USASF WORLDS DIVISIONS ( continued )
TEAM BID LIMITATIONS
A team may receive no more than one bid to The Cheerleading Worlds for any given division . A team that has accepted an at-large bid is eligible to compete for a paid bid . If a team chooses to compete for a new at-large bid , they must DECLINE the original atlarge bid BEFORE competing on Day 1 for the new at-large bid . The process to DECLINE a bid includes :
1 . writing to the sponsoring event producer ; 2 . writing to the USASF regional director and Steve Peterson ,
speterson @ usasf . net ; and 3 . following confirmation of the declined bid , updating the Worlds Bid section of your USASF club membership profile .
CHEER ATHLETE BID LIMITATIONS
Athletes within the same club are limited to the number of teams on which they are eligible to compete and earn paid bids . Once an athlete has competed for a team and earned a paid bid , they are permitted to move to another team within their club . If their second team earns a paid bid , they are bound to the second team and may only compete with the second team at Worlds . They no longer are eligible to compete with the first team once the second team is awarded a paid bid .
Teams are allowed a limited number of athletes who previously earned paid bids that may compete for and be awarded paid bids on a second team :
• Senior Extra Small / Coed teams may have up to three athletes who were previously awarded paid bids .
• Senior Small / Coed teams may have up to three athletes who were previously awarded paid bids .
• Senior Medium / Coed teams may have up to four athletes who were previously awarded paid bids .
• Senior Large / Coed teams may have up to six athletes who were previously awarded paid bids .
• Senior Open / Coed teams may have up to four athletes who were previously awarded paid bids .
• U . S . -based teams in IASF divisions may have up to four athletes who were previously awarded paid bids .
EXCEPTIONS TO CHEER ATHLETE BID LIMITATIONS
Due to the uncertainty and unknown surrounding COVID , the USASF will allow each division a specific number of athlete EXCEPTIONS to the bid limitations guideline detailed above . With this exception , teams are allowed a limited number of athletes who previously earned paid bids that may compete for and be awarded paid bids on a second team and NOT be held to compete with the second team :
• Senior Extra Small / Coed teams may have no more than one athlete who was previously awarded a paid bid .
• Senior Small / Coed teams may have up to two athletes who were previously awarded paid bids .
• Senior Medium / Coed teams may have up to three athletes who were previously awarded paid bids .
• Senior Large / Coed teams may have up to four athletes who were previously awarded paid bids .
• Senior Open / Coed teams may have up to three athletes who were previously awarded paid bids .
• U . S . -based teams in IASF divisions may have up to three athletes who were previously awarded paid bids .
NOTE : It is the responsibility of the club to ensure that rosters provided at Worlds Bid competitions are accurate and reflect the athletes that competed on the floor and adhere to the parameters of the Cheer Athlete Bid Limitation .