While I agree that the need for grad students to be involved in the circuit on some level is important, I think what the original poster was trying to say is that juniors and seniors are often placed in a crappy position, quiz bowl wise. There are a lot of junior bird exclusive tournaments in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic for example, so when you hit your junior year, not only are the number of tournaments you can attend cut in half it seems...but the level of competition goes up exponentially. I think perhaps a compromise would be to have more CUT-style events. That is, if you're a junior or senior, you can still compete in junior bird events or JV divisions, but you have to be in a team of two or fewer. Does anyone have any thoughts on this proposal, or any other suggestions to remedy this obvious problem? I think something needs to be done, because if not, many college clubs will continue to be mostly freshmen and sophomore clubs. What's the incentive for a junior or senior to stay and run a club when he can't even attend most of the tournaments for which he's doing the logistical work? At least that's the way I see our own club, and I know that many schools in our region are in a similar position. --Nick Walters, Penn College Bowl
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