For more information, please contact info@accessathletes.com.

The Concept

AccessAthletes™ is a social and professional platform for athletes and the sports community. The site is open to athletes (high school, college, and professional), sports professionals and representatives, the media, businesses, and sports fans.  As a niche sports network, AccessAthletes offers its members valuable networking opportunities, promotional tools, and educational resources. 

Most notably, AccessAthletes features The Real Athlete Blog ("Real Content for Real Athletes").  As an exclusive informational source dedicated to athletes, The Real Athlete Blog provides articles from qualified sports industry professionals about an athlete's performance, everyday life, and post-athletic career. 

The Blog is also home to the Featured AccessAthlete Column, in which athletes of all levels share their experiences and provide an inside look at what it is like to be an athlete, both on and off the field.

The AccessAthletes Advantage

AccessAthletes is different from your standard online social network. Our uniquely designed community upholds the highest standards by providing an NCAA compliant environment, detailed privacy settings, and a verification system for featured members.

• NCAA Compliant Environment – This is our biggest priority.  We require all members to comply with NCAA regulations and bylaws.

Opt-in Recruitment System- In order to ensure compliance and protect the eligibility of our athletes, we have implemented an opt-in recruitment system.  This means that the default is set so that agents and other sports representatives cannot contact college athletes unless the athletes have elected to be contacted (after their collegiate eligibility has expired or they have declared for the draft).

On each athlete's profile, there is an "Agent Ready" button underneath the profile picture area that must be activated by the athlete, and then a request must be approved by the site administrator before our system allows agent/sports representative contact (e.g. messaging and entourage requests).  Sports representatives will still be able to view an amateur athlete's profile if it is kept public under the privacy settings.

High School Athlete Contact Restrictions- Because of NCAA rules, agents and other sports representatives are restricted from having any contact with high school athletes whatsoever.  Thus, they are prohibited from sending high school athletes messages or entourage requests.  As long as a high school athlete profile is kept public, sports representatives will still be able to view it.

"Report a Foul to Referree"- Additionally, AccessAthletes has a self-regulating system that encourages members to report other members to the site administrator when they are not in compliance with the AccessAthletes Terms of Use.

• Detailed Privacy Settings - You can control your own privacy settings and dictate who is given access to your profile and information.  For example, you can elect to keep your profile private so that only members of your entourage can contact you.

• Verification System – On AccessAthletes, athletes (except high school athletes), sports professionals, sports representatives, media entities, and businesses will go through a verification process to confirm their identity and validate their credentials.  If it is found that a registrant is truly a member of one of these five categories, that person will get an official badge on his/her profile and gain verified MVP Status.

Member-Driven Approach

AccessAthletes is a free and user-friendly community that endorses a personalized, member-driven approach that encourages its members to dictate the development of the website.

Member Types

Athletes

Who can join?

• Current high school athletes (unverified status)
• Former and current college, amateur, and professional athletes (verified MVP status)

• Note: If you are a college athlete, please register with a valid school email address.

Sports Professionals (verified MVP status)

Who can join?

• Certified athletic trainers
• Nutritionists
• Sports academics (e.g. professors)
• Sports medicine professionals
• Sports psychologists
• Team, league, and player association staff

Sports Representatives (verified MVP status)

Who can join?

• Attorneys
• Certified agents or any employee from a sports agency who assists a certified agent in recruiting
• Financial planners
• Insurance specialists
• Sports marketers

The Media (verified MVP status)

Who can join?

• Any credentialed media member may gain MVP status.  This includes mainstream sports journalists, sportscasters, and production staff. 
• Additionally, this category is also open to sports bloggers and public relations specialists.

Sports Biz (verified MVP status)

Who can join?

• Owners/Staff of sports products
• Owners/Staff of sports services
• Athlete sponsors
• Sports artists and photographers

Sports Fans (unverified status)

Who can join?

• AccessAthletes is open to sports enthusiasts from the general public.