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A season, reviewed

What the AD actually put
in front of the board.

A one-sport pilot — a girls' soccer programme — and what the review looked like at week 12. Based on real-life events. Names and details are fictional.

Based on real-life events. Names and details are fictional.

12 weeksOne sport, one squad, one season reviewed
96%Warm-up protocol completion across the roster
1.4 daysAverage time from a flag to a recorded decision
Every flagDated, attributable and exportable

The pattern across the season

Flags went up. Decisions got faster.

The two lines are supposed to diverge. More athletes logging honestly means more gets seen early — and every flag has a dated decision behind it.

Weekly flags vs. time-loss injuriesone squad · 12-week pilot
Reports flaggedBecame time-loss

What changed the decision

Three things the AD could finally say.

1
“We can show our work.”Every flag, every escalation, every documented decision — exportable, dated, attributable. The board stopped asking whether the department was managing risk and started asking how to fund expansion.
2
“Every coach read the same picture.”The department stopped running on hallway updates. Every squad, every coach and the trainer worked from one view.
3
“Our trainer stopped triaging blind.”A ranked queue instead of a corridor. The time it took to reach a real concern fell from days to hours.

“I went into that board meeting expecting to defend the budget line. I came out being asked which sport we add next.”

Athletic director · pilot programme

Based on real-life events. Names and details are fictional.

What happened next

Two more sports, the following season.

The pilot's own numbers were the pitch for expansion — no new sales conversation needed. That is the model: one concerning sport, one season, a review the board actually accepts, then the AD makes the case for the rest of the department on evidence they already have.

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