USFS eligibility rules?

[jjane45]

I am filling out USFS membership registration forms and the last line is eligibility status: eligible, ineligible, or restricted. (see eligibility rules)

After 10 minutes of digging on Google I am still clueless where a recreational adult skater belongs... Dear USFS, why hide this away from a prospective client?

Can someone please point me to the right link? Thank you!

[sarahspins]

Unless you've taken money to skate in a non-sanctioned show or performance then you are still eligible... ineligible and restricted I'm pretty sure apply to if you've broken the "rules" somehow.

[FigureSpins]

Eligibility status is a remnant of the US' former "amateur athlete" rules.  In essence, if you were paid to skate, even as a coach, you were either "restricted" or "ineligible."  (Restricted usually means the skater participated in sanctioned activities for compensation.  Ineligible means the paid activities were not sanctioned.)  The USFSA and ISU has loosened up tremendously and allow reinstatement so people like Sasha Cohen can return to competition.  (Plushenko fell into the "ineligible" category two years ago.  He performed in an unsanctioned show and lost his eligibility status.  He was reinstated last year.)

It's in the rulebook, but it is confusing because the rules are split into bits and pieces.
http://www.usfsa.org/Content/201112Rulebook.pdf

Long story short (too late), you would fill in "eligible" on the form.

[jjane45]

Thank you to you both!! <3