Martin There's a possibility that I'm just rising to the bait here but seriously, essentially you've just asked a question equivalent to 'why can't non-elite mens teams enter the womens tour' or 'why can non-elite mens team enter junior events'. Erm, do I really need to go here? There are plenty of opportunities to go to 'fun' tournaments, and with the advent of ladder league there's more opportunity to particiapte in or run a small tournanment for 4-6 teams yourself and all go out drinking afterward.
Luke (Revolution) Martin Colbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey all, As someone that somehow finds time to read a LOT of what is posted on BD I thought it time I said something!!! YAY OK Firstly I am an open player and have been into ultimate since I was 13 (am 26 now to give you an idea!!) Anyone who has ever met me or what not knows I love what I would call old school ultimate. I love to party, enjoy playing the game that i can guarantee EVERYONE here loves, and such like!! But I think more recently a lot of things posted onto BD are being over critical of something that is supposed to be a good FUN sport. The cost thing........... OH MY GOD, loads of opinions on this!!! But basically I agree with the dont overcharge dramatically for no reason. (I heard market price mentioned) If your tournament cost so much to run add a bit for yourselves but don't overdo it thats all i say! As someone who has to pay lots of money to get to any tourney I dont like the thought of paying a few pounds extra in tourney fees (thats valuable beer money dont you know!!) Go completely with Mr Steve G about why should you pay more if its not neccessary. But still what do i know!!! Other thing was the whole Uni thing, OK Tour = great as any team is eligible, apart from our team as not many of us are registered UKUA players!!! Student/Uni stuff - This I do have a bit of a beef with...............(I am going to get ripped into but hell its my opinion) Why do Uni teams/student teams need there own massive thing where non uni teams are allowed to enter???? Surely if Open teams were eligible into Uni events it would give lesser open teams a chance to actually play more often!!!! (This is a concern for us especially as I previously mentioned we do not have a full UKUA registered team) Don't get me wrong I love playing the party tournaments (Copa (indoors and out), Great Barr Crawl etc) But it would be so much nicer if there were more oppurtunities for teams like ours to get to tourneys. Basically I think my point is overall Uni's can go into open tourneys and open teams cant go into uni tourneys!! All of what I have said will probably be shot down into a million pieces but I just hope that most will see this as my own little way of making my point known and lets all be nice and happy!!!! REMEMBER SPIRIT IS THE ULTIMATE WINNER!!!! ;-D Chill people Mole Loose Morals #(we dont have numbers cos we are to poor!!!) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 7p a photo. __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp --------------------------------- What kind of emailer are you? Find out today - get a free analysis of your email personality. Take the quiz at the Yahoo! Mail Championship. __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
