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Pro game photos at no cost to your league
Michael Rotiroti shoots your games and posts the photos while they're still playing. Families buy only what they want. Your league gets a share of every sale or free team photos, and no volunteer spends the game behind a phone.
What your league gets
Real game photos for every family, and your team parents get to watch the game instead of shooting it.
No cost to the league
No fee to book, nothing to pay up front, nothing for families to sign up for. Rival is paid only when a family buys a photo.
A share of every sale, or free team photos
Your league earns a share of every photo sold at its games. If your board would rather not handle the money, take free team photos instead. In return, Rival is your league's exclusive game photographer and videographer.
Live galleries during the game
Photos go up while the game is on. Parents scan the Rival sign at the field, type a jersey number and see only their kid, right from the bleachers.
Prints at the game
Families can get prints right at the field, not just downloads on a phone.
A photo policy your board can sign
Unlisted galleries, small watermarked previews, a Remove button on every photo, and no photo of an athlete 12 or under on social media without a written OK from a parent, the team or the coach. It's written down, so you can hand it to your board. Read the photo policy
You deal with Michael
From the first email to the last game of the season, you talk to the photographer, not a sales rep.
A season with Rival
How it runs, from the first email to the monthly report.
- 1
Agree on the season
Pick your share (a cut of sales or free team photos), sign a simple exclusivity agreement, and send your game schedule. Michael plans the season around it.
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Signs go up, Michael shoots
A Rival sign with a QR code goes up at the field, and Michael shoots the game from the sideline. Photos post while the game is still on.
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Families buy what they want
Parents scan the sign, type their kid's jersey number and pay with Apple Pay, Google Pay or a card. No app, no account, and nobody has to buy.
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Your monthly sales report
Every month your league gets a report of what sold at its games and what its share comes to.
What families pay
Nobody has to buy anything. Families find their kid by jersey number and pick only the photos they love.
A photo, during the game
Full size, no watermark. The price while the game is still on.
A photo, after the game
The gallery stays up for 48 hours after the final whistle, then comes down.
At the game
For the fridge, or for the grandparents who couldn't make it. PLACEHOLDER: print sizes and prices
Apple Pay, Google Pay or a card. No account, no app. Stripe handles every payment, so Rival never sees a card number.
Spotlights, booked by families
Some families want more than a few game photos. They can book an athlete spotlight with Rival on their own. It's always the family's choice, and it never costs the league anything.
Game Spotlight
One athlete is the focus for one game. 20 to 30 edited photos in their own private gallery.
Big Night
Pregame, the whole game, and postgame with family and teammates. 40 to 60 edited photos, built for senior nights and first games.
Video
For athletes: Social Reel $35, Mic'd Up $50, Pregame + Postgame + Highlights $150, College Highlight Tape $100 a game. For your league or school: Full Game Broadcast Coverage from $750 a game with two cameras (a third camera is $550 more), Social Media Recap Edits $350 a game or $2,400 for an 8-game season. See video
Team and individual photo days
Add a photo day to your season, or take free team photos as your league's share instead of a cut of sales.
Team photos
Every team on one set day, scheduled around your practices and games. PLACEHOLDER: how a team photo day runs (where, how long per team, what each family receives)
Individual photos
A portrait of each player in uniform. PLACEHOLDER: individual photo packages and prices for families
Free team photos as your share
If your board picks team photos over a share of sales: PLACEHOLDER: what the free team photos include (one photo per team, a print per player, digital files)
Pricing and ordering
PLACEHOLDER: photo day pricing, who pays (league or families), order deadline and delivery time
From the sideline
Rival Imaging is Michael Rotiroti, a National Emmy and duPont-Columbia award-winning cinematographer and photographer. His work has run on HBO, MTV, NESN and NBC Sports Boston. Tap any photo to see it big.
Leagues that book Rival
PLACEHOLDER: keep this section only once real league logos and quotes are approved for use
PLACEHOLDER: quote from a league director about a season with Rival
PLACEHOLDER: name, role, leaguePLACEHOLDER: quote from an athletic director or coach
PLACEHOLDER: name, role, schoolPLACEHOLDER: quote from a booster club or team parent
PLACEHOLDER: name, role, teamQuestions directors ask
The ones that come up at board meetings. Anything else, ask Michael.
What does this cost the league?
Nothing. Rival covers your games at no cost to the league. Rival is paid only when a family buys a photo, and no family has to buy one.
Do you need to be our only photographer?
Yes, when your league takes a share of sales or free team photos. In return, Rival is the league's exclusive game photographer and videographer for the season: no other paid photographers or video crews selling at your games.
Parents can always take their own photos and videos of their kids. Exclusivity is about other businesses, not families.
PLACEHOLDER: what the exclusivity agreement covers (games only or photo days too, how long it runs, what happens if a league wants out)
How does the league's share work?
Your league earns PLACEHOLDER: percentage of each sale of every photo sold at its games. Every month you get a sales report showing what sold and what your share comes to.
PLACEHOLDER: how and when the share is paid (check or bank transfer, monthly or end of season)
PLACEHOLDER: whether athlete spotlight bookings count toward the league's share
If your board would rather not handle money, take free team photos instead. Either way, Rival is your exclusive game photographer and videographer for the season.
Do you carry insurance?
PLACEHOLDER: liability insurance carrier and coverage, and whether a certificate of insurance can name the league or field owner
Has Michael had a background check?
PLACEHOLDER: CORI, SafeSport or other background check status, and whether the league can run its own check
What about kids whose parents opt out?
Every photo has a Remove button. Any parent can tap it and the photo comes down.
No photo of an athlete 12 or under goes on social media or in ads without a written OK from a parent, the team or the coach. Galleries are unlisted and kept out of Google, previews are small and watermarked, and there's no face recognition. Parents find their kid by jersey number.
PLACEHOLDER: can the league send a do not photograph list before the season, and how Michael handles it
The whole thing is in the photo policy, written so your board can sign off on it.
Can you cover more than one field at once?
Not on his own. Michael is one photographer, so he covers one game at a time. If your league plays several games at once, send the schedule and we'll pick the games to cover together.
PLACEHOLDER: whether a second Rival photographer is available for overlapping games
How far will you travel?
Rival covers the North Shore and around Greater Boston.
PLACEHOLDER: specific towns or travel radius, and any travel fee outside it