The '
World Adult Kickball Association'' (WAKA) is the largest sanctioning body for the recreational sport of adult
kickball
Kickball (also known as soccer baseball in most of Canada and football rounders in the United Kingdom) is a team sport and league game, similar to baseball. As in baseball, one team tries to score by having its players return a ball from home ...
. WAKA was founded in
Washington, D.C.
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, in 1998 and now has leagues in over 35 states, as well as in countries such as
India
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.
The World Adult Kickball Association (WAKA) was named one of America’s fastest growing private companies by Inc. Magazine in September 2010.
WAKA holds seasonal kickball divisions across the nation. Divisional winners are invited to the annual World Kickball Championship called the Founder's Cup in Las Vegas each October.
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Charities are also a staple of the WAKA experience. Each division is encouraged to participate in at least one charitable event each season.
WAKA recently sanctioned a division in Iraq in support of U.S. troops.
WAKA has published official rules for its kickball league. In 2005, WAKA filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against a rival,
DCKickball. In the suit, WAKA claims
intellectual property
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to the official rules of kickball, and seeks $356,000 in compensatory and
punitive damages
Punitive damages, or exemplary damages, are damages assessed in order to punish the defendant for outrageous conduct and/or to reform or deter the defendant and others from engaging in conduct similar to that which formed the basis of the lawsuit. ...
. The lawsuit was settled on April 15, 2008.
WAKA LLC v. DCKICKBALL et al. Document 36 - :: Justia Docs
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Founder's Cup
Every year, this auspicious tournament takes place every year in Las Vegas under the yearly Wakapalooza, the organization's biggest social co-ed League festival. Seventy-two teams take part in a three-day event through pool (round robin) and knockout competitions to determine the national champion of kickball.
References
External links
Official site
Sports in Washington, D.C.
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