National Scouting Combine Privacy Policy
Last Updated: September 15, 2026
1. Introduction
Beyond Sports, LLC, doing business as the National Scouting Combine® (“NSC,” “National Scouting Combine,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), respects the privacy of athletes, parents and guardians, coaches, scouts, recruiters, sports personnel, agents, partners, donors, event participants, website visitors and other users of our services.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, maintain and protect Personal Information in connection with National Scouting Combine websites, events, athlete profiles, standardized athletic performance testing, the NSC Network, NextGen programs, Athletic Intelligence products, Athletic Intelligence Reports, research and validation activities and other NSC products and services that reference this Privacy Policy.
For purposes of this Policy, “Personal Information” and “Personal Data” mean information that identifies, relates to, describes or can reasonably be linked to an identifiable individual, except where applicable law provides otherwise.
This Privacy Policy is intended to describe our privacy practices. It does not replace any event waiver, publicity release, medical authorization, subscription agreement, Terms of Use or other agreement that separately governs a particular NSC service.
2. Organizations Covered by This Policy
The National Scouting Combine is operated by Beyond Sports, LLC.
National Scouting Combine Foundation, Inc. is a separate nonprofit organization. Where a Foundation program, event, scholarship, donation page or other Foundation service expressly links to or adopts this Privacy Policy, this Policy also describes the privacy practices applicable to information collected through that service.
Beyond Sports, LLC and National Scouting Combine Foundation, Inc. may share limited Personal Information when reasonably necessary to administer a joint event or program, provide athlete assistance, operate NextGen programming, fulfill a participant’s request, administer charitable support or carry out another disclosed purpose.
The entity identified on the applicable registration, donation, program or service page is responsible for the Personal Information it collects.
3. Information We Collect
The information we collect depends upon your relationship with NSC and the services you use.
A. Identity and Contact Information
We may collect information such as name, mailing address, email address, telephone number, date of birth, age, account username, profile image, emergency contact information and similar identifying or contact information.
B. Athlete and Sports Information
We may collect school, team, league, conference, position, jersey number, graduation year, class year, playing status, athletic history, coaching information, roster information, statistics, game information, participation history, honors, awards, accolades and similar athletic information.
C. Standardized Athletic Performance Data
NSC may collect verified or submitted performance data including height, weight, hand measurement, arm length, wingspan, sprint and split times, shuttle and agility results, 3-cone results, vertical jump, broad jump, strength testing, force-plate information and other physical-performance measurements.
Testing performed directly by NSC may be identified as verified NSC testing data.
D. Athletic Intelligence and Analytical Information
NSC may process athletic data to generate analytical outputs including NSCAP Grades, Athletic Intelligence Reports, Athletic Efficiency or related indices, performance percentiles, benchmarks, Athletic DNA characteristics, position-fit analysis, development indicators, comparable-athlete analysis, readiness indicators, projections and other performance insights.
E. Academic and Recruiting Information
Athletes may provide selected information relevant to recruiting, including school, graduation year, GPA, academic honors, intended field of study, recruiting status and similar information.
F. Athlete Statistics, Media and Recognition
Athletes may be permitted to maintain statistics, career updates, legitimate media links, interviews, news coverage, highlights, awards, accolades, leadership recognition and academic honors.
Such information may be athlete-submitted and is not necessarily verified by NSC unless expressly identified as verified.
G. Film, Photographs and Media
We may collect athlete photographs, profile images, testing footage, game or highlight video, interviews, event footage and media submitted by an athlete or generated at an NSC event.
Separate event releases may govern NSC’s right to photograph, record, publish, broadcast or otherwise use participant name, image, likeness, voice or appearance.
H. Parent and Guardian Information
For youth and high-school athletes, we may collect the name, relationship, email address, telephone number, emergency contact information, consent status and other information concerning a parent or legal guardian.
I. College and Professional Personnel Information
We may collect a coach’s, scout’s or other personnel member’s name, title, employer, organization, professional email address, telephone number, business address and other information necessary to authenticate an account or verify current employment or organizational affiliation.
J. Event and Registration Information
We may collect registration information, apparel sizing, accommodations or logistical information, event selections, eligibility information, emergency contacts, releases, waivers, consent records and other information reasonably necessary to administer an NSC event.
K. Payment and Transaction Information
Registration fees, subscriptions, purchases and donations may be processed through third-party payment providers.
NSC generally does not receive or retain complete payment-card numbers when payment information is submitted directly to a third-party payment processor. We may retain transaction identifiers, payment status, amount, date, billing information or other records necessary for accounting and administration.
