This sport was designed to entertain you

Current team sports were originally designed (a long time ago) to be fun to play and without any thought toward the spectator. Grid League is the first team sport specifically intended to be fun to watch in the modern era.

It is the ultimate race based game requiring intense teamwork, high skill athleticism, and in-depth strategy. It is easy to follow, extremely exciting, and fits with the modern attention span.

Most importantly – it is the world’s first, spectator team sport featuring men and women competing alongside and against one another. This leads to unique, compelling, and dramatic story lines like you have never seen before.

overview

SCORING

ROSTER RULES

HISTORY

THE CAUSE

LEADERSHIP

The key parts of Grid League

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Match

Two teams going head to head in a series of races. Teams accumulate points based on race outcomes. The team with the most points at the end of the match, wins.

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Race

A series of athletic movements called elements to be performed as the head coach decides. These races are consistent in rules and structure from match to match but vary in element based on the match format of the day.

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Match Format

The collection of elements used within the races for a given match. Different match formats create different requirements around player use and strategy that must be planned for by the head coach. The match formats are set prior to the Season.

The GRID

The playing surface features two parallel lanes each with a start line, finish line, four quadrants, and hash marks along the side that are used in some races. There is a central rig between lanes used for bodyweight elements. This layout enables clear visualization of race progress for both competitors and spectators.

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Team

A head coach led group of players featuring an equal number of men and women with diverse body types and athletic backgrounds. Each team contains certain positions including strength specialists, bodyweight specialists, and utility players.

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The Season

A traditional team sport format including city based teams, a regular season, playoff and Championship. The Championship winner earns a large cash prize.

SCORING

Match Scoring

Race winning team = 2 points
Race losing team = 1 point
Team(s) not finishing within race timecap = 0 points
Sprint Relay (final race) winning team = 3 points
Bonus flag – flag thrown by a team making the race worth an extra point
Grid Lock – a bonus race (modified Sprint Relay) used in the event of a tie at the end of regulation. The Grid Lock winner is not awarded any points, but is awarded the match win.

Match Scoring

➤ Race winning team = 2 points

➤ Race losing team = 1 point

➤ Team(s) not finishing within race timecap = 0 points

➤ Sprint Relay (final race) winning team = 3 points

➤ Bonus flag – flag thrown by a team making the race worth an extra point

➤ Grid Lock – a bonus race (modified Sprint Relay) used in the event of a tie at the end of regulation. The Grid Lock winner is not awarded any points, but is awarded the match win.

Season Scoring

Standings are determined by Match record. In the event of a tie, the point differential will be used (points won by – points lost by). Further ties will be broken by race win differentials.

roster rules

Available Player

Player available to be utilized in any given match in a season. This includes any player on a roster that is not a reserve player.

Eligible Player

A player that is designated to participate in a given match by the head coach 6 days prior to a given match.

Active Player

A player that is designated, by the head coach, for a given RACE according to match roster rules.

Reserve Player

Available to play ONE match in the Season. A Reserve player may be elevated to a fully Available player for all matches IF one otherwise Available player is removed from the roster.

Team

May hold up to 9 male and 9 female Available players and 1 male and 1 female Reserve player.

Starting Roster

5 males and 5 females Active at the beginning a match.

Alternate Roster

Up to 3 males and 3 females Eligible to be Active in a match.

Activating an Alternate

Permanently replacing an Active player with an Alternate for the remainder of the match

Wildcard

The only Alternate player that can be Activated without permanently replacing another Active player. The Wildcard replaced Active player can be re-activated after the Wildcard performs. The Wildcard is only Eligible for 2 races per match.

History

The Sport

The sport of GRID (often referred to as Grid League) was invented by Tony Budding in 2013. It has endured some failure through different business models and many different Leagues including the NPGL initially. It has found sustainable footing in the current version represented by the United Grid League at the highest level.

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The United Grid League

The United Grid League started very small as the Florida Grid League in 2017. It has steadily grown year over year and went from 0 to 1.6 million followers across platforms. It has amassed nearly 2 million livestream views in 4 years and gained over 300 thousand views on its most recent Championship match. In 2024 the name changed to represent the National growth of the sport and the League will feature 3 teams outside of Florida in 2025.

Competitive History

The first ever Champion was the Tampa Bay Brigade and the first MVP was Ryan Verdecia in 2017. The most recent Champion (2024) is the Atlanta Wild and MVP is Amanda Fischer. Coming soon is the Grid League hall of fame where we document the competitive history of all awards in more detail.

The Cause

Single gender team sports teach us to divide.

It teaches our kids that because men and women are different, they should be separated.

We feel that is extremely outdated.

True teamwork is valuing differences in teammates to allow them to compliment each other and work together. In Grid League, extreme differences are REQUIRED to be successful.

Is there a better model to set for society? (Especially right now)

Remember this…

UNITY IS UNDEFEATED

leadership

the team

Founded by a brother/sister duo in Ruby George and Mather Wiswall, the League director team is rounded out by Head of Competition Brandon McMillan and Season Director Lynnsey Evans. The full staff is a group of highly accomplished, gritty, and passionate humans that are collectively a powerful force of event operation, media creation, and community development. Join us.