Version 1.0 · Effective September 18, 2026
These Dispute Resolution Terms are incorporated by reference into the Loopa I Official Tournament Rules, the Registration and Payment Terms, the Player Portal Account Terms, the Terms of Service, the Privacy Policy, the Release of Liability and Assumption of Risk, and the Photo, Video and Likeness Release. They are the sole dispute resolution provision applicable to any of those agreements.
PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY. IT AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. IT REQUIRES MOST DISPUTES TO BE RESOLVED BY BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION RATHER THAN IN COURT, AND WAIVES YOUR RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION. YOU MAY OPT OUT OF ARBITRATION WITHIN 30 DAYS. SEE SECTION 3.
1. Scope
These Dispute Resolution Terms apply to any dispute, claim or controversy between you and Loopaa, LLC d/b/a Loopa Golf (“Loopa Golf”) arising out of or relating to: your registration for or participation in any Loopa Golf event; the Loopa I Official Tournament Rules; the Registration and Payment Terms; the Player Portal; the Loopa Golf website; any release or waiver you have signed; the determination or payment of any prize; or the collection and use of your personal information (each, a “Dispute”).
These Dispute Resolution Terms supersede any dispute resolution, governing law, forum selection or jurisdiction provision appearing in any other Loopa Golf document you have signed or accepted.
2. Informal Resolution First
Before commencing arbitration or any other proceeding, the party raising a Dispute must send written notice to the other party describing the Dispute and the relief sought. Notice to Loopa Golf must be sent to hi@loopagolf.com and to Loopaa, LLC, 5 N. Main Street, Suite 1-J, Bel Air, MD 21014. Notice to you will be sent to the email address on file in your Player Portal account.
The parties will attempt in good faith to resolve the Dispute directly for thirty (30) days after notice is received. Either party may commence arbitration after that period. Participation in this informal process is a condition precedent to arbitration, and the applicable limitations period is tolled during it.
3. Your Right to Opt Out of Arbitration
You may opt out of Sections 4 through 8 of these Dispute Resolution Terms. To opt out, send written notice to hi@loopagolf.com, with “Arbitration Opt-Out” in the subject line, within thirty (30) days after you first accept or sign any Loopa Golf agreement incorporating these terms. Your notice must include your full name, the email address associated with your registration, and a statement that you are opting out of arbitration.
Opting out will not affect your registration, your eligibility, or any other term of your agreements with Loopa Golf. If you opt out, Sections 9 and 10 govern your Disputes.
4. Binding Arbitration
Except as provided in Sections 3, 5 and 6, all Disputes will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules then in effect, as modified by these Dispute Resolution Terms. The AAA Rules are available at adr.org or by calling 1-800-778-7879.
You and Loopa Golf are giving up the right to a trial by jury.
The arbitrator will be a retired judge or an attorney licensed in Maryland, selected under the AAA Rules. The arbitrator will apply Maryland substantive law, consistent with the Federal Arbitration Act, and will honor applicable limitations periods and claims of privilege. The arbitrator has exclusive authority to resolve any Dispute relating to the interpretation, applicability or enforceability of these Dispute Resolution Terms, except as provided in Section 7.
Location and procedure. The seat of arbitration is Harford County, Maryland. If you are a consumer, you may elect to have the arbitration conducted in the federal judicial district of your primary residence, or by telephone or videoconference. If your claim does not exceed $25,000, the arbitration will be conducted on documents alone unless you request a hearing and the arbitrator determines a hearing is necessary. The arbitrator may direct a reasonable exchange of information consistent with the expedited nature of arbitration.
Award. The arbitrator may award any relief available under applicable law in an individual proceeding, and may award declaratory or injunctive relief only in favor of the individual claimant and only to the extent necessary to provide relief on that claimant’s individual claim. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Fees. Allocation of filing, administrative and arbitrator fees is governed by the AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules. Loopa Golf will pay any portion of those fees the AAA Rules assign to Loopa Golf, and will pay your share of AAA filing fees for any claim seeking $10,000 or less unless the arbitrator determines the claim was frivolous.
5. Small Claims
Either party may bring an individual claim in small claims court instead of arbitration, so long as the claim qualifies under that court’s rules and remains individual and non-representative.
6. Injunctive Relief for Intellectual Property
Either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation or violation of copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents or other intellectual property rights.
7. Class Action Waiver
You and Loopa Golf agree that each may bring Disputes only in an individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, consolidated, representative or private attorney general proceeding. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims or preside over any form of class or representative proceeding.
If this Section 7 is found unenforceable as to a particular claim or request for relief, that claim or request will be severed and heard in a court of competent jurisdiction under Sections 9 and 10, and all other claims will proceed in arbitration. If this Section 7 is found unenforceable in its entirety, then Sections 4 through 6 are void as to the affected Dispute, and Sections 9 and 10 govern. The class action waiver is not severable from the agreement to arbitrate for purposes of permitting class arbitration; the parties do not agree to class arbitration under any circumstance.
8. Coordinated Filings
If twenty-five (25) or more similar arbitration demands are filed against Loopa Golf by or with the assistance of the same law firm or coordinated counsel, the demands will be administered in sequential batches of no more than fifty (50), with the parties selecting five bellwether cases from the first batch. The parties will attempt to resolve the remaining demands in that batch following the bellwether awards. Limitations periods are tolled for demands awaiting a batch.
9. Governing Law
All matters arising out of or relating to any Loopa Golf agreement are governed by the internal laws of the State of Maryland, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision, except that the Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of Sections 4 through 8.
10. Forum for Claims Not Subject to Arbitration
Any claim not subject to arbitration — because you opted out under Section 3, because Section 7 renders arbitration inapplicable, or otherwise — may be brought only in the state or federal courts located in Harford County, Maryland, and each party consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of those courts and waives any objection based on inconvenient forum.
11. Severability and Survival
If any provision of these Dispute Resolution Terms other than Section 7 is held unenforceable, it will be severed and the remainder will continue in effect. These Dispute Resolution Terms survive termination of any other Loopa Golf agreement, cancellation of any event, and completion of any tournament.