USASF WORLDS DIVISIONS ( continued )
PAID BIDS
Paid bids are awarded at The Cheerleading Worlds qualifying events . Each event producer that hosts a Worlds bid-qualifying event has the discretion to select the processes by which the bids are awarded . Paid-bid sponsors may award up to $ 650 per athlete and two coaches on a bid-winning team . For example , a bid-winning team that had two coaches and 31 athletes on the floor at the bid-winning event could be awarded up to $ 21,450 . The paid-bid sponsorship funds are not prize money and they are to be used towards the team ’ s USASF Worlds registration package , lodging and / or transportation to Orlando to participate at The Cheerleading Worlds .
NOTE : If the Cheerleading Worlds event is cancelled for any reason , the paid bid sponsorship funds must be returned to the Event Producer who awarded the funds . Additional expenses incurred will be the responsibility of the team / program . Event producers will not be responsible for late fees if their representing team does not meet the registration deadline . Event producers will not be responsible for added change fees if the representing team has to make changes to the original registration and / or travel .
Paid bids are for athletes who will be on the floor during the team ’ s performance at The Cheerleading Worlds . Reserve athletes or coaches brought to substitute for unplanned occurrences are not covered by paid bids and will not be funded by the sponsoring event producer . Should a substitute and / or an alternate become necessary after submission of a team ’ s Worlds roster and after travel plans have been approved and confirmed , any additional costs associated with those substitution ( s ) must be paid by the program .
AT-LARGE BIDS
At-large bids are generally awarded to runner-up teams or teams scoring next highest to the paid-bid-winning team ( s ). Recipients of atlarge bids must pay for their own Worlds registration packages and all other related expenses .
DIVISION AND TEAM SIZE REQUIREMENTS AT WORLDS
A team that receives and accepts any type of Worlds bid must compete at Worlds in the same division they competed in at the qualifying event where their bid was awarded ( with the exception of Limited Divisions at right ). The number of athletes competing on any team at Worlds may not exceed the number of athletes that took the floor with the team at the bid-qualifying event .
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 at-large 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
2 , updating the Worlds Bid section on the dashboard of your USASF program membership profile . 2Revised 2.7.2022
CHEER ATHLETE BID LIMITATIONS
Athletes within the same program 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 program . 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 .
FOR WORLDS 2022 ONLY : 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 at left .
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 program 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