--- In quizbowl_at_y..., ZAMM_Phaedrus <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> Unnamed sources described only as "California collegiate teams"
were
> allegedly turned away for not meeting an arbitrary definition of JV
> eligibility.
I talked to Berkeley; Chen's e-mail of 3 April also mentions Harvey
Mudd and Cal Tech.
Ths subjective was used--"it was revealed"--begging the
> question who revealed this information. One also wonders what
> definition of JV eligibility was used and whether or not this is
more
> or less arbitrary than whathe various different standards used by
> other tournaments.
>
> References are made to interviewing teams that attended the
> tournament, but no teams are as of yet specifically named.
I'm being vague to avoid casting too much spotlight on any third
party. The teams talked to were Berkeley and Los Alamitos HS; I'm not
naming names.
Edmund