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Re: LIMITING NATIONALS--TUNA
Do me a favor? Don't SHOUT!
Peter
On Tue, 8 Nov 1994, Jason Cruce Trice wrote:
> 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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