diff --git a/core/src/main/java/dev/pgm/community/requests/RequestConfig.java b/core/src/main/java/dev/pgm/community/requests/RequestConfig.java
index 0bc9038..1ce96a9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/dev/pgm/community/requests/RequestConfig.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/dev/pgm/community/requests/RequestConfig.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public class RequestConfig extends FeatureConfigImpl {
   private static final String MAX_TOKENS = SPONSORS + ".max-tokens";
   private static final String REFUND = SPONSORS + ".refund";
   private static final String MAP_COOLDOWN_MULTIPLY = SPONSORS + ".map-cooldown";
+  private static final String USE_PGM_COOLDOWNS = SPONSORS + ".use-pgm-cooldowns";
   private static final String SCALE_FACTOR = SPONSORS + ".scale-factor";
   private static final String LOWER_LIMIT_OFFSET = SPONSORS + ".lower-limit-offset";
   private static final String UPPER_LIMIT_OFFSET = SPONSORS + ".upper-limit-offset";
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ public class RequestConfig extends FeatureConfigImpl {
   private boolean refund; // If token should be refunded when vote is successful
 
   private int mapCooldownMultiply; // # to multiply match length by to determine cooldown
+  private boolean
+      usePGMCooldowns; // Whether to use PGM's map cooldown storage for additional lookup
 
   private double scaleFactor; // Scaling factor for adjusting the upper bound of map size selection
 
@@ -108,6 +111,10 @@ public int getMapCooldownMultiply() {
     return mapCooldownMultiply;
   }
 
+  public boolean isPGMCooldownsUsed() {
+    return usePGMCooldowns;
+  }
+
   public int getLowerLimitOffset() {
     return lowerLimitOffset;
   }
@@ -144,6 +151,7 @@ public void reload(Configuration config) {
     this.maxQueue = config.getInt(SPONSORS_LIMIT);
     this.refund = config.getBoolean(REFUND);
     this.mapCooldownMultiply = config.getInt(MAP_COOLDOWN_MULTIPLY);
+    this.usePGMCooldowns = config.getBoolean(USE_PGM_COOLDOWNS);
     this.scaleFactor = config.getDouble(SCALE_FACTOR);
     this.lowerLimitOffset = config.getInt(LOWER_LIMIT_OFFSET);
     this.upperLimitOffset = config.getInt(UPPER_LIMIT_OFFSET);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/dev/pgm/community/requests/feature/RequestFeatureBase.java b/core/src/main/java/dev/pgm/community/requests/feature/RequestFeatureBase.java
index 8695b27..a14ecef 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/dev/pgm/community/requests/feature/RequestFeatureBase.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/dev/pgm/community/requests/feature/RequestFeatureBase.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Queue;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -57,7 +58,6 @@
 import org.bukkit.event.EventPriority;
 import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerCommandPreprocessEvent;
 import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerJoinEvent;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import tc.oc.pgm.api.PGM;
 import tc.oc.pgm.api.map.MapInfo;
 import tc.oc.pgm.api.map.MapOrder;
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
 import tc.oc.pgm.events.PlayerJoinMatchEvent;
 import tc.oc.pgm.restart.RestartManager;
 import tc.oc.pgm.rotation.MapPoolManager;
+import tc.oc.pgm.rotation.pools.MapPool;
+import tc.oc.pgm.rotation.pools.VotingPool;
 import tc.oc.pgm.rotation.vote.MapPoll;
 import tc.oc.pgm.rotation.vote.VotePoolOptions;
 import tc.oc.pgm.util.Audience;
@@ -439,10 +441,14 @@ public void sponsor(Player player, MapInfo map) {
     // Check if map has a cooldown
     if (hasMapCooldown(map)) {
       MapCooldown cooldown = getMapCooldown(map);
-      viewer.sendWarning(text()
-          .append(text("This map can be sponsored in ", NamedTextColor.RED))
-          .append(TemporalComponent.duration(cooldown.getTimeRemaining(), NamedTextColor.YELLOW))
-          .build());
+      Component cooldownWarning = cooldown != null
+          ? text()
+              .append(text("This map can be sponsored in ", NamedTextColor.RED))
+              .append(
+                  TemporalComponent.duration(cooldown.getTimeRemaining(), NamedTextColor.YELLOW))
+              .build()
+          : text("This map is on cooldown! Please select another.", NamedTextColor.RED);
+      viewer.sendWarning(cooldownWarning);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -675,8 +681,27 @@ private MapCooldown getMapCooldown(MapInfo map) {
     return null;
   }
 
