What happens if the franchisee of a Big Air Trampoline Park does not have sufficient business experience?
Big_Air_Trampoline_Park Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
If Franchisee is a corporation or other business entity, or if Franchisee has, in Franchisor's sole judgment, insufficient experience in a business similar to the franchise or experience in business management in general, then Franchisee shall nominate a Designated Business Manager having the required experience who shall have direct responsibility for all operations of the Big Air Trampoline Business.
ITEM 15 OBLIGATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTUAL OPERATION OF THE FRANCHISE BUSINESS
You or your Designated Business Manager must provide direct, on-site supervision of your Big Air Trampoline Business. You or your Designated Business Manager must also directly supervise your Multi-Unit Developer obligations, if any. Your Designated Business Manager does not have to own any beneficial interest in a business entity that owns the Big Air Trampoline Business.
If we believe you lack sufficient business experience, you must designate a Designated Business Manager to act as the operating manager for your Big Air Trampoline Business and/or directly supervise the operations of your obligations as a Multi-Unit Developer. The Designated Business Manager must attend and successfully complete the initial training program and must abide by the obligations in the Franchise Agreement and/or Multi-Unit Development Agreement and the Operations Manual. The Designated Business Manager must agree to assume your confidentiality and non-competition obligations (See Attachment B to the Franchise Agreement).
If you are a legal or business entity, each individual who owns, directly or indirectly, a 5% or greater interest in you (and, if you are an individual, your immediate family defined as your spouse or domestic partner and any adult children involved in any way with the Big Air Trampoline Business) must sign the Guaranty and Assumption of Franchisee's Obligations assuming and agreeing to discharge all of
your obligations and comply with all restrictions under the Franchise Agreement (See Attachment B to the Franchise Agreement and our Nondisclosure and Noncompetition Agreement attached to this Franchise Disclosure Document as Exhibit H); (See Attachment C to the Multi-Unit Development Agreement).
Source: Item 15 — OBLIGATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTUAL OPERATION OF THE FRANCHISE BUSINESS (FDD pages 40–41)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Big Air Trampoline Park Franchise Disclosure Document, if a franchisee is deemed by Big Air Trampoline Park to have insufficient business experience, they must nominate a Designated Business Manager. This manager will have direct responsibility for all operations of the Big Air Trampoline Business. The Designated Business Manager does not need to have any ownership in the Big Air Trampoline Business.
The Designated Business Manager must attend and successfully complete the initial training program. They also must abide by the obligations outlined in the Franchise Agreement, the Multi-Unit Development Agreement (if applicable), and the Operations Manual. This includes agreeing to the confidentiality and non-competition obligations detailed in Attachment B of the Franchise Agreement.
Furthermore, the franchisee or their Designated Business Manager must provide direct, on-site supervision of the Big Air Trampoline Business. If the franchisee is also a Multi-Unit Developer, either the franchisee or the Designated Business Manager must directly supervise those obligations as well. If the franchisee is a legal or business entity, each individual owning 5% or greater interest must sign a Guaranty and Assumption of Franchisee's Obligations, agreeing to fulfill all obligations and restrictions under the Franchise Agreement.