:-D Why celebrate anything? Best clothes design? Top country to live in? Needed? No. Good and fun? Yes. Same for SOTG. No it is not 100% 'needed' but why not put the spot light on the team that plays with the most respect, fairness, and everything else that SOTG entails?
Patrick van der Valk President - Beach Ultimate Lovers Association http://beachultimate.org/blog -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of peter robert wright Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 8:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [BD] do we need spirit prizes at all? all this discussion about scoring got me thinking...... yes, spirit is important. obviously yes, all (espec new) players should be inculcated in what spirit is and what fair play is by their peers/captains. yes, we should care about whether games are spirited or not. yes, we should discuss the spirit of games during and after games with each other. but... - do we need a spirit winner of the competition? - is rewarding people with a trophy (or some alcohol!) for acting according to an assumed and fundamental premise of the sport what we should be doing? i'm not so sure this idea of a spirit winner is such a good thing. to reward the most spirited team seems to me to be like rewarding the person who commits the least murders....(i realise that's an imperfect analogy, so be kind!). my point is not dissimilar to (though hopefully less controversial than) chris rock's famous rant in his stand-up set: *N*****s always want credit for some sh*t they're supposed to do....They'll say something like, "Yeah, well I take care of my kids." You're *supposed*to, you dumb motherf***er. "I ain't never been to jail." Whaddya want? A cookie? You're not *supposed* to go to jail, you low-expectation-having motherf***er!* but ditching the prize doesn't necessarily mean not doing spirit scores. couldn't we.... 1. score the opposition (however we deem best), either anonymously or not, 2. hand them in to TD 3. then the TD *JUST gives them out to the relevant team captains at the end* - so i would be given fire's scores from other teams. *no prize, but feedback nonetheless. * thoughts??? rodders __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