+  public boolean isOnLongtermCooldown(MapInfo map) {
+    if (!getRequestConfig().isPGMCooldownsUsed()) return false;
+
+    MapPool activePool = PGMUtils.getActiveMapPool();
+    if (!(activePool instanceof VotingPool)) return false;
+
+    VotingPool pool = (VotingPool) activePool;
+    VotingPool.VoteConstants constants = pool.constants;
+    var mapLibrary = PGM.get().getMapLibrary();
+
+    return map.getVariants().values().stream()
+        .map(variant -> mapLibrary.getMapById(variant.getId()))
+        .filter(Objects::nonNull)
+        .map(pool::getVoteData)
+        .allMatch(data ->
+            !data.isOnCooldown(constants) && data.getScore() > (constants.defaultScore() / 2));
+  }
+
   @Override
   public boolean hasMapCooldown(MapInfo map) {
+    if (isOnLongtermCooldown(map)) return true;
     if (isACooldownVariant(map)) return true;
 
     MapCooldown cooldown = getMapCooldown(map);
@@ -830,7 +855,6 @@ private boolean isQueueOpen() {
     return sponsors.size() < getRequestConfig().getMaxQueue();
   }
 
-  @Nullable
   private MapPoolManager getPoolManager() {
     MapOrder order = PGM.get().getMapOrder();
     if (order instanceof MapPoolManager) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/dev/pgm/community/utils/PGMUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/dev/pgm/community/utils/PGMUtils.java
index 220e09a..45fee40 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/dev/pgm/community/utils/PGMUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/dev/pgm/community/utils/PGMUtils.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
 import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.Plugin;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import tc.oc.pgm.api.PGM;
 import tc.oc.pgm.api.map.MapInfo;
 import tc.oc.pgm.api.match.Match;
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ public static boolean isPGMEnabled() {
     return pgmPlugin != null && pgmPlugin.isEnabled() && PGM.get() != null;
   }
 
-  public static @Nullable Match getMatch() {
+  public static Match getMatch() {
     return isPGMEnabled() && PGM.get().getMatchManager().getMatches().hasNext()
         ? PGM.get().getMatchManager().getMatches().next()
         : null;
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ public static boolean isMatchRunning() {
     return isPGMEnabled() && getMatch().isRunning();
   }
 
-  @Nullable
   public static MapInfo getCurrentMap() {
     return isPGMEnabled() && getMatch() != null ? getMatch().getMap() : null;
   }
@@ -155,7 +153,6 @@ public static void setMapPool(CommandSender sender, MapPool pool) {
     }
   }
 
-  @Nullable
   public static MapPoolManager getMapPoolManager() {
     if (isPGMEnabled()) {
       if (PGM.get().getMapOrder() instanceof MapPoolManager) {
@@ -165,6 +162,12 @@ public static MapPoolManager getMapPoolManager() {
     return null;
   }
 
+  public static MapPool getActiveMapPool() {
+    MapPoolManager manager = getMapPoolManager();
+    if (manager == null) return null;
+    return manager.getActiveMapPool();
+  }
+
   public static Optional<MapPool> getMapPool(String name) {
     if (isPGMEnabled()) {
       if (PGM.get().getMapOrder() instanceof MapPoolManager) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/config.yml b/core/src/main/resources/config.yml
index 195a038..246ef21 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/config.yml
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/config.yml
@@ -224,15 +224,16 @@ requests:
   cooldown: "15s"  # Duration of cooldown between requests
   
   sponsors: 
-    enabled: true      # Whether /sponsor is enabled
-    cooldown: "30m"    # Duration of cooldown between /sponsor requests
-    map-cooldown: 10   # How much to multiply match duration by for map cooldown
-    limit: 10          # Maximum number of sponsor requests allowed at one time
-    daily-tokens: 1    # Amount of tokens given on a daily basis (community.token.daily perm)
-    weekly-tokens: 1   # Amount of tokens given on a weekly basis (community.token.weekly perm)
-    max-tokens: 7      # Maximum amount of tokens an account can collect
-    refund: true       # Tokens are refunded when map vote is successful
-    scale-factor: 0.45 # Scaling factor for adjusting the upper bound of map size selection
+    enabled: true           # Whether /sponsor is enabled
+    cooldown: "30m"         # Duration of cooldown between /sponsor requests
+    map-cooldown: 10        # How much to multiply match duration by for map cooldown
+    use-pgm-cooldowns: true # Whether to hook into PGMs persistent map cooldown storage
+    limit: 10               # Maximum number of sponsor requests allowed at one time
+    daily-tokens: 1         # Amount of tokens given on a daily basis (community.token.daily perm)
+    weekly-tokens: 1        # Amount of tokens given on a weekly basis (community.token.weekly perm)
+    max-tokens: 7           # Maximum amount of tokens an account can collect
+    refund: true            # Tokens are refunded when map vote is successful
+    scale-factor: 0.45      # Scaling factor for adjusting the upper bound of map size selection
     
     # Sponsor bound offset used to modify avaiable maps at the end of each match
     lower-limit-offset: 4   # Subtracted from the current minimum