>>2. I'm concerned by the lack of attention given to university students (the
>>"lifeblood of our sport") this proposal doesn't seem to do much to help
>"attract" >new players to the sport - while other "university sports" are
>offering to let >someone play pretty much for free all year we're now saying
>"You can play for >free in your first year but if you like playing and want
>to go to Regionals Indoors >in your 2nd year it's gonna cost you �18"...
It is vital to keep students attracted to Ultimate, but when I was running
Superfly as a University team, the Student Union paid for most of our
Tournament fees, mini-bus hire and equipment costs. I'm sure they would have
paid for membership fees as well.
Jack
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