DEADLINES
Oct 1: Intent to Compete Deadline & Rosters (No entry fee due) Oct 1: Coaching requirements Oct 1: Host Club Form - IC Teams Oct 1: Intercollegiate Funding Application Dec 4: IC: Intent to Compete Payment, Magazine Fee, Magazine Ads Dec 4: IC Player Form Dec 11: IS: Intent to Compete Payment, Magazine Fee, Magazine Ads Dec 11: Interscholastic Paperwork Jan 8: Interscholastic Games Jan 31: IC Paperwork & IC Games March 17: IC Player Form (NIC Players only) May 15: Interscholastic Varisty Letter Application May 31: Intercollegiate Scholarship Application June 1: 2021 Host Site Application
Rolling: I/I Fundraising Application Rolling: Regular Season Umpire Support Application
SPORTS ENGINE All paperwork for the Middle School League and Intercollegiate/Interscholastic program will be run through the SportsEngine site. All players (or their guardian) will need to sign up for a SportsEngine profile. Coaches will have access to all player forms submitted for their team through their team page on SportsEngine. Registrations will be available at https:// uspoloregistration.sportngin.com and https://www.uspolo.org/association/programs/ intercollegiate-interscholastic.
COACHES REQUIREMENTS 1. Be a current USPA Member. 2. Pass a yearly criminal background check : $6.95 (If your organization already requires a background check, proof of completion will need to be submitted to the USPA.) 3. Complete the CDC Heads Up Online Concussion Training: 30 mins; FREE 4. Complete USOC Safe Sport Online Training: 90 mins; FREE - Use coupon code USPOLO18 5. Sign the USPA Intercollegiate/Interscholastic Coaches’ Code of Conduct (Yearly) 6. Safety Modules CPI Safety Videos: Rider, Equine, and Facility Safety Tutorials *All coaching requiements are due Oct 1. Games played without coaching requirements completed will not count.
HARDSHIP WAIVERS
SECTION 3 I/I REQUIRED FORMS AND DEADLINES
INTERCOLLEGIATE An intercollegiate player may be granted an additional year of competition by the Hardship Waiver Sub-committee for reasons of “hardship.” This waiver may be granted, based upon objective evidence, for reasons that are beyond the control of the player. Hardship is defined as: • Long term illness clearly supported by contemporaneous medical documentation which states that a student-athlete is unable to participate in intercollegiate competition as a result of incapacitating physical or mental circumstances.