Re: What's up with NAQT ICT Invitations

• From: Susan Ferrari <srferrar_at_myamphigory.yahoo.invalid>
• Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:42:21 -0000
• Message-ID: <dt5jgd+115u8_at_...>

> What's the point of me even going to an SCT, or even having an SCT
in my 
> area, if everyone in our region knows that our S-value's not going
to be 
> anywhere close to getting an ICT bid, under your proposal, no matter
who 
> wins the SCT? 

Umm...I'm not sure you understood what I said.  If the team that wins
your SCT has bonus conversion, ppth, and powers and whatever-else that
are comparable to other good teams across the country, I think it
should get a bid.  To take your example from last year, McGill, which
won the D2 title in its sectional, had stats that, on a quick glance,
compare pretty well with other teams that won bids.  The teams that I
mentioned in my previous post do not.  

> Maybe NAQT should consider increasing the number of spots in the 
> Division 2 field, in light of the large increase in Division 2 entries, 
> rather than taking bids away from teams that happened to win a weaker 
> sectional?

There are several of ways I'd like to see this dealt with, none of
which will actually happen.  I'd really like to see D2 be limited to
players in their first year of play only, but another way to increase
the number of D2 bids available (and ensure that the field is as good
as can be) would be to fold community college SCTs into regular SCTs
and have the same rules apply to community college players as apply to
four-year college players.  Just a thought.

Susan