CANCEL / REFUND POLICY
Elite Athletics, Inc. d/b/a Team Elite Baseball (Hereinafter “Team Elite”) is committed to providing our players with the unparalleled opportunity to enhance and develop their knowledge and skills in order to meet their individual baseball developmental goals. Team Elite recognizes that obtaining quality training, coaching, and play time can all be key components to support our players’ athletic careers. We also realize that at times, injuries may also play a role in a players path of reaching their goals. Therefore, we have our cancellation/refund policy posted below for your review. Please read the applicable policy below for the player cancellation policy outlining the eligibility and other requirements for a player and his/her parents.
In the event of an unfortunate season ending injury, please review the below reimbursement policy in its entirety before submitting the reimbursement form. If you will be submitting a request for reimbursement, please click on the link below to complete the form in its entirety and submit.
This policy provides the requirements and process to potentially obtain a reimbursement for a portion of the player registration fees, as defined below, that are payed to Team Elite for a player’s participation in the Team Elite Program in the event of a season ending injury. Any approval of any reimbursement will be governed by and subject to this policy.
TEAM PLAYER CANCELLATION
DEFINITIONS
Administrative Fee: The fee charged to each player to offset the administrative costs and expenses incurred by Team Elite in the operation and management of their program.
Player Registration Fee: The fee charged to each player to obtain a spot on a Team Elite team and participate in the Team Elite program. Except as provided herein the player registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Length of Season: The season begins on the first day of practice and ends at the conclusion of the last scheduled regular season game or tournament.
Season Ending Injury: An injury will be considered “season ending” when a licensed physician determines that due to an injury a player cannot participate in the remainder of the on-going season and/or the up-coming season. The physician’s determination of a season ending injury must be in writing and addressed directly to Team Elite or otherwise subject to verification.
POLICY
Player registration fee reimbursement is only offered in accordance with the rules and conditions outlined in this policy. Team Elite reserves the right to update, modify or terminate this program at any time without binding itself to or fulfilling any specific course of action from past or future commitments. The most recent version of this policy may be found at www.teamelitebaseball.org. Team Elite maintains authority and discretion to make decisions on circumstances not expressly covered in or by this policy.
Team Elite shall not be obligated to approve any request for a player registration fee reimbursement based upon any other reimbursement decisions made for the benefit of the same or different players. Each request for player registration fee reimbursement shall be evaluated for eligibility based upon the current facts and circumstances. Team Elite shall have sole and final authority to make all decisions regarding the approval or denial of any player fee reimbursement request.
ELIGIBILITY
All requests for player registration fee reimbursement must satisfy BOTH of the following conditions:
- The player has suffered a season ending injury; AND
- The player is current on the payment of all player registration fees and administrative fees.
PROCEDURE TO SUBMIT REQUEST
To submit a request for player registration fee reimbursement the player’s parent should fill out Team Elite’s “Reimbursement Request for Season Ending Injury” form, this document can be found on the Team Elite’s website. The completed form should be submitted toInjury Reimbursement Request
In order to complete the form, the injured player must be evaluated by a licensed physician. The licensed physician must determine the player’s injury will prevent the player from participating in the remainder of the on- going season or prevent participation in the up-coming season. The licensed physician’s determination of a season ending injury shall be attached to the completed Reimbursement Request for Season Ending Injury form.
PRO- RATA REIMBURSEMENTS
The length of each season is divided into four (4) quarters for the purposes of calculating the potential amount of each player registration fee reimbursement.
Eligible player registration fee reimbursements will be made on a pro-rata basis based upon the quarters remaining in the current Team Elite season from the date of the season ending injury. Reimbursements shall be calculated as follows:
- If a season ending injury occurs before the first quarter of the season, the player may be eligible for a refund of up to one-hundred percent (100%) of the player registration fee.
- If a season ending injury occurs in the first quarter of the season, the player may be eligible for a refund of up to seventy-five percent (75%) of the player registration fee.
- If a season ending injury occurs in the second quarter of the season, the player may be eligible for a refund of up to fifty percent (50%) of the player registration fee.
- If a season ending injury occurs in the third quarter of the season, the player may be eligible for a refund of up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the player registration fee.
- Injuries which occur in the fourth quarter of the season are not eligible for any refund.
- Players shall not be eligible for refund of any amount of the Administrative fee.
- INELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT:
- EXCLUSIONS FROM THE REIMBURSEMENT POLICY:
- CAMP/CLINIC CANCELLATION
- DEFINITIONS
- Administrative Fee: The fee charged to each player to offset the administrative costs and expenses incurred by Elite Athletics, Inc in the operation and management of their program.
- Player Registration Fee: The fee charged to each player to obtain a spot for a camp or clinic. Except as provided herein the player registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferable.
- Length of Season: The season begins on the first day of practice and ends at the conclusion of the last scheduled regular season game or tournament.
- Season Ending Injury: An injury will be considered “season ending” when a licensed physician determines that due to an injury a player cannot participate in the remainder of the on-going season and/or the up-coming season. The physician’s determination of a season ending injury must be in writing and addressed directly to Elite Athletics or otherwise subject to verification.
INELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT
Player registrations fees will not be reimbursed by Team Elite for any of the following reasons:
- Players’ Voluntary Cancelation. If a player voluntarily cancels or withdraws from participation with Team Elite for any reason are not eligible for a refund or credit.