L. Communications
We may retain emails, contact-form submissions, support requests, survey responses, correspondence and other communications with NSC.
M. Website, Device and Usage Information
When you use our websites or digital services, we may automatically collect information such as IP address, browser, operating system, device characteristics, referring page, pages viewed, date and time of access, login activity, cookie identifiers and similar technical or usage information.
4. Sources of Information
We may collect Personal Information directly from you or from a parent or legal guardian, coach, school, team, league, agent, representative or other person authorized to provide information concerning you.
We may also obtain or verify information from NSC-administered testing; public team or school rosters; publicly available statistics; legitimate news and media sources; recruiting sources; coaches; teams; event partners; technology providers; and other appropriate sources.
Where practicable, NSC may maintain information concerning the source, date or verification status of athlete information.
5. Verified Information and Athlete-Submitted Information
NSC profiles may contain information from multiple sources.
Official measurements, NSC-administered testing results and certain NSC-generated analytical information are maintained through NSC’s verified testing and data systems.
Athletes may separately maintain selected information, including statistics, academic information, contact information, playing status, team information, media links, awards and honors.
Athlete-submitted information should not be interpreted as independently verified by NSC unless the information is specifically designated as verified.
Athletes may not alter official NSC testing results or NSC-generated analytical information through ordinary profile-editing functions.
6. How We Use Personal Information
We may use Personal Information to operate events and registrations; verify participant identity and eligibility; administer standardized testing; create and maintain athlete profiles; generate Athletic Intelligence Reports and related analysis; calculate NSCAP Grades and other analytical outputs; provide athlete-development information; verify college and professional personnel; operate NSC Network athlete-discovery tools; support legitimate recruiting and scouting activity; maintain testing and event records; communicate with athletes and families; provide customer support; administer subscriptions, purchases, payments and donations; protect participant safety; detect fraud and misuse; secure our websites and systems; comply with legal obligations; conduct research and validation; improve NSC methodologies and services; and perform other purposes disclosed when information is collected.
We seek to limit collection and use to information that is reasonably relevant to the services and purposes described in this Policy.
7. NSC Network
The NSC Network is designed to provide qualified users with access to athlete information relevant to legitimate recruiting, scouting and evaluation.
Access may vary according to account type, athlete age, authorization, professional affiliation, subscription status and applicable law.
NSC may require college and professional personnel to verify current employment or organizational affiliation before receiving athlete-search or profile-access privileges.
Verification may include use of an official organizational email address, employer or team information or other reasonable evidence of current affiliation.
If a person’s verified employment or organizational affiliation ends or cannot be confirmed, NSC may restrict or remove access to athlete-discovery features until the user is re-verified.
NSC Network access does not authorize scraping, harvesting, bulk exporting, redistributing or using athlete information for purposes unrelated to legitimate athletic recruiting, scouting or evaluation.
Additional restrictions may be contained in NSC’s Terms of Use.
8. Athlete Profile Visibility
Creating an athlete profile does not mean that all information associated with the athlete is publicly available.
NSC may maintain different visibility levels for public information, athlete-only information, parent or guardian information, NSC administrative information and information available to authorized or verified personnel.
NSC may restrict direct contact information, particularly for minor athletes.
For high-school athletes, NSC may prioritize communication through school coaches and parents or legal guardians. Direct athlete contact information may be made available only where appropriate and authorized.
NSC may restrict, suspend or change profile visibility when reasonably necessary to protect an athlete, preserve platform integrity, investigate misuse or comply with law.
9. Athletic Intelligence, Algorithms and Automated Analysis
NSC uses mathematical models, software, algorithms and analytical systems to analyze standardized athletic performance information.
These systems may generate scores, grades, percentiles, benchmarks, trait classifications, comparable-athlete information, position-fit information and other performance insights.
NSC Athletic Intelligence is intended to provide data-driven decision support for human evaluators.
NSC does not use an NSCAP Grade, Athletic Intelligence Report or other automated analytical output to make college-admission, scholarship, employment, draft, contract or roster decisions on behalf of a college, university, professional team, league or other organization.
Such organizations remain responsible for their own evaluation and decisions.
No NSC score, analysis, projection or report guarantees recruiting interest, admission, scholarship, playing time, roster placement, draft selection, employment, professional contract or future athletic performance.
10. Recruiting and Scouting Disclosure
One of NSC’s principal purposes is to help athletes create legitimate opportunities for evaluation.
Accordingly, appropriate athlete information may be made available to authorized college coaches, recruiting departments, professional teams, scouts, personnel departments and other qualified athletic evaluators.
