Every direct message to a minor on RallyText automatically copies a second adult — a parent, another coach, or a team director. The system enforces it. Coaches don't have to remember.
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What Safe Sport texting compliance means
The requirement is clear. The enforcement is the hard part.
The U.S. Center for SafeSport's Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policies (MAAPP) require that electronic communication between an adult and a minor athlete be open and transparent: a parent or guardian, another adult family member, or another adult participant is copied on every one-on-one message. RallyText is built to support that MAAPP electronic-communication requirement. The goal: protect athletes, protect coaches, and create an auditable record. Most tools let coaches forget, get busy, or make exceptions. RallyText enforces it at the system level — it cannot be bypassed, and every message is logged.
MAAPP applies to every national governing body under the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, and each one publishes its own version of the policy for member programs: see USA Cycling, USA Swimming, and U.S. Soccer. NICA, schools, scout councils, and nonprofits set similar two-adult communication rules under their own policies. The Center's plain-language summary is How to Safely Communicate with Minor Athletes. RallyText is not certified or endorsed by the U.S. Center for SafeSport; check your governing body's current policy for the exact wording that applies to your program.
The standard is easy to write and hard to enforce manually. When compliance depends on coaches remembering to CC a parent on every single 1:1 message — under time pressure, during emergencies, season after season — exceptions happen. RallyText removes the manual step entirely.
When a coach or staff member sends a direct message to an athlete under 18, RallyText automatically copies a second adult — the athlete's parent/guardian, another coach, or a team director. This happens every time.
Rule 2
No private coach-to-minor channel
There is no mode, setting, or feature that allows a coach to send a private 1:1 message to a minor without a second adult copied. The rule cannot be turned off or worked around.
Rule 3
Full audit log
Every message sent through RallyText — including who sent it, who received it, and who was copied — is logged in the dashboard. Available for review by board members, league officials, or program directors.
Rule 4
Broadcast SMS remains one-to-many
Team-wide broadcasts (weather cancellations, schedule changes) go to everyone on the roster as appropriate. Safe Sport auto-CC applies specifically to direct one-on-one messages to individual minors.
Why manual compliance fails
"I'll remember to CC the parent" isn't a policy.
Youth programs implement Safe Sport communication policies. They train coaches. They write guidelines. And then coaches send a quick message to a player during a hectic game day and forget to CC anyone — not because they're careless, but because they're busy and the tool they're using makes it optional.
Manual compliance degrades over time. Busy seasons, staff turnover, emergency situations — each creates moments where the policy is technically in place but practically unenforced.
The only reliable Safe Sport communication enforcement is automatic enforcement. If the tool doesn't allow the violation, the violation can't happen.
Who needs this
Any program that communicates with minors.
🏅 Youth Sports
Coaches to athletes — governed by USA Cycling, USA Swimming, USAV, NICA, and league Safe Sport policies.
⚜️ Scouts
Troop leaders to scouts — governed by BSA and GSUSA two-deep leadership and digital communication policies.
🎓 Schools
Teachers and coaches to students — covered by district policies and state education communication requirements.
💛 Nonprofits
Staff to youth program participants — many nonprofits adopt Safe Sport standards voluntarily or via grant requirements.
⛪ Churches
Ministry leaders to youth group members — child safety communication policies increasingly standard in faith communities.
🎭 Performing Arts
Directors and coaches to minor cast members — especially relevant for competitive programs with individual coaching.
Frequently asked questions
The U.S. Center for SafeSport's Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policies (MAAPP) say that electronic communication between an adult participant and a minor athlete must be open and transparent: the adult copies the athlete's parent or guardian, another adult family member, or another adult participant. This protects athletes from abuse and protects coaches from false allegations. Each governing body under the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USA Cycling, USA Swimming, US Soccer, USAV, and others) adopts MAAPP and publishes its own version for member programs; NICA and many school and scout programs follow similar policies.
When a coach or staff member sends a direct message to a minor, RallyText automatically copies a second adult — the athlete's parent or guardian, another coach, or a team director. This is enforced at the system level: there is no setting to disable it, no way to send a private message to a minor without a second adult copied, and every message is logged with a full audit trail.
Yes. Safe Sport auto-CC is included on every RallyText plan at no additional cost. It is not an add-on or upgrade — it is a core feature of the platform that applies to all youth-facing programs.
No. A coach cannot disable, bypass, or configure away Safe Sport auto-CC. The only time RallyText does not copy a second adult is when the team is verified as an adults-only organization with no minors on the roster — a team-level setting that is logged for audit. If a coach sends a direct message to a member under 18, a second adult is copied automatically — every time, without exception.
Safe Sport shouldn't depend on a coach remembering.
RallyText enforces Safe Sport compliance at the code level — every time, no exceptions, fully logged. Free 3-day trial.
RallyText was built with a security-first architecture from day one. Here's what that means in practice.
Designed and reviewed against OWASP Top 10, NIST SP 800-53, and the U.S. Center for SafeSport MAAPP communication rules. Automated security regression tests cover these areas. This is our own review, not a third-party audit or certification; see our security page for what we do and do not hold.
RBAC
Role-Based Access Control
Families can never broadcast. Only Head Coaches, Assistant Coaches, and Team Directors can send to the full roster. Permissions are enforced at the API level — not just hidden in the UI. Parents and athletes can reply to coaches but cannot initiate broadcasts to the team.
Encryption
Per-Team Phone Encryption
Every phone number is encrypted at rest using Fernet (AES-128-CBC + HMAC-SHA256). Each team has a unique encryption key. If the database were ever breached, the attacker would get ciphertext — not plaintext phone numbers. Keys are stored separately from data.
AI Moderation
Local Content Screening
Every message is screened by an AI moderation layer before delivery. Critically, this runs entirely on-server — no message content is sent to any third-party cloud service for processing. Your team's messages stay on RallyText's infrastructure.
Audit Log
Tamper-Evident Audit Trail
Every time RallyText staff open your account for support, it is recorded in a SHA-256 hash-chained log that cannot be edited or have entries removed without breaking the chain. Your team's own administrative actions (role changes, roster edits, safety settings) are logged for a year. Every message — who sent it, who received it, when — is available for review by program directors or league officials for up to two years.
Auth
WebAuthn / Passkeys
RallyText supports phishing-resistant passkey authentication (WebAuthn), the authenticator type NIST SP 800-63B recommends over passwords. Most community platforms offer only password-based authentication. Passkeys eliminate the largest single vector for account compromise — phishing for passwords.
Carrier
A2P 10DLC Registered
All RallyText messages are sent through registered A2P 10DLC numbers — the carrier-compliant pathway for business SMS. Group texts sent from personal phones are technically unregistered traffic and subject to carrier spam filtering. RallyText messages are registered and carrier-trusted.
RallyText works for any group that needs reliable SMS
