What Youth Sports Directors Need to Be Thinking About Heading Into the New Year

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What Youth Sports Directors Need to Be Thinking About Heading Into the New Year As youth sports evolve, directors are under more pressure than ever to deliver fair, safe, and organized experiences. Here’s a practical roadmap of what leaders should prioritize heading into the new year. Every new year brings the same excitement: fresh teams,…

Roster Cheating Isn’t Rare — It’s Undermining Youth Sports

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  Youth Sports Integrity Roster Cheating Isn’t Rare — It’s Undermining Youth Sports From last-minute player swaps to older athletes playing down, coaches and parents across the country are saying the same thing: roster manipulation is widespread, poorly enforced, and it’s eroding trust in the game. Spend a weekend at youth tournaments and you’ll hear…

Youth Sports Has a Data Problem — And It’s Sitting in a Coach’s Backpack

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  Data Privacy in Youth Sports Youth Sports Has a Data Problem — And It’s Sitting in a Coach’s Backpack  From binders full of birth certificates to risky facial recognition tools, youth sports is exposing families to serious data security risks. A $40B industry shouldn’t still be running like it’s 1995. Across the youth sports…

End the Sunday Chaos: No More Paperwork, No More Disputes

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A Director’s Guide to Keeping Championship Day About the Game — Not the Arguments It’s Sunday afternoon. The gym is buzzing. Parents pack the bleachers, players take their spots, coaches pace the sideline — then everything stops. Two coaches crowd the scorer’s table, arguing over a player’s eligibility. The referee checks his watch, the kids…