National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC, is pleased to announce that it is now accepting bids from colleges to host Sectional Championship Tournaments (SCTs) in the 2001-2002 competition year. SCTs will be held on the weekend of February 8-9, 2002. Interested hosts should e-mail naqt_at_... by April 27, 2001, to indicate their desire to host. Important information: * SCTs 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> in particular, they must be timed. Hosts who fear that they might be short on clocks may contact NAQT in order to borrow some. * The application to host must be made by a team member or advisor who plans on remaining with the host institution throughout the 2001-2002 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 12 games. 20 packets will be provided by NAQT. Single elimination play-offs may not be used. Points- or head-to-head-based tiebreakers may not be used to break ties that determine championships or play-off qualification; such situations must be resolved by full or partial games. The format must not include byes if that is logistically possible. * Hosts must offer separate Division II competition if at least four teams are interested. Hosts must offer separate Division I competition if at least four teams are interested. * Hosts must award both an Overall and an Undergraduate title as will be done at the 2000-2001 ICT (Intercollegiate Championship Tournament). A single Division II title must be awarded if at least one qualifying team is in attendance. * 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, major, 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. * The cost of the questions is $25.00 per Division I team and $15.00 per Division II team with the caveat that no more than half of a team's entry fee need be paid to NAQT. That is, if you let a team in for free, you don't pay NAQT for them. If you charge $10.00, you owe NAQT $5.00. Hosts keep all profits beyond that due to NAQT. Copies of the questions used may be sold after the tournament for $25.00 with hosts keeping half of that amount. [ Continued ]
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