Where an NSC service permits access by sports agents or athlete representatives, such access may require authorization, verification or additional restrictions.
The information made available may include athlete identity, school, position, measurements, verified testing results, relevant athletic information, profile media, statistics, selected academic or recruiting information and NSC analytical outputs, subject to the user’s role and applicable restrictions.
11. Research, Validation and Model Development
NSC maintains a substantial historical athletic-performance database and conducts ongoing research intended to improve athletic benchmarking, scoring, evaluation and analytical reliability.
We may use data to study performance benchmarks, positional characteristics, development patterns, competitive level, athletic outcomes, data reliability, model accuracy and other subjects relevant to athletic performance and evaluation.
Where reasonably practicable, NSC may use aggregated, de-identified or pseudonymized information for research, benchmarking and model-development purposes.
NSC will not attempt to re-identify information that has been de-identified for research purposes except where reasonably necessary to test de-identification methods, maintain data integrity, comply with law or as otherwise permitted by applicable law.
NSC does not intend to publicly publish personally identifiable research findings without appropriate authorization or another lawful basis.
For children under 13, identifiable Personal Information will not be retained or used for research beyond the disclosed and consented purposes unless permitted by applicable law. De-identified or aggregated information may be retained where it no longer reasonably identifies the child.
12. Sensitive Personal Information
Certain NSC services may involve information that is considered sensitive under applicable privacy law.
Depending upon the service and jurisdiction, this may include Personal Information concerning a known child, account credentials, precise geolocation, certain health or medical information, biometric identifiers used for identification or other legally protected information.
NSC processes sensitive information only where reasonably necessary for an appropriate disclosed purpose and obtains consent where required by law.
NSC does not sell precise geolocation information.
NSC does not use athletic-performance measurements as biometric identification credentials unless separately disclosed and legally permitted.
13. Children and Youth Athletes
NextGen and other NSC programs may serve youth and high-school athletes. NSC recognizes that information concerning minors requires additional safeguards.
A child under 13 should not independently create an NSC account or submit Personal Information through an NSC online service unless NSC has implemented the required parental-consent process.
Where NSC knowingly collects Personal Information online from a child under 13 and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and Rule (“COPPA”) apply, NSC will provide the required notice and obtain verifiable consent from the child’s parent or legal guardian before collecting, using or disclosing the child’s Personal Information, except where a limited legal exception applies.
A coach, school representative or other adult is not a substitute for a parent or legal guardian for purposes of COPPA parental consent unless applicable law specifically permits the arrangement being used.
Where required, parents and legal guardians may review Personal Information collected from their child, request correction or deletion, withdraw consent, refuse further collection or use, and direct NSC not to disclose the child’s Personal Information to third parties except where disclosure is integral to the service or otherwise permitted by law.
NSC will not require a child to disclose more Personal Information than is reasonably necessary to participate in an applicable activity.
Personal Information collected online from a child under 13 will be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the specific purpose for which it was collected, or as otherwise permitted or required by law.
For athletes age 13 through 17, NSC may require parent or guardian authorization for particular accounts, event registrations, publicity releases, recruiting functionality, communications or other services.
NSC does not knowingly sell the Personal Information of children or minors.
Current COPPA rules require covered operators to provide notice and obtain verifiable parental consent, and the FTC’s 2025 amendments strengthened data-minimization and retention requirements and protections around disclosures to third parties.
14. Parents and Guardians
Parents and legal guardians may receive authorized access to certain youth-athlete information for purposes such as registration, consent, athlete support and program research.
Parent or guardian access does not necessarily permit alteration of verified NSC testing data or NSC-generated analysis.
A parent or guardian seeking to exercise a privacy right on behalf of a minor may be required to provide information reasonably necessary to verify identity, authority and relationship to the athlete.
15. Event Photography, Video and Publicity
NSC events may be photographed, filmed, recorded, streamed, broadcast or covered by news or sports media.
Participation in an event may be subject to a separate publicity, photography, media or likeness release.
Where such a release has been validly provided, NSC and authorized partners may use an athlete’s name, image, likeness, voice, interview, photographs, video or event participation consistent with the terms of that release.
A publicity release is separate from this Privacy Policy, and the terms of the applicable release govern the rights granted through that agreement.
16. Medical and Emergency Information
Certain events may require emergency contact information, medical authorization, insurance information or limited health-related information reasonably necessary to administer the event and respond to emergencies.
Such information will be used for event administration, participant safety, emergency response, insurance or legal purposes, as appropriate.
