Required Online Athletic Clearance

1. Visit AthleticClearance.com. Click on the Florida graphic. 

2. Click “Create an Account” and follow the steps. If you have previously created an account, click "Sign in". Watch the tutorial video for help, if needed. 

3. Register. PARENTS register with valid email username and password. 

4. Login using your email address that you registered with. 

5. Select “Start Clearance Here” to start the process. 

6. Choose the School Year in which the student plans to participate (Example: Football in Sept 2024 would be the 2024-2025 School Year).

Choose the School at which the student attends and will participate in Athletics. Choose Sport. *You can also “Add New Sport” if a multi-sport athlete. Electronic signatures will be applied to the additional sports/activities *(Make sure you click on all the sports that your student athlete might participate in during the school year). 

Braden River High School Bradenton, Florida 34203 (941) 751-8230 x31045  Matt Nesser, Athletic Director

7. Complete all required fields for: -Student Information (Educational History) -Parent/Legal Guardian Information -Medical History -Signature Forms -Files (Upload all forms here, EL2 Physical).  

Please contact the Athletic Director for further instructions regarding additional forms for Non-Traditional Students. *(If you have gone through the AthleticClearance.com process before, you will select the Student and Parent/Guardian from the dropdown menu on those pages.) 

8. Once you reach the Confirmation Message, you have completed the process. 

9. All of this data will be electronically filed with your school’s athletic department for review.

Dear Parents/Guardians/Students and Athletic Interests:

To ensure Braden River High School (BRHS) is compliant with all the Florida High School Athletic Associations (FHSM) policies, it is imperative that all BRHS athletic supporters abide by the policies of the FHSM.

Policy 36- Athletic Recruiting. Athletic recruiting is a gross violation of the spirit and philosophy of educational athletics. Athletic recruiting is unethical and unsporting conduct and is forbidden by FHSAA.

Athletic Recruiting. ''Athletic recruiting" is any effort by a school employee, athletic department staff member or representative of a school's athletic interests to pressure, urge or entice a student to attend that school for the purpose of participating in interscholastic  athletics.

"Representative of a school's athletic interests" refers to any independent person, business or organization that participates in, assists with and/or promotes that school's interscholastic athletic program. This includes student-athletes or other students in school, parents, guardians or other family members, immediate relatives of a coach or other member of the athletic department, a volunteer with that school's athletic program, athletic boosters, a person, business or organization that makes financial or in-kind contributions to the athletic department.

Policy 37-Impermissible benefit. No school employee, athletic department staff member, representative of the school's athletic interests or third parties, such as an independent person, business or organization, may be involved, directly or indirectly, in giving an impermissible benefit to any student or any member of his/her family for the purpose of participating in interscholastic athletics, or to any student-athlete who already attends a school.

Thank you for abiding by these FHSAA policies and Go Pirates!

Matt Nesser
Braden River High School
Athletic Director