The Corporate Challenge is open to any company in the metroplex. Since the goal of the Richardson Corporate Challenge is to foster company pride and team spirit, participation is for regular company employees, retirees, contractors and spouses. To be eligible to participate, individuals must be at least 18 years of age, and one of the following:.
Employee must be employed by the company before the Opening Ceremony and continue employment up to the dates of any events in which they participate. Employees must receive the minimum level of employee benefits in accordance with the employee policies of their respective company. College interns do not qualify as regular employees. Retired Employee where a retiree is defined as a former employee receiving retirement benefits from the company, or an individual over the age of 60 who spent at least 15 years with the company.
In this case, a copy of a benefit statement or letter from the human resources department may be used as company ID, along with an acceptable form of photo ID. The intent is to extend the participation privilege to those people who work side-by-side with regular employees for an extended period of time.
Participation privileges also do not extend to outside third-party companies who contract as a whole with the participating company and whose employees regularly work at the offices of the outside company.
If there is uncertanty of the eligibility requirements it is the responsiblity of the Company Coordinator to communicate with the Games Office to confirm eligbility status 24 hours prior to the first day of the event. The Richardson Corporate Challenge is an amateur event. Any player who has participated as a professional in a sport shall be ineligible to participate for three calendar years after their last day as a member of a professional team in that sport, or a similar sport.
