Frequently Asked Questions

Here are some of the more frequently asked questions we get about Football Parents Club. If you don't find your answer here, please drop us a note and well get your question answered.

1. What is Football Parents Club?

   Football Parents Club is an online community dedicated to serving the parents and families of football student-athletes. FPC is FREE to use and offers users a simple, convenient and fun way to stay informed and connected with other parents and families. FPC provides a set of easy-to-use, yet powerful features that let clubs communicate with their members, and members share with each other. FPC offers clubs the ability to share news, maintain an accurate member list, keep a club calendar, share files, send and receive messages, poll members, and order personalized sportswear.

2. Who operates Football Parents Club?

   Football Parents Club is operated by people like you - parents and families of football student-athletes who have been involved with football clubs for many years. We have experienced firsthand the joys, excitment, friendships and comradery of cheering on our student-athletes and supporting their teams. We have also experienced the headaches and challenges of running or participating in these clubs. It was through these experiences that FPC was conceived and born. We at FPC are dedicated to serving you and your student-athletes, and in the process we hope to make your experience a bit more enjoyable and less complicated.

3. How is Football Parents Club organized?

   Football Parents Club is organized as a collection of clubs, each club affiliated with a youth, middle or high school football team. Clubs control their own membership and content, and information from one club is not accessible by other clubs. Only the members of your club share your club's content and information. Members can maintain their own contact information and control how they are notified about club news, events, messages and so forth. Each club has one (or a few) administrator(s) who controls what features are made available to their membership and who is allowed to join their club.

4. How do I start a club on Football Parents Club?

   Starting a club on Football Parents Club is a snap! Just go to the FPC Home Page and fill out the simple sign up form. The FPC site will guide you through the FREE and easy sign up process and have you up and running in just a couple of clicks. Once your club is set up, you can begin inviting other members to join and start adding content. And we're always here to help you with your questions and to provide suggestions for running a successful club. Go ahead, jump in and get started!

5. How do I join a club on Football Parents Club?

   There are a couple of ways to join a club on Football Parents Club, and both are easy. First, a club administrator can send an invitation to the parents and families of their team to join their FPC club. FPC has easy-to-use tools to send these invitations, like importing a list of email addresses from a spreadsheet or contact list. Second, a prospective member can sign up for a club via the FPC Home Page. The FPC site makes it easy to find your club and sign up.

6. How do I invite others to join Football Parents Club?

   Inviting others to join Football Parents Club is easy. If you have started a club on FPC, simply use the invite members tool in the admin section of your club. If you want to invite someone to start a new club or join an existing club, just send them to the FPC Home Page.

7. Does it cost anything to start or join a club on Football Parents Club?

   No! Football Parents Club is a FREE service. It is always FREE to start a club, join a club and use a club on FPC.

8. How can Football Parents Club help our club?

   Here are some of the features that Football Parents Club provides to help you and your club.

   • FPC helps your club keep an accurate and up-to-date member list. Members can edit their own information and have control over how much information they share with other club memebers.
   • FPC lets your club keep its members informed on the latest club happenings, and lets members choose how and when they get notified - through the FPC website, via email, or from text messages.
   • FPC provides your club a shared calendar where members can create and view events and meetings.
   • FPC lets members send and receive messages to and from other members of your club. And members have control over how they receive messages.
   • FPC provides your club with a file folder, where the club and members can share documents, photos and other files.
   • FPC lets your club poll its members, ask questions, and take surveys. It a quick and fun way to get feedback from your members.
   • FPC lets members purchase personalized sportswear. Its a great way to raise funds for the club, while saving you lots of time and work.


9. How do I set up a sportswear store for my club?

   Football Parents Club makes it easy for you to set up a personalized store where your members can purchase sportswear. Just provide an image of your team or club logo and we'll do the rest. If you don't have a logo image, we can help you make one.

10. Do I have to buy sportswear from Football Parents Club?

    No, our sportswear services are totally optional. We offer these services to make it easier for clubs. Many clubs find they can obtain sportswear easier and more cheaply through our sportswear services then by doing it themselves.

Let us know what other questions you have and we'll be happy to answer them. Simply drop us a note through the Contact Us link at the bottom of every page.

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