It might be worth me, before we get any closer to UWIN and UMIN, reiterating the criteria for pickups. I sent out my perspective on them in an email in October (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uniultimate/message/5169), so this is not news in any way. Just a semi-friendly reminder.
Pickups are an absolutely last resort, and not in any way a luxury. If you have girls at your University [is it ever not girls?], you should definitely ask all of them, including people who have never played frisbee or any sort of organised sport before, before dreaming of finding a player studying elsewhere. And please, please fathom not the possibility of someone who isn't actually student. Eligibility and pickups criteria exist, are vital, and aren't going anywhere. What I have put into these emails wholly takes precedent over any unwritten rule you might think is floating around. Assume nothing, and if you have any doubts, email me in advance of the tournaments. To not do so will bring about a world of pain, up to and including disqualification from whatever future University tournaments I deem fit. I will do *everything* to prevent that happening, as it's absolutely the last step I want to take, but I'm not going to treat you guys like children. If it's required in order to kill the laissez-faire attitude surrounding this topic then it's a step I will not hesitate before taking. Maybe the easiest way of thinking about it is that every Uni team is on a yellow card. If I, Sam The Mixed Guy and Felix The Womens Chap receive no further emails in advance of the tournaments then we'll assume that everything's hunky-dorey, and any uncovered breach will be considered deliberate. There can be no excuses, and should my wrath fall it will be with great vengeance and fuuuuuuuuuurious anger. Again - if you have even the slightest doubt, get in touch. Yours, Edd PS. Emailed to BritDisc too because I don't contact those guys outside the bubble often enough, as well as there might be some stragglers on there who aren't on the UniUltimate Yahoo! Group mailing list. If that's you and you've no idea what the UniUltimate mailing list is, go here and learn and sign up: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uniultimate/ PPS. The Pulp Fiction reference is evidence that I'm not always grumpy. __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
