Eligibility - Revision history

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Kevin Wang at 21:54, 9 November 2021

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Kevin Wang at 14:13, 20 October 2021

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Kevin Wang at 16:51, 23 June 2021

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 ==Affiliation==
 :''Main article: [[affiliation]]''
-An important aspect of eligibility is '''affiliation''' with an education institution.
+An important aspect of eligibility is '''affiliation''' with an educational institution.
 The rule of thumb is that students who are attending a school or enrolled in a college are affiliated with them.

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 ==Affiliation==
-An important aspect of eligibility is '''[[affiliation]]''' with an education institution.
+:''Main article: [[affiliation]]''
 The rule of thumb is that students who are attending a school or enrolled in a college are affiliated with them.

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 <onlyinclude>The concept of '''eligibility''' is used to limit which [[teams]] and [[players]] can attend which [[tournaments]]. In general, any student which attends an academic institution can attend tournaments which are intended for that level of schooling. A player which is allowed to attend such a tournament is '''eligible''', while one who cannot is '''ineligible'''.
-Eligibility is structured around competition years, which are intended to roughly align with the academic year and are defined as starting on August 1st and ending on the successive July 31st.
+[[NAQT]] (and in college quizbowl, [[ACF]]) publish formal eligibility rules that are typically followed by unaffiliated tournaments using [[housewrites]]. These are structured around competition years, which are intended to roughly align with the academic year and are defined as starting on August 1st and ending on the successive July 31st.
-[[NAQT]] (and in college quizbowl, [[ACF]]) publish formal eligibility rules that are typically followed by unaffiliated tournaments using [[housewrites]].</onlyinclude>
+Beyond these formal guidelines, tournaments can change eligibility in other ways. Common examples include limiting the [[field]] to only [[novices]] and expanding it to be [[open]] or allow players from other schooling levels.</onlyinclude>
 ==Affiliation==

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	{{Rule disclaimer}}		{{Rule disclaimer}}
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	<onlyinclude>The concept of '''eligibility''' is used to limit which [[teams]] and [[players]] can attend which [[tournaments]]. In general, any student which attends an academic institution can attend tournaments which are intended for that level of schooling. A player which is allowed to attend such a tournament is '''eligible''', while one who cannot is '''ineligible'''.		<onlyinclude>The concept of '''eligibility''' is used to limit which [[teams]] and [[players]] can attend which [[tournaments]]. In general, any student which attends an academic institution can attend tournaments which are intended for that level of schooling. A player which is allowed to attend such a tournament is '''eligible''', while one who cannot is '''ineligible'''.

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 ==Affiliation==
-An important aspect of eligibility is '''[[affiliation]]''' with an education institution. Students who are attending a school or enrolled in a college are affiliated with them.
+An important aspect of eligibility is '''[[affiliation]]''' with an education institution.
 Players can be affiliated with multiple schools. The most common example of this is a high schooler "playing up" on a college team, but high schoolers can also be affiliated with multiple high schools. In all cases players can only play on a single institution's team at any given tournament.

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	Players can be affiliated with multiple schools. The most common example of this is a high schooler "playing up" on a college team, but high schoolers can also be affiliated with multiple high schools. In all cases players can only play on a single institution's team at any given tournament.		Players can be affiliated with multiple schools. The most common example of this is a high schooler "playing up" on a college team, but high schoolers can also be affiliated with multiple high schools. In all cases players can only play on a single institution's team at any given tournament.
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−	~~{\| class="wikitable"\|~~
−	~~! scope="col" style="width: 200px;" \|Middle school/High school~~
−	~~! scope="col" style="width: 200px;" \|College~~
−	~~! scope="col" style="width: 100px;" \| NAQT~~
−	~~! scope="col" style="width: 100px;" \| ACF~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| one affiliation~~
−	\|
−	~~\|style="background: lightgreen"\| can play~~
−	~~\|style="background: lightgray" rowspan=4\| not applicable~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| multiple (non-online, non-homeschool) affiliations~~
−	\|
−	~~\|style="background: lightgreen"\| can play for all<sup>†</sup>~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| one non-online, non-homeschool affiliation and one online or homeschool affiliation~~
−	\|
−	~~\|style="background: pink"\| cannot play for more than one~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| multiple online or homeschool affiliations~~
−	\|
−	~~\|style="background: pink"\| cannot play for more than one~~
−	\|-
−	\|
−	~~\| one affiliation~~
−	~~\|style="background: lightgreen"\| can play~~
−	~~\|style="background: lightgreen"\| can play~~
−	\|-
−	\|
−	~~\| multiple affiliations~~
−	~~\|style="background: pink"\| cannot play for more than one~~
−	~~\|style="background: lightgreen"\| can play~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| one affiliation~~
−	~~\| one affiliation~~
−	~~\|style="background: lightgreen"\| can play for all<sup>†</sup>~~
−	~~\|style="background: lightgreen"\| can play for all<sup>††</sup>~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| multiple (non-online, non-homeschool) affiliations~~
−	~~\| one affiliation~~
−	~~\|style="background: lightgreen"\| can play for all<sup>†</sup>~~
−	~~\|style="background: lightgreen"\| can play for all<sup>††</sup>~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| one affiliations~~
−	~~\| multiple affiliations~~
−	~~\|style="background: yellow"\| cannot play for more than one college, but can play for both a college and any number of middle schools/high schools<sup>†</sup>~~
−	~~\|style="background: lightgreen"\| can play for all<sup>††</sup>~~
−	\|-
−	\|}
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−	~~<sup>†</sup>: players must contact NAQT at least 14 days before playing for a second squad~~
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−	<sup>††</sup>: since players that are affiliated with both a secondary and post-secondary education institution are typically not enrolled in the latter, they must ensure that they are eligible under ACF rule 4C

	==Middle school/High school==		==Middle school/High school==

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 ==Middle school/High school==
-As non-college students have not been eligible to play ACF tournaments since 2014, NAQT is the only organization creating eligibility rules that apply to middle school and high school players.
+As non-college students have not been eligible to play ACF tournaments since 2014, NAQT is the primary mainstream quizbowl organization creating eligibility rules that apply to middle school and high school players.
 Students in [[homeschool co-op]]s, [[homeschool families]], or [[online school]]s are eligible if they meet the requirements outlined in section G of NAQT's eligibility rules.

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 | multiple affiliations
-|style="background: yellow"| cannot play for more than one college, but can play as both college and middle school/high school<sup>†</sup>
+|style="background: yellow"| cannot play for more than one college, but can play for both a college and any number of middle schools/high schools<sup>†</sup>
 |style="background: lightgreen"| can play for all<sup>††</sup>
 |-

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 As non-college students have not been eligible to play ACF tournaments since 2014, NAQT is the only organization creating eligibility rules that apply to middle school and high school players.
-Students in [[homeschool co-op]]s, [[homeschool families]], or [[online school]]s are eligible if they meet the requirements outlined in section G of NAQT's eligibility rules. Players can be affiliated
+Students in [[homeschool co-op]]s, [[homeschool families]], or [[online school]]s are eligible if they meet the requirements outlined in section G of NAQT's eligibility rules.
 ==College==

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	Because eligibility is established for an entire competition year, it is common practice for players who are completing thesis work for a graduate degree to finish in the first semester of a given year to ensure they can continue to play for the remainder of the season.		Because eligibility is established for an entire competition year, it is common practice for players who are completing thesis work for a graduate degree to finish in the first semester of a given year to ensure they can continue to play for the remainder of the season.
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