LA JOLLA, Calif. – April 6, 2000 – Active.com, which provides the largest, most comprehensive Internet site for recreational sports, today announced significant enhancements to its leagueLink product, the leading Web-based service for administering recreational sports leagues.
LeagueLink version 1.5 now features Game Scheduler, Practice Scheduler and Playoff/ Tournament Scheduler, allowing administrators the opportunity to schedule an entire season in just three easy steps. Other enhancements include the ability to view merged schedules of activities or divisions, view playoff/tournament brackets, set up standings and print score sheets and team rosters.
“Introducing these enhancements is another example of our complete commitment to our customer," said Gregg Vincent, director of marketing for LeageLink at Active.com. “We’re listening to our customers and responding to their product needs with innovative features that continue to make league administration easier and sports leagues more fun to participate in."
The product enhancements follow Active.com’s announcement last week of leagueLink’s exclusive endorsement by the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA). Through LeagueLink, Acive.com is providing Internet services to NIRSA and its more than 2,500 member institutions.
With 650 registered users representing millions of participants, Active.com’s LeagueLink service provides a robust solution for many of the repetitive tasks associated with running a league, including roster management, schedule generation and online registration.
LeagueLink also allows leagues, teams and individuals to create personalized Web pages, promoting information sharing and communication among participants.
Active.com is the largest and most comprehensive Internet site for participatory sports, providing athletes, event and tournament directors, league administrators and sports participants worldwide a range of Web resources and services. Active.com features the world’s largest online database of participatory sports events in more than 60 sports, providing access to 150 million recreational athletes. Services include online event search and registration; event management resources; league administrator tools to manage players, rosters, divisions and referees; participatory sports calendars; community features; training tools; and more. For additional information on Active.com and its services, visit www.active.com. To view LeagueLink product information, visit www.active.com/leaguelink/.