A governing body in quizbowl will never happen, although I've heard it come up in conversation quite a bit. Since CBI, NAQT and ACF all have differing eligibility requirements, tournament structure rules, etc., developing one governing body for all of the formats would be a disaster and a controversial mess that would collapse like a deck of cards the second some dissent arises. That said, central governing bodies can get in the way. Part of the reason (in my own opinion) that the ACF format has become so widespread is that the rules for ACF are not copyrighted, like NAQT or CBI, so ACF-style tournaments can be played without having to pay for permission to use a certain set of rules. At the same time, that lack of centralization causes large disparities between regions, with each region having its own canon because there really is no central editting committee. This can mean that things like ACF regionals and nationals can be somewhat biased, though not consciously, towards one region just because the guy who editted the questions is in that region and plays that canon. I'm not saying that Raj Bahn handed Berkeley the championship this year (far from it, I watched the final match and it was a good one), but at the same time Raj's questions would have some content differences from a packet editted by Ezekiel Berdichevsky (I apologize for the almost inevitable misspelling there), which adds a bit of flavor to each tournament, but at the same time means from year to year the questions are going to fluctuate. This has diverged greatly from the original topic, and I apologize for my rambling. Stephen Webb GaTech --- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, "That is my real name" <bushtone_at_y...> wrote: > In reference to the big string of it's-not-fair/grads-are-good > entries brought up by a COTKU participant, I think it's important to > note that the alternative to relying on tournament directors to make > the best with the teams entered is to have a governing body (like the > NCAA) to set standards for play. > > Personally, I've got better things to do than get urine samples from > my players. So I politely tell my kids that while they are playing > for a two-year school, they have the opportunity to make an upset as > notable as Carlisle beating Harvard in 1911. Whether we play in > Div.2 against GaTech's Frosh and Sophs, or in open class against Post- > Doc's from UK, we're learning the game and making the distinction of > which matches we should go to with hopes of competing and which > events we should look for the best restaurant in town to console > ourselves. Until there enough teams competing in a tournament to > delineate Grads/Varsity/JV/2-year (and roster submissions given prior > to the event), it's a wild west situation with TD's making decisions > on fair play. > > That said, Charlie put on a great show at UTC with minimal byes and > challenging packets. > > --Anthony Bush > GPC Advisor
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