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I doubt it. They only increased the # of AL last year or the year before.Bout time!
Wonder if the expense of Worlds will increase? I've always figured that the AL bids were helping to foot the bill of Worlds in some capacity.
Bout time!
Wonder if the expense of Worlds will increase? I've always figured that the AL bids were helping to foot the bill of Worlds in some capacity.
I know it used to be 2 for every 1, but I guess it could've been longer since it's changed. AL also used to be passed down, but I think everyone was grateful that changed.Andre posted about this a few days ago!
Usasf April Enews | Fierce Board - The Voice Of Cheer
There were something like 80 more bids this year than last year because soooo many comps got an extra paid bid. USASF still gets paid when a team with a paid bid goes, they just get $600 (or whatever it is) from the EP instead of the gym. (I believe)
Even with the extra teams, the numbers have been increasing so much in the past few years, that we'll have a dip in number, but probably not much less than maybe 3 or 4 years ago.
@NJ Coach - it's been 3 for every 1 for every year I've been to Worlds I believe. So since at least 2011, if not longer.
With registration fees to be a USASF member they dont need as much coming from Worlds.
Andre posted about this a few days ago!
Usasf April Enews | Fierce Board - The Voice Of Cheer
There were something like 80 more bids this year than last year because soooo many comps got an extra paid bid. USASF still gets paid when a team with a paid bid goes, they just get $600 (or whatever it is) from the EP instead of the gym. (I believe)
Even with the extra teams, the numbers have been increasing so much in the past few years, that we'll have a dip in number, but probably not much less than maybe 3 or 4 years ago.
@NJ Coach - it's been 3 for every 1 for every year I've been to Worlds I believe. So since at least 2011, if not longer.
So are the individuals members of a 501 c 3 or a 501 c 6 or neither?
My simple math tells me that next year's competition will be much smaller that this year. Assuming the same number of paid bids next year, there will be 104 fewer at-large bids to be awarded. This is more than a 30% reduction in at-large possible. A likely implication is that there will also be more at-large bids that go unused. With fewer at-large bids a higher percentage of bids will be upgraded to paid at a subsequent competition. This year there are about 50 at-large that were upgraded to paid. The number of upgrades might stay the same, but it will be higher percentage of the base. While there is projected to be 250 at-large teams this year, the number is likely to be 150 or fewer next year. This is almost a 40% reduction in at-large bids. A bid to World's next year will really start to mean something.
As a side note, I think that this hurts the bigger competitions more. NCA and Cheersport will each lose 8 at-large bids. Instead of being 8 and 24, they will both be 8 and 16.
But proportionally it stays the same with NCA and CHEERSPORT etc still having a larger spread of bids period so I don't think it will impact them. While they are losing 8 AL every other competition is losing proportionally the same so it stays even.My simple math tells me that next year's competition will be much smaller that this year. Assuming the same number of paid bids next year, there will be 104 fewer at-large bids to be awarded. This is more than a 30% reduction in at-large possible. A likely implication is that there will also be more at-large bids that go unused. With fewer at-large bids a higher percentage of bids will be upgraded to paid at a subsequent competition. This year there are about 50 at-large that were upgraded to paid. The number of upgrades might stay the same, but it will be higher percentage of the base. While there is projected to be 250 at-large teams this year, the number is likely to be 150 or fewer next year. This is almost a 40% reduction in at-large bids. A bid to World's next year will really start to mean something.
As a side note, I think that this hurts the bigger competitions more. NCA and Cheersport will each lose 8 at-large bids. Instead of being 8 and 24, they will both be 8 and 16.