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 |Subjects = History, Geography, Current Events, Tournament Directing
 |schoolcur = None

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 '''Joe Feldman''' is the President of the [[Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance]] and the founder and past President of the [[American Quizbowl League]]. He had a four-year high school playing career for [[Smithtown West]] from 2012 to 2016. He later enrolled in Suffolk County Community College in 2021 and took 4th at the 2022 [[CCCT]], but dropped out before graduating.
-His career began by playing three National Geographic Bees and one ASAL Scholastic Challenge in Middle School, taking home the school championship in every event he played, and making his way to 11th in New York in his 8th grade geo bee. He went to West for high school, and his mother forced him to join the Quizbowl team, which often struggled until his Junior year, when the team became a local powerhouse. After graduation, Joe began directing tournaments. The first, [[SWISS]], ran hours late. After taking a hiatus, he founded the [[Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance]] to host the [[Island Cup]]; the tournaments were well-regarded, but mocked online for their small field sizes. In March 2020, the LIQBA shifted to online tournaments, and Joe founded the [[American Quizbowl League]] in June 2020 before selling the company to [[Nick Pruitt]] in October. As the LIQBA was never formally dissolved, Joe returned it to activity in May 2021, and grew it into a massive Quizbowl enterprise; he arranged for the buyout of [[Questions Unlimited]] in 2024.
+His career began by playing three National Geographic Bees and one ASAL Scholastic Challenge in Middle School, taking home the school championship in every event he played, and making his way to 11th in New York in his 8th grade geo bee. He went to West for high school and joined the Quizbowl team, which often struggled until his Junior year, when the team became a local powerhouse. After graduation, Joe began directing tournaments. The first, [[SWISS]], ran hours late. After taking a hiatus, he founded the [[Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance]] to host the [[Island Cup]]; the tournaments were well-regarded, but mocked online for their small field sizes. In March 2020, the LIQBA shifted to online tournaments, and Joe separately founded the [[American Quizbowl League]] in June 2020, leaving the LIQBA idle, before selling the company to [[Nick Pruitt]] in October. Joe returned the LIQBA to activity in May 2021, and grew it into a massive Quizbowl enterprise; he arranged for the buyout of [[Questions Unlimited]] in 2024.
 Joe is one of the most polarizing figures in Quizbowl, and often finds himself embroiled in controversy, sometimes of his own making. He has detractors and defenders of equal ardentness; he tends to be most reviled by the Collegiate quizbowl community, particularly online, and most admired by the High School community, particularly in the Northeast, though many exceptions exist.
-The consummate "Quizbowl Capitalist", Joe is also known for having an atypical background compared to most Quizbowlers, having spent his early 20s in the trades; he was an electrician's apprentice and often worked in construction, which he now does for fun during the summer. He gained the nickname of "THE" Joe in middle school, as there were two people named Joe Feldman in his class. He has attracted many other nicknames and comparisons over the years, most of which are forgotten or obscure. His general opinions on what quizbowl "ought to be", which are usually strongly held, tend to be very different from the community consensus, and his jocular, laid-back personality is either loved or hated, and nothing in between; it has been compared to both Rodney Dangerfield and a stereotypical used car salesman. He speaks with a comically thick New York accent, and is often seen in a double-breasted pinstripe suit at tournaments.
+Joe is also known for having an atypical background compared to most Quizbowlers, having spent his early 20s in the trades; he was an electrician's apprentice and often worked in construction, which he now does for fun during the summer. He gained the nickname of "THE" Joe in middle school, as there were two people named Joe Feldman in his class. He has attracted many other nicknames and comparisons over the years, most of which are forgotten or obscure. His general opinions on what quizbowl "ought to be", which are usually strongly held, tend to be very different from the community consensus, and his jocular, laid-back personality is either loved or hated, and nothing in between; it has been compared to both Rodney Dangerfield and a stereotypical used car salesman. He speaks with a comically thick New York accent, and is often seen in a double-breasted pinstripe suit at tournaments.
