Re: TRASH Regionals AND ACF Fall

danpassner <*DanPassner_at_danpassner.yahoo.invalid*> · Wed, 04 May 2005 21:27:35 -0000

Am I alone in stating that the original situation as posed by Mr. 
Kwartler seemed to be an excellent idea, regardless of the 
miscommunication that may have occured?

As posed, it would have guaranteed 9-10 regions (essentially anyone 
in this country, or Canada for that matter) a full weekend of 
quizbowl, both academic and TRASH, while ensuring that the maximum 
audience is exposed to each. I really don't see how anyone loses 
under that arrangement, whereas I do see how someone loses under the 
revised statement, in that two different schools may host ACF Fall 
and TRASH regs, thus creating travel annoyances or scheduling 
conflicts, or, if I am understanding it that the team that wins the 
bid has exclusive rights to both ACF and TRASH they can choose to 
run one and not the other, which is patently unfair. I hope everyone 
here wants to see both ACF Fall and TRASH in as many locations as 
possible with as many teams participating as possible.

Also, I would like to challenge local rival MSU to a best of 5 
series for the regional championship in "who gives a shit."

Dan

--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, jdinan8271 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> First off...I wish to apologize for my lack of availability the 
last 
> few days.  My neighborhood has been having problems with its high-
> speed Internet service, and I am hopeful to be back online by 
> tonight.  In the meantime, I am posting these messages on an 
outside 
> computer.
> 
> A few weeks ago, I was contacted by an official with ACF about 
having 
> TRASH Regionals and ACF Fall taking place on the same weekend.  I 
> didn't have a problem with that -- TRASH Regionals has had 
problems 
> finding hosts in some regions, and we've had success in pairing 
with 
> academic tourneys in the past.
> 
> However, I did NOT agree with a statement posted by said ACF 
official 
> on this message board on Tuesday morning.
> 
> Testing Recall About Strange Happenings NEVER GAVE ITS BLESSING to 
> ACF's insistence that host schools must host both tournaments, and 
> those who can't must withdraw.
> 
> What TRASH DID agree to was...
> 
> Host schools can have the option of hosting either tournament.  If 
> they want to host TRASH but not ACF, fine.  If vice versa, fine 
too.
> 
> If a host school wants to host both events, the school has the 
option 
> of deciding which tournament runs on which day.
> 
> So here's the 411.  If you want to host a TRASH Regional the 
weekend 
> of November 11-13, 2005, e-mail me at jdinan_at_j... .  If you want 
> to pair the tourney with ACF Fall, another academic tournament, a 
Moe 
> Howard look-a-like contest, etc., go right ahead.  It's your 
option.
> 
> But if you want to host TRASH Regionals as a stand-alone event, 
you 
> can do that as well.  It's your option.
> 
> I am also pleased to announce that the following schools will be 
> hosting TRASH Regional events this fall...
> 
> Boston U. will return as host of the TRASH NE Regional!
> 
> WUSTL will again host the TRASH Midwest Regional!
> 
> More in the coming weeks.
> 
> James Dinan
> Business Manager, TRASH
> jdinan_at_j...