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.
The guardian gate on every under-18 message
No coach can message an athlete under 18 without a parent in the loop. Every message a coach sends lands in your guardian approval queue first — your daughter does not see it until you approve it. You can approve, deny, or block a coach, and you or she can revoke any coach's access in one click. Every message is timestamped and audit-logged, so there is a record if a dispute ever arises. Reports of fake credentials or inappropriate contact trigger immediate suspension and manual review.
How we handle a minor's data
- We don't sell contact info. FlagPlay is funded by subscriptions, not by selling parent or athlete leads to recruiting services. Outreach stays inside the platform behind the guardian gate — 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. And if you have more than one player, the Duo, Family, and Club plans put every athlete under one login and one bill.