Sports Illustrated Terms Scorecard

Grade C — Standard consumer terms (score 61/100)

Sports Illustrated forces binding arbitration and class action waivers, while claiming a perpetual, irrevocable, and sub-licensable license to all user-generated content.

Forced arbitration, class action waiver, and perpetual content license.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
UNCLEAR
Forced arbitration
YES
Trains AI on your content
LIKELY
Collects biometric data
UNCLEAR
Shares data with government
UNCLEAR
Easy to cancel
YES
Tells you before changes
NO
Deletes data on request
UNCLEAR

What the terms actually say

Arbitration

YOU AND MINUTE MEDIA ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION.

You are prohibited from joining class action lawsuits and must resolve all disputes through individual, binding arbitration.

Content Creator Terms

You hereby grant us a worldwide, unlimited, non-revocable, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable license to use the User Content...

You grant the company a permanent and total license to your content, which they can sell or sub-license to others without paying you.

Termination, Changes to the Service

We reserve the right to amend, add or delete portions of these Terms at any time and at our sole discretion. While we may or may not post notices on the Service informing you of changes...

The company can change the terms at any time without any obligation to notify you.

Termination, Changes to the Service

You understand, acknowledge, and agree that we may terminate your access to the Service at our sole discretion, at any time, with or without reason or notice to you...

The company can delete your account and content at any time for any reason without prior notice.

Subscription Terms

If you would like to cancel your Subscription, you can call us at 1-800-528-5000, email us at [email protected], or visit si.com/myaccount.

The company provides multiple, accessible methods for cancelling your subscription.

Last reviewed 2026-08-03 under rubric v3.5.

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