Whether you are a coach, athletic director, sports information director, event manager or marketer, there is at least one web site up and ready to serve your needs. These sites also offer the ability to build tournament ladders. Some sites like HighWired are going beyond sports and offering content in five areas - classrooms, activities, newspapers, guidance counseling, and sports. The benefit of partnering with one of these web sites is that they provide free publishing and networking tools that are easy to use, the web site will be centralized, and it will build consistency rather than student run sites that often disappear upon graduation. Typically, these services are free in exchange for an exclusive contract that allows advertising to be posted on the site.
Visitors can also sound off in special forums designed for discussion.
For event organizers and marketers, ActiveUSA, Acteva, Doitsports, and Signmeupsports all provide event registration technology and marketing opportunities. Most of these sites will assist you in developing an individualized event web site outlining all the necessary information regarding the event along with the possibility of registering on-line. When you sign your event up with one or more of these companies, your event will be listed in their calendar of events by date, location, and type of sport. ActiveUSA for example offers more than 75,000 events nationwide in more than 50 sports, from running and triathlons to skiing and fishing. Another excellent use of the Internet for any sport organization is fund raising.