Without commenting on the rest of the post, some of which I agree
with coming from a different perspective, and some of which I don't,
I feel compelled to point out one factual inaccuaracy:
--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, fbush555 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> It looks like NAQT and the circuit have clearly won out over CBI.
> NAQT's D2 numbers support this: over 100 teams competing for the D2
> title, comparable to the number of teams playing in CBI's
> regionals.
Now that the final results are posted, by my math the College Bowl
Regionals had teams from 170 different schools participating. That's
170 teams from 170 schools. That's comparable to the total number of
D1 and D2 NAQT teams (including the KQRL but not including the CC
teams), and far more total schools. If ACU-I could be persuaded to
allow College Bowl to have multiple teams from any school, who knows
where the total teams would be? Without commenting on the
conclusions (see above disclaimer), I point out that conclusions
drawn from comparisons of sets assembled under different rules and
conditions are inherently flawed.
Tom