Media Credentialing, Modernized

Questions heard from other schools

• Who is behind CredsControl?

  Jim Daigle, who founded and led Sports Systems’ PressPass. At its peak PressPass credentialed more than 1,000 college sporting events a year, including all NCAA championships. CredsControl is the professional, end-to-end service he always wanted to build for events too small to need or afford PressPass.

• Can I see it before I sign up?

  Yes. The films above show both sides: what your staff see, and what media see when they apply. You can also open a free account and build your first event and its form; nothing is charged until after your first 50 applications.

• Is it built for a school like mine?

  It is built for college athletics communications offices, and especially for events too small for the big systems: basketball outside the power conferences and Olympic sports, even games with fewer than 10 media. It works for one sport or every sport in your department.

• What does it cost?

  The first 50 applications are free, then 99¢ per application. No setup fee, no per-event fee and no contract. As a launch promotion, the most you will pay for all usage through the end of the 2026-27 school year, season and game-by-game credentials included, is $199.

• How is it billed?

  By any payment card. Once you pass the free applications, you add a card on your billing page. Each month’s applications are charged on the 1st of the next month, never in advance, and a receipt is emailed to you.

• What changes for my staff day to day?

  Applications arrive already sorted into review queues for each sport season and game, with each applicant’s details, and a summary of the public record for media you don’t know. You approve or deny each in one click, and the email goes out in your words. Badges come from the approved list, check-in records who collected one, and game, season and year-end reports come from the same records.

• What do my media have to do? Do they have to upload a driver’s license?

  They apply through your link, as they do now, and sign in with a code emailed to them, so there is no password to remember. After their first application, the next ones are prefilled. An ID is asked for only if you choose to ask for one: you tick every question on your form. They can apply in Spanish, and they can see the status of every application.

• Is our media’s information safe? Who can see it?

  Your staff, and only the people you give access to: a visiting team’s media officer can see the applications for an event – if you open their ability to vouch for media they know, and a report you share is seen by the person you share it with. We do not sell data, use it to train AI models, or send marketing email from it. The Privacy Policy sets out exactly what is held, who receives it and why.

• Can I talk to someone first?

  Yes. Ask Jim here, or email Jim Daigle at Jim@MediaCredentialing.com, and he will answer you himself.

• Who else is using it?

  CredsControl is new this season, so your school would be among the first, and the launch promotion is priced for exactly that: a whole school year capped at $199.

• Does AI make the decisions?

  No. AI does the checking: it checks that badge photos follow your rules, reads an ID to fill in the application where you ask for one, compares the face on the ID with the photo, and researches applicants you have never met, showing its sources. You make every decision.

• How long does it take to set up?

  Under 15 minutes for your first event. Each event after that reuses your form and email settings, so it is live in under five.

• Do we need IT, or a change to our athletics website?

  No. There is nothing to install. You replace the link to your current credential form on your media page with your CredsControl link.

• Does it handle season credentials and visiting teams?

  Yes. Season credentials and game-by-game applications both, or a single application form for several games.

• Can I try it on one game, or one sport, first?

  Yes. There is no contract and no setup fee, and the first 50 applications are free, so one game or one sport is an easy place to start.

• Can a colleague use it too?

  Yes. Add a colleague when you sign up or later. They get their own sign-in, so security ensures that each user logs in with their own email address.

• Can it carry our school’s branding?

  Yes. Each application form can carry either a school or event logo plus a background image, approval and denial emails go out in your words, and you design your own badges.

• Can reports be exported or shared?

  Yes. Any report can export to Excel, with the columns, filters and sort order you choose. And reports can be securely shared with managers and others who want to see live data without you having to manually export regular reports to them.