Referee Terms

1. Preamble and Definitions

These Referee Terms (the “Terms”) apply to every user who activates or uses the referee mode on the Dribble application (the “Application”) operated by Dribble Sports LLC, a limited liability company registered at the Companies Control Department in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan under no. (84375), located in King Hussein Business Park, Amman (the “Company”). These Terms are read together with the Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy published in the Application.

• “Referee”: the user who activates the referee mode and becomes eligible to receive and accept officiating Assignments.
• “Assignment”: each and any specific officiating engagement offered to the Referee through the Application and accepted by him/her, comprising the conduct of a particular Match at a stated time and place under the Rules of the Sport, together with the recording of its results and statistics, in any sport; the terms of the Assignment and its fee are those displayed at the time of acceptance.
• “Missed Assignment”: an accepted Assignment that the Referee neither attends nor withdraws from at least twelve (12) hours before its scheduled start.
• “Application” or “Platform”: the Dribble mobile application, and any website, interface or other electronic system made available by the Company for the operation of its services. For the purposes of these Terms, “Application” and “Platform” carry the same meaning.
• “Acceptance”: the Referee’s expression of his/her own free will to take a specific Assignment, through the electronic step designated for that purpose in the Application, effective from the moment it is recorded in the Application’s records. Upon Acceptance, the terms of the Assignment, its Officiating Fee and the Platform Fee are fixed as displayed at that moment.
• “Officiating Fee”: the amount displayed in the Application for the officiating of a Match, due to the Referee.
• “Platform Fee”: the Company’s remuneration payable by the Referee, disclosed to him/her at or before acceptance of an Assignment, and deducted from the Officiating Fee at settlement.
• “Rules of the Sport”: the official or adopted rules of the sport concerned, and any Match-specific rules notified before the Match.
• “Match”: any specific sporting fixture, defined by its time and place, booked through the Application and conducted under the Rules of the Sport, whether a refereed competitive match or a friendly match; this definition does not extend to tournaments organised by the Company.
• “Players”: the users who ordered and paid for the officiating of the Match through the Application. Other participants in the Match are not parties to the officiating contract.
• “Venue”: the person that operates a sporting facility listed on the Application and, where the context requires, that facility. The Venue is independent of the Company and remains responsible for its own premises, licences, equipment and safety standards.

2. Electronic Acceptance

By activating referee mode and taking the electronic step designated for acceptance, the Referee confirms that he/she has read and understood these Terms and enters a binding agreement with the Company. Between the Referee and the Company, electronic acceptance has the effect of a handwritten signature, and the Company’s electronic records of the acceptance, including its date, time and the version accepted, are evidence of it unless the contrary is proved. Where a material amendment is made to these Terms, the Referee may be required to accept the new version before continuing to use referee mode.

3. Eligibility

Referee mode is available only to natural persons who: (a) have attained eighteen (18) years of age; (b) provide information that is true, accurate and current; (c) hold, where stated in their profile, a valid qualification, certificate or accreditation, and notify the Company promptly if it lapses; (d) provide an identification document, a valid Certificate of Non-Conviction, and any other document the Company requests to verify their identity, eligibility or qualifications; and (e) are not legally prohibited from carrying on the activity. Referee mode is activated only once the Company has verified the documents submitted.

The Certificate of Non-Conviction shall be renewed at the intervals published in the Application. Referee mode is suspended if a current certificate is not on file, and is reactivated upon its provision and verification by the Company. Between certificates, the Referee shall notify the Company immediately of any conviction relating to the matters in Clause 13; referee mode is suspended from that notification until a current Certificate of Non-Conviction is provided and verified.

No verification step or badge granted by the Company constitutes a licence or accreditation from the Company.

4. Independent Status

The Referee is an independent service provider carrying on his/her professional activity for his/her own account. Nothing in these Terms creates an employment relationship: the Referee does not work under the Company’s supervision or direction, the Company does not direct the manner of his/her officiating, and the Company holds no disciplinary power over him/her. Nor do these Terms create a relationship subject to the social security legislation, or an employment relationship for the purposes of the tax legislation.

The Referee is free to provide his/her services to any other person, entity or platform, inside or outside the Application, without restriction or permission. The Company does not guarantee any number of Assignments, Matches or hours, nor any income.

