Do we get to see the squad before product is shipped?

Yes. Squad review is a fixed moment in the flow — before a single product is shipped, you get an overview of the curated squad with our reasoning, and you have the final say on the line-up.

What you get to see.

• The matching framework we used for your collab — typically 5 dimensions with weights (sport fit, content idea, reach, authenticity, lifestyle style). We calibrate the exact mix per collab based on your briefing.
• The selected 25, with match score and short rationale per profile. Including their content idea submitted at application, their sport, and their Instagram handle.
• An overall conclusion — where the squad stands strong, where we made trade-offs, what patterns emerged in the applications.

Want to swap profiles? You can — we do it together. You get a considered selection, not a take-it-or-leave-it list: you decide who ends up in. The one thing we'll flag is the squad logic. The value of a curated squad sits in the whole — the mix of profiles, sports and voices that together create local saturation inside a community. Replace athletes on reach or personal taste alone and you risk the very spread that drives the effect; a team with five strikers doesn't win either.

That's why we handle each swap together: we find a replacement from the same curation pool that keeps the balance intact, and we'll say honestly when a run of changes would undermine the activation. Pulling an athlete on a concrete conflict — a direct competitor in their feed, a past reputation issue, a history with your brand that didn't end well — is a given.

When this happens. After the application period and before we collect addresses for shipping. Concretely: typically 5 to 7 working days to review the squad, ask questions and lock in your line-up. Without your sign-off no package leaves — that order is hard.