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The Member Club must monitor and enforce the USASF Sanctioned Event warm-up room requirements within their Club for all Club Owners , Coaches , Personnel and Athletes . Adult Participants must bring a form of government-issued identification to prove the information on the identification matches the information on the associated roster . The Member Club must notify the Event Producer for the USASF Sanctioned Event of any roster changes made ( a ) after the Event locks or ( b ) after the team checked in and before the team takes the floor . 1 . The Event Producer must make such changes to locked rosters to which they were notified . 2 . If an Athlete not listed on the roster associated with the USASF Sanctioned Event takes the floor , the team is considered noncompliant , which will result in disqualification at such Event .
SECTION 2.2 : Soliciting and / or Recruiting
A . All USASF Sanctioned Events are NO RECRUITING zones . 1 . Members may not participate in or allow soliciting / recruiting of Athletes to other Member Clubs while attending a USASF
Sanctioned Event . B . For the purposes of this SECTION , soliciting and / or recruiting includes , but is not limited to :
1 . Any display of general brand-promotional items with the intent to solicit and / or recruit the Athlete to join a different Member Club ; a .
For example : T-shirts , banners , pop-up displays or tents that provide Member Club contact information ( i . e ., phone number , website , social media information ); 2 . Distributing any type of advertising , such as business cards , brochures , T-shirts , banners or flyers ; 3 . Advertising another specific Event that would attract Athletes from Member Clubs ( e . g ., printed or digital material that includes the phone number , website , social media information , Event date and / or location of other Event ); and / or 4 . Communicating ( including text and / or social media messaging ) with an Athlete and / or their parent / guardian , while at a USASF
Sanctioned Event , with the intent to solicit and / or recruit them to a different Member Club .
SECTION 2.3 : Worlds Release
Any Athlete who has taken the floor with a Member Club ( Primary Club ) at a USASF Sanctioned Event during The Cheerleading Worlds™ or The Dance Worlds™ ( collectively , Worlds™ ) competitive season ( the Worlds™ season ) will need a USASF Worlds Club Release Waiver ( waiver ) to compete with a different Member Club ( Secondary Club ) at Worlds™ . A . The Worlds™ season begins November 1 and ends on May 1 . B . This requirement applies to all Athletes regardless of level , category or tier . C . This requirement does not apply if an Athlete moves from dance to cheer or vice versa . D . The Primary and Secondary Club Owners must sign the waiver . E . The completed and signed Waiver must be submitted via uploading the waiver as part of the roster verification form submission process prior to the roster verification process . F . The original waiver must be available at Worlds™ upon request .
SECTION 2.4 : Drugs and / or Alcohol at Sanctioned Events
A . Any Member perceived to be under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs at a USASF Sanctioned Event may be immediately removed from the Event . If any Member is removed under this provision , the Event Producer Member must report such removal to USASF ’ s Conduct and Compliance Director with 72 hours of the removal .
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