 While those who work with him regard him as relaxed, he is unusually brutal in business competition. In the AQBL days, he had rivalries with [[Groger Ranks]] and the [[Texas Quizbowl Alliance]]; had a long-running dispute with [[PACE]]; and now has a bitter rivalry with NAQT.

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 |Subjects = History, Geography, Current Events, Tournament Directing
 |schoolcur = None
-|schoolpast = Suffolk CCC (2021-2022; 2023); [[Stony Brook]] (Intermittently 2016-2019); [[Adelphi]] (2016)
+|schoolpast = Suffolk CCC (2021-2022)
 |highschool = [[Smithtown West]] (2012-2016)
 |middleschool = Great Hollow (2009-2012)
 | }}
-'''Joe Feldman''' is the President of the [[Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance]] and the founder and past President of the [[American Quizbowl League]]. He had a four-year high school playing career for [[Smithtown West]] from 2012 to 2016, and played for [[Stony Brook]] intermittently from 2016 to 2019, but dropped out repeatedly and never played a collegiate event under their banner. He enrolled in Suffolk County Community College in 2021 and took 4th at the 2022 [[CCCT]], but dropped out before graduating, and later returned only to drop out for a sixth and final time.
+'''Joe Feldman''' is the President of the [[Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance]] and the founder and past President of the [[American Quizbowl League]]. He had a four-year high school playing career for [[Smithtown West]] from 2012 to 2016. He later enrolled in Suffolk County Community College in 2021 and took 4th at the 2022 [[CCCT]], but dropped out before graduating.
-After a few years of playing a [[Knowledge Master Open]]-esque tournament by Great Auk and Geography Bees in Middle School, winning the school championship each year in each event, and a somewhat successful high school career, where he tried and failed for four years to put West "On the Map", Joe began directing tournaments; after the first was a failure, he took a hiatus and enrolled in Stony Brook. Over the next three years, he dropped out and re-enrolled repeatedly, before dropping out for a final time in 2019. He then founded the [[Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance]] to host the [[Island Cup]]; the tournaments were roundly mocked and were a financial disaster. In March 2020, the LIQBA shifted to online tournaments, and after a string of successful events, he founded the [[American Quizbowl League]] in June 2020 before selling the company. He then restarted the LIQBA, and grew it into the second-largest company in Quizbowl according to Joe Feldman.
+His career began by playing three National Geographic Bees and one ASAL Scholastic Challenge in Middle School, taking home the school championship in every event he played, and making his way to 11th in New York in his 8th grade geo bee. He went to West for high school, and his mother forced him to join the Quizbowl team, which often struggled until his Junior year, when the team became a local powerhouse. After graduation, Joe began directing tournaments. The first, [[SWISS]], ran hours late. After taking a hiatus, he founded the [[Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance]] to host the [[Island Cup]]; the tournaments were well-regarded, but mocked online for their small field sizes. In March 2020, the LIQBA shifted to online tournaments, and Joe founded the [[American Quizbowl League]] in June 2020 before selling the company to [[Nick Pruitt]] in October. As the LIQBA was never formally dissolved, Joe returned it to activity in May 2021, and grew it into a massive Quizbowl enterprise; he arranged for the buyout of [[Questions Unlimited]] in 2024.
-One of the more polarizing figures in Quizbowl, Joe has been the subject of controversy throughout his career as a tournament director. During his time directing online tournaments, he oversaw multiple cheating allegations, was the subject of numerous boycotts, and was accused of profiteering, monopolistic behavior, and underpaying staff; these concerns have generally abated since the return to in-person tournaments and large increases in staff payments. The AQBL launched in opposition to many in the Quizbowl community and was roundly mocked. On the contrary, he is admired by some for the LIQBA's and AQBL's successful outreach efforts, for hosting many Quizbowl tournaments during the pandemic, for ending Bad Quizbowl in some places, and for helping keep Good Quizbowl alive on Long Island. With a single exception, his tournaments have drawn overwhelmingly positive responses and accolades from those in attendance.
