Last Modified: Oct 18, 2023

DUPR is committed to creating a safe and fair environment for all players and organizers. The following Community Guidelines were created to help foster and protect our amazing pickleball community. Respect for our community, opponents, coaches, and officials is a critical part of growing the game and an essential principle in the fair treatment of all. Overstepping these boundaries may result in a permanent ban, suspended account, or other restrictions. You can report any violations by filling out this form.

DUPR upholds a zero-tolerance policy towards:

1. Instances of racism, sexism, discrimination, abusive language, physical abuse, harassment, and any other behaviors detrimental to an individual or the event.
2. Instances of cheating, tanking, game-fixing, and any kind of data manipulation, including creating multiple accounts.
3. Individuals who fail background checks.

Players and Organizers are expected to adhere to the following principles and may not:

1. Engage in direct or indirect verbal mistreatment of any official, player, sponsor, spectator, or any other individuals present within the event venue.
2. Display unsportsmanlike conduct, such as acts of aggression or property damage.
3. Use illicit substances at any event.
4. Claim the identity of another player and/or impersonate another player/organizer.
5. Send inappropriate messages, within or outside, the DUPR platform.
6. Manipulating ratings, results, or data in any manner is strictly prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to:
   
   1. Creating multiple accounts for any purpose, such as using opposite hands, separate coaching accounts, or any other unauthorized reason. Injured players are not allowed to create separate accounts to play with their opposite hand.
   2. Any use of multiple accounts will result in the accounts being merged into one account.
7. Misuse DUPR's brand imagery or property. Our registered trademark is owned and exclusively held by DUPR. All intellectual property rights, including but not limited to trademark rights, associated with this logo are the sole property of DUPR, and any unauthorized use, reproduction, distribution, or alteration of the registered trademark logo without explicit written consent is strictly prohibited and may be subject to legal action.

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