Apply to be a Recognized Sports Organization

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The requirements for an RSO are:

  • Organization primarily serving youth, having over 50% members under 18 years old.
  • Organization must accept individual registration and assign registrants to teams via a draft or random process to ensure equal opportunity.
  • Organization must be a non-profit.
  • Organization must have over 65% of participant rosters reside within the town limits of Oro Valley.
  • Organization must have over 65% of board members reside within the town limits of Oro Valley.

If your organization meets these requirements, please apply. RSOs will then be subject to field use prioritization. Which will use the following scoring system to rank priority:

1. Historical Presence in Oro Valley – RSO must have an established record that can be proven to show duration of time in the community.

  • This must be shown via tax/NPO documents
    • Each year shown = 1 point

2. Town of Oro Valley Resident Participation – Verified roster must consist of min. 65% Oro Valley residents that have been certified by RSO.

  • Full list of registrants must be provided via spreadsheet to TOV. If upon auditing information is fraudulent the organization will lose its RSO status for a period of 12 months.
    • Each % over 65% = 1 point

3. Number of Participants – Total number of athletes served.

  • 1-100 = 1 point
  • 101-500 = 5 points
  • 501-999 = 10 points
  • 1000+ = 15 points

RSO’s with the highest score will receive the first option to request and reserve fields. Field allocations will be determined by total participants in each sport and correlate to the total field allocation percentage. For example:

  • Regarding rectangular fields – Soccer has 50 participants, lacrosse has 25, football has 25.
    • 50% of rectangular fields would go to soccer and 25% to each lacrosse and football.
  • Regarding diamond fields – Baseball has 60 participants and softball has 40.
    • 60% of diamonds go to baseball and 40% go to softball.

Organizations will then be prioritized within each sport. If an organization does not need all the fields they are allocated, the fields will be offered to the next organization in priority for that sport. They will then go to the next sport in prioritization and continue down the line of prioritization.

 

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