Effective: June 4, 2026
1. Acceptance of these terms
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are a binding agreement between you and Main Stage Athletics LLC, a Maryland limited liability company (“MSA,” “we,” “our,” or “us”). They govern your use of mainstageathletics.com, coach.mainstageathletics.com, the MSA Coach Portal, and any related coaching, evaluation, or recruiting services (collectively, the “Services”).
By purchasing a membership, signing the Parent Waiver, accepting a coach contract, or otherwise using the Services, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Services.
These Terms include a binding arbitration agreement and class action waiver in Section 12. Please read that section carefully — it affects how disputes between you and MSA are resolved.
2. Who can use the Services
You must be at least 18 years old and able to enter into a binding contract to purchase a membership or accept a coach contract. The athlete benefiting from a membership may be a minor; in that case the purchasing parent or legal guardian is solely responsible for the athlete’s participation and for accepting these Terms and the Parent Waiver on the athlete’s behalf.
3. Accounts
To access the Coach Portal you will create an account. You agree to provide accurate information, keep your password secure, and promptly tell us about any unauthorized access. You are responsible for activity that occurs under your account.
4. Memberships, payments, and refunds
Memberships
MSA offers Foundation, Performance, and Elite memberships, each available as a monthly or annual subscription. The features included in each tier are described on mainstageathletics.com and may be updated over time. Material changes will be communicated in advance.
Billing
Payments are processed by Stripe. Your subscription renews automatically at the end of each billing period at the then-current rate, until canceled. You authorize MSA, through Stripe, to charge your payment method on each renewal date.
Cancellations and refunds
You may cancel a subscription at any time through your account or by emailing hello@mainstageathletics.com. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period; you retain access to membership benefits until that date. Because membership benefits begin immediately and are consumed over the billing period, paid amounts for completed periods are non-refundable except as required by law or in MSA’s sole discretion.
À la carte services
Individual coaching sessions, evaluations, and other à la carte services are billed separately and are subject to the cancellation and refund terms disclosed at the time of purchase.
5. Coach contractors
Coaches accessing the Services do so under a separate Independent Contractor Commission Agreement and these Terms. Coaches are independent contractors of MSA, not employees, and are responsible for their own taxes, business expenses, and compliance with applicable laws. The commission structure, scope of work, and other terms are governed by the contractor agreement.
6. Acceptable use
You agree not to use the Services to:
- violate any applicable law or the rights of any third party;
- harass, threaten, abuse, or harm any athlete, parent, coach, or member of the MSA team;
- upload or distribute material that is unlawful, defamatory, obscene, or that infringes intellectual property rights;
- attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the Services or to other accounts;
- reverse engineer, scrape, or interfere with the operation of the Services; or
- use the Services in a way that violates MSA’s Abuse Prevention Policy or Parent Waiver.
We may suspend or terminate access for any violation of this section, with or without notice.
7. Intellectual property
All content provided by MSA through the Services — including training programs, evaluations, written materials, the Coach App software, MSA branding, and the like — is owned by MSA or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual-property laws. You receive a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use MSA content solely in connection with your active membership or contractor relationship.
You retain ownership of content you submit to the Services (photos, videos, notes about an athlete, etc.). By submitting it, you grant MSA a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, store, display, and process that content as needed to operate the Services, deliver evaluations, and improve coaching outcomes for your athlete.
8. Electronic communications and SMS
By providing your email or phone number, you consent to receive transactional communications from MSA — receipts, account notices, session confirmations, evaluations, and safety information — by email and SMS. SMS opt-in, frequency, and STOP and HELP keyword details are governed by our Privacy Policy and the Parent Waiver. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to any MSA SMS to unsubscribe.
9. Athlete safety and assumption of risk
Participation in athletic training carries inherent risks of injury. The Parent Waiver and Release of Liability signed before an athlete participates governs the assumption of those risks, indemnification, and the parent’s representations about the athlete’s fitness to participate. Those provisions are incorporated into these Terms by reference.
10. Disclaimers
The Services are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. MSA does not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free, that evaluations or recruiting outcomes will meet your expectations, or that any specific athletic, collegiate, or scholarship result will be achieved.
11. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, MSA and its owners, officers, contractors, and affiliates will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost data, or loss of goodwill, arising out of or related to your use of the Services. MSA’s total liability for any claim arising out of or related to these Terms or the Services is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid to MSA in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim and (b) one hundred U.S. dollars ($100). Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages; in those jurisdictions the above limitations apply to the maximum extent permitted by law.
12. Disputes — binding arbitration and class action waiver
Please read this section carefully. It requires most disputes between you and MSA to be resolved by individual binding arbitration in Maryland, rather than in court, and waives the right to bring a dispute as a class action.
Informal resolution first
Before starting an arbitration, you agree to first email us at hello@mainstageathletics.com with a description of the dispute and what you want. We will try in good faith to resolve it within 30 days.
Binding arbitration
Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Services, or the relationship between you and MSA — except as listed below — will be resolved by final and binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules. The arbitration will be held in Baltimore, Maryland (or by video conference at the arbitrator’s discretion), and judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Class action waiver
You and MSA agree that each may bring claims against the other only in your or its individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, or representative proceeding. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims and may not preside over any form of representative or class proceeding.
Exceptions
Either party may bring an individual claim in small-claims court if it qualifies. Either party may seek emergency injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to protect intellectual property or confidential information.
Opt out
You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by emailing hello@mainstageathletics.com within 30 days of first accepting these Terms, stating your name and that you are opting out of arbitration. Opting out does not affect the rest of these Terms.
13. Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. For any matter not subject to arbitration, the state and federal courts located in Maryland will have exclusive jurisdiction.
14. Termination
You may stop using the Services at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access for any violation of these Terms or as needed to protect MSA, athletes, parents, coaches, or others. Sections of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination will survive — including Sections 7 (Intellectual property), 10–13 (Disclaimers, Limitation of liability, Disputes, Governing law), and 15 (General).
15. General
Entire agreement. These Terms, the Privacy Policy, and any documents they incorporate (the Parent Waiver, Abuse Prevention Policy, contractor agreement, and any order-specific terms) are the entire agreement between you and MSA and supersede any prior agreement on the same subject.
Changes. We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Effective” date at the top. Material changes will be communicated by email or in-app notice. Continued use of the Services after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.
Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent. MSA may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full effect.
No waiver. Failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of the right to enforce it later.
16. Contact us
Main Stage Athletics LLC
210 Marlboro Avenue, Suite 25 Box 303, Easton, MD 21601
hello@mainstageathletics.com
(443) 303-2800
