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|rowspan=34|Frequency/ geographic Geographic restrictions|colspan=23|'''Multiday tournaments:''' no other multiday event occurring within two weekends and 200 miles of your proposed tournament; no other one-day event on the same day as one of your tournament days.|rowspan=3|Must be sponsored by a NASPA-sanctioned [[club]]. No more than one event per club, per month.
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|colspan=23|'''One-day tournaments:''' Effective August 12, 2014, no other one-day tournament within 100 miles on the same day as your event (reduced to 50 miles if the other tournament has a cap on attendees of 30 players or less); no other multi-day within 200 miles. Consecutive one-day tournaments with no cap on attendees will be treated as multi-day tournaments for the purpose of this policy.
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|colspan=23|'''Scope''': Effective September 23, 2019, the geographic restrictions apply to all tournament types, including Local Club Tournaments.|-|colspan=3|'''Exceptions''':<ul><li>If the organizers of conflicting tournaments mutually agree, NASPA will sanction both.</li><li>The [[Executive Committee]] has determined that the [[Can-Am SCRABBLE Challenge]] does not conflict with other events, due to its structure. Therefore, Can-Am can be scheduled at the convenience of the organizers, without regard to proximity to other events.</li><li>Two events which that do not share a [[ratings|rating system]] (e.g., an all-[[TWL]] event and an all-[[CSW]] event) are deemed not to conflict with each other.</li></ul>|-| Frequency restrictions|colspan=2|None|Must be sponsored by a NASPA-sanctioned [[club]]. No more than one event per club, per month.
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