Cutting Ball Accessibility Statement

Effective date: August 17, 2026
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Cutting Ball is committed to making its sportsbook research, educational content and support resources usable by as many people as reasonably possible, including readers with disabilities.

Accessibility is an ongoing process. It requires accessible design, content, code, testing, feedback and remediation rather than a one-time statement.

Accessibility summary

Topic

Cutting Ball approach

Accessibility target

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 Level AA

Current status

Ongoing improvement; no unverified claim of full conformance

Scope

Public pages, navigation, forms, tables, images, media and downloadable resources under Cutting Ball’s control

Feedback route

Contact Us

Alternative formats

Available on reasonable request where feasible

Third-party content

May be outside Cutting Ball’s direct control

Our accessibility goal

Cutting Ball aims to design, develop and maintain content in substantial alignment with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 at Level AA.

WCAG provides testable success criteria for making web content more perceivable, operable, understandable and robust.

This statement describes a target and a process. It should not be interpreted as a certification that every page, third-party component or historical article currently conforms to every WCAG 2.2 Level AA criterion.

Measures we take

Our accessibility work may include:

  • Using semantic HTML and a logical heading structure
  • Providing meaningful page titles and descriptive link text
  • Supporting keyboard navigation
  • Maintaining visible focus indicators
  • Avoiding keyboard traps
  • Providing text alternatives for informative images
  • Marking decorative images appropriately
  • Using sufficient color contrast
  • Avoiding reliance on color alone to communicate meaning
  • Making forms understandable and labeling controls
  • Providing clear validation and error messages
  • Designing layouts that reflow at higher zoom levels
  • Supporting text resizing
  • Using accessible tables with header relationships
  • Avoiding unnecessary motion and flashing content
  • Providing captions or transcripts for meaningful prerecorded media where required
  • Maintaining consistent navigation and page structure
  • Testing important templates with accessibility tools and manual review
  • Including accessibility requirements in editorial and vendor workflows

Content-specific standards

Headings and page structure

Pages should use one clear H1 followed by logical H2 and H3 sections. Headings should describe content rather than serve only as visual styling.

Links

Links should communicate their destination or purpose in context. We avoid vague labels such as “click here” when more descriptive text is practical.

Images and charts

Informative images should include useful alternative text. Complex charts should also include a text summary or accessible data table where feasible.

Decorative images should not create unnecessary screen-reader announcements.

Tables

Cutting Ball frequently uses comparison, bonus, banking and rating tables.

Tables should:

  • Be used for genuine tabular data rather than page layout
  • Identify column and row headers
  • Include a concise caption when helpful
  • Remain understandable when magnified or navigated with assistive technology
  • Provide an equivalent text explanation when a complex table cannot be made fully usable

Forms

Contact, correction, privacy and commercial forms should:

  • Associate labels with controls
  • Identify required fields
  • Explain validation errors
  • Preserve entered information where reasonable after an error
  • Allow keyboard completion
  • Avoid unnecessary requests for sensitive information
  • Provide a non-form contact alternative

Color and contrast

Text, interactive controls and meaningful graphical elements should meet applicable WCAG contrast requirements. Information should not be communicated by color alone.

Motion, animation and media

We seek to avoid content that flashes in a manner likely to create a seizure risk. Nonessential motion should be limited, and user preferences such as reduced motion should be respected where supported.

Meaningful prerecorded video should include captions and, where appropriate, a transcript or audio-description alternative.

Language and readability

Pages should identify their primary language in code. Legal and technical concepts should be explained in direct language without removing necessary precision.

Compatibility goals

Cutting Ball is designed to support current versions of major browsers and commonly used assistive technologies.

We do not claim compatibility with every browser, device, operating system, extension or assistive-technology combination. Older or unsupported technology may produce a less reliable experience.

Readers experiencing a problem should report:

  • The page URL
  • The task they were trying to complete
  • The browser and device
  • The assistive technology, if they choose to share it
  • A description of the barrier
  • The preferred alternative format or accommodation

Do not send passwords, seed phrases, private keys or unnecessary medical information.

Testing and review

Our accessibility process may combine:

  • Automated scanning
  • Keyboard-only review
  • Zoom and reflow checks
  • Color-contrast review
  • Screen-reader spot checks
  • Form and error-message review
  • Template testing
  • Manual review of new high-traffic content
  • Reader feedback

Automated tools can identify some barriers but cannot establish full accessibility on their own.

Before publishing a claim of formal conformance, Cutting Ball should obtain an appropriate accessibility review covering representative pages, components and user flows.

Known and potential limitations

The following areas may require continuing work:

  • Historical articles created before current standards
  • Complex comparison tables on narrow screens
  • Embedded videos or social content
  • Third-party advertising and affiliate widgets
  • CAPTCHA or anti-spam tools
  • Cookie-consent interfaces
  • Archived PDF or image-based documents
  • Operator screenshots containing small text
  • Third-party forms, maps or media players

This list does not imply that every identified category currently contains a barrier. It identifies areas that commonly require additional review.

Third-party content and services

Cutting Ball links to and may embed content from sportsbooks, regulators, video platforms, social networks, advertising services, analytics providers and other third parties.

We seek accessible vendors and encourage partners to improve accessibility, but we do not control every third-party interface.

If a third-party component creates a barrier on a Cutting Ball page, report it to us. Where feasible, we may provide an alternative, change the component, contact the provider or explain another route.

Alternative access and reasonable assistance

If you cannot access information or complete a task because of a disability-related barrier, contact us.

Where reasonably feasible, we may provide:

  • The information in plain text
  • A simplified table
  • A transcript
  • A captioned alternative
  • A document in another accessible format
  • Assistance locating the relevant information
  • Another method for submitting a request

Availability depends on the content, copyright, technology and the nature of the request.

How to report an accessibility barrier

To contact CuttingBall.com, use our contact form here.

Use the subject line:

Accessibility Request — [PAGE OR FEATURE]

Please include enough detail for us to locate and understand the issue.

Response and escalation process

Our target is to acknowledge an accessibility report within two business days and provide a substantive response or status update within five business days.

These are service targets, not guaranteed legal deadlines.

If the initial response does not resolve the issue, reply with the subject line:

Accessibility Escalation

The matter should then be reviewed by [MANAGING EDITOR NAME] or another designated decision-maker.

No retaliation or reduced service

Cutting Ball will not intentionally retaliate against or provide inferior editorial service to a reader for making a good-faith accessibility request or complaint.

Accessibility in editorial and commercial workflows

Accessibility should be considered when:

  • Designing page templates
  • Creating comparison tables
  • Selecting images and charts
  • Publishing video or audio
  • Procuring plugins and vendors
  • Accepting advertising creative
  • Building consent tools and forms
  • Updating legacy pages

Our Advertise With Us standards require commercial creative to avoid deceptive controls, unsafe flashing and other obvious accessibility barriers.

Updates to this statement

We may update this statement as our technology, testing and remediation work changes.

A new date should reflect a meaningful review or revision, not a cosmetic freshness change.

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