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.
• After the age verification process is completed by Zorts Sports, Hard Count Athletics reserves the right to request original documents be brought to registration for further verification.

*Upload deadline is October 16, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time.
**LATE Upload Deadline Incurs a $10 Fee / Player: October 17, 2025 at 3:00pm PST.

Awards: 5v5 Division winners receive MVP Graffiti Football, championship rings, half bid the HCA’s 2026 National Championship June 7^th & 8^th & a half bid to USA Flags World Championships in January of 2026!

Refund Policy:

Hard Count Athletics has full confidence that our October 19^th 2025 5v5 Tournament in Phoenix 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 by 10/11/2025 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 the fall of 2025 and spring of 2026 (excluding the national championship).

Hard Count Rule Book Simplified

• Only one schedule request per organization will be considered. We do our best to accommodate the one request but occasionally circumstances prvent us from honoring it. We cannot guarantee schedule requests during single elimination bracket play.
• All schedule requests are due by registration closing. Requests submitted after the registration closes will be reviewed, depending on where we are in the scheduling process.
• 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.
• If a girls team chooses to play in the boys division, they will play in the same age division they qualify for.
• 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.
• 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 teams 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.