Team Cup — Captain-Driven Tournaments with Combine, Buffer Review & Captain-Pays Bundles
A new tournament format combining a DUPR-screened combine with invite-only Pro Team-Captain divisions and standard amateur divisions. Captains form rosters, share invite links with teammates, and pay for everyone in one Stripe charge. Built for the Washington Cup (Jun 26, 2026). This update is designed for tournament organizers and players who want a better tournament play experience — less manual work, more control, and a smoother workflow.
What's Included
Three division kinds in one tournament — Combine, Pro Team-Captain (invite-only), and standard amateur
Captain-pays bundle — one Stripe Connect PaymentIntent for N teammates with reverse_transfer + refund_application_fee:false on per-line refunds
Click-through legal acknowledgment — pre-beta legal review required; teammates ack non-refundability of platform fees + captain-card refund flow before chat access
Atomic round publish — org draws bracket privately; click publish locks lineups + materializes per-seed pairings + fans out push, all in one transaction
Pre-publish privacy invariant — pairings hidden until publish on every API endpoint (closed two parallel-controller leaks during hardening)
Buffer-flag review queue — combined-DUPR over cap+buffer triggers org review (approve / reject-with-refund / allow-reform)
Find-a-team discovery — players browse public-join teams whose MLP rules they fit
Lineup deadline reminders — hourly Sidekiq job pushes captains who haven't submitted, with per-team dedup
Hardened end-to-end — 5 audit pushes, 25 rounds, 42 production bugs found and fixed before launch
Team Cup — Captain-Driven Tournaments with Combine, Buffer Review & Captain-Pays Bundles brings 9 improvements to tournament play — streamlining what used to be a manual process into something that just works.
Why This Matters
Team Cup — Captain-Driven Tournaments with Combine, Buffer Review & Captain-Pays Bundles addresses a real need for tournament organizers and players. A new tournament format combining a DUPR-screened combine with invite-only Pro Team-Captain divisions and standard amateur divisions. Captains form rosters, share invite links with teammates, and pay for everyone in one Stripe charge. Built for the Washington Cup (Jun 26, 2026). By building this directly into the platform, tournament organizers and players save time and get a more reliable experience — no workarounds, no third-party tools, no spreadsheets.
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