in wordpress 4.0 with buddypress how do I add a profile field that can only be changed by administrators

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I am running a club-based wordpress application.
In it has buddypress installed into it.

What I want to do, is add a profile field whose value can only be set by the administrator of the site. I know how to add a custom field, but the default behavior is to allow the user to set it. I don’t want that.

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Can this be done, and if so, how?
Thank you.

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  1. Create a template overload of this file:
    buddypressbp-templatesbp-legacybuddypressmemberssingleprofileedit.php

    Untested, but try changing this:

    $field_type = bp_xprofile_create_field_type( bp_get_the_profile_field_type() );
$field_type->edit_field_html();

    To this:

    $name = bp_get_the_profile_field_name();

if( $name == 'name of your field' ) {

   if( is_super_admin() ) {
      $field_type = bp_xprofile_create_field_type( bp_get_the_profile_field_type() );
      $field_type->edit_field_html();
   }
   else 
    echo $name . '<br/>' . bp_get_the_profile_field_value();

}
else {
    $field_type = bp_xprofile_create_field_type( bp_get_the_profile_field_type() );
    $field_type->edit_field_html();
}