Re: tournament dates...


either/or/both...actually I was thinking of Nats...I'm sure that far 
more teams would be put out over the regionals being on the same 
day...I have a hard time believing that there are more than a handful 
who go to both Nationals....

--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, voiceofreason_quizbowl 
<no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> 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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