Community Guidelines

Last updated November 7, 2026 · Bleacher Mates is operated by Yayah Creative LLC, Minnesota.

This is a room full of parents. Act like it. These rules are part of the Terms, and breaking them can get content removed or your account banned.

Adults only

Everyone here is 18 or older. No child may use the service, appear alone in a photo, or be named. If you suspect a member is under 18, report them.

Photos

Photos must show you. Your kids may appear only if you are in the photo with them. Never a child alone. Never a child's name, jersey number with team name, school or schedule.

What we require.

One to six photos. Your first photo is your card: a clear, recent (within about two years) photo of you alone, face fully visible, no sunglasses, masks, helmets or heavy shadows.
Photos that look like you today. Light cropping and color adjustments are fine. Filters, retouching or AI tools that change your face, age or body are not.
Real photographs you took or have the right to use. No stock images, celebrity photos, memes, screenshots, or pictures pulled from someone else's social media.

Other adults in your photos.

Only people who know they are appearing on a dating and community app and are fine with it. If in doubt, crop them out.
No exes presented as current partners, no coworkers or teammates who did not agree, and no group shot as your first photo.
Never a screenshot or photo of another Bleacher Mates member.

Children.

Your own children may appear only with you in the frame, and only clothed for the setting in a way you would be comfortable with strangers seeing. Never swimwear or any state of undress, never a child alone, never a close-up of a child.
No other people's children. Team photos, sideline shots and tournament crowds often include kids who are not yours. Crop them out or choose another photo.
Nothing that identifies a child: name, jersey number together with a team name, school, club, tournament schedule or home area.

Never allowed.

Nudity, underwear, swimwear, sexual content, suggestive poses or sexual text.
Weapons, drugs, drug paraphernalia, or visible intoxication.
Hate symbols, slurs, violence or gore.
Text, QR codes, links, phone numbers, email addresses or social handles in the image.
Logos, advertising, business promotion or anything you are selling.
AI-generated, AI-edited or AI-enhanced images of anyone, and especially of children.

What happens. We screen uploads automatically and review reports by hand. We may remove a photo, ask you to replace your first photo, or require a live selfie before you can keep using the Dating lane. Photos that break the children, nudity or impersonation rules get the account banned. Intimate images posted without the subject's consent are removed within 48 hours of a valid report (see Safety).

You own your photos and you are responsible for them. Once you post something, other members can see it and could copy it. Bleacher Mates is not responsible for what members do with content you choose to share.

Be honest

Your age, your status (single, divorced, widowed, separated) and your situation should be true. Use your real first name. One account per person.

Be decent

No harassment, threats, slurs, hate or bullying.
No unsolicited sexual messages or photos.
No pressure after someone says no, stops replying, or blocks you.
No contacting a member outside the app, showing up at their kid's game, or tracking them down because you learned where they will be. Information shared here is for meeting up by mutual agreement, not for finding someone.

No selling, no scams

No fundraising for yourself, MLM, coaching offers, team recruiting, link drops or asking for money, gift cards or crypto, ever. Report anyone who asks you for money.

Off the platform

What happens at the tournament counts. If a member is reported for behavior at an event, in a carpool or at a hotel that would break these rules here, we treat it the same way.

Reporting and blocking

Every card and every chat has Report and Block. Blocking is permanent and mutual. Reports go to our team; we may remove content, warn, suspend or ban, and we cooperate with law enforcement. If you are in danger, call 911 first.

Enforcement

We decide what crosses the line. Clear violations involving children, violence, threats or scams are an immediate ban. See the Terms and Safety pages.