Well, I have to admit the defense of keeping it to "college-aged"
people is pretty good actually. I still think age should be
irrelevant, rules should be in place to prevent "ringers". To be
honest, I bet a kid who was the best on his team coming out of a 4-
year stint with an established, coached high-school has received far
more instruction than I ever have. It's also a selfish motivation to
have the fun experience of playing with a good program.
To Ryan:
If you read the affadavit PDF on the UPA website it seems like that
player played in a hat tournment a month before he ever registered for
the UPA, and his clock started from the hat tournament which was NOT a
college tournament. The clock starts from your first "UPA-sanctioned"
event. If you go to the tournaments section of the UPA page, it says
"It is the policy of the UPA to announce UPA-sanctioned tournaments on
its website." That means that every tourney on the website is
sanctioned, and I'm almost positive that every year Lungbuster and
GRUB are posted on that list...
I think your college eligibility should start from your first ever
game/practice on a college team. And it shouldn't be a continuous
clock (you could play for two years, maybe you take a year or two off
from college, then you would still have another 3 years). And who
knows, maybe playing in the Club Series should forfeit your college
eligibility. But the current system is wack and indefensible.
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