Re: tournament dates...

Are you suggesting that ACF Nationals be held the same day as CBI 
Nationals?  Or are you suggesting that ACF Regionals be held the 
same day as CBI Regionals?  Or are you suggesting both?



--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, thefool75 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> Having a Nats on Easter weekend is troublesome due to increased 
air-
> fares (many of the normally economical AirTran fares to Atlanta 
were 
> not available for this past weekend--it is likely that for many 
teams 
> it was cheaper to fly to the NAQT ICT then ACF Nats)...my question 
is-
> -how many teams would really be bent out of shape if ACF occupied 
the 
> same weekend as CBI...I doubt ACF would even lose a team and no 
doubt 
> would tick off 2 or 3 players...but may very well make up for that 
> with increased attendance from others...
> 
> my 3 cents, nathan
> 
> P.S.  Why did Michigan B anticipate a Nats tournament ending at 
7:00 
> p.m...who schedules a flight out the night of a tournament?  
That's 
> just strange...they have no cause for complaint....
> 
> P.P.S.  Although ensuring consistency in bonus difficult is a 
> legitimate concern (as is attempting to keep packets relatively 
close 
> in overall difficulty)...you don't understand the point of ACF if 
you 
> think that having an obscure tossup followed by a hyper-accessible 
> one is somehow intrinsically flawed...there is nothing wrong with 
> having a tossup on Svevo followed by one on Shakespeare so long as 
> they are both pyramidal in structure....

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