I find it somewhat amusing that people are now griping about, what was it they said, "38 year olds who call themselves grad students"? when one of the impetuses for the original formation of ACF was an unhappiness with the elegibility rules of CBI which restricted grad students to one per team and six years of play. I suspect that most of the dinosaurs out there are legitimately grad students; some of them have been around forever, but in the long run, so what? The teams that are winning national championships are not (with possible exception of trash) all that dinosaur heavy. On another front--yes, there are many players out there who are actively working both to expand the number of circuit teams and to recruit new players to the ranks of the active programs. I was glad to see someone mention Chris Romero--from personal experience, he is one of the best examples I know of someone who has worked very hard not only to improve his own playing, and that of his team, but also to encourage new college quizbowl programs, and to increase the opportunities for high schools to get involved. A 40+ grad student (and, no, alas, that's not my PPG average), Candace Texas A&M Academic League
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