"4. In spite of #3, however, Harvard may, in
fact, be entitled to multiple
bids at NAQT
nationals, and it would be unfair to deny teams bids
appropriately earned. Consequently, it behooves NAQT to come
up
with appropriate techniques to determine how to
award bids to host
schools that could justifiably
qualify multiple teams at Nationals."
Perhaps
what should actually be under review is NAQT's policy
of awarding multiple bids to the same school. It is
not obvious to me why each school shouldn't put
together its best squad to represent the school at the
ICT, and that as many schools as possible should be
represented.
The split of two separate fields--Div. I
and Div. II--suggests to me that schools should be
able to qualify a team for each, but not multiple
teams within the same field.
I'm not against B
teams at all--I'm just not sure they have a place at a
national championship tournament. And you can go ahead and
accuse me of pure self-interest since USC is high on the
wait-list, but if that's clouding my thinking on this issue,
it's just a minor part of why I think this way.