When you all say "roster rule", I want to make sure I am understanding people correctly. So, if you win a bid at a competition on November 15th and there is a 10 member substitution "roster rule" as in World's, are we going to be crying at the end of the season when we realize the roster has changed quite a bit because of injuries, moving, grades, just don't want to do it anymore, finances, Prom, weddings, funerals, etc, etc? Oldest cp was on a team a few years back that had 32 members and by May there were only 17 original members left. It ended up being a team of 29 or 30 by taking in new members along the way. There was nothing unusual that happened, the coaches were great, it was just life in general. World's and Summit just don't have the same commitment levels with parents and athletes. I really hope people are thinking long and hard before requesting World's roster rules for lower levels.
From World's Packet:
On The Cheerleading Worlds Roster, each athlete’s name will have
to be identified as an original participant of the team that was on
the floor where the bid was received, a substitute or an alternate.
All names on the team rosters will be verified by the event producer
who awarded the Worlds bid.
The rule that applies to substitutions is as follows:
• A Maximum of 10 substitutions will be allowed per team for
The Cheerleading Worlds Championship.
A substitute must be a regular paid participant from another team
at the same gym and must have competed “on the floor” with that
team from that gym at the same event where the bid was awarded.
All substitutes must meet the same eligibility requirements as
the original team that was awarded a bid (i.e. age, etc.).