Proposal 5: International Riders [ Revision 2 ]
Committee: USA 2020Submitted on 2020-01-22
Status: Passed on February 06, 2020
Background
Note, it says Patricia is the owner of this proposal but it's actually Scott. That's just the software associating it with the discussion starter.
This proposal has the following structure:
Types of residency
Who is a North American competitor
How that works for group events
When non-North American competitors can displace
How to award
There are still a few outstanding points that are in discussion, specifically with regards to consistency between events vs rider desires. This proposal is a first draft, and the way I wrote some of those sections don't even necessarily agree with my final opinion on those topics.
Proposal
Old rule:
Because NAUCC is the North American Championship, a rider representing a nonNorth American country has additional restrictions. In order to encourage participation by international riders, non-North American competitors will still be allowed to compete at NAUCC, however they cannot be the North American Champion of any event and cannot displace the award of any North American competitor. The Host can choose to not give the non-North American rider awards or choose to give them awards alongside North American competitors. For example if a non-North American rider places second in a NAUCC event, the Host can either award this rider second place or ignore their results. In either case, the North American rider who placed third would be awarded second place, either alone or as a tie. The Host’s policy for non-North American riders should be announced before the start of NAUCC.
New rule:
Types of Riders
A) Citizens, Permanent residents, and temporary residents with visas longer than 1 year
A riders are always considered North American competitors.
B) Temporary residents who are in the country for between 91 days and 1 year, like an exchange student.
B riders are considered non-North American competitors in individual events. See below for multi-person competitions.
C) Visitors/Tourists that do not need to apply for a visa, or whose visa is 90 days or shorter.
C riders are always considered non-North American competitors.
A rider can be asked to show their status via government ID or visa if the organizers have strong reason to doubt their declared status.
Inclusion in Multi-person Competitions
In multi-person events (Basketball, Hockey, Group and Club Freestyle), teams comprised of only A and B riders qualify as North American Competitors. The inclusion of a C rider designates the team as a non-North American competitor. Pairs Freestyle counts as an individual event and thus only pairs of A riders are North American competitors.
Displacing North American Competitors in Finals
In events with a final which limits the number of participants, Track Finals (limited by lanes), or Hockey or Basketball Brackets, non-North American competitors (as defined above) are not allowed to participate in these rounds. The exception is Flatland, where the non-North American status is ignored when creating the battles and only used in the placing and final awards (see below).
Placing and Awarding non-North American Competitors
Non-North American competitors should not take an award from any North American competitor but instead be listed as tied with the next placing competitor. For example, let's say the results of a 100m competition is:
Rider 1, 12s
Rider 2, 13s (non-North American)
Rider 3, 14s
Rider 4, 15s
Then the placing would be as follows:
Rider 1, 1st Place
Rider 3, 2nd Place
Rider 2, 2rd Place (non-North American)
Rider 4, 3rd Place
This applies for both age group and expert results. In addition, the NAUCC host can choose to present non-North American competitors with a different style of awards (including age-group style, ribbons, or none) or choose to wait until the end of the week to give out the awards depending on availability. However, the awards must be the same for all non-North American competitors per award type (age group, expert, group).
Body
See discussion.
References
Discussion
View DiscussionChange Log:
- Revision 2 changed by Mike Schatz (22 Jan 20:05)
Fixed typo in example.
Removed question about limiting by number
- Revision 1 changed by Scott Wilton (22 Jan 11:22)
Votes on this proposal:
11 out of 13 voting members have voted.
Agree: 10, Disagree: 1, Abstain: 0.