Samer:
(1) Personally, I think that NAQT's
system, while perhaps not perfect, is certainly a fair
one. I don't see any fair way to determine that a
player who would otherwise be eligible is "too good" to
compete in DivII. Perhaps there is one, but I'm not sure
if it can be done without being open to manipulation
of one form or another.
(2) Moreover,
consider the 1998 ICT. Andrew Yaphe, the #1 scorer, had
96.4 PPG. Tim Young, John Kenney, and Steve Watchorn
(#3-5) had 55 PPG each. Those numbers are almost exactly
the same as the ones you criticize.
1. I
wish that the players had the desire to compete at the
highest level possible, which would solve the problem. If
it's not about competition, what is it
about?
2. As for the 1998 ICT, that's fine---there was
nowhere else for him to go (i.e., he was actually that
much better than everyone else in the collegiate game
at that time). But for the 2001 Div. 2
Championship...if you're *that* much better than everyone else at
Div.2, why are you playing there?
---Amber