Not sure of the whole process but what prevents whomever is inputting the data from "fudging" the birth date?[/
My understanding is that a representative from USASF checks every athlete profile once they are uploaded and verifys each athletes age with the birth certificate. When they are uploaded, athlete profiles are placed in a holding que and not "legitimate" until they are checked and confirmed by USASF.
Our athletes who have not been checked by USASF yet, have "unconfirmed" next to the age for the online profile.
Athletes can not be deleted, and once they are entered can not be re-registered to form duplicates. It seems pretty legitimate thus far.