The Brag House

Brag Gators Gauntlet

Rules & Procedures

Participants of this tournament agree, at no cost to them, agree to submit to an investigative background check. Based on the results of the background check, Brag House, and/or subsidiaries or affiliated companies may refuse to (i) permit a Participant compete in the tournament or (ii) award a Participant with any prize. In particular, Brag House, and/or subsidiaries or affiliated companies will not permit any Participant to compete in the Tournament or be awarded any prize if (a) they are not currently enrolled in the University of Florida or one of the other Southeastern Conference (SEC) schools, (b) they are not an alumni of the University of Florida or one of the other SEC schools, (c) they have been found to engage in Negative Behavior.

For purposes of these Rules and Procedures, Negative Behavior means any action or statement (including social media posts) by Participant that brings such Participant into public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule, or that shocks or offends the community or any group or class thereof, or that reflects unfavorably on Brag House or partners of Brag House involved in this tournament. By participating in the Tournament, you agree that Brag House, and/or subsidiaries or affiliated companies shall determine what may be deemed as Negative Behavior in its sole discretion.

The winners of this Tournament agree to take part in reasonable publicity in connection with this Tournament and prizes, as reasonably requested. By accepting and receiving any prize, the winners therefore agree to release and hold harmless Brag House, its Partners and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of their respective parent companies and each such company’s officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Tournament, including receipt or use or misuse of any prize.

Participants agree that Brag House Inc., its parent, subsidiaries, franchisees and affiliated companies, and all of their officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents, will have no liability whatsoever for, are released and shall be held harmless by participants against any liability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind to persons, including death, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize or participation in this contest or contest-related activities and except where legally prohibited, winner grants (and agree to confirm that grant in writing) permission to Brag House Inc. and those acting under Brag House Inc.’s authority the right to the use of his/her name, photograph, likeness, voice, image and biographical information and statements and the entry for advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes without additional compensation, in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide and on the Internet and World Wide Web, without notice, review or approval.

Participants agree that Brag House’s Partners for the tournament, its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, and all of their officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents will have no liability whatsoever for, are released and shall be held harmless by participants against any liability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind to persons, including death, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize or participation in this contest or contest-related activities and except where legally prohibited, winner grants (and agree to confirm that grant in writing) permission to Sponsor and those acting under Sponsor’s authority the right to the use of his/her name, photograph, likeness, voice, image and biographical information and statements and the entry for advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes without additional compensation, in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide and on the Internet and World Wide Web, without notice, review or approval.

By participating in this event, to the extent permitted by applicable law, players agree to release and hold harmless Electronic Arts Inc., its licensors, affiliates, subsidiaries, and their respective employees, officers, directors, agents, contractors, and representatives from any and all claims, demands, actions, losses, liabilities, and expenses arising out of or related to the event.

This event is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or otherwise associated with, Electronic Arts Inc. or its affiliates. Any information provided by participants in connection with this event is being provided to the event organizer and not to Electronic Arts Inc.

EA, EA SPORTS, the EA SPORTS logo, and College Football 25 are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. or its subsidiaries.

Additional prizes disclosures

If you are one of the three winners of this tournament (based on the eligibility and criteria described above), the scholarship for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places respectively will be distributed to your university. Your university will be informed that the scholarship has been granted in connection to your student standing.

By the time or after the tournament starts, additional prizes to the three winners may be added. If that is the case, the sign-up and landing page of this Tournament will be updated accordingly and Participants that have already signed-up will receive an email from Brag House with an update.

Brag Bucks (“BB”)
BB are Brag House’s non-monetary in-platform currency that, among multiple functionalities, allows you to engage with Brags (game-stat predictions) to win bragging rights, Loyalty Tokens and other prizes!

Conduct

  • Good sportsmanship is important. Please prioritize showing respect towards your opponents in all situations.
  • Profanity, hate speech, or any other highly inappropriate actions directed at anyone within the Brag House community will result in disqualification from the tournament.
  • Showing up for games is extremely important and ensures that everyone has a positive experience. Failure to show up for your matches will result in disqualification from the tournament.
  • Brag House reserves the right to change, add, or modify these policies as they deem appropriate

Forfeits
Participants may not voluntarily forfeit a Match without prior authorization from Tournament Administrators. Participants that forfeit without a notice or forfeit with too short of a notice will be subject to possible consequences such as a temporary pause from participating in future tournaments and/or featuring their stream on the Brag House platform.

Disconnections
Generally speaking, Disconnections are handled as follows:

  • If Participants disconnect before a game starts or as the game is loading in, we will remake the game.
  • If Participants disconnect during a game, play continues. The disconnected Participant may attempt to rejoin the lobby.
  • If the entire lobby crashes at any point in the game, we will rematch the game.

Sportsmanship Clause:
We strongly encourage you to communicate with us regarding technical issues. Brag House reserves the right to review situations with technical issues and request that the match be rescheduled/replayed if it appears that one or both parties is attempting to force a Loss on their opponent.

Cheating:
Cheating is explicitly prohibited and can be defined as any of the following:

  • Using any mods or modifying your game in a way that either violates the Game Developers’ terms of service or gives the Participant a competitive advantage.
  • Intentionally using/abusing in-game bugs
  • Having a Participant of a higher skill level play on your behalf on your account
  • If you are found to be cheating at any point, you will be removed from the Tournament and potentially banned from future events.

Please note, Brag House reserves the rights to update and modify the Rules and Procedures of this tournament at its sole discretion.

Any questions? Join our discord and contact (DM) a BH staff member or reach out in our #questions channel. Alternatively, please send us an email to events@thebraghouse.com.