ACF and TRASH expansion

• From: Jason Mueller <jcmpn7_at_mujason.yahoo.invalid>
• Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 04:38:08 -0000
• Message-ID: <aq7hvg+ttqa_at_...>

Greetings all.

NAQT has a high school tourney and CBI has a high school program.  
Why not ACF and TRASH?

ACF, with the fall tournament, is reaching out to young college 
players, why not take the next logical step and go to high school?  
Starting in 2004, ACF can have regional tournaments in February or 
March and have a national tournament in May or June.  The questions 
would be written by generous college players the first couple of 
years (I volunteer to be editor in 2004) and go to high school packet 
submission in 2006.  Surely the high school game will progress enough 
to make ACF High feasible.  I'm sure the Michigan schools and the 
other powerhouse high schools would welcome the challenge.

Also, TRASH has recently ventured into the land of the junior bird; 
why not establish TRASH-HS?  It could have a regional tournament in 
the fall and a national tournament in May or June.

The high school game has grown in the past few years;  starting in 
2003-04, it's time to give the game a push to the big time.

I only played in 20 matches in high school and I wish I could have 
played in many more.  We must reach out to the high school programs 
to make sure that any student who wants to play can play.  These new 
tourneys would also help academics in high school and also help the 
college game.

Jason Mueller
President,  MU College Bowl