As we start down the All-Star / Travel Ball path with my daughter, I'm curious to see how other leagues and tournaments handle age verification.
The local soccer organization does a "one and done" age verification for the rec level - you can walk in, show them, they mark it off, that's it (I believe until they age-out @ 18). Or email them a copy, and they delete ("electronically shred") it at the end of each season. (not sure why they keep it even that long, but better than storing them in a box on the shelf!). I guess travel soccer is much more organized (regimented?), b/c it sounds like their tournaments are run through a state-level organization, so while the state-level org uses separate system for age verification, it's again a one-time thing, and not repeated for each tournament.
For softball, based on what I've read on these boards, tournament director's (TD) want to do this in-person.
1. Does this mean coaches have to carry around physical copies of the certificates?
2. Does anyone's leagues provide guidance on how store this kind of PII between tournaments, or what to do with it when the season is over?
3. How official do the copies have to be? Can we photocopy it, or do TDs even want to see a raised seal on the copy?
4. What methods have you seen that you wish more tournaments/organizations would use?
Thanks in advance for any responses.
--Gags
The local soccer organization does a "one and done" age verification for the rec level - you can walk in, show them, they mark it off, that's it (I believe until they age-out @ 18). Or email them a copy, and they delete ("electronically shred") it at the end of each season. (not sure why they keep it even that long, but better than storing them in a box on the shelf!). I guess travel soccer is much more organized (regimented?), b/c it sounds like their tournaments are run through a state-level organization, so while the state-level org uses separate system for age verification, it's again a one-time thing, and not repeated for each tournament.
For softball, based on what I've read on these boards, tournament director's (TD) want to do this in-person.
1. Does this mean coaches have to carry around physical copies of the certificates?
2. Does anyone's leagues provide guidance on how store this kind of PII between tournaments, or what to do with it when the season is over?
3. How official do the copies have to be? Can we photocopy it, or do TDs even want to see a raised seal on the copy?
4. What methods have you seen that you wish more tournaments/organizations would use?
Thanks in advance for any responses.
--Gags