You must be at least 16 years of age to join BluegrassPreps.com, INC (BGP). If you are under the age of 18, you acknowledge and agree that you have received parental consent for membership on this site and that the contract for payment with BGP is with an adult on your behalf.

Considering the real-time nature of this bulletin board, it is impossible for us to review messages or confirm the validity of information posted. Please remember that we do not actively monitor the contents of posted messages and are not responsible for any messages posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of BGP or any entity associated with this BB. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately.

You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use BGP to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise a violation of any law. You agree not to post and represent as your own any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by BGP.

Although BGP does not and cannot review the messages posted and is not responsible for the content of any of these messages, we at BGP reserve the right to delete any message for any or no reason whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless BGP, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited (developers of vBulletin) and their agents with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your messages.

We at BGP also reserve the right to reveal your identity in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you.

Please note that advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are inappropriate on this web site.

Members of BGP agree to follow the below rules at all times:

1.  No advertising in any form (with limited exceptions in the Advertising Forum) or any negative comments about any advertiser.

2. No disparaging, taunting, or boastful comments--especially between opponents trying to intimidate each other. This includes name calling or personal attacks toward any member, username, or school. Also, keeping in mind the youth of our student athletes, excessive "bashing" is prohibited in the high school forums. Do not comment on the manner in which another member has posted, or any violations you find in their posts. Such public remarks will be considered a violation under this rule. If you spot what you believe to be a violation that needs to be addressed, please use the "Report Bad Post" button, or send a message to a moderator.

3. Derogatory comments about anyone's race, religion, nationality, creed or sexual orientation will not be tolerated.

4. No school-specific (or general) recruiting comments or allegations of KHSAA rules violations by any school, coach, player or booster are allowed. No talking about where any player lives, has lived, or where they are from in a recruiting context. This is not the place to report KHSAA violations. Feel free to contact www.khsaa.org to report such violations, but do not discuss violations here.

5.  No divulging or attempting to determine any member's true identity.  That includes dropping hints about a user's identity or asking a member who he or she is in a public forum.

6.  No putting incorrect or false information on the site.

7.  No user names that sound like profanity, you may not mimic anyone's user name, and no proper names for user names unless it is your real name.  Avatars must be in good taste as well.

8.  Any attempt to use or suggest profanity is prohibited. This means you may not use symbols to replace some or all of the letters in a word that might otherwise be blocked by the BGP word filter.

9. No discussion of ANY criminal behavior (charged or uncharged) in the high school forums. Discussion of adult criminal behavior is permitted in all non-high school forums. However, discussion of criminal behavior by juveniles (anyone under 18) is never permitted anywhere on BGP.

10. No gambling, bookmaking or point spread comments are allowed in any of the high school forums. Figures of speech (and they better just be figures of speech) that use gambling terms may be used; but they will be subject to modification or deletion in the high school forums. All gambling comments are permitted in the non-high school forums as long as they do not involve any high school sports, students, or student-athletes.

11. No one else may access or login to your account for any reason.

12. No complaining about the web site, its members, or its management on the forums or in public. If you have such a complaint, you need to send me an email at theguru@fuse.net and I will get back with you as soon as possible to address the problem. Your opinion matters to me. When a moderator warns of possible rules violations, do not ignore the warning and do not argue. Ignoring a violation warning or arguing with a moderator over their enforcement of forum rules will result in your suspension.

13.  Within reason, you must use correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar when posting on the forums.

14. If you repost or quote content that is against the rules, you are similarly as guilty, and face the identical consequences as the member who originated it.

You understand that any violation of these rules may result in the cancellation of your membership in BluegrassPreps.com. The management of BGP, without warning or negotiation, will implement said cancellation. Reinstatement (serious violators will not be reinstated) of your membership following cancellation is not automatic. It would be contingent on your assurance that you can observe and post within the boundaries of the rules and subject to the following payment schedule.

Effective March 15, 2008, we will initiate a sliding scale of fees for reinstatement. Here is how the plan will work:

The first time a person is suspended, their posting privileges will be reinstated, as long as they agree to abide by the rules in the future.

A second suspension will result in a $10 reinstatement fee.

A third suspension will require a $25 reinstatement fee.

A fourth suspension will require a $50 reinstatement fee.

In the unlikely event of a fifth suspension, the violator will be permanently banned from BGP.

Suspended members who choose not to pay for reinstatement may not sign up for a new account. We will strictly enforce this rule.

In all cases above, members must follow the reinstatement process, which includes their assurance that they will abide by BGP rules in the future.

In cases of serious or intentional violation, we reserve the right to forgo this scale, up to and including immediate and permanent expulsion from BGP.

User understands and agrees that BGP shall have the right, at any time and at their sole discretion, to amend the terms and conditions of this User Agreement. User agrees to abide by the terms and conditions, as modified, in consideration of User's continued use hereof.

User acknowledges and explicitly agrees and consents that the exclusive jurisdiction and venue for the resolution of any and all disputes arising under this User Agreement or out of User's participation with BGP shall vest exclusively with the District and/or Circuit Courts of Boone County, Kentucky, and no other, regardless of the User's country, state or county of residence.

Thanks,
theguru
theguru@fuse.net