All-Star Worlds Question

[Jasar2]

Can you have crossovers at worlds? And once you get a bid doesn't that roster have to stay the same at worlds as it was that day the bid was accepted? Just curious...thanks

 

[WorkToWin]

no and no

 

[Jasar2]

So to clarify you can't have two teams at worlds with several of the same athletes on both right?

 

[cheerinfo]

Correct. NO crossovers at Worlds.

 

[BlueCat]

Dance may be able to have some within-dance crossovers, but no cheer team can have an athlete that is on ANY other team at Worlds, period.

 

[Ashley]

So to clarify you can't have two teams at worlds with several of the same athletes on both right?

You can have alternates at worlds - your team doesn't have to be the same as when you got a bid. From the information packet:

UPDATED: All athletes participating on a team at The 2012 Worlds must be a registered member of that team’s gym during the 2011 – 2012 competition season. Any athlete that has competed on the floor with a team in any level from a gym (Primary Gym), during the Worlds competition season (November 1, 2011 – May 1, 2012), must possess a USASF Gym Release Waiver signed by the owner of that gym (Primary Gym) before that athlete is eligible to compete with another gym (Secondary Gym) at the 2012 Cheerleading Worlds. The USASF Gym Release Waiver is located on the USASF.NET website. On The Cheerleading Worlds™ Roster, each athlete’s name will have to be identified as either 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.).

UPDATED - WORLDS ALTERNATES: Of the 10 possible substitutes, one to three of those 10 may be alternates. Alternates are registered members of the same team’s gym where the bid was received. Alternates do not have to be rostered or in attendance at the Worlds bid qualifying event where the bid was received.

NEW: International Open & Open Coed - Level 6 Alternates: teams must present a roster at their bid qualifying event that includes names of the athletes performing “on the floor” at that competition. Additionally, the same Open - Level 6 teams can present up to 10 additional names of athletes (eligible substitutes/alternates) that are “members of the
gym/program” but do not have the opportunity to perform “on the floor” at that event. Those 10 additional athletes must follow the same eligibility, substitution and alternate guidelines for The Worlds, including the guidelines requiring a Release Waiver.

http://usasf.net.ismmedia.com/ISM2//Worlds/2012_Cheer_Worlds_Registration.pdf

 

[Jasar2]

Its crazy what some gyms will do.... put half dozen kids on a team in an attempt to win a bid only to have to remove those athlete because they are already on a worlds bid team and replace them with weaker athletes. Why ion earth would you drag a team to worlds that on its own can't even earn a bid. Smh!

 

[Ashley]

Its crazy what some gyms will do.... put half dozen kids on a team in an attempt to win a bid only to have to remove those athlete because they are already on a worlds bid team and replace them with weaker athletes. Why ion earth would you drag a team to worlds that on its own can't even earn a bid. Smh!

Stuff happens - people quit, people
can't compete in the day you get your bid, athletes get hurt. The idea isn't that you'll use all 10 substitutions, it's that they're there if necessary. We've had more than one crossover from a senior 5 time onto level 6 because they wanted to be there and we were happy to have them - but then we had to replace him for worlds. The competition season is much longer than just worlds.

 

[Jasar2]

Def not the case in regard to the gym i am referring to...the team was just thrown together a couple of weeks ago and six or so temporarily replaced in order to obtain a bid to worlds....

 

[fiercerthanthenext]

Def not the case in regard to the gym i am referring to...the team was just thrown together a couple of weeks ago and six or so temporarily replaced in order to obtain a bid to worlds....

i feel like i might know who you're talking about..

 

[MomOf2ThatsMe]

Its crazy what some gyms will do.... put half dozen kids on a team in an attempt to win a bid only to have to remove those athlete because they are already on a worlds bid team and replace them with weaker athletes. Why ion earth would you drag a team to worlds that on its own can't even earn a bid. Smh!

It happens. A lot. Because earning Worlds Bids = more athletes for the gym = more $$ for the gym. Plus a lot of athletes know they will never medal at Worlds, they just want the experience.

 

[ellie]

so can u compete on one team at cheer worlds and one for dance?

 

[BlueCat]

so can u compete on one team at cheer worlds and one for dance?

No. If you are on a cheer team, you cannot be on any other team, period.