Flag football nabbed a massive win when the NCAA added women’s flag football to the Emerging Sports for Women program. Kyle Pagan makes a prediction based off of this news and the guys discuss what the future for flag may hold. OttoSport AI launches to much fanfare and Kyle Scott gives his thoughts on how the platform fresh off of $16.5 seed round will fare vs. others. Finally, PlayerData CCO, Jess Brodsky, talks with Pagan to discuss the new PlayerData x MITRE partnership and creating the first ever GPS-enabled connected soccer ball.

0:00 - Flag football's massive win

22:19 - OttoSport AI enters the Tech platform wars

35:00 - Interview w/ PlayerData CCO - Jess Brodsky

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"Parent pushback on specialization will increase."

"Youth sports tech companies will expand internationally."

"Sportstainment is set to grow."

Kyle Pagan and Kyle Scott are joined by Buying Sandlot contributor, James Kratch, to go over their 2026 youth sports predictions. The crew predict youth sports tech companies will expand internationally, an elite high school football platform will be launched, governments will start tackling the accessibility and affordability issue, the trend of organized pickup competition heats up, parents pushback against specialization, and the Supreme Court will hear a Title IX case where the outcome will benefit some sports losing youth participation. They finish with their predictions in sportstainment, the potential for youth sports credit cards for parents, and athlete wallets that could revolutionize the industry.

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0:00 - Youth Sports Predictions 2026

3:11 - Youth Sports Expand Internationally

6:11 - An Elite High School Football Platform Launches

10:11 - Governments Will Tackle Accessibility and Affordability

14:20 - Organized Pickup Competition Becomes a Hot Trend

21:57 - Parents Begin to Pushback on Specialization

26:42 - The Supreme Court Will Hear a Title IX-based Challenge to the House Settlement

35:23 - Sportstainment Grows

46:40 - Congress Will Pass at Least One Piece of Youth Sports-related Legislation

48:40 - Flag Football and Volleyball Infrastructure Increase

51:20 - Versant Will Partially Sell SportsEngine

58:45 - A Youth Sports Credit Card and Athlete Wallets Will be Introduced

Kyle Pagan and Kyle Scott dive into the latest study that youth golf participation is surging compared to flag football, companies and politicians are trying to increase sports equipment accessibility, and they react to a viral youth hockey brawl at the Hershey Bears game.

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0:00 - Youth Golf Participation is surging

8:46 - Companies are trying to end the Youth Sports equipment access problem

17:25 - Viral Mites on Ice Brawl