2025 Junior Olympics

USA WATER POLO ADMISSION POLICY

Persons in attendance at any USA Water Polo event agree to abide by all of USA Water Polo’s rules and policies, including USA Water Polo’s Minor Abuse Prevention Policies, and those rules and policies of the venue to which the individual is being provided access.

A person’s admission to this event constitutes a revocable license to enter the premises upon which the event is being conducted that may be withdrawn at any time, with or without cause, without refund of admission fees. In particular, that license will be withdrawn should the party being admitted violate any of the following terms and conditions, in the sole and absolute judgment of USA Water Polo representatives, the persons in charge of hosting the event, persons managing a facility or the game referees at the event:

1. Engaging in disruptive or abusive conduct including, without limitation, swearing, using abusive language to any athlete, coach, referee or tournament official, or USA WATER POLO Staff and threats of any kind including threatening to physically assault any person or actually physically assaulting any person.

2. Taking of photographs, other than photographs taken for the personal use of a participant at the event or the use of a USA Water Polo member club in accordance with additional tournament or facility photography policies. In no event shall any photographs taken at the event be used for any commercial purpose including, without limitation, posting such pictures upon any website containing advertising, other than a USA Water Polo member club website, without USA Water Polo’s prior written consent. Other than as stated above, any transmission, picture or other depiction or description of any game action, game information or person participating in any game is prohibited without the prior written consent of USA Water Polo, Inc.

3. Stealing or attempting to steal from other individuals, including but not limited to teams, clubs, vendors, or sponsors; defacing property; or violating other facility policies.

4. Unauthorized soliciting or collecting of contributions, vending, and distribution of fliers or other promotional advertising materials or products.

5. Use of alcohol where prohibited by the facility or, where permitted by the facility, excessive use of alcohol in the judgment of USA Water Polo representatives, tournament officials or referees.

6. Committing any other act that is deemed to pose a risk to the safety or enjoyment of others in attendance at the event, as deemed by USA Water Polo representatives, persons in charge of hosting the event, persons managing a facility or the game referees at the event

At ticketed events, persons in attendance must be willing to show proof of ticket or admission at any time. At all events, all persons in attendance must comply with tournament staff, USA Water Polo representatives and referees.

Persons in attendance at this event assume all risks of personal injury and all other hazards related to the event, whether occurring prior to or during the event including specifically slipping and falling upon any moist surfaces and agrees that USA Water Polo and the organization and individuals sponsoring and conducting the event, and each of their officers, directors, employees and agents are expressly released by the admittee from any claims arising from or relating to such causes or otherwise occurring at or in connection with the event, other than claims based upon gross negligence, reckless or intentional misconduct.

Persons in attendance at the event are deemed to consent to the use of his/her image or likeness incidental to any transmission or reproduction of the event, or any publicity of the event or other USA Water Polo sponsored events by USA Water Polo.

PHOTOGRAPHY POLICY:

I understand and accept that I may not make use of any images, film or video obtained by me at the event, including any images, film or video derived from, or utilizing images, files or video obtained by me, at the event (collectively, “Event Imagery”) without prior written permission from USAWP, other than personal use. I understand that I have no right to sell, transfer, license, sublicense, or give my Event Imagery to any other party, except for personal use, and that I have no right to use or display or authorize the use or display of any Event Imagery to the extent such use or display would violate the privacy rights of any person. I assign to USAWP a joint ownership in the copyright to my Event Imagery for the purpose of enabling USAWP to enforce that copyright against any third party that displays or distributes any of my Event Imagery in a manner not authorized by these Terms and Conditions. I appoint USAWP as my attorney-in-fact to execute any documents necessary to effectuate such assignment. USAWP agrees that it will not utilize this joint copyright to enter into any licensing agreements for the Event Imagery. If USAWP notifies me that any Event Imagery must be removed from public display, for any reason whatsoever, in USAWP’s sole discretion, I will promptly remove, or cause to be removed, those images from public display. USAWP, as joint copyright holder, reserves all rights to revoke any license that was erroneously placed on Event Imagery in violation of these Terms and Conditions and may cause the removal of such Event Imagery on any webpage or social media on which it is displayed.

How Can I Take Photos at Junior Olympics?

Spectators are permitted to take photos from the designated spectator areas only. At no time should the taking of photos interfere with the event. All spectators must abide by the Admission and Photography policies at all times.