By: cooterchekov Date: 4/10/01 3:50 pm <<isn't that like saying you can't win a golf Career Grand Slam without taking the Putt-Putt World Championship?>> I think at this point it's safe to say that, in the eyes of everyone except school administrators and the dim fringes of consciousness in the mass media, the ACF-NAQT-TRASH trifecta is more legitimate than the ACF-NAQT-CBI thingie. --- Wow! Perhaps it's just me, but I find that statement really offensive. I don't intend to start a format war here or anything, but I think its going way too far to say that CBI isn't legitimate (or less legitimate than TRASH, which has many fine attributes, but is not an academic quiz bowl competition). I understand that good arguments can be (and often are) made for NAQT or ACF being MORE legitimate than CBI. But CBI is still the oldest, biggest, and (sometimes) best paying quiz bowl tournament around. And, unlike most other tournaments, CBI has strictly enforced eligibility requirements. (When I think about it, after Berkeley, how many of the top teams at TRASHionals were comprised entirely of students from the same school? How many were students at all? How many of the top players at Trashmasters aren't playing at TRASHionals, because they run the event? Should we publicly proclaim Trashmasters to be more legitimate than TRASHionals?) I don't want to sound like I am knocking TRASH here because I'm not. I really like their tournaments (and it will probably be the only national championship I will ever win). My point is this: I get easily POed when the idea that I put significant value on winning the College Bowl national championship is belittled. And implied to have no place in the legitimate world of academic competition. Because I would have to say that if I could only win one tournament anywhere, I would want to be College Bowl national champion. Disagree with me if you want (as most everyone else will; vehemently by some, no doubt), but I don't think I am some type of loon for thinking that. And I am really offended that some think that. Kenny Peskin
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