Hi, I just wanted to restate something I must not have stated clearly in an earlier post. The autobids for which I'd like to see some sort of minimum S-value (or whatever--some measure of performance compared to the total field) imposed to guarantee a bid were not the host autobids, just the D1 winner, undergrad winner, and D2 winner autobids. I completely understand the purpose of the host bid as an incentive for hosting, and I think it would be difficult for NAQT to find enough competent SCT hosts without offering it. When I mentioned SFU in an earlier post, it was because I had missed the fact that they qualified with their host bid and had thought that their D2 team's performance qualified them. Also, with regard to Stan's post, I understand your frustration, but this seems to happen almost every year (see Princeton and Maryland at the 2001 SCT). The last time I recall the balance of components in the S-value being explained (in this post: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quizbowl/message/3920), it was made clear that the weight of a team's win-loss record was low compared to ppth. I do recall hearing that NAQT ensures that teams from lower brackets don't receive bids ahead of teams in the same sectional from a higher bracket, but within a bracket, win-loss record probably counts for fairly little. Susan
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