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One particularly ''bush league'' tactic that will occasionally be employed by some schools is to deceptively register their true best team as their B or C, etc. This messes with [[tournament]] [[Officials|organizers]]' efforts to create fair pre-tourney seedings; it is considered [[bad quizbowl]].
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One particularly ''bush league'' tactic that will occasionally be employed by some schools is to deceptively register their true best team as their B or C, etc. This messes with [[tournament]] [[Officials|organizers]]' efforts to create fair pre-tourney seedings; it is considered [[bad quizbowl]] for fairly obvious reasons.
  
 
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Revision as of 22:38, 13 May 2019

The term "A"-Team generally refers to the top/"best" team from a school which fields multiple teams. (This is followed by "B"-team, "C"-team, etc., generally ranked by strength.)

Abuse

One particularly bush league tactic that will occasionally be employed by some schools is to deceptively register their true best team as their B or C, etc. This messes with tournament organizers' efforts to create fair pre-tourney seedings; it is considered bad quizbowl for fairly obvious reasons.