Re: NAQT thoughts...

• From: ufilthycur <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 06:43:36 -0000
• Message-ID: <aoquuo+qemh_at_...>

Well, first of all, Oak Ridge is right close to Knoxville, and is 
actually about 2 hours from Chattanooga. I don't know what most 
people consider to be "right close," but 2 hours is not, at least in 
my humble opinion. 

As for responding to Chris's comments, I believe his comments 
asserting that your average high school quizbowler would go for 
location and crappy tournament over a well-run academic tournament 
iare certainly more his opinion than actual fact. 

Speaking on the issue of this year's ICT location, I find it 
unfortunate for us at UTK, but on the whole, a fair and reasonable 
proposition. We lost our DII eligibility by qualifying for ICT last 
year, so qualifying for DI undergrad would have been hopeful at best 
this year. But that said, we are in line for an automatic bid for 
hosting the NAQT Midsouth Sectional this spring. However, viewing 
current funding issues for out team, even with this auto-invite, we 
will probably not be able to attend due to lack of school support for 
out team. That is definitely a bummer, but I think it is perfectly 
fair for the west coast teams to finally have a major tournament of 
national importance in their neck of the woods. Needless to say, I'm 
sure we will try to raise the funds to travel to LA for ICT, but we 
may not be able to, and I'm not in love with quizbowl enough at this 
point to pay a substantial amount out of my own pocket to travel out 
there. Especially when I would probably be the only person on my team 
who would even consider doing so, leaving me to play solo and 
subsequently get my ass handed to me. 

Anyways, that is just my viewpoint as a member of a momentarily 
financially-challenged program. I see the pros and cons of each side 
of the argument.

P. Riser
University of Tennessee quiz bowl



--- In quizbowl_at_y..., cooterchekov <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> 
> > (Of course, if ACF sponsored a high school national tournament, 
it 
> > would probably be held in CERN or something...)
> 
> CERN's in the Swiss Alps, remember. Very scenic. Cold Spring Harbor 
> is pretty too -- somewhere around I have (disturbing) photos of 
> Salvador Luria in a speedo. Oak Ridge is right close to 
Chattanooga, 
> so that's not that inaccessible, plus it can be nice down there in 
> the spring.
> 
> LANL, now, THAT's in the middle of goddamn nowhere.