NSC is not representing through this Privacy Policy that it is a health-care provider or that information collected directly by NSC is protected health information under HIPAA.
17. How We Disclose Personal Information
We may disclose Personal Information to appropriate recipients for the purposes described in this Policy.
These recipients may include verified college and professional athletic personnel; teams, leagues and recruiting organizations; authorized agents or athlete representatives where applicable; event operators, coaches and staff; technology, cloud hosting and data-storage providers; email and communications providers; payment processors; analytics providers; security providers; event-registration vendors; contractors and professional advisers; National Scouting Combine Foundation, Inc. for applicable joint programs; government agencies, regulators, law-enforcement authorities or courts where required; and potential successors in connection with a merger, restructuring, financing, acquisition or transfer of assets.
Service providers receiving Personal Information on our behalf are expected to use it only as necessary to provide their contracted services and as permitted by applicable law.
18. Sale, Sharing and Targeted Advertising
NSC does not sell athlete performance data, Athletic Intelligence information, academic information or youth-athlete profile information to data brokers for monetary consideration.
NSC does not use verified athletic-performance information to target behavioral advertising to athletes.
Our general-audience websites may use analytics, marketing or similar technology providers. Certain disclosures involving cookies, identifiers or online activity may be treated as a “sale,” “sharing” or targeted-advertising activity under particular state privacy laws even when no money changes hands.
Where NSC engages in an activity subject to an applicable opt-out requirement, NSC will provide the required notice and mechanism to exercise that right.
NSC will not knowingly sell or share the Personal Information of a child or minor in violation of applicable law.
California law, for example, treats some cross-context behavioral advertising disclosures as “sharing” and provides qualifying consumers rights to opt out, including through applicable preference signals.
19. Cookies and Similar Technologies
NSC websites may use cookies, pixels, local storage and similar technologies to authenticate users, maintain sessions, remember preferences, protect security, prevent fraud, understand website usage, measure performance and improve our services.
Some cookies are necessary for website functionality. Others may be used for analytics or marketing where permitted.
You may be able to manage cookies through browser settings or through any cookie or privacy controls provided on our websites.
Disabling certain technologies may affect site functionality.
Where required by applicable law, NSC will process legally recognized browser-based opt-out preference signals in accordance with applicable requirements.
20. Third-Party Websites and Embedded Content
NSC services may contain links to or embedded content from third parties, including video providers, social-media platforms, payment processors, hotels, venues, teams, schools, news organizations and other websites.
An independent third party’s collection and use of information is governed by that party’s privacy policy, not this Privacy Policy.
We encourage users to review the privacy practices of third-party services before providing Personal Information.
21. Communications and Marketing
NSC may send communications necessary to administer an account, event, registration, report, purchase, application or other requested service.
Where a user has elected to receive marketing communications, NSC may send news, invitations, program announcements, event information and similar communications.
Users may unsubscribe from marketing email through the unsubscribe mechanism provided in the communication.
Unsubscribing from promotional messages does not prevent NSC from sending transactional, account, security, legal or event-administration communications where appropriate.
Where separate consent is legally required for text messages or other forms of marketing communication, NSC will seek that consent separately.
22. Data Retention
NSC retains Personal Information for no longer than reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, maintain legitimate records, administer services, protect legal rights, satisfy legal or insurance obligations, resolve disputes, prevent fraud and support permitted research and validation.
Retention periods vary according to the type of information and its purpose.
Event waivers, releases, transaction records and other legal or accounting information may be retained for periods necessary to satisfy contractual, tax, insurance, legal or recordkeeping requirements.
Athlete profiles may be retained while an account is active and for an appropriate period afterward.
Verified athletic-testing records may have legitimate long-term value for athlete history, record integrity, longitudinal benchmarking and research. Where retention of identifiable information is no longer necessary or legally permitted, NSC may delete the information or convert it to aggregated or de-identified information.
Deleting an NSC Network account does not necessarily require the destruction of every historical NSC record concerning the athlete. NSC may retain records where permitted by law and reasonably necessary for record integrity, legal obligations, fraud prevention, research, benchmarking or validation.
Where applicable law requires deletion, NSC will delete, de-identify or otherwise process the information consistent with that law.
Personal Information collected online from children under 13 is subject to the more restrictive retention requirements described in the Children and Youth Athletes section above.
23. Account Closure and Historical Athletic Records
An athlete may request closure of an NSC Network account.
Account closure may terminate login access and remove information from active Network display while certain historical records remain within NSC systems where permitted by law.
This distinction is important because official combine results, event records and verified testing histories may serve a continuing record-integrity, research or validation function independent of an active athlete account.
