|rowspan=3|Must be sponsored by a NASPA-sanctioned [[club]]. No more than one event per club, per month.
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|colspan=2|'''One-day tournaments:''' Effective June 1, 2013 through December 31August 12, 2014, no other one-day tournaments 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. The [[Advisory Board]] will review this change at its December 2014 meeting, and determine whether to revoke, retain, or modify it.
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|colspan=2|'''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 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>
In the above, the phrases “50 miles”, “100 miles” and “200 miles” in tournamentdistance calculations shall mean 50 miles, 100 miles and 200 miles, respectively, driving distance from
venue address to venue address, as measured by Google Maps using
the default driving directions. The Tournament Committee may
shown to be in error, and may select an alternative mileage calculation
tool should Google Maps be deemed unreliable.
"Cap on attendees" refers to tournaments that limit the number of players who may enter (e.g., "Entry is restricted to the first 16 players who register"). The actual number of players who enter the tournament is not considered, only restrictions on the number of players who may play, due to the size of the venue or other reasons.
Note: In general, no exceptions will be made to advance notice guidelines. However, in extraordinary cases, the Executive Committee has the right to grant sanction to a tournament that does not meet the guidelines.