I've spent my career at the intersection of live sports events and revenue generation. I've worked with ESPN Events on major college bowl games and large-scale basketball tournaments. I've helped take one sports startup in the NIL space from 0 to 1 and another from launch to over $1.5 million in revenue in its first year.
I know what a market opportunity looks like when it's sitting in front of me.
Girls flag football is one of the clearest market opportunities I've seen in 20 years of working in this industry - and it has a gap at its center that nobody has filled.
Here's the landscape:
Participation is growing at 60% year-over-year. Twenty-two states have sanctioned high school varsity programs. More than 200 post-secondary institutions field competitive teams. The NCAA is adopting it as a D-I sport. It's an Olympic event in 2028.
The families in this sport are making real investment decisions: travel, training, equipment, exposure. The coaches in this sport are actively trying to build rosters. The institutions backing this sport are committing real resources to it.
And yet: there is no standardized recruiting platform built specifically for girls flag football. No centralized database of verified athlete data. No consistent evaluation format. No infrastructure connecting the athletes to the coaches in a systematic, scalable way.
That's the gap. And it sits directly at the intersection of live events (where I've spent half of my career) and technology platforms (where sports recruiting is heading, and where I've spent the other half).
Flag Prospect Series is the event-driven recruiting platform built to fill it. Single-day Recruiting Combines producing verified athlete data, professional film and standardized performance scores, all feeding into a two-sided marketplace that connects athletes with college coaches.
The market is ready. The athletes are ready. The coaches are ready.
The infrastructure is finally here.
If you work in youth sports, collegiate