5. Assignments: Freedom to Accept and Decline

Available Assignments are displayed to the Referee in the Application. The Referee has absolute freedom to accept or decline any Assignment, without giving reasons. There is no rota, no duty of availability, no minimum number of Matches, and no exclusivity.

Upon accepting an Assignment, the Referee performs it in accordance with the details displayed at the time of acceptance and the Rules of the Sport, subject to his/her right of withdrawal under Clause 6.

6. Withdrawal and Missed Attendance

The Referee may withdraw from an Assignment he/she has accepted, without any penalty and without giving reasons, by notifying the Application no less than twelve (12) hours before the scheduled start, so that the Assignment may be offered to a substitute referee. A withdrawal notified less than twelve (12) hours before the scheduled start counts as a Missed Assignment for the purposes of Clause 14.2(c).

Where the Referee does not attend, or does not complete the Match, the Officiating Fee is refunded to the Players in full or in proportion to the part not performed, in accordance with the Terms of Use, and no fee accrues for the part not performed.

7. The Officiating Fee and Platform Fee

7.1 The Officiating Fee for each Assignment is the amount displayed in the Application before acceptance; by accepting the Assignment, the Referee agrees to that Officiating Fee for that Assignment. The Platform Fee is disclosed to the Referee at or before acceptance and is deducted from the Officiating Fee at settlement, so that the amount settled to the Referee is the Officiating Fee less the Platform Fee.

7.2 Where Players cancel late under Clause 7.3(b) of the Terms of Use, the Officiating Fee they paid is not refunded to them and is settled to the Referee for that Assignment under Clause 9.

8. Formation of the Officiating Contract

Upon the Referee’s acceptance of an Assignment, the officiating contract forms directly between the Players and the Referee. The Company is not a party to it; its role is confined to providing the digital platform, matching, scheduling, records and statistics, and to collection of the Officiating Fee in accordance with Clause 9.

9. Collection and Settlement

9.1 By agreeing to these Terms, the Referee authorises the Company to collect the Officiating Fee due to him/her from the Players, on his/her behalf and for his/her account, through licensed payment institutions in the Kingdom. The Company’s role in respect of those amounts is confined to their collection and their settlement to the Referee under these Terms.

9.2 Payment of the fee by the Players through the Application constitutes direct fulfilment to the Referee thereby discharging the Players’ obligation to him/her in full from the moment payment is completed through the Application, and the Referee may not claim the same amount from them again by any means.

9.3 Settlement is made to the bank account the Referee registers in the Application. The Company settles the Officiating Fee to the Referee according to the settlement cycle published in the Application, less the disclosed Platform Fee. Amounts collected for the Referee’s account in accordance with Clause 9.1 are recorded in the Company’s books as amounts due to him/her. The bank account must be held in the Referee’s own name, and settlement to the account the Referee registers discharges the Company in respect of the amount settled. The Company settles an amount only after, and only to the extent that, it has actually received that amount from the payment institution.

9.4 Settlement of an Assignment is processed once the Match is confirmed and the mandatory input of results and statistics have been logged by the Referee through the Application.

10. Refunds and Deductions

Refunds to Players are made in accordance with the Terms of Use published in the Application.

The Company deducts from the Referee’s future settlements only: (a) amounts refunded or borne by the Company as a result of the Referee’s fraud, breach or error; (b) amounts collected for the Referee’s account that are later reversed through the payment institution and not recovered from the Player; and (c) any tax the Company is legally required to withhold. The Company makes no other deduction from the Referee’s entitlements, the service relationship being between him/her and the Players.

11. Authority on the Field of Play

The Referee may decline to start, or may stop, a Match where he/she has reasonable cause to believe that continuing endangers his/her safety or that of the participants, or that the Venue’s conditions do not permit safe play. The exercise of this right, in good faith and for reasonable cause, is not a breach. subject to Clause 7.2, save where the Match stops by reason of the Players’ conduct, in which case the full Officiating Fee is due.

Abuse directed at the Referee is a breach of the Terms of Use by the Player concerned and is addressed under Clause 12 of the Terms of Use.

