On Aug 29, 7:26 am, Manzell <manz...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Aug 28, 4:20 pm, jar...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
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> > I didn't start playing ultimate until college, and I went to a small
> > school so all we had was an intramural league that didnt' even follow
> > UPA rules. We finally got a club team started my senior year but it
> > didn't participate in the UPA College Series (that year).
>
> > I've never registered with the UPA, never played for a club team, but
> > I have played in tournaments like GRUB and Lungbuster with local teams
> > or I picked up with a team at the tourney, the first time being
> > Lungbuster '04.
>
> > I got my undergrad degree in May '06 and will go to grad school in the
> > next few years, and I always planned on going to a school with a good
> > ultimate program so I could have the experience that I missed out on
> > because I went to a small school and had to start my own team.
>
> > Now I find out that I probably won't be able to do that. I am a good
> > player, but definitely not a ringer and would never be the best player
> > on a college team. I can't believe their eligibility system works like
> > this....
>
> > I'd like to see a board candidate take up this issue. The one
> > frustrating thing about Ultimate is that many aspects of it fly right
> > in the face of common sense. (My other big sticking point is turnovers
> > on throws after a foul is called, in every single other s****t you play
> > as hard as you can until someone stops you. Not in ultimate though.)
>
> > Can anyone offer a good defense of the current UPA policy?
>
> If you have never registered with the UPA, you are in the clear. I
> have no idea if Lungbuster is a UPA-sanctioned tourney, but these are
> in theory mutually exclusive, you shouldn't have been able to play in
> a UPA tourney without first registering with the UPA. If you
> definitely never registered, you should be just fine re: eligibility.
>
> Also, re: turnovers on throws. You play until someone stops you, which
> is the point of the foul (or, at least, when you call foul). Turnovers
> only accrue on subsequent throws. The idea is that you are calling a
> "play-on" in which case you roll the dice. not sure what's so unfair
> about that.
You can pay that $5 or $10 UPA event fee, which would also start your
eligibility without you joining the UPA.
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