Overview
The National Pro Grid League (NPGL) is a professional athletic organization consisting of mixed-gender teams. The teams compete in timed events in the competition space referred to as "the grid". The NPGL refers to the sport itself as GRID and describes it as "strategic team athletics racing".
For each Grid "Match", two opposing teams compete in eleven races progressing across four quadrants of the Grid. Each of the eleven races has a specific format that remains consistent, although the individual athletic tasks performed during each race vary from match to match. The athletic tasks performed incorporate weightlifting, gymnastics and bodyweight maneuvers denominated as "Elements" of each race.
Match Formats
In the inaugural 2014 season, each Grid Match format was named after a prominent mountain, with current formats including Kiliminjaro, McKinley (later revamped slightly and called Denali in 2016), Pikes Peak, Everest and Teton. In the second season, other prominent geographic landmarks were used such as Amazon In the third season the final match is called Timpanagos, named after the most prominent mountain near the Utah Valley where all the 2016 season matches take place.
Rules
In 2014, each roster consisted of ten men and ten women, but only five men and five women per team as starters, three men and three women on the bench as reserves, and two men and two women on the inactive roster. In 2015, the roster size was reduced from 20 to 18. Each team could only have 14 eligible players per match with only four players on the bench to act as substitutes for the ten starters. Once a substituted player took the place of one of the ten starters, the substituted player could not return for that match. In 2016, the team size of 18 remained the same but teams were allowed to have an additional six developmental players signed. The developmental players could not be used in matches during the season. Since the very first season, one starting athlete of each gender from each team must be 40 years of age or older. Each race is four to eight minutes in length.
Television Coverage
The NPGL entered into an agreement with NBC Sports Group to televise the playoffs and championship on NBC Sports Network. The championships finals aired live on NBCSN on and a replay aired on NBC on October 5, 2014. The 2016 season aired on Comcast, beIN Sports, Root Sports, and One World Sports
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