On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:09:31, Kyle Weisbrod wrote:
> Hey, I'm writing this as a player and board member but not as an
> "official mouthpiece" of the UPA -
> The way the college eligibility rules are written preserves the
> division as an intro to Ultimate. Essentially, outside of high school
> play, you can not play organized (i.e. UPA) Ultimate for more than
> five years and still be eligible to play college Ultimate.
> The rules made sense at the time but now are outdated with the growth
> of the division and Ultimate as a whole. Youth play has grown to the
> point where some College freshman that have already played in the UPA
> Club Champion****ps. Considering that, it doesn't make sense that
> someone else's eligibility clock should start because they signed up
> for a UPA sanctioned hat tournament.
Kyle,
My opinion is that the 5 year clock should start for a someone at their
first
UPA tournament with a college team or their first club champion****p series
event (e.g. club sectionals) after they've turned 18 (i.e. are out of
HS).
I don't think sectionals should count for HS kids, even if they're on
top-flight teams. I also don't think events that don't directly lead
to a possible national champion****p should count against someone, even
if the competition is top-flight.
The NCAA eligibility rules have allowed pro athletes in one s****t
(e.g. Baseball) to come back and play another s****t (e.g. Football)
after several years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Weinke
However, I do not think that we should (at present) adopt all of the
NCAA eligibility rules and automatically start the clock for people
that play any NCAA s****t.
-alan
PS. when I say "UPA tournament" and such, I would be sure to include
champion****p events from other countries as well.
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Alan Hoyle - alanh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- http://www.alanhoyle.com/
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