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City
Local Commissioner
Where the season starts. Weekly and monthly brackets in one city, run by the city commissioner.
Field Every licensed athlete in the city
League · Commissioners
Run Clutch 21 where you live
Clutch 21 is going worldwide, and we are looking for commissioners in every city, state or region, country and continent to build it.
Worldwide
We are looking for commissioners
on five continents
Clutch 21 is opening up. The league that started with one bracket is becoming a worldwide competition played at four levels — and every level needs somebody on the ground who knows the courts, the players and the city.
That is the job. Not a badge: a territory, and the authority to build the game in it.
The structure
Four levels, two divisions
Every tournament sits at one of four levels, and runs separately for Pro and Am. A commissioner is responsible for their level and the tournaments in it.
Reach the semi-finals of a level and you qualify for the level above. Four athletes go up from every bracket — the two finalists and the two they beat to get there.
Every athlete who competes is ranked at five levels at once — their city, their state or region, their country, their continent, and the World Ranking. One confirmed result moves all five. Your territory is one of those five, and the results you confirm are what move it.
Above the continental championships sits the World Championship, where the Am pathway ends. That one is run by the league — nobody is appointed to run the world.
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State / Region
State / Region Commissioner
The best of a state or region meet. Not every country has this tier — where there is no state or regional subdivision, city semi-finalists go straight to the country stage.
Field City semi-finalists
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Country
National Commissioner
A national championship. One champion per division, per country.
Field State / Region semi-finalists
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Continent
President of Clutch 21
Five continental championships: America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
Field Country semi-finalists
Most territories are open. Applications are being read now.
The role
What a commissioner actually does
Put on events
You schedule and run the tournaments in your territory — find the court, set the date, open registration, run the bracket on the day.
Keep the results honest
You confirm scores, settle disputes and verify that athletes are who and what they say they are. Rankings are only worth something if somebody is standing behind them.
Grow the field
You bring players in, keep the licensed ones active, and send your semi-finalists up to the next level. A territory is judged on how alive it is.
Uphold the Ethic Code
The behaviour standard is the same everywhere. You apply it locally, and you have the authority to.
Hold the calendar
Your events feed the level above. City semi-finalists go to the state or region, that to the country, the country to the continent — and dates have to line up.
Represent the league
Venues, local press, schools and clubs. In your territory, you are Clutch 21.
Who we want
The people this works for
You do not need to have run a league before. You need to know the game, know your city, and be the kind of person who actually makes the thing happen.
- Rooted
- You live thereYou know the courts and the players already
- Organised
- Events start on timeA bracket is logistics before it is basketball
- Straight
- Results you can trustYou will be asked to make unpopular calls
- Committed
- A full seasonTerritories are appointed season by season
Apply
Tell us where you want to run
Pick the level and the territory. If somebody already holds it, we will tell you and talk about what else is open nearby.