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From: "Harry Golby" <hgolby@pers.cmht.nwest.nhs.uk>
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Subject: Re: U8 - rules relating to women and junior players
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Simon,

Many moons ago I was at a BUF meeting where a similar 
exception to eligibility rules was discussed (and thrown out.)  The 
principle arguements for making an exception for women and junior 
players seem to be:

1.  They could be 'weaker' players and wouldn't make that much 
difference to a team's overall performance
2.  This would encourage the development of Womens' and Juniors' 
Ultimate by giving them the flexibility to enter tournaments as 
Womens' and Juniors' teams whenever possible but not exclude 
individuals from playing when they can't get a team together.

My feelings are:
1.  Is obviously rubbish, there are plenty of women and juniors 
good enough to make a significant contribution to whatever 
team they were playing for
2.  Wasn't the tour all about trying to get more stable teams who are 
prepared to commit to playing regularly?   Some open teams 
didn't enter the tour because they couldn't make that 
commitment, so their players have been forced to play for another 
team that may not be their 'first choice'.  Shouldn't Women and 
Junior be making the same choices?  Should we be trying to use the 
tour to  develop Womens' and Juniors' Ultimate or do that 
elsewhere and stick to the original aims of the tour.

Unless there's something I'm missing, my view is there should be 
no exception for Women and Junior players (come to think of it I 
hadn't realised there was an exception for students either!) 

Harry

Harry Golby
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