- Voluntary cancelations would include cancelations unrelated to a season ending injury and may include all personal reasons such as moving, or other family events which may prevent the player from participating.
- Dismissed Players. A player who is dismissed or removed from his/her Team Elite team by the team’s head coach for disciplinary reasons will not be eligible for a refund of any player registration fees. All players may be subject to disciplinary action, including but not limited to dismissal, by the team head coach for any behavior which affects the player’s ability to fully participate on the team or behavior which is detrimental or dangerous to the other players on the team. After a head coach has made a decision to dismiss or remove a player, such player is not eligible for any refund.
EXCLUSIONS FROM THE REIMBURSEMENT POLICY
This Reimbursement Policy will not extend to reimbursement of player registration fees resulting in whole or in part from, or contributed to by, or as a natural or probable consequence of, any of the following:
- Suspension of the Player for all or part of a season for disciplinary reasons
- No refunds will be made to any players who are suspended from their team for all or part of the season as a result of disciplinary action by the head coach.
- War or any act of war, declared or undeclared.
- A Player’s inability to participate due to loss or injury caused by the player’s consumption of alcohol or any non-prescribed medication.
- Player’s decision to quit participation with Team Elite for any reason.
- A player’s removal/reassignment from a team based on lack of effort in competition
- A player’s temporary inability to participate due to vacation, family emergency, illness, non-season ending injury, or other reason.
- All late fees are non-refundable
CAMP/CLINIC CANCELLATION
DEFINITIONS
Administrative Fee: The fee charged to each player to offset the administrative costs and expenses incurred by Elite Athletics, Inc in the operation and management of their program.
Player Registration Fee: The fee charged to each player to obtain a spot for a camp or clinic. Except as provided herein the player registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Length of Season: The season begins on the first day of practice and ends at the conclusion of the last scheduled regular season game or tournament.
Season Ending Injury: An injury will be considered “season ending” when a licensed physician determines that due to an injury a player cannot participate in the remainder of the on-going season and/or the up-coming season. The physician’s determination of a season ending injury must be in writing and addressed directly to Elite Athletics or otherwise subject to verification.
POLICY
Player registration fee reimbursement is only offered in accordance with the rules and conditions outlined in this policy. Elite Athletics, Inc reserves the right to update, modify or terminate this program at any time without binding itself to or fulfilling any specific course of action from past or future commitments. Elite Athletics, Inc maintains authority and discretion to make decisions on circumstances not expressly covered in or by this policy.
Elite Athletics, Inc shall not be obligated to approve any request for a player registration fee reimbursement based upon any other reimbursement decisions made for the benefit of the same or different players. Each request for player registration fee reimbursement shall be evaluated for eligibility based upon the current facts and circumstances. Elite Athletics, Inc shall have sole and final authority to make all decisions regarding the approval or denial of any player fee reimbursement request.
Elite Athletics, Inc. may amend these rules and guidelines from time to time. Any such amendments will be reflected on this web site, and Elite Athletics, Inc. participants are encouraged to review this web page from time to time in order to become familiar with the most current version of these rules and/or policies.
ELIGIBILITY
Below is the player credit/refund/cancellation policy for camps/clinics operated by Elite Athletics, Inc.
All requests for player registration fee reimbursement must first satisfy BOTH of the following conditions:
- The player has suffered a season ending injury; AND
- The player is current on the payment of all player registration fees and administrative fees.
In addition, below provides further specific information regarding the cancellation policy:
- For player cancellation in excess of 30 days from the start of a season or event (including injuries, weather related occurrences, personal emergencies, schedule changes, and travel delays), any payments made prior to the event are transferable without penalty to a future Elite Athletics, Inc., camp or clinic, as long as the event is within the same calendar year.
- For all cancellations that occur within 30 days from the start of the season or event, any payments made prior to the date of cancellation will be forfeited and may not be transferred to another event, or refunded.
- No refunds, whatsoever, will be issued to a player who chooses not to participate at any point after said season has commenced or said event has occurred. This includes an inability to participate due to injury, absences, dismissals, suspensions or withdrawals before the end of the event or season. Personal reasons such as travel, conflicting schedules, or lack of commitment are not cause for a refund.
- No commissioner, manager, coach, parent or player, will be allowed any refund, whatsoever, for any portion of monies raised and deposited into the Elite Athletics, Inc. Travel Baseball Account.
- DISMISSAL OF A PLAYER. Elite Athletics, Inc. reserves the right to dismiss any player whose behavior affects his/her ability to participate or is detrimental to the other players. No refunds, partial or full, will be made for players who are dismissed or suspended.
- CANCELLATION. Where health and safety are at issue, at the discretion of the Elite Athletics, Inc., programs and activities may be cancelled or postponed at any time due to inclement weather or other unanticipated circumstances of a serious matter as they arise with no refund provided.
PROCEDURE TO SUBMIT REQUEST
In the event of an unfortunate injury, please review the reimbursement policy in its entirety before submitting the reimbursement form. If you will be submitting a request for reimbursement, please click on the link below to complete the form in its entirety and submit. The injured player must be evaluated by a licensed physician. The licensed physician must determine the player’s injury will prevent the player from participating in the remainder of the on- going season or prevent participation in the up-coming season. The licensed physician’s determination of a season ending injury shall be attached to the completed Reimbursement Request for Season Ending Injury form.