Simon and the rest of BD,
Just as a follow up to my first email, I actually got rapid and informative
replies from two UKUA people, one of whom said:
"The way the rules work, teams are given a warning on the Saturday and if
they've not sorted it by the Sunday they receive a penalty.
[At the Mixed Tours] plenty of Saturday warnings were given, and of the
teams checked again on Sundays, 'most' had sorted it out."
Also, one team (I won't name names) was actually disqualified from Mixed
Nationals for "for persistent infringement at MT3", but allegedly "weren't
going to enter Nationals anyway"....
So, turns out the rules *are* being enforced after all, which is good to
know. :)
Cheers & see you in Exeter this weekend,
Rolls
Brighton Ultimate #42
On 05/07/06, Simon Yorath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi BD,
I hate to be "that guy" but I have to agree with Roland- why introduce
rules that aren't going to be enforced? A lot of Skunks'
beginners spent a lot of money on Ltd. Release kit because they were
under the impression that they couldn't play the mixed or open tours
in their Skunks kit as in previous years.
Now, while I think the new rules are a little harsh on new players I
do see why they were introduced. If our beginners actually needed the
new kit I'd tell them all to get on with it, life's hard, etc. but
it's looking increasingly like they wasted their money. Shall I tell
next year's freshers not to bother?
Hey, at least one other person cares Rolls!
See you all at OT1!
Tugs,
Skunks #27, Ltd. #72
Obviously, this is the opinion of both my teams, they just don't know
it yet.
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From: Roland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [BD] Kit rules in the Mixed Tour
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 11:34:53 +0100
>Hey,
>I guess this might seem kind of trivial, but why introduce rules
if
>you're
>not going to enforce them? And what else is BD for if not for
>moaning about
>trivial issues? ;)
>
>I noticed at a couple of the Mixed Tours and at Mixed Nationals
that
>not all
>teams were adhering to the "matching kit" rules that were
introduced
>this
>year. The rules state:
>
>"All teams entering the Tour will be required to provide all team
>members
>with matching shirts.
>...
>Teams are also required to provide shorts matching in colour and
>preferably
>design."
>
>Some teams had two or three players not wearing team kit - and in
>some cases
>they had players wearing neither a team shirt or matching coloured
>shorts.
>The teams I noticed were not especially newly formed from what I
can
>recall,
>so I would think that at the very least by the time Mixed
Nationals
>comes
>around they should be able to provide their players with the right
>kit (by
>borrowing from non-attending players, for example). From what I
>recall,
>plenty of warning about the new kit rules was given, and our team
>(and, I
>imagine, many others) went to a lot of time and effort to find
>sponsorship
>and design and order new kit for the whole team this year. And I
>won't even
>start on how many "remember to bring black shorts!!!" emails went
>round our
>team mailing list pre-Mixed Tours...
>
>I have to admit that personally, I originally thought introducing
>the kit
>rules was a little over the top; however I can definitely
understand
>why it
>was done and I now appreciate the effect it has had on improving
the
>"image"
>of the sport ( i.e. it looks more like we're "a proper sport" if
>everyone
>has the right kit).
>
>However, I havn't heard anything about teams being penalised (in
>whatever
>manner the penalty is for not having the right kit) on BritDisc or
>elsewhere. Are the kit rules actually being enforced? Will they
be
>at the
>Open Tours? Does anyone other than me care? Has anyone read this
>email all
>the way to the end before deleting it? I await the answers to
these
>questions with baited breath (because I'm at work and really
bored).
>
>Cheers,
>Rolls
>Brighton Ultimate #42
>
>My opinions may or may not be those of my team (I haven't asked
them
>so I
>don't know).
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