NQ - NAGAAA Player Rating Questions
iPride Softball/NAGAAA (North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance), of which WESA is a proud member, uses a set of 28 skill-based questions to determine eligibility to play in one of their five divisions (A through E) at GSWS (Gay Softball World Series) annually and throughout the year in city tournaments around North America.
NAGAAA refers to these questions as one's "Player Rating".
WESA refers to these questions as "NAGAAA Questions" or “NQs”.
"... NQs offer only a partial glimpse into the most readily quantifiable individual skills and do not offer a complete means of measuring the value one player brings to a team compared to another."
While WESA's focus will continue to be on player experience and not player rating, as a NAGAAA member organization, WESA is required to assess an NQ for all members regardless of whether or not they participate in NAGAAA-sanctioned events. WESA may also use a player's NQ to restrict eligibility to play in certain tiers in local league play.
Starting in August 2024, NQ results are available to all WESA members. We caution, however, that the NQs offer only a partial glimpse into the most readily quantifiable individual skills and do not offer a complete means of measuring the value one player brings to a team compared to another. Total NQ is not designed to, and should not be used to, directly compare players to one another.
WESA members NQ is assessed annually by the WESA NQ Committee.
Note that in 2024 the committee did not reassess all returning players. Instead, the committee focused on players going to GSWS, new players who did not have a rating, and those returning players that were flagged for the committee as needing a reassessment. The vast majority of assessments have not changed between 2023 and 2024.
WESA has an appeals process for members who disagree with their NQ assessment. WESA members will be emailed details on appeal procedures and deadlines in August 2024.
For more information on NQs, the assessment process, or WESA's NQ policies please contact Commission (at) WESA.net.
To view the NAGAAA Questions (NQ) Ratings Guidelines click here (it should go to pages 18-21).
Note: iPride Softball and NAGAAA are the same organization.
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