All,
I think it unfair that a decision has already been 'made' in regards to
the eligibility of students. After Catch-22 pulled out of Tour 2, it was
some weeks (standard disclaimer: bad memory) before a final decision was
reached which (surely not) changed the rules that had been decided on
before Tour 1. Similarly, can there not now be some discussion on this
point culminating in a fair and spirited decision.
I met Raj at Junior outdoors in Shropshire this year. He'd played for
juniors in Minneapolis, but because of the lack of a local team, hadn't
been able to play regularly (if at all) since. He came along hoping for
a game. After watching him play on the Saturday we were all amazed that
he wasn't going to be able to go to Germany (partly for financial
reasons, but also because of the atmosphere at the last world's). We
managed to convince him to go and promised to all chip in (I paid �100)
to pay what he couldn't make up.
Believe me it was worth every penny, not only was Raj a major factor for
our success in Germany, but it inspired him enough to put a lot of time
and effort into getting his friends together to form a team so he could
play in the year leading up to University. Yes on his own he managed to
convince an (indoor) squads worth of people to take up Ultimate.
So lets all thank Raj and help him with his commendable work!
NO, fuck that, lets kick him and his team-mates out for a minor
indiscretion (no, not Lewinski minor), and never see most of them play
Ultimate again.
Yeah, good decision.
If you have a problem with the Mike Grant-esque part timer, then simply
tell him that he can't play at Nationals and see how much of a
difference that makes. Or is that too sensible a decision.
Rant over, for now.
Jaimie Cross
Leeds
BTW York had a similar part-timer in our team this year, but no one had
an issue with that.
