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LIMITING NATIONALS--TUNA
TUNA IS RIGHT THAT LIMITING NATIONALS DOESN'T CONTRIBUTE TO HIS #1 GOAL, BUT
THERE ARE OTHER GOALS TO CONSIDER, NAMELY COMPETITION. WHILE NATIONALS IS A
UNIQUE TOURNY DESIGNATED TO IDENTIFY OUR "NATIONAL CHAMPION", NONE OF THE
OPPORTUNITIES TUNA SEES FOR NOVICES ARE UNIQUE TO NATIONALS PARTICIPATION.
MANY OF THE ADVANTAGES TUNA SEES IN NATIONALS CAN BE ACHIEVED BY ALLOWING THEM
TO COME WATCH: "SEE THAT DEBATE IS NATIONAL", "WATCH GOOD TEAMS IN ELIMS" AND
STRIVE TO BE THAT GOOD SOMEDAY, "ABILITY TO BUY TICKETS EARLY", ETC. HIS
ARGUMENTS ABOUT ROUND EXPERIENCE AND FACE CRUSHES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT
TOURNAMENT THEY ATTEND. IN FACT, BEING THAT TIM'S SUGGESTION FOR
QUALIFICATION IS MERELY A 50% RECORD AT ONE OPEN TOURNY, MANY FROSH THAT I HAVE
KNOWN COULD EASILY QUALIFY. I WOULD SAY THAT ANYONE WHO COULDN'T QUALIFY IS
PROBABLY GETTING MORE THAN THEIR FAIR SHARE OF FACE CRUSHING EXPERIENCE AT
TOURNAMENTS OTHER THAN NATS. GIVEN THE MULTITUDES OF TOURNAMENTS DURING THE
YEAR, AN ALWAYS PRESENT OPPORTUNITY TO QUALIFY FOR NATS, AND THE ABILITY FOR
ANYONE TO WATCH NATS--IF THE LIGHT IS TO COME ON IN A YOUNG PERSON'S MIND AS A
RESULT OF DEBATE, IT WILL EVEN IF THEY DON'T PARTICIPATE IN THEIR FIRST NATS.
ALL OF TUNA'S ARGUMENTS ARE MORE THAN OFFSET BY THE UNDENIED ARGUMENT OF ROGER
BILES THAT THE SIZE OF NATS IS BECOMING SO TREMENDOUS, THAT FUTURE NATS MAY BE
IN JEOPARDY BECAUSE NO ONE WILL HOST IT. IF THERE IS NO NATS, NO ONE EVER (NOT
JUST NOVICES THEIR FIRST YEAR) WILL REAP ITS EDUCATIONAL OR COMPETITIVE
JUST NOVICES THEIR 1ST YEAR) WILL REAP ITS EDUCATIONAL OR COMPETITIVE BENEFITS.
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