The promotion and public awareness of backgammon tournament activities are in the public interest and is good for the game. For the integrity of the game, gathering data from the live tournament play of a player may be helpful for determining their level of play, whether for purposes of eligibility or to verify performance levels observed in online matches. For these reasons, and potentially others, this rule places all persons who attend a backgammon tournament on notice that the Tournament Director or the USBGF may freely stream, record, photograph, document or otherwise capture, analyze, report and publish all activities taking place at the tournament. Furthermore, by attending, a person implicitly consents to the Tournament Director and USBGF freely capturing and publishing their likeness, activities and results at that tournament. Penalties may be assessed against any player who enters a tournament event but then refuses to allow such recording by the Tournament Director or USBGF.