Sports Information Technology

Identify the latest in information technology or software to assist professional, intercollegiate, or recreational sport organizations with functions such as ticketing, donor management, recruitment, NCAA compliance, video analysis, HR training, scheduling, etc.).
To help keep stats at collegiate and professional sporting there are two stat software programs. Stat Crew is one that is used by the NCAA, most of the NAIA, and professional sport teams. The other stat program is DakStats, which is the official stat program of the NAIA.

To help with ticketing there is a program called TIX. There are several college that use this service to help their ticketing offices run smoothly. Some of the colleges and universitys that use this product is Seattle University, Ball State University, South Dakota State Unversity, and Reinhardt College (http://www.tix.com/).

Donor management is a major part of any college and university. Because there is such a huge market for this kind of product there are several products out there to help the donor management department. Here are the 13 most popular donor management software programs

• DonorPerfect Visual Edition and DonorPerfect Online
• TowerCare Technologies DonorPro
• eBase
• eTapestry
• Telosa Exceed! Basic and Telosa Exceed! Premier
• Mission Research GiftWorks
• PledgeMaker (Installed and Online)
• The Raiser's Edge
• Sage Software – Sage Fundraising 50
• Salesforce.com
• DONATION by Software4Nonprofits
  (http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/databases/page5961.cfm)

One of the best recruitment software is a product called Front Rush. It a web-based recruiting and team management application built on simplicity and ease-of-use. It is customised for every coach at every school. Because it is web-based you can have secure access to all of your vital recruit information whether in the office, on the road, or on the field. Here are just a few of the things that you can do with the software:

• Manage your prospects from Recruits to Roster to Alumni
• Customize your layout and track anything from Academic Accomplishments to Favorite Movie
• Search, Filter and Tag by any field
• Update your athletes records with one click saving
• Assign a school to your Recruits with our High School Database
• Create a database of high school coaches, club coaches, campers, boosters, parents, etc, with our custom Contact Section
  (http://www.frontrush.com/web/index.html)

The NCAA national office coordinates the NCAA Compliance Assistant internet (CAi), which is a Web-based system developed to assist NCAA member institutions. It is available at no cost to NCAA members. The CAi is a tool designed to help administrators ensure that their athletics department and student-athletes are in compliance with NCAA legislation. The tool can be used to monitor information in the areas of financial aid, eligibility, recruiting, athletics personnel and playing and practice seasons. Information is inserted by institutional personnel in various areas on campus. The system processes the information and applies applicable NCAA legislation.

The system also can be used as a data-collection system to generate NCAA required forms and other forms created by the user. This program, documentation and technical support also are provided at no charge to the NCAA membership.  Many institutions use the system although the members may not use all programs

within the system. Training is available online as well as at the NCAA Regional Rules Seminars. A few commercial software packages are available for purchase to NCAA member institutions. These range from comprehensive programs to a package focused at a specific area like recruiting (http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/DII_MC_PC/Management_Council/January2008_Agenda/S09_Attachment.pdf).

Software that is used for game break down anaylsis is called MotionClip! from All-Sports Systems. This software is MotionClip!  and is a game film video editing and breakdown software is designed for coaches of football and all other team sports. If you coach football, soccer, rugby, volleyball, lacrosse, basketball, or any other team sport,  then video editing, play breakdown, statistical analysis and scouting software is a must! With MotionClip! software you can perform quick and effective game film analysis at an affordable price. Easily identify (tag) each play with a simple mouse click or a keystroke. Capture the plays from video tape or live at the game using our single key recording feature and any video camera (http://www.allsportsystems.com/index.html)!