• All football players and cheerleaders who will participate in an officially scheduled TYFA event must be certified each season.

• All volunteers who will be on the football field or cheer area during an officially scheduled TYFA event must be certified each season.

• Presidents, VPs, Athletic Directors, Football Directors, and Cheer Directors must also be certified each season.

The document for an athlete should be:

• • • Either a State or Country issued original birth certificate

      • • BW ok if name and dob areas are CLEAR.

        • Versions that have VOID showing really DARK, not lightly in the background are not acceptable.

        • Baby Feet version is not acceptable.

• Or an official Passport

• Or an Immigration Card

• Or a State ID

• Or a Military ID

• Or official Court Papers that have the NAME and DOB on the same page.

• Or official School Docs that have the NAME and DOB on the same page.

The document for a volunteer should be:

• Any PICTURE ID with volunteer's Name and Date of Birth.

• Trainees (minors) who do not have a picture ID may upload their Birth Document.

• A Driver's License (DL) can be used as long as it is recent, even if expired. 

• Note: No other documents are acceptable, but you can request assistance from HelpDesk@tyfa.com 

• DOCUMENTS MUST BE ISSUED BY A RECOGNIZED STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCY.

• TYFA Staff will delete documents that do not comply.

Digital ID pictures for pre-game verification must meet the following standards:

• Centered in the Frame

• Face clearly visible (no dark glasses, hats, helmets or shadows covering the face)

• From the top of the shoulders to the top of the head fully clothed with a shirt on - any pictures deemed inappropriate will be deleted

• Clear and bright image (no dark, blurry, or overly filtered images)

• Recent photo (the picture should look like the volunteer or athlete now, NO glamour shots, heavily filtered pictures or school photos)

• No strange or unprofessional poses (no hand gestures, hats, or other unusual items on the head)

Note: TYFA staff will delete pictures that do not comply with these standards or that are deemed out of compliance.

1. TYFA will email the organization their Org Login.

2. The organization will upload their athletes and volunteers into the system.

3. Parents and volunteers will receive an email with their login details.

4. Parents and volunteers must log in and complete the required tasks.

5. TYFA staff will review the documents and pictures to ensure they meet the specified requirements.

6. Once all tasks are completed and approved, the athlete or volunteer is considered certified.

Important: If an athlete or volunteer does not complete the certification process, they will not be allowed on the field and may be considered illegal, resulting in forfeits and fines for their team and organization.

Volunteers must also learn how to access their Digital ID in the system to show it at gates and for pre-game verification.

SPRING

• A Volunteer's Participation Fee is $35.

• A Cheerleader's Participation Fee is $15.

• Footballs players are paid per Team. TYFA teams are $600 / Non-TYFA are $700

FALL

• A Volunteer's Participation Fee is $35 (Cheer will have an additional third-party fee paid to YCADA).

• An Athlete's (Football or Cheer) Participation Fee is $25.

• No per team fee.

CONFIGURATION

• Each season TYFA needs to know how an organization would like to pay for its participants. This can be Org paid, Parent Paid / Volunteer Paid.

• If Org Paid, the organization will be responsible for paying the fees listed above through the system. 

• In Spring, Orgs will be invoiced for their football teams. Parents will not be required to pay. An organization can request that parents pay for the cheerleaders, or they can pay for them. This works the same for volunteers. Either the volunteer will need to pay or the organization will pay for them.

• In the fall, football players are paid individually like the cheerleaders so the organization can determine if they should be parent paid or org paid.

• Keep in mind that if something is set to parent or volunteer pay, they will see a payment screen as part of their tasks, and until they pay, they will be stuck at that spot.