This season all MLQ managers, assistant managers, head coaches and assistant coaches will be required to complete Athlete Ally’s Champions of Inclusion, the first free, comprehensive online curriculum for coaches on LGBTQ+ respect and inclusion within athletics. Designed to educate coaches, athletic directors, trainers and captains at the collegiate, club and K-12 level across the
At the end of the 2018 MLQ season, only three MLQ franchises had a Head Coach or Assistant Coach on staff that did not identify as a man/male despite 31% of the population of the league being made up of women/female and gender non-conforming, transgender or genderqueer individuals. In the fall of 2018, MLQ Human
From a strong field of bid candidates, two cities were selected in December as finalists to host the 2019 MLQ Championship. Since that announcement, the MLQ team spent all of January following up with the cities, conducting site visits and evaluating the experience each bid could bring to the league and its players. After completing
Here at Major League Quidditch, we are very pleased with the results of the 2018 season. We took new steps in the arenas of digital media, gameplay and event planning, all while maintaining the competitive heights that we consider a staple of our league. The top-to-bottom parity of MLQ reached new heights, and our finals
Throughout Major League Quidditch’s existence, there has been a clear and steady trend of experienced referees fading from the quidditch community. While this trend cannot be avoided, a new generation of young referees has not emerged fast enough to fill the gap left behind and, as a result, finding experienced, enthusiastic officials for quidditch matches