+Joe is one of the most polarizing figures in Quizbowl, and often finds himself embroiled in controversy, sometimes of his own making. He has detractors and defenders of equal ardentness; he tends to be most reviled by the Collegiate quizbowl community, particularly online, and most admired by the High School community, particularly in the Northeast, though many exceptions exist.
-The consummate "Quizbowl Capitalist", Joe is known by many nicknames, including "Buttery Joe", "'THE' Joe", and "Quizbowl's Happy Warrior", among others; a more recent derogatory moniker is "Quizbowl's Used Car Salesman". He has drawn many unfavorable comparisons to John D. Rockefeller, jokingly compares himself to C. Montgomery Burns and Eugene Krabs, and, while he ran online tournaments, had long-running corporate rivalries with [[Groger Ranks]] and the [[Texas Quizbowl Alliance]]. He now thinks he has a particularly bitter rivalry with NAQT. He is one of the few Quizbowlers to have played on questions from [[Questions Unlimited]], [[Academic Hallmarks]], [[Avery Enterprises]], [[Questions Galore]], [[NAQT]], [[SCOP]], and Housewrites during his high school career. Luckily for all of us, he preferred the latter three.
+The consummate "Quizbowl Capitalist", Joe is also known for having an atypical background compared to most Quizbowlers, having spent his early 20s in the trades; he was an electrician's apprentice and often worked in construction, which he now does for fun during the summer. He gained the nickname of "THE" Joe in middle school, as there were two people named Joe Feldman in his class. He has attracted many other nicknames and comparisons over the years, most of which are forgotten or obscure. His general opinions on what quizbowl "ought to be", which are usually strongly held, tend to be very different from the community consensus, and his jocular, laid-back personality is either loved or hated, and nothing in between; it has been compared to both Rodney Dangerfield and a stereotypical used car salesman. He speaks with a comically thick New York accent, and is often seen in a double-breasted pinstripe suit at tournaments.
 [[Category:People]] [[Category:LIQBA]]
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 The consummate "Quizbowl Capitalist", Joe is known by many nicknames, including "Buttery Joe", "'THE' Joe", and "Quizbowl's Happy Warrior", among others; a more recent derogatory moniker is "Quizbowl's Used Car Salesman". He has drawn many unfavorable comparisons to John D. Rockefeller, jokingly compares himself to C. Montgomery Burns and Eugene Krabs, and, while he ran online tournaments, had long-running corporate rivalries with [[Groger Ranks]] and the [[Texas Quizbowl Alliance]]. He now thinks he has a particularly bitter rivalry with NAQT. He is one of the few Quizbowlers to have played on questions from [[Questions Unlimited]], [[Academic Hallmarks]], [[Avery Enterprises]], [[Questions Galore]], [[NAQT]], [[SCOP]], and Housewrites during his high school career. Luckily for all of us, he preferred the latter three.
-[[Category:People]]
+[[Category:People]] [[Category:LIQBA]]
 {{c|Smithtown West}}
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 '''Joe Feldman''' is the President of the [[Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance]] and the founder and past President of the [[American Quizbowl League]]. He had a four-year high school playing career for [[Smithtown West]] from 2012 to 2016, and played for [[Stony Brook]] intermittently from 2016 to 2019, but dropped out repeatedly and never played a collegiate event under their banner. He enrolled in Suffolk County Community College in 2021 and took 4th at the 2022 [[CCCT]].
-After a few years of playing a [[Knowledge Master Open]]-esque tournament by Great Auk and Geography Bees in Middle School, winning the school championship each year in each event, and a somewhat successful high school career, where he tried and failed for four years to put West "On the Map", Joe began directing tournaments; after the first was a failure, he took a hiatus and enrolled in Stony Brook. Over the next three years, he dropped out and re-enrolled repeatedly, before dropping out for a final time in 2019. He then founded the [[Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance]] to host the [[Island Cup]]; the tournaments were roundly mocked and were a financial disaster. In March 2020, the LIQBA shifted to online tournaments, and after a string of successful events, he founded the [[American Quizbowl League]] in June 2020 before selling the company. He then restarted the LIQBA, and has branched out to in-person events across the New York tri-state.
