Re: Cross

1. I'd once again support self-moderation -
religion is a very touchy issue for many of us, and it has
a tendency to make discussions very heated. Aside
from legit. questions on question distribution, etc.,
please don't bring it up. 

It can very easily
make chat a nasty place to be, particularly since it's
difficult to make or defend points in chatroom formats
(since the subject can rarely be discussed in sound
bites). I'd much rather ignore the topic entirely here
than be forced to defend my personal position. Similar
issues such as politics and the validity of voting are
also difficult to present and defend in a chat room,
and are probably best avoided.

This does not
mean that the topic is unimportant - it just means
that there are better fora on the web to discuss
it.

2. I don't know about Sunday-only bans, since
Mormons don't make up a huge percentage of people on the
East Coast, and BYU doesn't have a Richmond campus
with a qb team. What about other religions that
consider Friday or Saturday holy days?

There also
aren't that many weekends in the school year, so Sunday
tournaments are occasionally a necessity for people to run
what they want. This issue becomes particularly less
important when the Blue Hen Buzzer Bash is going on:
observants can still get their qb fill on Friday/Saturday
tournaments without missing that much.

That said, if
you're in a region that has BYU or you have a national
tournament that has BYU or a measurable percentage of people
from other faiths, make changes if at all possible.
Emory's NIT (yes, the circuit did this too) did this
after BYU was disqualified one year by changing dates
the second time around. That's a legitimate
accomodation.

Hayden Hurst
Whose religion has no relation to his qb
ability

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