All-Star Summit Bid Declarations 2018

[california cheer mom]

In the bd announcements today there were a bunch of "PURE Technique Camps" bids. What are those? Is that a competition? It was a completely odd mix and I was surprised to see so many wildcard bids being awarded in October?

 

[Cheermom1357]

For teams receiving a Wild Card bid, are you still only able to upgrade to a Paid bid?

 

[Bella's mom]

For teams receiving a Wild Card bid, are you still only able to upgrade to a Paid bid?

Yes


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[quitthedrama]

In the bd announcements today there were a bunch of "PURE Technique Camps" bids. What are those? Is that a competition? It was a completely odd mix and I was surprised to see so many wildcard bids being awarded in October?

Apparently Summit bids are being offered at camps that teams pay to go to. Varsity being Var$ity :confused:

 

[Melissa Starke]

Apparently Summit bids are being offered at camps that teams pay to go to. Varsity being Var$ity :confused:

They submit a video and are judged. Based on that, they may/may not receive a bid.

 

[cheermomforever]

They submit a video and are judged. Based on that, they may/may not receive a bid.

And people wonder why we as paying customers are not happy.....

 

[cheermomforever]

They've done it with USA high school nationals and I think they did it for UCA nationals in the mid 2000s. It's convenient for teams in areas where the closest bid competition is more than one state/province/a 4+ hour plane trip away. At least, that what I hope their intentions were when they made it a thing for the Summit. I may be too optimistic, though.

But submitting a video u could send THE video that is clean and the best, unlike a competition. Not fair at all.

 

[CheerOnSeattle]

The only competition that I know of that used to give Deferred bids (sea to sky in Vancouver, BC), stopped last season so I wouldn’t think any deferred summit bids are floating around anymore.

It appears that at least 5 deferred bids were just awarded for the new D1 Summit divisions. Natural Venom got two, NW Silverstars got one, South Elite got one and one went to a gym in Canada.

 

[GlitterPlz]

It appears that at least 5 deferred bids were just awarded for the new D1 Summit divisions. Natural Venom got two, NW Silverstars got one, South Elite got one and one went to a gym in Canada.

Panther cheer and Langley cheer got them out of BC

 

[these girls]

So- I'm a little confused. It seems like a team that was awarded an AL summit bid recently had previously been awarded a WC. I thought that at the comp the gym/coaches had to specify what types of bid they are willing to accept, so that by the time the reveal is put together it was kinda locked in that the team was accepting the bid. Am I way off?


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[Paria]

So- I'm a little confused. It seems like a team that was awarded an AL summit bid recently had previously been awarded a WC. I thought that at the comp the gym/coaches had to specify what types of bid they are willing to accept, so that by the time the reveal is put together it was kinda locked in that the team was accepting the bid. Am I way off?


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You're not off. This actually happened at a comp our gym went to last season and I had to call the competition to inform them of their mistake after the bid reveal. The actual gym themselves who "upgraded" didn't even seem to know the rules...either that or they didn't say anything. But good thing I called because it ended up being my youth 1's bid that I coached! So the mistakes do happen and that's honestly probably what it is.

 

[Bella's mom]

I’m honestly confused on the “provisional” international level summit bids given out. How can a junior team be international and why are these bids provisional? There have been a ton given out.


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[luv2cheer92]

I’m honestly confused on the “provisional” international level summit bids given out. How can a junior team be international and why are these bids provisional? There have been a ton given out.


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These divisions follow the IASF rules/age grid. They are new this year, so I guess they are just seeing how it goes.

https://varsity.com/uploads/editor/files/PDFS/AllStar/18/Summit/IASF_Divisions_Summit_FAQ.pdf

 

[quitthedrama]

So- I'm a little confused. It seems like a team that was awarded an AL summit bid recently had previously been awarded a WC. I thought that at the comp the gym/coaches had to specify what types of bid they are willing to accept, so that by the time the reveal is put together it was kinda locked in that the team was accepting the bid. Am I way off?


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I get more confused about the Summit every year. I just saw Cali declined bids and I was under the impression gyms are supposed to notify the EP ahead of time if they don't plan on accepting a bid? Is that true? If so was it an EP mistake or are two bids that could have gone to other teams now going unused?

 

[these girls]

I get more confused about the Summit every year. I just saw Cali declined bids and I was under the impression gyms are supposed to notify the EP ahead of time if they don't plan on accepting a bid? Is that true? If so was it an EP mistake or are two bids that could have gone to other teams now going unused?

This is exactly what I'm talking about. I thought that by checking the box that you would accept a wild card then you were committing to accepting the wildcard. So once you've accepted it you don't qualify for an at-large.


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