--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, "Amanda Hartman" <dpuducks_at_y...> wrote: > And, just so you know, I said teams who have already dropped out MAY > be assessed the fine. I did not say they WOULD be assessed the fine. > Of course its impossible to charge someone after the fact. I know > that; I'm not stupid. But it WAS meant to make every single person > think about how much your team dropping out affects the school > hosting the tournament and those attending. > Amanda Hartman I really don't see how this affects people that much. In a tournament like the SCT, all the host really doesn't have to do that much, other than get rooms, copy packets, and staff the tournament. The worst thing that happens if people drop out in the days before the tournament is that you may end up with an extra room and an extra packet set. That's hardly a disaster. And it barely affects the teams attending, since all they have to do is show up and play. The fact that you would even think of retroactively assessing a fine against teams which backed out at least several days in advance of the tournament, whether you think it's a good reason or not, is frightening. It even borders on illegal unless you tell people about the policy ahead of time. I've hosted tournaments before and have had people drop out; it's not that huge of a deal unless it happens the day of the tournament. To sum up my point, it's not fair of you to expect teams to move heaven and earth to get to Greencastle just because you think it's rude of them to change their minds. Doing what you have suggested doing would set a dangerous precedent in the quizbowl world, and would really bring about no good. Michael Adelman University of Rochester
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