Last updated: April 16, 2026
Welcome to Direct Recruit. These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the Direct Recruit platform, including our website, mobile interfaces, and related services (collectively, the "Service"), operated by Direct Recruit Inc. ("Direct Recruit," "we," "our," or "us").
By creating an account, checking the "I agree" box at signup, or otherwise accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
These Terms form a binding legal agreement between you and Direct Recruit Inc.
You must be at least 13 years old to use Direct Recruit. If you are under 18, you must have the consent of a parent or legal guardian to create an account and use the Service. By registering, you represent that:
Parents and guardians of minors are responsible for supervising their child's use of the Service and are jointly responsible for all content the minor posts and all subscription fees incurred.
When you create an account, you agree to:
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that contain false information, impersonate others, or are shared across multiple people.
Direct Recruit supports six profile types. Some are free and some require a paid subscription:
Paid profile types require an active subscription to access the Service. If your subscription lapses or is cancelled, access to paid features is restricted until payment is resumed or you switch to a free profile type. You may change profile types through Settings, subject to a 72-hour cooldown and applicable subscription adjustments.
Paid subscriptions are billed monthly in advance through Stripe, our third-party payment processor. By subscribing, you authorize us (via Stripe) to charge your payment method on a recurring monthly basis until you cancel.Paid subscriptions are billed monthly in advance through your platform's payment processor. By subscribing, you authorize the recurring monthly charge until you cancel.
If you subscribe through the Direct Recruit iOS app, your subscription is processed by Apple under their In-App Purchase system, not by Stripe. Apple-specific rules apply:
All subscription fees are non-refundable except where required by law. If you cancel mid-billing-period, you will retain access through the end of that period, but no prorated refund will be issued for the unused portion.
If you believe you were charged in error, contact us at jackson@directrecruit.net within 30 days of the charge. We will review the request in good faith but make no guarantee of a refund.
You agree not to:
We may remove content and suspend or terminate accounts that violate these rules, at our sole discretion.
You retain ownership of the content you post to Direct Recruit, including profile information, posts, comments, messages, photos, and highlight videos ("User Content").
By posting User Content, you grant Direct Recruit Inc. a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to host, store, reproduce, display, distribute, adapt, and publicly perform your User Content for the purposes of operating, providing, promoting, and improving the Service. This license ends when you delete the User Content or your account, except as needed to enforce these Terms, resolve disputes, or comply with legal obligations.
You represent and warrant that:
Direct Recruit is not obligated to monitor User Content but reserves the right to remove any content at our discretion.
Direct Recruit offers AI-powered tools to eligible subscribers as part of the Service. These tools help subscribers search, discover, and connect with other users on the platform.
When you use an AI feature, we collect and store data associated with that use, including:
We use this data to operate and secure the Service, enforce subscription limits, monitor performance and abuse, improve product quality, and comply with legal obligations.
The Service may surface anonymized or aggregated information about AI-driven interactions to other users of the platform. For example, players may see summary information about when their profile has appeared in search results, without disclosing the identity of the searcher or the exact query used.
By using the Service, you acknowledge and agree that:
AI features are subject to monthly usage limits tied to your subscription tier. Current tier limits are described on our Pricing page and within the Service. We may rate-limit, throttle, or temporarily suspend AI access if usage limits are exceeded, if we detect abusive, automated, or fraudulent patterns, or if required to protect the Service.
AI features rely on one or more third-party AI providers to process inputs and generate outputs. Your inputs and the context required to respond to them are transmitted to those providers for processing, under contractual and privacy protections. We do not authorize third-party AI providers to train their models on your inputs, and we do not sell your data to AI providers or other third parties. We may change AI providers at any time without notice.
AI features are provided as tools to assist — not replace — human judgment. AI-generated outputs may be incomplete, inaccurate, biased, or misleading, and may miss relevant information or include irrelevant information. You are solely responsible for reviewing AI outputs and for any decisions you make based on them, including recruiting, eligibility, or academic decisions. Direct Recruit disclaims all warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or suitability of AI output.
The design, methods, scoring, ranking, filtering, and output-generation systems used by Direct Recruit's AI features are proprietary and confidential to Direct Recruit Inc. Nothing in these Terms grants you any license, right, or interest in those systems, and you agree not to reverse engineer, copy, scrape, or attempt to derive the underlying methods.
Data associated with your use of AI features is retained in accordance with our Privacy Policy. You may request deletion of personal data tied to your account by contacting us at jackson@directrecruit.net, subject to legal, billing, and fraud-prevention retention requirements.
Direct Recruit is an independent platform and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA, any high school athletic association, any conference, or any college or university.
You are solely responsible for complying with all recruiting, contact, and eligibility rules applicable to you (whether as a player, coach, parent, or other user). Direct Recruit makes no representations about whether any particular use of the Service complies with those rules and disclaims all liability for your compliance or non-compliance.
Direct Recruit does not guarantee any recruiting outcome, including but not limited to scholarship offers, roster spots, transfer placements, playing time, or athletic or academic opportunities.
The Service relies on third-party service providers in categories such as:
We may change providers within these categories at any time. Your use of third-party services is governed by their respective terms and privacy policies. Direct Recruit Inc. is not responsible for the acts, omissions, availability, or data handling of third-party providers.
We may suspend or terminate your account at any time, with or without notice, if:
You may delete your account at any time via Settings → Account. Certain information may be retained after deletion for legal, accounting, fraud prevention, and dispute-resolution purposes, as described in our Privacy Policy.
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ACCURACY.
DIRECT RECRUIT INC. DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. WE DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY USER CONTENT, AI OUTPUT, RECRUITING INFORMATION, OR DATA AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICE.
You use the Service at your own risk.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL DIRECT RECRUIT INC., ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOST RECRUITING OPPORTUNITIES, LOST SCHOLARSHIPS, LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, OR LOSS OF GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE.
IN NO EVENT WILL DIRECT RECRUIT INC.'S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID TO DIRECT RECRUIT INC. IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100.00).
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. In such jurisdictions, the above limitations apply only to the maximum extent permitted by law.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Direct Recruit Inc. and its officers, directors, employees, contractors, and agents from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from or related to:
These Terms and any dispute arising out of or related to them or the Service are governed by the laws of the State of Colorado, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles.
Please read this section carefully. It affects your legal rights.
Except for disputes that qualify for small-claims court or involve intellectual property infringement, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service shall be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules.
The arbitration shall be held in Denver, Colorado, or, at your election, by telephone or video conference. The arbitrator's decision is final and binding, and judgment may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
You and Direct Recruit Inc. agree that each may bring claims against the other only in an individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, consolidated, or representative action. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims or preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding.
You have the right to opt out of the arbitration and class-action-waiver provisions in Section 16.2 and 16.3 by sending a written opt-out notice to jackson@directrecruit.net within 30 days of first accepting these Terms. The notice must include your full name, email address, and a clear statement that you wish to opt out. Opting out does not affect the other provisions of these Terms.
We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we'll update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page and, for material changes, notify you by email or through the Service. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms. If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you must stop using the Service.
If you have questions about these Terms, please contact us:
Email: jackson@directrecruit.net
Phone: (720) 454-3896