Adult Athlete Risk Management
Effective for the fall 2023 season, all athletes 18 and older must secure a FREE background screening from MSYSA and complete the SafeSport training in order to participate. This includes players who may be 17 at the start of the season but turn 18 during the season. As such, this communication is intended to provide you notice that MSYSA is moving forward on requiring athletes (18 or older) to secure the SafeSport training and background screening.
General information regarding Adult Athlete Risk Management can be found here. Additional details, including step-by-step instructions on how athletes (18 and above) can complete these requirements, will be shared when available. As a reminder, the required SafeSport Trained Course is FREE.
In addition, optional trainings from the U.S. Center for SafeSport are offered to parents and athletes. Examples include: ‘Parent’s Guide to Misconduct in Sport’ training (30 min. course), ‘SafeSport for Youth Athletes’ (ages 13-17) training (15 min. course) and ‘SafeSport for Kids’ (ages 5-12) training (15 min. course). All of these trainings are FREE, and the youth trainings require parental consent. To access the parent and/or youth trainings, please click here and create an account. Once logged in, click “Catalog” from your Dashboard, and then click “Enroll” in the course(s) you want to take.
For ECNL-RL, MSPSP players that are or will be 18.
Players that are already 18 years of age or will turn 18 between now and the end of the season 2027 are required to complete a Safe Sport course. This course will be completed via the player's GotSport account. Directions can be emailed once registered.