DIVISIONS:

Boys: 6U, 7U, 8U, 9U, 10U, 11U, 12U, 13U, 14U

Girls: 8U, 10U, 12U, 14U, 18U

ROSTERS/WAIVERS:

• 12 Player Roster Max & 2 Coaches Max Per Team

• All rosters must be uploaded into the Zorts system. Zorts Player Cards are required for each player on the roster. A player card will require a head shot of the player from the shoulders up, without a helmet on, and either a birth certificate, passport or other state ID showing birth date. Parental waivers must be signed by the player’s parent or legal guardian.

  *Upload deadline is Thursday, June 4^th 11:59pm Pacific Time.

  *Late upload deadline is Friday, June 5^th at 3:00pm Pacific Time. A $25 late upload fee will be applied at that time.

  *There will be a $75 charge for any roster updates and/or changes that need to be done onsite at check-in.

5v5 Division winners receive Clutch Player Graffiti Football, Championship MVP Belt, Championship Rings!

Half Bids: We do not allow stacking bids. If a team wins two tournaments, they can only use 1 bid to register for hard Count Nationals. They may pass the second bid they won to a different team/age division within the same organization. They may Not give their half bid to a different team in a different organization.

Refund Policy:

Hard Count Athletics has full confidence that our June 6^th & 7^th 2026 5v5 Tournament in San Diego will happen. We have a no refund policy once you pay the deposit or the full registration fee. In the unusual circumstance where your team is unable to play due to injuries, illness etc., we are happy to provide a credit to a future Hard Count Athletics 5v5 Tournament in 2025, as long as we receive written notification 5/30/2026 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. In the unforeseeable scenario that we are impacted by COVID-19 or other virus-related events, including but not limited to, a mandatory quarantine and/or shut-down of “non-essential” businesses, we will be offering a credit to a future Hard Count Athletics Tournament in 2026.

• All schedule requests will be considered but not guaranteed. Requests submitted after registration closing, will not be considered.

• To be eligible to play in bracket play, a player must be rostered with the team and play in at least one pool play game.
• A player cannot be rostered on two different teams within the same division.
  • If a player is found to be rostered on two different teams in the same division and does in-fact play in games on two different teams, that player will default to the team he/she played with first and the second team will forfeit the game that the double rostered player played in.
• Hard Count reserves the right to combine divisions if three (3) or less teams are signed up in a division.
• Although unlikely, the date, time and location are subject to change due to circumstances beyond our control.
• A team at any time can request a roster check. Should they lose the roster check, then they forfeit any remaining timeouts for that game.
  • Should they win the roster check and an illegal player or a player who is not on that team’s roster is found to be playing in that game, then the team with the illegal player forfeits that game and the remaining games of the tournament.
• To protect fair play and safety, girls divisions are limited to biologically female athletes.
• Hard Count has a zero-tolerance policy regarding violence/fighting and vulgar language. Hard Count reserves the right to immediately remove individuals and/or teams from the tournament. After careful consideration, Hard Count reserves the right to suspend or ban individual players, individual coaches, teams and organizations from participating in future Hard Count tournaments. Decisions will be final and not subject to appeal.