Privacy requests concerning historical records will be evaluated individually under applicable law.
24. Data Security
NSC maintains administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect Personal Information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, destruction or misuse.
Security measures are intended to be appropriate to the nature, sensitivity and volume of the information involved.
No website, network, transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of passwords and account credentials and should promptly notify NSC if they believe an account has been compromised.
Where required by law, NSC will provide notification concerning qualifying security incidents.
25. Your Privacy Rights
Depending upon your state or country of residence and whether an applicable privacy law applies to NSC, you may have rights concerning your Personal Information, including the right to:
- confirm whether NSC processes your Personal Information and obtain access to it;
- request correction of inaccurate Personal Information;
- request deletion of Personal Information, subject to applicable exceptions;
- obtain certain Personal Information in a portable format;
- withdraw consent where processing depends upon consent;
- opt out of certain sales, sharing, targeted advertising or qualifying profiling;
- limit certain uses of sensitive Personal Information where applicable;
- authorize another person to submit a request where permitted;
- appeal certain decisions concerning a privacy request; and
- exercise applicable privacy rights without unlawful discrimination.
These rights are not absolute and may differ by jurisdiction.
For example, Virginia law provides qualifying consumers rights of access, correction, deletion, portability and certain opt-outs, as well as a process to appeal a denied privacy request.
26. How to Submit a Privacy Request
You may submit a privacy request through the National Scouting Combine Contact page and identify the request as a Privacy Request.
NSC may request information reasonably necessary to verify your identity, authenticate the request or establish authority to act for another individual.
You are not required to create a new NSC account solely to submit a privacy request.
Where required by applicable law, NSC will respond within the applicable statutory period.
If NSC denies an eligible request, we will provide the reason where required by law and explain how to appeal the decision.
For an appeal, submit a new request marked Privacy Appeal and reference the original privacy request.
If an appeal is denied, NSC will provide information concerning additional regulatory remedies where required by applicable law.
27. California Privacy Rights
To the extent the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended (“CCPA”), applies to NSC and to a particular individual, California residents may have rights to know, access, correct and delete Personal Information; obtain information concerning categories of collection and disclosure; opt out of qualifying sale or sharing; limit qualifying use or disclosure of sensitive Personal Information; and exercise their rights without discriminatory treatment.
California law also requires businesses subject to the CCPA to provide notice concerning categories of information collected, purposes of use and retention periods or retention criteria.
Nothing in this Policy is intended to waive a right that cannot lawfully be waived.
28. De-Identified and Aggregated Information
NSC may create aggregated or de-identified information from Personal Information.
Information that cannot reasonably be associated with an identifiable individual may be used for research, benchmarking, statistical analysis, model validation, product development, reporting and other lawful purposes.
NSC may retain de-identified or aggregated information for longer periods than identifiable Personal Information because it no longer reasonably identifies a particular individual.
29. Business Transfers
If Beyond Sports, LLC or an applicable NSC operation undergoes a merger, acquisition, reorganization, financing, sale of assets or similar business transaction, Personal Information may be disclosed or transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law and appropriate confidentiality protections.
30. International Users
NSC is based in the United States.
If you access NSC services from outside the United States, your Personal Information may be transferred to and processed in the United States and other jurisdictions where NSC or its service providers operate.
Those jurisdictions may have privacy laws different from the laws of your country.
Where applicable law requires additional protections for international data transfers, NSC will take appropriate steps.
31. Changes to This Privacy Policy
NSC may update this Privacy Policy as our programs, technology, Network functionality, research activities or legal obligations change.
The Last Updated date at the top of this Policy identifies the most recent revision.
If we make a material change affecting previously collected Personal Information, we will provide additional notice or seek consent where required by applicable law.
A privacy policy is a notice describing our practices; updates to this Policy do not by themselves create consent where applicable law requires separate affirmative consent.
32. Contact Information
Privacy questions, requests and concerns may be directed to:
Beyond Sports, LLC
National Scouting Combine®
Attn: Privacy
P.O. Box 4011
Leesburg, Virginia 20177
Privacy requests may also be submitted through the Contact page on the National Scouting Combine website.
For questions specifically concerning a National Scouting Combine Foundation, Inc. program, please identify the Foundation program when submitting your inquiry.
33. Children’s Privacy Contact
Parents and legal guardians with questions concerning information collected from a child should identify the inquiry as a Children’s Privacy Request when contacting NSC.
Requests may include review of information collected from the child, correction, deletion, withdrawal of consent or a request that further collection or disclosure stop, subject to applicable law.