Privacy policy
Last updated November 15, 2026
Bluegrass Board is a project of OrthoLinks Sports Network. This page says in plain words what we collect, what we publish, who can see it and how to have it changed or removed.
The short version
- You can read every score, schedule and standing without an account.
- We run no ad networks and we do not sell or rent anyone's information.
- An athlete's page is built only by a parent or guardian, or by the athlete if 18 or older. They decide what is on it and can take it down at any time.
- A parent or guardian can have an athlete's name removed from the site without giving a reason.
If you only read scores
We keep a simple traffic count so we know which pages are used: the page, the time, the kind of device, and the site that linked you here. Visits are counted with a scrambled code that changes every day and cannot be turned back into your internet address, so we cannot follow one reader from day to day. This count is deleted after about 13 months.
Teams you star, your light or dark setting and the tab you last chose are saved in your own browser and are never sent to us.
Athlete names on rosters and box scores
Rosters and game statistics come from schools, coaches, stat keepers and credentialed media. From them we publish:
| Published | Never published from a roster or stat sheet |
|---|---|
| Name, jersey number, position, class year, height and weight, and statistics from games that have been played | Home address, phone number, email address, date of birth, parents' names, medical or injury information |
If a roster or stat sheet sent to us contains anything in the second column, we do not publish it.
Athlete pages
Every name on a roster has a basic page. A parent or guardian can claim it and add more. Nothing a family adds is published until they have verified their email and mobile number, signed a consent, and the claim has been reviewed.
| Anyone can see | Only verified college coaches can see, unless the family chooses to make it public |
|---|---|
| Name, school, sport, class year, position, photo, height and weight, measurables, film links, statistics, honors, offers and commitment | Grade-point average and test scores, NCAA or NAIA eligibility number and status, transcript, social media handles, and parent contact details |
- Football and basketball. Division I football and basketball staff see only what the public sees. Families choose which academic details to make public, and coaches reach the family through a contact form that does not reveal the family's email address until the family replies.
- High school coaches and staff never have access to the private part of an athlete's page.
- College coaches must register and be approved before they see anything private. We record which coach viewed which page.
Parents and guardians
When you claim a page we keep your name, email address, mobile number and a scrambled form of your password that we cannot read. We also keep a consent record: the time, the internet address you signed from, and the name you typed as a signature. We use your email and mobile to verify you, to tell you when the page changes or a new post-game card is ready, and to pass along messages from college coaches. We do not use them for anything else.
Athletes who are 18 or older
An adult athlete can claim their own page. To confirm their age we ask for a date of birth, a photo of a government ID and a photo of the athlete holding it. Only the site administrator sees these. The photos are deleted when the check is done and we keep only the fact that it was passed.
College coaches, media and school staff
- College coaches: name, college, title, email, sport and division, a scrambled password, and their own lists and notes about athletes. Notes and ratings a staff keeps are visible only to that staff.
- Media: name, outlet, email, phone, social media handle and coverage area. A reporter's name and outlet appear in the public media directory and as credit on work they post.
- School staff post with a school reporting code. Posts made with a code are marked as coming from that school.
- Anyone reporting a score may add a name and a way to reach them. Both are optional. We record the time of every report.
Messages
If you write to us through the contact page, or write to a family through an athlete's page, we keep the message, your name and your email address so it can be delivered and answered. A family can report a message and block its sender.
Cookies
We set a cookie only when the site has to remember something for you:
- a sign-in cookie, when you sign in or enter a school or media code;
- a cookie that remembers the sport you picked from the menu;
- a cookie that stops one person voting many times in fan votes such as Player of the Week.
None of these is used for advertising or shared with anyone.
Other companies involved
We use a small number of companies to run the site, and they handle information only to do that job: a hosting company that stores the site and its database, an email service and a text-message service that deliver our messages, and Google Fonts, which supplies the typefaces and so receives your internet address when a page loads. On game nights we read public posts from a short list of reporters on X to find scores. We do not send information about our readers or athletes to X.
Links to film, streams, social media and the appointment page of our sports medicine provider lead to other sites with their own privacy policies.
Changing or removing information
- Your athlete's page: sign in at parent sign-in to edit it or take it down. Taking it down removes it from public and coach view at once.
- A name on a roster: a parent, guardian, athlete or school official can ask us to remove it. No reason is needed and we aim to do it within two business days. Team scores stay; the name and any statistics tied to it come off.
- A page that isn't right: every athlete page has a report link for a wrong family, impersonation or content that should not be there. A report of a family dispute takes the page private straight away while we look.
- Anything else we hold about you: ask and we will show it to you, correct it or delete it.
Children
Most athletes on this site are minors, which is why only a parent or guardian can build a page for one. The site is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect information from them. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, tell us and we will delete it.
How long we keep things
Scores, schedules and standings are kept as a permanent record. Athlete pages stay until the family takes them down; after graduation they move to the graduates section unless the family removes them. Traffic counts are deleted after about 13 months. ID photos are deleted when the age check is done. Consent records are kept as proof of who authorised a page.
Security
The site is served over an encrypted connection, passwords are stored in a form we cannot read, and private parts of a page are shown only to signed-in, approved accounts. No website can promise perfect security. If we learn that private information has been exposed, we will tell the families affected.
Changes and contact
If this policy changes in a way that matters, we will change the date at the top of this page. Questions go to the contact page.