On Aug 29, 10:12 am, Alan Hoyle <al...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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 The rules made sense at the time but now are outdated with the growth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.
>
> --
> Alan Hoyle - al...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- http://www.alanhoyle.com/
18 is too young. Leave it at first UPA-sanctioned tournament after
high school, since UPA youth rules allow people up to 20 to play in
high school.
I also sup****t 4 years of eligibility with a red-****rt year. We now
have the capability to keep track of players' red****rt status.
Although the "danger" is new players not registering for the UPA and
playing with the team up to but not in the series for a year or two,
then "saving" their red****rt year. Since the UPA can't police who
practices, and this has happened to some extent, it's not a new
problem but becomes slightly more serious when other people are
prevented from playing more than 4 years because they registered their
freshman year and never red****rted.
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