Last Updated: June 2026
1. Introduction
Welcome to The Playbook (“The Playbook”, “we”, “our”, or “us”).
These Terms & Conditions govern your use of our website and all content, features and services made available through it.
By accessing or using this website, you agree to comply with these Terms. If you do not agree with any part of these Terms, you should discontinue use of the website.
2. About The Playbook
The Playbook is an independent digital sports publication producing journalism, editorial content, analysis, opinion, interviews and feature articles.
Unless otherwise stated, references to “The Playbook” throughout these Terms refer to the website and its editorial operation.
3. Use of the Website
You agree to use this website responsibly and lawfully.
You must not:
- Use the website for unlawful purposes.
- Attempt to gain unauthorised access to our systems.
- Introduce viruses, malware or malicious code.
- Disrupt or interfere with the operation or security of the website.
- Use automated software, bots or scraping tools without permission.
- Impersonate another individual or organisation.
- Upload or distribute unlawful, abusive or defamatory material.
- Use the website to advertise products or services without permission.
Failure to comply with these Terms may result in restricted access to the website where appropriate.
4. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise stated, all original content published on The Playbook—including articles, graphics, branding, logos and editorial material—is the intellectual property of The Playbook or the respective author.
You may:
- Share links to articles.
- Quote brief extracts with appropriate attribution.
You may not:
- Copy articles in full.
- Republish our content without permission.
- Remove copyright notices.
- Present our work as your own.
Requests to reproduce content should be directed to our editorial team.
5. Editorial Content
The Playbook publishes news, opinion, analysis, interviews and feature journalism.
While we make every reasonable effort to ensure factual accuracy, information may change after publication.
Articles reflect information available at the time of writing.
Opinion articles represent the views of the individual author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Playbook as a whole.
Nothing published on this website should be interpreted as professional legal, financial or medical advice.
6. External Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites.
These links are provided for convenience and reference only.
The Playbook is not responsible for the content, security, privacy practices or availability of external websites.
The inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement.
7. Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence may assist certain aspects of our editorial workflow, including research, proofreading and drafting support.
Every article published by The Playbook is reviewed, edited and approved by a human editor or author before publication.
Editorial responsibility remains entirely with The Playbook.
8. User Communications
Where users contact The Playbook through contact forms or email, they agree that information provided may be used to respond to their enquiry in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Users should not submit confidential or commercially sensitive information unless specifically requested.
9. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, The Playbook shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental or consequential loss arising from the use of this website.
Nothing in these Terms excludes liability where such exclusion would be unlawful under the laws of England and Wales.
Use of this website is at your own discretion.
10. Privacy
Our collection and use of personal information is governed by our Privacy Policy.
By using this website, you acknowledge that you have read our Privacy Policy.
11. Changes to These Terms
We may amend these Terms & Conditions from time to time.
Updated versions will be published on this page together with the revised “Last Updated” date.
Continued use of the website following publication of revised Terms constitutes acceptance of those changes.
12. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.
Any disputes arising in connection with these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales unless otherwise required by applicable law.
13. Contact
Questions regarding these Terms & Conditions may be directed to:
The Playbook
Email: legal@playbooksport.com
General enquiries may also be submitted through our Contact page.
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