2022-23 Season US Quadball Membership Registration

Team Membership - $285 (plus $5 for team licensing)

USQ offers a competitive team membership. Official member teams may register at any point during the year, although membership will always expire on June 30. The benefits include:

• Regular season play and team ranking on USQ website
• Listing on the USQ website
• Ability to obtain licensing with USQ to use the USQ logo and branding on jerseys and other merchandise created by your team
• Eligibility to apply for grants
• Free registration to a Regional Championship
• Ability to qualify for US Quadball Cup
• Free officials membership for players (automatically included when an individual signs up to be a player)
• Free coach memberships for the team
• Free non-playing staff memberships for the team
• Free playing tournament director memberships for the team
• Advising meetings with USQ staff for budgeting, season planning, etc

Individual Memberships

USQ offers seasonal adult and non-playing team staff memberships. Individuals may register at any point during the year, although these memberships are non-refundable and non-transferable, and will expire on June 30. 

Player Membership - $80

Benefits of full player membership include:

• Seasonal discounts on USQ merchandise
• Discounts at USQ partner organizations
• Insurance coverage while participating in official tournaments and sanctioned events in the U.S.
• Eligibility to compete in official tournaments and to attend all sanctioned events
• Free registration for USQ regional championships
• Access to USQ programs
• Free officials membership (no sign-up needed - automatically eligible for HR, LAR, AR, and flag runner certification)

Trial Player Membership - $15

Benefits of a trial membership include:

• Eligibility to play on one official member team for the duration of one sanctioned event
• Insurance coverage while participating in the above one event

Coach Membership - $0 (included with team membership)

Benefits include:

• Information to access online concussion workshop
• Upon completion of the above, USQ coach certification
• Insurance coverage while coaching at USQ official or sanctioned events
• Seasonal discounts on USQ merchandise
• Discounts at USQ partner organizations
• Access to USQ programs/workshops

Non-Playing Team Staff Membership - $0 (included with team membership)

Benefits include:

• Seasonal discounts on USQ merchandise
• Discounts at USQ partner organizations
• Access to USQ programs/workshops

Non-Playing Official Membership - $25

• Seasonal discounts on USQ merchandise
• Eligible for flag runner runner, HR, and LAR certification
• Accident insurance coverage while working at USQ official events
• Ability to be recruited, assigned, and paid for working as a head referee, LAR, or flag runner at a USQ official match
• Access to additional training and development resources throughout the season
• Eligibility to be nominated for awards
• Discounts at USQ partner organizations
• Access to USQ programs/workshop

New! Alumni Membership - $100

Benefits include:

• Limited edition USQ Alumni season gift
• Seasonal discounts on USQ merchandise
• Discounts to USQ ticketed events
• Discounts at USQ partner organizations
• Access to USQ alumni social programs
• $40 of all alumni memberships goes towards supporting USQ member grants

New! Tournament Director Membership - $0

• TD certification access
• Event support from USQ staff
• Advising meetings with USQ staff for budgeting, season planning, etc
• Access to additional training and development resources throughout the season
• Discounts at USQ partner organizations

RESIDENCY

US Quadball membership is open to teams and individuals residing within the United States of America. Teams and individuals residing in other countries should seek to register with their respective quadball national governing body. If, throughout the season, it is discovered that a team or individual is not located within the USA, then that team or individual will be at that point barred from the league without refund or eligibility to participate in further events. Any official games played by this team throughout the season will be disqualified.

 In order to be eligible to compete, at least one of the following must be true of the player:

• Hold citizenship.
• Currently living in the country and not actively participating as part of another league at the time of USQ member registration.
• Have played quadball only in the US.

Individuals who have split residency and live part-time in the United States may be granted an exception to compete on a USQ team on a case-by-case basis. This includes if they participated with another national governing body for part of the season. Exceptions will be based on proof of split residency, extenuating circumstances, and discussion with the other country's national governing body as applicable. Requests for an exception must be submitted by email to membership@usquadball.org. Requests for an exception will be evaluated within two weeks of submission, and the exception must be granted before the player registers for USQ membership. 

ENROLLMENT VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

All players on a collegiate team must attend the same school unless they participate in the joint team development program. All students, including undergraduate and postgraduate students, of a university are permitted to play on their school’s collegiate team. Faculty, staff, and community members who are not enrolled in classes will not be allowed to play on a school’s collegiate team. A student from a college without an official team may not compete with a college team from another school (unless they have been approved for a joint team).

This season, enrollment will be captured when a member upgrades their membership. Teams may also provide contact info for a collegiate administrator to help with the process. Enrollment will only be required to be submitted once per year.

Enrollment verification must include:

• Your Name
• Your University Name
• Current Term of Enrollment

COLLEGE & CLUB TEAMS - ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Please note that the word college and collegiate applies to all colleges and universities.

A college team is composed of a group of students from a single school. A college team does not need to have a formal affiliation with their school to be registered as a college team. However, those teams with recognition from a school must compete in the college division and register as a college team. Forms of recognition may include:

• Teams with the school name incorporated into their team name
• Recognized student organizations
• Club sports
• Grant or funding recipients
• Recipients of discounted practice or event space

The goal of this definition is to ensure that teams who are representing a school are competing in the college division.

A school may have more than one official college team, provided they meet the requirements above. 

A club team may not have any affiliation with a college and may not use the name of a school as part of their team name. They may not receive any monetary or in-kind support from any school, including but not limited to free or discounted practice or event space. However, discounted practice or event space shall not be considered in-kind support if a community resident, unaffiliated with the school, could have obtained the space at the same cost.