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Standard Acceptance Release

Find Raas All-Stars (RAS) Audition Video (AV) guidelines for teams and competitions, plus details & timelines on the Standard Acceptance Release (SAR) process below.

For any questions, please feel free to contact relations@raasallstars.com.

General

Teams will be responsible for adhering to this timeline. Failure to follow this may result in disqualification of the team or further consequences, as applicable.

Teams may not drop from a lineup after accepting a spot during the SAR. If a team chooses to drop from a lineup after acceptance, they will be required to forfeit all bid competitions. It will be up to the competition’s discretion whether the team will face a monetary penalty for dropping out of the lineup. 

Teams must not communicate directly with competitions during SAR. Teams must contact RAS for any and all competition information until the SAR process is complete, including financial information required for administrative purposes. Violation of this will result in a $100 fine to the team per occurrence.

Competitions may not communicate directly with any teams during any time during SAR. Violation of this will result in consequences up to RAS discretion, and may include loss of bid competition status. Should a team initiate contact with any competition throughout the process of SAR, competitions are mandated to report them to RAS. 

2026 SAR Process Updates

Timeline

ROUND 1

  • November 15th, 2026 11:59 PM CST: RAS will notify all teams via email regarding their acceptances and waitlist positions. Teams have a 48 hour window to respond via the RAS SAR form.

  • November 17th, 2026 11:59 PM CST: Teams must respond via the RAS SAR form by this date regarding acceptances/rejections to their lineup.

ROUND 2

  • November 18th, 2026 11:59 PM CST: RAS will notify all teams via email regarding their acceptances and waitlist positions. Teams have a 48 hour window to respond via the RAS SAR form.

  • November 20th, 2026 11:59 PM CST: Teams must respond via the RAS SAR form by this date regarding acceptances/rejections to their lineup.

ROUND 3

  • November 21st, 2026 11:59 PM CST: RAS will notify all teams via email regarding their acceptances and waitlist positions. Teams have a 24 hour window to respond via the RAS SAR form.

  • November 22nd, 2026 11:59 PM CST: Teams must respond via the RAS SAR form by this date regarding acceptances/rejections to their lineup.

ROUND 4

  • November 23rd, 2026 11:59 PM CST: RAS will notify all teams via email regarding their acceptances and waitlist positions. Teams have a 24 hour window to respond via the RAS SAR form.

  • November 24th, 2026 11:59 PM CST: Teams must respond via the RAS SAR form by this date regarding acceptances/rejections to their lineup.

ROUND 5

  • November 25th, 2026 11:59 PM CST: RAS will notify all teams via email regarding their acceptances and waitlist positions. Teams have a 48 hour window to respond via the RAS SAR form.

  • November 27th, 2026 11:59 PM CST: Teams must respond via the RAS SAR form by this date regarding acceptance/rejections to their lineup.

November 27th, 2026 12:00 AM CST - December 1st, 2026 11:59 PM CST: After fifth wave, RAS will work with remaining waitlist teams to complete remaining competition lineups if necessary. Official lineup MUST be completed by the end of this period.

November 29th, 2026 12:00 AM CST: RAS will release each competition's lineup to them. Communication between competitions and their lineup teams may commence from this time forward.

General

Competitions will be responsible for adhering to this timeline. Failure to follow this may result in flagging of the competition or other consequences.

Teams may not drop from a lineup after accepting a spot during the SAR. If a team chooses to drop from a lineup after acceptance, they will be required to forfeit all bid competitions. It will be up to the competition’s discretion whether the team will face a monetary penalty for dropping out of the lineup. 

Teams must not communicate directly with competitions during SAR. Teams must contact RAS for any and all competition information until the SAR process is complete, including financial information required for administrative purposes. Violation of this will result in a $100 fine to the team per occurrence.

Competitions may not communicate directly with any teams during any time during SAR. Violation of this will result in consequences up to RAS discretion, and may include loss of bid competition status. Should a team initiate contact with any competition throughout the process of SAR, competitions are mandated to report them to RAS. 

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