NAQT Seeks Hosts for State Tournaments 1

• From: rhentzel
• Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 09:40:01 -0700
• Message-ID: <000SGOOF1.000PV2RAK.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC, is
pleased to announce that it is now accepting bids from
high schools, colleges, and other institutions to host
State Championship and Qualifier Tournaments in the
2000-2001 competition year.

State Championships
should be held between March 21, 2001 and May 9, 2001.
Interested hosts should e-mail naqt_at_... by May 19,
2000, to indicate their desire to host. NAQT hopes to
announce the selected hosts by June 1, 2000. NAQT will
consider bids that fall outside of this date range, but
will give preference to bids that fall within
it.

Important information:

* State Championships must be
run according to official NAQT rules (which may be
found at <a href=http://www.naqt.org/rules.html target=new>http://www.naqt.org/rules.html</a>) with the
exception that they may be run untimed. Hosts that wish to
run a timed tournament but fear a shortage of clocks
should contact NAQT to see if it would be possible to
borrow some for the tournament.

* The application
to host must be made by a team member or advisor who
plans on remaining with the host institution throughout
the 2000-2001 competition year and who intends to
take an active role in the planning and execution of
the event.

* Hosts may choose the format, but
it must guarantee teams at least 8 games. 15 packets
will be provided by NAQT. NAQT suggests that
single-elimination play-offs not be used. NAQT also suggests that
point- and head-to-head-based tiebreakers not be used to
determine championships or play-off qualification.


* Hosts may divide the competition into divisions
in a way that is appropriate and traditional for the
state or region.

* Hosts are responsible for
purchasing and awarding trophies and other prizes for the
event. The precise nature of the awards to be given is
left up to the host.

* High schools that are
awarded State Championships and which do not receive bids
to the High School National Championship Tournament
(HS NCT)at other tournaments, will be awarded one
invitation to the National Championship.

*
Order-of-finish and win-loss records must be reported to NAQT
within 24 hours. Complete team stats (institution, team
name, division, win-loss, tossups heard, tossups, power
tossups, and interrupts) must be reported within 72 hours.
Complete individual stats (full name, team, year in
school, games played, tossups heard, power tossups,
tossups, interrupts) must be reported within 7 days.
Hosts' automatic bids are forfeit if stats are not
submitted in a timely manner.