+After a few years of playing a [[Knowledge Master Open]]-esque tournament by Great Auk and Geography Bees in Middle School, winning the school championship each year in each event, and a somewhat successful high school career, where he tried and failed for four years to put West "On the Map", Joe began directing tournaments; after the first was a failure, he took a hiatus and enrolled in Stony Brook. Over the next three years, he dropped out and re-enrolled repeatedly, before dropping out for a final time in 2019. He then founded the [[Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance]] to host the [[Island Cup]]; the tournaments were roundly mocked and were a financial disaster. In March 2020, the LIQBA shifted to online tournaments, and after a string of successful events, he founded the [[American Quizbowl League]] in June 2020 before selling the company. He then restarted the LIQBA, and grew it into the second-largest company in Quizbowl.
-One of the more polarizing figures in Quizbowl, Joe has been the subject of controversy throughout his career as a tournament director. During his time directing online tournaments, he oversaw multiple cheating allegations, was the subject of numerous boycotts, and was accused of profiteering, monopolistic behavior, and underpaying staff; these concerns have generally abated since the return to in-person tournaments and large increases in staff payments. The AQBL launched in opposition to many in the Quizbowl community and was roundly mocked. On the contrary, he is admired by some for the LIQBA's and AQBL's successful outreach efforts, for hosting many Quizbowl tournaments during the pandemic, and for helping keep Good Quizbowl alive on Long Island. With a single exception, his tournaments have drawn overwhelmingly positive responses and accolades from those in attendance.
+One of the more polarizing figures in Quizbowl, Joe has been the subject of controversy throughout his career as a tournament director. During his time directing online tournaments, he oversaw multiple cheating allegations, was the subject of numerous boycotts, and was accused of profiteering, monopolistic behavior, and underpaying staff; these concerns have generally abated since the return to in-person tournaments and large increases in staff payments. The AQBL launched in opposition to many in the Quizbowl community and was roundly mocked. On the contrary, he is admired by some for the LIQBA's and AQBL's successful outreach efforts, for hosting many Quizbowl tournaments during the pandemic, for ending Bad Quizbowl in most of the country, and for helping keep Good Quizbowl alive on Long Island. With a single exception, his tournaments have drawn overwhelmingly positive responses and accolades from those in attendance.
-The consummate "Quizbowl Capitalist", Joe is known by many nicknames, including "Buttery Joe", "'THE' Joe", and "Quizbowl's Happy Warrior", among others. He has drawn many unfavorable comparisons to John D. Rockefeller, jokingly compares himself to C. Montgomery Burns, and, while he ran online tournaments, had long-running corporate rivalries with [[Groger Ranks]] and the [[Texas Quizbowl Alliance]]. He is one of the few Quizbowlers to have played on questions from [[Questions Unlimited]], [[Academic Hallmarks]], [[Avery Enterprises]], [[Questions Galore]], [[NAQT]], [[SCOP]], and Housewrites during his high school career. Luckily for all of us, he preferred the latter three.
+The consummate "Quizbowl Capitalist", Joe is known by many nicknames, including "Buttery Joe", "'THE' Joe", and "Quizbowl's Happy Warrior", among others; a more recent derogatory moniker is "Quizbowl's Used Car Salesman". He has drawn many unfavorable comparisons to John D. Rockefeller, jokingly compares himself to C. Montgomery Burns and Eugene Krabs, and, while he ran online tournaments, had long-running corporate rivalries with [[Groger Ranks]] and the [[Texas Quizbowl Alliance]]. He now has a particularly bitter rivalry with NAQT. He is one of the few Quizbowlers to have played on questions from [[Questions Unlimited]], [[Academic Hallmarks]], [[Avery Enterprises]], [[Questions Galore]], [[NAQT]], [[SCOP]], and Housewrites during his high school career. Luckily for all of us, he preferred the latter three.
 [[Category:People]]
 {{c|Smithtown West}}
 {{activehs|2012|2013|2014|2015|2016}}