of a Manager’s selected players in all eligible matches. Eligible matches are all Premier League or other leagues we may offer matches in any given season when so ever played.
The Draft
17.3 The draft is when you pick your players. It consists of 15 rounds of picks and progresses turn by turn with each person in the league picking one player per turn. The order of the picks is chosen randomly when the draft starts. Each turn is between 30 seconds and 1 hour long depending on your league’s settings. If you don’t pick a player within the allotted time, or you’re offline during the draft, a player will be picked for you automatically. You can read more about this below in the Autopick section.
The order of picks is reversed every round in what is also known as a Snake Draft. This means that whoever picked first in the 1st round, will pick last in the 2nd round and first again in the 3rd round and so on. Whoever was last to pick in the 1st round will pick first in the 2nd round.
To illustrate, if Player A, Player B, Player C, and Player D are in a league together and the random draft order is: Player B, Player A, Player D, Player C, then the picks would go as follows:
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | … | Round 14 | Round 15 | |
| Pick 1 | Player B | Player C | Player B | … | Player B | Player C |
| Pick 2 | Player A | Player D | Player A | … | Player A | Player D |
| Pick 3 | Player D | Player A | Player D | … | Player D | Player A |
| Pick 4 | Player C | Player B | Player C | … | Player C | Player B |
If a Manager is not online for the draft, or doesn’t pick a player within the allotted amount of time a player will be picked for you automatically. The player picked for that Manager is the highest priority player in the Manager’s autopick list that can fit into the Manager’s squad. Managers can decide on their autopick list and change it before and during the draft.
If the autopick list is empty, or no player can be picked from the autopick list due to squad constraints, or because the player has already been picked, the highest rated, available player will be picked for you. Each player has a rating between 0 and 100. Managers can see each player’s rating in the player list. If two players have the same rating, the player whose name is first in the alphabet will be picked.
If a Mangers sets autopick to “on,” as soon as that Manager’s turn happens in the draft, a player will be picked for that Manager automatically. When autopick is set to “off,” a player will only be picked for Managers automatically once the time limit for the turn ends.
Player List
17.4 The players in the Game are those included on the Website or App player list. Draft Fantasy have determined their classifications for the purpose of the game and these may not necessarily reflect real-life classifications. Draft Fantasy will not enter into any correspondence relating to player inclusion, details of the player list, nor will they accept the inclusion into a team of any player not on the published list. Players may be added and removed from the player list during the Game at the discretion of Draft Fantasy.
Team Changes and Transfers
17.5 Unlimited team and formation changes are permitted throughout the season. Draft Fantasy will not be responsible for incomplete transfers, transfers lost in transmission or transfers received late due to high online traffic levels. Transfers may be made on the Game Website at draftfantasyfootball.co.uk or via the App.
Scoring Points
17.6 Points for goal assists will be awarded in the opinion of and at the sole discretion of Draft Fantasy, but will be largely based on assists as defined in scoring data feeds. Assists are generally awarded to the player who provided the last clean pass, had a shot parried or rebounded off the woodwork, an attempt that results in an own goal or who won a penalty. A penalty save is awarded to a goalkeeper whether or not they touch the ball. This means that a goalkeeper will be awarded the penalty save if the penalty taker completely misses the target.
Classified points will be updated on the Game, Website, and App daily and managers can view the status of points on any given game day.
There are four statuses for points on each game day:
PRE MATCH: Points are yet to be scored as the game day’s matches are yet to kick-off.
INPLAY: Game day matches are in progress and live scoring is recording indicative points based on scoring data feeds (more details below).
PROVISIONAL: Game day matches are complete and the live scoring section is displaying the day’s indicative points for each player in the eligible XI, week and overall totals and overall position.
CONFIRMED: Points updates have been completed and all points displayed are confirmed. Leagues and leaderboards are now up-to-date
17.7 Points will not be retroactively updated due to any decision by the official disputed goals panel or disciplinary panel. Players will not be awarded points if they are awarded a goal in this manner, nor will the original scorer be deducted points. Players will not have deducted points restored for rescinded red cards.
Draft Fantasy’ decision in respect of the awarding of points will be final and they will not enter into any correspondence regarding points deducted or allocated to players.
Live Scoring
17.8 During all eligible matches, Managers can view the progress of their Fantasy Football Team and view live update commentary on the Game Website and App. Team scores will automatically update in accordance with the Game’s scoring parameters as an event occurs in real-life games. Live score updates should be regarded as indicative only and classified score updates will be applied to all teams by 2 pm the day following completion of a day’s eligible matches and these may vary from scores indicated in the live score updates. Live scores are powered by the scoring data feed. Classified scores are verified by Draft Fantasy following assessment from a range of data sources. In all instances, the classified scores will be the scores that will apply to the Game and leader boards. Where the live scores vary from the classified scores, the decision of Draft Fantasy will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Free Leagues
17.8 Managers may set up a Free League to compete with friends, family and colleagues. There is a maximum of 16 teams that may participate in any Free League so long as each is valid and is entered by individual Managers. Managers will have the ability to remove only their own team until the Draft. Only the game judges may remove managers from Free Leagues after the aforementioned deadline Where there is evidence of abuse of Free Leagues or Premium Leagues, the game judges may take any course of action they feel appropriate, including removing offending teams from Leagues, disqualifying the associated manager from the game and refusing future entry into Draft Fantasy Football.
To create your own Free League, you must first complete a team entry and registration and then click on the Create League button. You will be asked if you would like to create a Private or Public League and to give your League a name, which must be done in accordance with the conditions set out in Team Names. Once setup, you will be the nominated Chairman of your League and your League will be given a unique League ID. This League ID and the league name can be circulated to friends, family and colleagues using the sharing facility on the Game, Website, or App. Any League member may share a Free League’s details. Managers who join Leagues without being invited are subject to being removed by the Chairman or game judges. To join a Free League you will need the League ID. To score points from the first eligible matches of the season, Leagues must be created and turned into a Premium League by the first Premier League kick off. A Free League must have a minimum of two eligible teams. Free Leagues can be set up at any time.
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