12. Obligations of the Referee

In performing an Assignment, the Referee shall:

• (a) attend at the stated time and place;
• (b) officiate impartially and competently in accordance with the Rules of the Sport, including what those Rules provide as to the safety of participants;
• (c) record results, statistics and required data accurately and honestly;
• (d) treat the Players, participants, the Venue and its staff with respect;
• (e) keep confidential the Players’ data he/she receives and use it solely to perform the Assignment;
• (f) report serious incidents, injuries and safety risks through the Application;
• (g) disclose any actual, or reasonably apparent, conflict of interest (such as a close personal relationship, a prior dispute, or a direct financial interest with a participant);
• (h) not photograph or film participants, and not contact any participant or use his/her data, other than as the Assignment requires; and
• (i) decline or withdraw from the Assignment where his/her impartiality would reasonably be affected.

13. Absolute Conditions of Eligibility

The Referee’s continued listing in the referees’ register on the Application is conditional on none of the following occurring in the course of, or in connection with, any Assignment or use of the Application:

• (a) violence or the threat of it toward any person;
• (b) racism, discrimination, hate speech or abuse on any basis;
• (c) harassment in any form;
• (d) bringing a weapon or a sharp tool to the field or the Venue;
• (e) attending or performing under the influence of alcohol or narcotic substances;
• (f) betting, Match-fixing, or collusion with any participant, or incitement to them;
• (g) submitting forged or misleading documents or credentials;
• (h) impersonation, allowing another person to use the account, or creating multiple accounts to defraud;
• (i) misuse or disclosure of user data; and
• (j) failure to notify a conviction as required by Clause 3.

Failure of any of these conditions ends the Referee’s eligibility to remain on the Application automatically, applied under Clause 14 as the application of a published eligibility criterion, not as a disciplinary measure; the Company holds and exercises no disciplinary power over the Referee.

This is without prejudice to any criminal or civil liability of the Referee, which arises by operation of law, toward any injured person or the competent authorities.

14. Ratings, Eligibility Criteria and Verification

14.1 Players may rate the Referee after each Match. The average rating affects the Referee’s ranking and visibility among available referees, as described in the Application.

14.2 The eligibility criteria are exclusively the following; the rating threshold and the certificate-renewal intervals are those published in the Application: (a) none of the absolute conditions in Clause 13 having failed; (b) the stated qualification remaining valid; (c) Missed Assignments not exceeding two (2) within any period of thirty (30) days; (d) the average rating not falling below the published threshold; (e) recording of results and statistics for accepted Assignments; and (f) a current Certificate of Non-Conviction being on file.

14.3 The Company verifies facts, including reports and complaints, only to determine whether a published criterion has failed. It conducts no disciplinary investigation and imposes no disciplinary measures.

14.4 Apart from the suspensions under Clauses 3 and 19.1, the Company may temporarily suspend referee mode for safety reasons, pending verification of a safety-related incident. The suspension lasts until the verification is completed, which the Company carries out without undue delay; referee mode is then either reactivated or removed under Clause 14.5.

14.5 Removal is given effect by a notice identifying the criterion that has failed. Fees accrued for completed Assignments remain payable under Clause 9, subject to the deductions in Clause 10. The Referee may deactivate referee mode or close his/her account at any time without giving reasons. A Referee removed for failure of a condition in Clause 13 may not reactivate referee mode or register again as a referee.

15. Equipment

The Referee provides his/her services with his/her own tools and equipment (including his/her personal device, whistle and kit), at his/her own expense, and is responsible for their provision and upkeep, meeting any technical requirements published in the Application for its use. The Company is not responsible for loss of or damage to the Referee’s tools and equipment, save where caused by its own direct fault.

16. Risk, Insurance and Liability

16.1 The Referee acknowledges the ordinary physical risks of attending sporting play and is advised to maintain his/her own personal accident insurance; the Company provides no insurance cover for him/her.

16.2 The Venue answers for its premises, equipment and safety, within the framework of applicable laws and regulations.

16.3 Save for liability that may not be excluded or limited by law, and save for settlement of amounts collected for the Referee’s account, the Company’s aggregate liability to the Referee shall not exceed the Platform Fees retained from his/her settlements in the 3 (three) months before the event giving rise to the claim. The Company is not liable for loss of earnings resulting from interruption of the Application or the absence of Assignments. This limit does not apply to fraud, gross fault, or death or personal injury.

