We will be using the APPA to track players and rosters of teams. All rosters with APPA numbers for players will be required when signing up your team. All APPA info and team guidelines for classification will be posted soon. As soon as we work the bugs out of it. But this should work for now.

IMPORTANT CLASSIFICATION NOTE:
Paintball seasons run from January 1st to December 31st of each year. Rookie players cannot have played in more than two 5-player (or greater) tournaments prior to this season (before January 1st of the current year). Rookie, Novice and Amateur players cannot stay at or move back to a lower division by not playing for one or more seasons (example: play 97, play 98, skip 99, then try to stay a Novice player for the 00 season). Pro players may move back to a lower division by not playing as a Pro for 12 consecutive months. With the exception of Pro level, you may play at higher levels without losing your status. Example: A Rookie could play on Novice and/or Amateur teams during a season without losing his/her Rookie classification. But as soon as he/she plays on a Pro team, his/her classification changes to Pro for a minimum of 12 months.

PLAYER CLASSIFICATION - Professional

A player will be considered PROFESSIONAL if they meet any of the following criteria:
a) If the player has been rostered on an NXL team roster in the past 24 months, or
b) If the player has been rostered on a PSP Professional team roster in the past 24 months, or
c) If the player has been rostered on a PSP Open team roster in the past 24 months, or
d) If the player has been rostered on an NPPL Professional team rosterin the past 24 months, or
e) If the player has been rostered on an NPPL Semi-Pro team roster in the past 24 months.

A player will be considered PROFESSIONAL if they are currently rostered on any of the following types of teams:
a) NXL Franchises
b) PSP Professional
c) PSP Open
d) NPPL Professional
e) NPPL Semi-Pro

PLAYER CLASSIFICATION - Amateur

A player will be considered AMATEUR if they meet any of the following criteria:
a) If the player has been rostered on a PSP Division 1 (one) X-Ball team in the past 12 months, or
b) If the player has been rostered on a PSP Division 2 (two) X-Ball team in the past 12 months, or
c) If the player has been rostered on a NPPL Division 1 (one) team in the past 12 months, or
d) If the player has been rostered on a NPPL Division 2 (two) team in the past 12 months, or
e) If the player who has been recognized by the PSP or NPPL as a D1 or D2 player in the past
12 months, or

Definition of AMATER - a player with more than three seasons of tournament experience, who has not played as a Pro during the previous 12 months. In addition, any player that had played Novice/Division 2 or higher at a National Tournament is considered amateur.

Player Classification - Novice

A player will be considered NOVICE if they meet any of the following criteria:
a) If the player has been rostered on a PSP Division 3 X-Ball team in the past 12 months, or
b) If the player has been rostered on a NPPL Division 3 team in the past 12 months, or
c) If the player has been recognized by PSP or NPPL as a Division 3 player, or
d) If the player has been rostered on a local Amateur team in the past 24 months.

Definition of NOVICE - a player with less than three seasons of tournament experience, who has not played as a Pro during the previous 12 months. In addition, any player that had played Rookie/Division 3 at a National Tournament is considered novice.

Player Classification - Rookie

A player will be considered ROOKIE if they meet any of the following criteria:
a) If the player has not been rostered on a PSP Divisional X-Ball roster, or
b) If the player has not been rostered on an NPPL Divisional 7-Man roster, or

Definition of ROOKIE - a player with less than one season of tournament experience, who has not played as a Pro or Amateur during the previous 12 months.

The NLPL reserves the right to review and correct the playing status of any player and or team at any time.

Any team found playing with an illegal roster will forfeit all points and be ejected from the event with no refund. Players from that team will also be banned from playing at any other NLPL event for the remainder of the season.

To read the rest of the NLPL rules, please visit our rules page.