Two Ways In.
One Platform Behind It All.
Whether you're a Tournament Director running the whole show or an Assignor managing the officials, Tourney Direct meets you where you work. In the portal, by SMS, or both. Here's the journey from adding your first event to filing your last 1099.
Add Your Staff.
Add Your Events.
Get Set Up to Pay Staff.
First time in the portal? You'll be confirming and assigning staff to events in under an hour.
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Add your staff
Officials, event staff (ticketing, parking, gate crew), collegiate coaches, and trainers. Add them one at a time with a quick form, or bulk-upload from CSV/Excel.
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Add your events
Tournament dates, locations, fields, sports, levels; all the details that downstream tools need to do their job.
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Connect your payment account
We auto-charge your stipend budget upon event approval, so payment to staff is automatic and on-time. No invoicing back-and-forth.
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Add your colleagues
Invite teammates, assign roles, and control access. Tournament Directors, Assignors, and admins each see what they need. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Need college coaches? Tap the marketplace
Post your event to our Stipend Marketplace and reach college coaches looking for paid event work. They apply, you review, you decide.
Your Event Staff Line-up
Reach Out.
Make Offers.
Lock In Who's Working.
The work that happens long before the first whistle blows to staff the right people for the right events.
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Invite staff to apply or accept
Reach out to collegiate coaches, event staff, and trainers to gauge interest. They respond in the portal or by text. No apps, no logins required.
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Build a branded web page
Pick the events to feature, add your logo, customize the look, and share a link. Interested coaches land straight in your event dashboard.
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Send offers to those who said yes
Make formal offers to interested staff. Track who's confirmed, who's pending, and who's declined. All in one view.
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Backfill cancellations as they happen
When someone drops, you'll get a cancellation alert immediately. Reach back to your bench or have Teddy line up a replacement.
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Collect hotel needs (if you offer them)
If your stipend package includes lodging, Teddy will coordinate via text for you. Who needs a room is captured with auto reminders. Download the list when Teddy has completed coordination so you can book travel in batches.
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Reminders go out automatically
Teddy sends scheduled reminders as the event approaches, including offer response nudges, and anything else you've set up. You don't lift a finger.
Collect Availability.
Talk to Everyone.
Without Talking to Everyone.
The week of the event is when communication volume spikes. Let the Messaging Hub and Teddy carry the load.
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Ask officials for availability
Teddy collects responses by text and adds them in the portal for you. They reply once, you see it instantly in your scheduling tool.
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Use the Messaging Hub for everything else
Our AI-powered email messaging platform handles every conversation: write your own message or have Teddy. Review, send, done.
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Send to groups, individuals, or your whole roster
Attach files, images, parking maps, hospitality details, share links; whatever your staff needs. Reach the right people, on the channels they actually use.
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Or just ask Teddy
"Teddy, ask all officials assigned to Field 3 to confirm by 6pm." Teddy handles it.
Bring the Games In.
Assign Them Out.
Once availability is in and the schedule is final, the Assignor takes the wheel.
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Upload the schedule or build your own
Got an excel from the tournament director? Upload it. Building from scratch? Use our schedule builder. Either way, you're working in minutes, not hours.
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Assign with ease
Drag and drop an official into one game, some games, or all games with a single click.
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Conflict detection built in
Mismatched availability and assignments flagged before you publish.
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Publish assignments and they go out by SMS
Officials get their assignments by text. They accept, add them to their calendar with the link sent, you see whose in, and you sleep through Friday night.
Saturday · Field 3
You Run the Event.
Teddy Runs the Logistics.
Day-of is when automation reigns!
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Check-in links go out automatically
Every confirmed staffer gets a check-in link by text. GPS-verified arrival means you know who's on-site without having to login and check.
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Real-time alerts when things change
Cancellations and offer rejections come through instantly. Lightning delay? Just tell Teddy. One message, all staffed reached, read receipts in seconds.
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Check-out at the final whistle
Staff check out by tapping a check-out link by text. Times logged, # of games ref'd calculated, GPS verified, ready for payroll. Or use our bulk tools and check staff in and out in seconds.
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Teddy answers questions in real time
"Where do I park?" "Which field am I on again?" "When's my next game?" Teddy handles it 24/7 so you don't have to.
Feedback In. Money Out.
Insights for Next Time.
The event ends. The work doesn't. Our platform handles most of it for you.
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Surveys go out to staff
Quick post-event survey by SMS. Feedback is analyzed and shared via text so you see what worked.
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Approve payment in the portal or via text
Once you approve, we auto-charge your connected payment account for the total stipend plus our fee. No invoicing. No back-and-forth.
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Staff get paid in 48 hours
Direct deposit. Fast. Reliable. The thing that makes officials, coaches, trainers, and day of event staff want to work your events again.
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Reports tell you what happened
Total staff expense, broken down by staff type. Hotel costs (if offered). Churn rates from last year's events so you can forecast cancellations and overstaff appropriately.
Tax Season Without the Scramble.
As the calendar year closes, we handle 1099 logistics so you don't have to dig through a year of spreadsheets, texts, various payment apps, and hand-written notes.
Why Sports Operators Pick Tourney Direct.
Six things you won't find in a registration platform, an assigning tool, or a generic SaaS dashboard.
Built for Sports
Not retrofitted from a generic event tool, retail app, or restaurant scheduler. Every workflow is shaped by how sports events actually run.
Texts, Not Apps
Your staff aren't downloading another app. SMS works on every phone and that's where they already are.
Pay in 48 Hours Post Approval
From final whistle to direct deposit in two days. Staff remember the platforms that pay them fast.
Portal, SMS, or Both
Some operators live in the dashboard. Some run the whole event from their phone. We're built for either.
AI That Works for You
Let Teddy take the busywork off your plate while you stay in the driver's seat.
1099s Handled
W-9 collection, year-end filing, eFile or hardcopy distribution. Tax season, without the scramble.
From First Whistle
to Final 1099.
Handled.
See exactly how Tourney Direct fits your sports event, whether you're booking 4 fields or 40, running one event or fifty.
Try it out → See What You Get →