2009 Men's Club Participation Contracts Now Due

BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- Participation contracts for the 2009 men's season are now due to the league office. Teams which wish to participate in the 2009 men's season must submit a participation contract.

The CWPA requires all collegiate club teams to complete a Participation Agreement prior to every season. The agreement outlines their obligation to compete in all of their scheduled games in their entirety, avoiding no-contests. No-contests occur when a team fails to show for its scheduled game, causing the following problems:

* Teams pay for lodging when they could have driven the next day
* Teams fail to receive the number of games they originally expected
* Schedules change at the last minute, causing confusion among teams
* Schedule changes make the program inaccurate, wasting money
* Hosts pay pool rental fees for unused time
* Officials are paid for games not played

The contract submission form is available here.

The following schools have submitted their information as of Monday, May 25:

Richmond
Indiana
Michigan
Michigan state
UCF
Ball State
Dayton
UIC
Notre Dame
Ohio
Iowa State
Nebraska
Grinnell
Macalester
Monmouth
St. John's (MN)
LaSalle
Millersville
Bloomsburg
Carnegie Mellon
Lindenwood
Saint Louis
Boston College
Middlebury
Williams
Hamilton
RPI
Colgate
Cornell
Syracuse
Bates
Colby
Tufts
USCG
Vermont
Oregon
Western washington
washington state
Cal State Maritime
Cal State Chico
Cal Poly
Irvine
UCLA
San Diego State
Colorado
Vanderbilt
Arizona
Houston
TAMU
Texas Tech