Many of the answers to these questions can also be found in the Contract sent out every year to teams. If there is not an answer here or in there, please get in contact with us here
This question intends to expand on and clarify sections 4.2 and 4.4 of the Contract.
A Team’s Charter may consist of up to 20 skaters for each team. If the Charter is registered with WFTDA or MRDA it must comply with the eligibility criteria set forth by the relevant governing body. For non-registered teams the charter must contain a minimum of 10 “unique” skaters who do not appear on any other charter on the same side of the tournament.
If the Team’s Charter contains more than 10 skaters, up to 8 skaters in surplus to the first 10 may appear on another Team’s Charter from the same League (“Crossover Skaters”).
Five Nations defines a Crossover Skater as one who appears on multiple Charters on the same side of the Tournament.
Skater A is on the Charter for W Anytown A and W Hometown A. This skater is a “Crossover” Skater on the W side of the tournament.
Skater B is on the Charter for OTA Anyborough A and W Hometown. This skater is not counted as a Crossover skater, as they only appear on one charter on each side of the tournament.
WFTDA defines a Crossover Skater as one who appears on “up to two active charters at any given time. The two charter teams being from any member league. Participation from other associations (e.g. MRDA, JRDA) is not counted in this total.”
MRDA defines a Crossover Skater as “one who appears on a member leagues Primary and Secondary Charter. For MRDA Sanctioned play, skaters are not permitted to be on Charters from multiple teams.”
Five Nations permits eight (8) Crossover Skaters on any given Charter, for both WFTDA and OTA/MRDA Charters. For MRDA sanctioned games; only five (5) of these Crossover Skaters may appear on another MRDA Charter for the league.
Skaters can only appear on a Team’s Charter if they meet the following criteria:
Skaters can appear on two different Leagues’ charters on the same tournament “side” if and only if:
The rules regarding how many tiers apart the teams are do not apply to teams from the same League. A Skater may appear on Hometeam A (Tier 1) and Hometeam B (Tier 5).
Examples
Skater Z appears on charters for Hometown A (WFTDA Tier 1) and Hometown B (WFTDA Tier 4). This is acceptable as the two teams are from the same league, the Skater counts as a Crossover on both Hometown’s Charters.
Skater A appears on charters for Hometown A (WFTDA Tier 1) and Anyborough A (WFTDA Tier 2). This is acceptable as the two teams are on the same tournament side, are in different tiers but are no more than two tiers apart.
Skater B appears on charters for Hometown A (WFTDA Tier 1), Hometown B (WFTDA Tier 4) and Anytown (OTA Tier 2). This is acceptable as the skater is on two league’s charters, on different tournament sides, and their home league has teams in Tier 1 and Tier 4
Skater C appears on charters for Hometown A (WFTDA Tier 1) and Anyborough B (WFTDA Tier 4). This is not acceptable as the two teams are more than two tiers apart.
Skater D appears on charters for Hometown A (WFTDA Tier 1), Othertown A (WFTDA Tier 2) and Anytown (OTA Tier 2). This is acceptable as the skater appears on the maximum of three charters, but only two charters on one side of the tournament. The skater counts as a Crossover only for Hometown A (WFTDA T1) and Othertown A (WFTDA T2), they do not count as a Crossover for Anytown (OTA T2).
Skater E appears on charters for Hometown A (WFTDA Tier 1), Hometown B (WFTDA Tier 3), Anytown A (OTA Tier 2) and Anytown B (OTA Tier 3). This is not acceptable as the skater appears on more than three charters in total.
Skater G is chartered with Hometown A (WFTDA Tier 1). They are added to the charter for Anyborough A (WFTDA Tier 2) for a single game and then are immediately removed. This is not acceptable as skaters must appear on multiple game charters for both teams.
Skater H is chartered with Hometown A (WFTDA Tier 1), Hometown OTA (OTA Tier 3) and MRDA-league A (OTA Tier 2). This is acceptable as the skater appears on the maximum of three charters, but only two charters on one side of the tournament. The skater counts as a Crossover only for Hometown OTA (OTA T3) and MRDA-league A (OTA T2), they do not count as a Crossover for Hometown A (WFTDA T1). They are eligible for MRDA Sanctioned play, without counting towards the MRDA crossover limit, as they only appear on one MRDA Charter.
Yes, Skaters may transfer between Teams and Leagues during a season provided they:
Follow the relevant governing bodies Transfer policy as appropriate.
We expect all teams to make every effort to provide nominated officials that they have recruited themselves – if there are several teams in your division who are able to provide more nominations than needed or officials for games they are not playing, you could seek to combine nominations. As a reminder, teams should not put up individual posts seeking nominations in the various official recruitment facebook/discord channels (your Division Head Official – DHO will do this) but we do strongly encourage you to use your own social media channels or in-person networks to seek out nominations.
With the number of teams in the tournament, and the number of game days in the schedule, we simply cannot run game days without teams providing officials themselves as well. Your DHO can help once you’ve exhausted all other avenues and only if given suitable notice (at least two weeks before the nominations deadline).
As representatives of your leagues, it’s important that you keep your officials in mind when agreeing game dates and locations. We strongly encourage you to give your officials the same travel benefits as your skaters, if this is something your league offers, and/or factor them in when arranging your travel plans. If you have any questions or concerns, pop us an email on 5nrd.tho@gmail.com.