To be invited to the MRDA Championships, a team must hold Active Status (1) and be in Good Standing (2) with the MRDA. The top ranked teams for each bracket will be invited to the Championships until the tournament bracket is completed.. Ranking will be determined 6 weeks before the Championships (3). In the event a team is unable to attend the Championships the next highest ranked team will be invited.
Date of Championships: 2nd or 3rd weekend of October
Active Status
To be an active MRDA member league, a charter team must, at minimum, play 3 MRDA Sanctioned games, against at least 2 unique opponents, within the previous 12 months of each Rankings period closing. Rankings Periods close the first Wednesdays of March, June, September, and December. This measure must be met every Rankings Period to remain active and ranked. Postseason Eligible: Teams looking to be eligible for the post season must hit a 5 game minimum within the previous 12 months in both the June AND September Ranking periods of that year to qualify/maintain their invite.
Example:
- March 2020 Rankings Period (6 March 2019- 4 March 2020)
- Team A has 2 sanctioned games played in that time frame. They are not eligible to be ranked and are marked as out of Compliance for their games.
- Team B has 3 sanctioned games in that time frame. They are eligible to be ranked and are in Compliance for games.
- June 2020 Rankings Period (5 June 2019 – 3 June 2020)
- Team A now has 5 sanctioned games played in that time frame. They are eligible to be ranked, qualify for the postseason, and are in Compliance for their games.
- Team B has 4 sanctioned games in that time frame. They are eligible to be ranked and are in Compliance for games, they are not eligible for a postseason invite.
Game Decay
Qualifier games will expire after nine (9) months, Championship games will expire after six (6) months.
Distance Clause
MRDA Member Leagues who have three (3) or fewer active MRDA Member Leagues located within one thousand (1,000) miles or fifteen hundred (1,500) kilometers are exempt from meeting a Postseason five game minimum and will be eligible at 3 games/2 unique opponents.
Good Standing
- To be in Good Standing with MRDA a team must be Active as specified in the Bylaws Article V: Member Organizations
Ranking Procedure
Rankings will be determined by a Rankings Panel under the Games Committee consisting of five voting members, including one Panel Head and four members who are active within the MRDA, each from a different member league. Panel members will serve for two years in this capacity.
Panel members are nominated and seconded by league representatives over a period of 7 days. During this time, members can express their interest in being on the panel. If more than 5 members are nominated and accept the nomination, a vote by the voting representative will determine the 5 members of the panel. The Panel Head will be chosen from the 5 members by the Board of Directors.
The Rankings Panel will present the suggested rankings to the MRDA League Representatives fourteen days prior to each rankings deadline, followed by a 7 day window in which League Representatives may lodge formal objections by means of a conference call with the Rankings Panel members and league representatives. If a decision can not be made during the conference call the original rankings will be used going forward. After the seven day objection window the suggested rankings will then go up for vote to the voting representatives under quorum rules.
Ranking Deadline Dates
- First Wednesday of March: Beginning of Season
- First Wednesday of June: Playoffs and Championships Invites
- First Wednesday of September: Championships Seeding
- First Wednesday of December: End of Season
Approved by Member Vote: 2012-02-29
Amended by Member Vote(s): 2013-04-01; 2014-02-18; 2017-02-13; 2017-11-22; 2018-12-23; 2019-07-20;
2020-05-20