Regular Season

What

Starting 2020, USAU will be utilizing the 12th Edition rules which were updated to align more towards WFDF. The updated ruleset can be found here.

Notable Changes

1. Changes to Caps:
   • There will now be a halftime cap, soft cap, and hard cap.
2. Timeouts:
   • In the event that your team called a "timeout" but no longer have one available, it is no longer a turnover. Instead, stall will go to the last uttered number + 3. If that sum is greater or equal to 10, then it is a turnover.
3. Time Between Points:
   • Lessened from 90s to 85s
4. Dangerous Play:
   • Physical contact is no longer required to call "Dangerous Play"
5. Travel:
   • If the disc has not been thrown, there will be no stoppage of play. Instead, the player in possession with the disc will need to return to where the travel was called (i.e. take a few steps back). Stall continues during this occurrence.

• In most cases, requirements are as follows but academic exceptions do exist.
  1. Student should be enrolled in a degree-seeking program
  2. Student should be considered at least half-time by your school
  3. Barring YCC, sanctioned leagues, one-offs, etc, the student should be in their 5th year or less since their first post-high school USAU-sanctioned event
     • This is new for the 2019-20 college season
  • If you or your teammate is unsure, please contact the USAU college eligibility committee at coll_elig_comm@usaultimate.org