Re: 2003 NAQT ICT to be held in Los Angeles

• From: r2aslet <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 00:33:17 -0000
• Message-ID: <ao2hsd+efa6_at_...>

Here, here.  Yes, it sucks a bit, but I bet it's sucked a lot longer
for Californian teams.  The circuit does need to expand.  Besides, if
you're going to have to fly somewhere for a tourney, L.A. doesn't
sound like such a bad place to pick.

Anyway, if it makes a few people on this board happy, Rice QB is
(finally) planning on hosting a college tournament next academic year.
     Now, if someone starts claiming that Houston isn't centrally
located...

--Stephen Aslett

--- In quizbowl_at_y..., "cromero00" <cromero_at_t...> wrote:
> Firstly I would like to encourge "the packets ops" to sign his 
> message instead of doing it anonymously. If you want to bitch, have 
> the balls to do it under your true identity. 
> 
> For years, the circuit has been based in the East and Midwest. Your 
> point about the cost and time required is justified, however for 
> years those issues have been a problem faced and managed by all teams 
> west of the mississippi and probably some teams to its east. 
> 
> The obvious answer to this is that most of the teams are east of the 
> mississippi. Perhaps if tournaments were held out west more often 
> there would be more teams to play. Of course I believe lack of teams 
> will not be an issue cause I have no doubt that somehow 64 teams will 
> find their way to LA. 
> 
> As a circuit, we owe it to ourselves and other teams to expand and 
> not remain set in our ways. To be curt: Stopping Whining and figure 
> out a way to make it work like Berkeley, Cal Tech, Stanford, Simon 
> Fraser, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M and others have done all these 
> years.
> 
> Chris Romero