Guide · Parents
A parent's guide to FlagPlay
Getting recruited means being findable — but findable should never mean unsafe. Here's exactly how your daughter's information is handled, what a coach can see, and the controls you hold as a parent or guardian.
What's public vs. what's protected
Public on a recruiting profile
- · First name, position, graduation class, and state
- · Primary photo and highlight film she chooses to publish
- · Verified combine stats she earned at an event
Gated behind verified coaches only
- · Last name, school, hometown, and GPA
- · Any way to contact her — routed through you first
- · Full photo gallery and detailed profile fields
The teaser a not-yet-verified visitor sees is intentionally thin. The detailed, identifying information only unlocks for coaches who have verified their .edu address and cleared a staff-directory check.
Consent before any coach can message
No coach can message an athlete until the account on file — the parent, or the athlete if she signed up herself — gives explicit consent for that coach. Each coach sends a contact request first; you see who they are (name, program, verification status and photo) and check a consent box before a single message can be sent. You can decline a request, and you or she can revoke a coach's access at any time from Coach contacts — and restore it later if you change your mind. Every message is timestamped and kept on record, so there is a history if a dispute ever arises. Reports of fake credentials or inappropriate contact go to the FlagPlay team for review, and staff can suspend accounts that break the rules.
How we handle a minor's data
- We don't sell contact info. FlagPlay does not sell parent or athlete leads to recruiting services. Athlete and coach tools are free during launch. Outreach stays inside the platform behind that consent step — even a coach's CSV export never includes contact info.
- Guardian-managed accounts for younger athletes. For a minor, the account is meant to be set up and overseen by a parent or guardian, consistent with children's-privacy expectations (COPPA). You control what gets published.
- You choose visibility. A profile is only discoverable when the "public recruiting profile" switch is on. Turn it off and she drops out of coach search; her film stays in the account.
Family sharing — one athlete, several grown-ups
Recruiting is a family project. FlagPlay lets the athlete's account owner invite a parent, grandparent, or other family member to a read-only view of one athlete's profile, so everyone can follow the journey without sharing a password. During launch, families can manage multiple athlete profiles under one FlagPlay account at no charge.