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Q: How many games is each team guaranteed?
A: Every team is guaranteed a minimum of four games.
Q:
What is the enry fee?
A: The cost is $325 per team. The fees pay for game officials, gym rentals, trophies, staffing,
and costs associated with operating the event.
Q: Are teams registered by age or grade?
A: Teams are registered
by grades and not by age. However, remember players can play up but never down a grade.
Q: What grades are offered?
A: All 4th-8th grade boys and girls teams are welcome to play.
Q: How many teams participate in this annual
tournament?
A: Last year we have 87 teams. Traditionally, we'll have 80 or more teams registered so early registration
is needed to secure your team a spot.
Q: Where are the games held?
A: All games are held the Gold Crown
Field House indoor with six-full size courts. The field house is located in Lakewood, CO at 150 S. Harlan St. and is the largest
basketball complex in the state.
Q: Can players be on more than one roster?
A: Players are allowed on one
roster only. Failure to adhere to this policy is an automatice fortieture of games played.
Q: Is the tournament
open to everyone?
A: The tournament is open to competitive and upper recreational teams. Most of the teams are Gold
Crown teams but we're open to both club and recreational teams.
Q: Are there separate divisions for gold and
silver teams?
A: If there are enough teams in each division for the various grades offered then we'll offer the
two divisions. When this is not the case then we'll combine gold and silver teams; however, we'll offer both a gold
and silver championship brackets based on win-loss record.
Q: What is the difference between "gold"
and "silver" teams?
A: "Gold" teams are stronger from top to bottom than "silver" teams.
However, silver divisions are still very competitive.
Q: Did you give out team or individual awards?
A:
Team trophies are given to winners and runn-up of the gold and silver championship rounds.
Q: Is insurance provided
in the event my child is hurt?
A: We provide a secondary medical insurance coverage for all our registered players.
Q: Is there a daily admission charge to attend my child's games?
A: No. We only ask that each family attending
the event brings soccer related-equipment or apparels for our "Kick For Kids"
soccer drive. All items donated will go to remote parts of northern Thailand where soccer is the most popular
sport and played by most Hmong kids. Soccer apparels and equipment will be give to next March as we ship these items for
kids who lack the necessary equipment to play the sport. Show your support and bring either soccer balls, shoes, shorts,
uniforms, socks or the likes.
Q: What some of the special rules used in this tournament?
A: Please refer
to the "Rules" section for specific rules.
Q: Will you be playing Sunday morning?
A: It's
our policy to never schedule any games during Sunday morning so families who wish to attend religious services of
their choice may do so. Games are played at or after 1:00 pm and into the evening in order to complete all
games.
Q: What happens when there are tied teams after pool play?
A: Please see specific tie-breaking rule
covered under "Rules" section for more explaination.
Q: Are all game officials certified?
A: Not
all of the officials are IAABO certified. However, all officials used for our tournament are qualified and experieced.
Updated 11/21/07.
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