16.4: The Referee shall compensate the Company for any amount it is required to pay to a third party as a result of the Referee’s breach of these Terms or his/her harmful act.

17. Taxes and Filings

The Officiating Fees are the Referee’s own income. He/she is responsible for his/her income tax as an independent service provider, shall provide the tax information the law requires, and shall cooperate with any withholding legally imposed on the Company. The Company provides, on request, an annual statement of the amounts settled to him/her.

18. Data, Confidentiality and Profile Licence

18.1 The Referee’s personal data is processed in accordance with the Privacy Policy and applicable personal data protection legislation. Bank account details and tax information are processed for settlement and tax purposes. Any conviction notified under Clause 3 is processed only to verify eligibility and is deleted together with the Certificate of Non-Conviction as set out in the Privacy Policy.

The Referee is prohibited from using Player data for any purpose other than the Assignment; shall not sell or disclose it; shall not use it for marketing or to contact Players for purposes unaffiliated with the Assignment; The Referee is prohibited from retaining Player data beyond what the Assignment requires.
The Referee shall notify the Company immediately of any loss or unauthorised disclosure of Player data.

18.2 By accepting these Terms, the Referee grants the Company a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, use, reproduce, display, technically adapt and translate his/her profile content, such as name, photograph and qualification details, and his/her match entries, for the purpose of operating the Application. The Company uses the Referee’s name or photograph to promote the Application only with his/her consent, which may be withdrawn at any time. The licence is transferable only to a subsidiary or successor of the Company under clause 20.2, and sub-licensable only to the Company’s service providers for the same purpose. It ends when the Referee deactivates referee mode or closes his/her account; match records already generated are kept or anonymised in accordance with the Privacy Policy. Profile content is licensed under this clause and not under the User Content provisions of the Terms of Use.

18.3 Subject to the Privacy Policy, match records, results and statistics generated through the Application are records of the platform owned by the Company.

18.4 The Application, its software, databases, designs and marks remain the property of the Company; the Referee acquires no right in them beyond the sole use of the Application under these Terms.

19. Platform Integrity and the Account

19.1 The account is personal. Its sale, transfer, rental or sharing is prohibited, and the Referee shall notify the Company immediately of any suspected unauthorised use. The Company may temporarily suspend the account to protect it where it detects suspicious or fraudulent activity; this is a security measure only.

19.2 The Referee shall not use contact details or information obtained through the Application to move a transaction that originated through it off the platform for the purpose of circumventing the Platform Fee, and shall notify the Company immediately of any suspected conduct of that kind.

20. General Provisions and Acknowledgment

20.1 The Company may amend these Terms by notice within the Application. Amendments apply prospectively to Assignments accepted after the effective date of the amendments; material amendments may require re-acceptance.

20.2 The Company may assign these terms to a subsidiary or successor by means of a notice within the application and under no circumstances shall the Referee be permitted to assign these terms or any task accepted by them to a third party, whoever that may be.

20.3 If any provision of these Terms, or any part of one, is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in force. Provisions which by their nature survive, including Clauses 10, 12(e), 12(h), 16 and 18.1, continue to apply after referee mode is deactivated or the account is closed.

20.4 These terms and conditions are issued in both Arabic and English; the Arabic text shall be deemed the official and binding version in the event of any dispute or difference in interpretation between the two texts.

20.5 Before bringing any claim before the courts, the Referee shall submit the dispute through the complaints channel in the Application and allow the Company thirty (30) days to resolve it.

20.6 These terms and conditions are governed by the laws and regulations of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan currently in force, and the courts of Amman shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising therefrom.

20.7 Acknowledgment. By activating referee mode, the Referee confirms that he/she has read and understood these Terms; that the information he/she provided is true and accurate; that he/she is an independent service provider and not an employee of the Company nor a representative thereof; that the officiating contract forms between him/her and the Players; and that he/she agrees to be bound by these Terms throughout his/her use of referee mode.

• ☐ I have read and agree to the Referee Terms and wish to activate referee mode.
• ☐ I consent to the Company processing my identification document and Certificate of Non-Conviction to verify my eligibility for referee mode, as described in the Privacy Policy.
• ☐ (Optional) I agree that Dribble may use my name and photograph to promote the Application.

Contact

For questions about these Terms, contact us at info@dribble.pro