From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Thu Jan 13 15:58:45 2000 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) id PAA21230 for britdisc-outgoing; Thu, 13 Jan 2000 15:57:13 GMT Received: from daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (daffodil [137.205.192.30]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA21212 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Thu, 13 Jan 2000 15:57:10 GMT Received: from relay3-gui.server.ntli.net (relay3-gui.server.ntli.net [194.168.4.200]) by daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA05489 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Thu, 13 Jan 2000 15:57:09 GMT Received: from p168-harc2-kirklees1.tch.dtn.ntl.com ([194.168.245.63] helo=user) by relay3-gui.server.ntli.net with smtp (Exim 3.03 #2) id 128XSZ-0000r3-00 for britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 23:45:52 +0000 Message-ID: <001801bf5d58$0fb52c20$a69cfea9@user> From: "Matthew Lowe" <matthew.lowe@dtn.ntl.com> To: "BRITDISC" <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Subject: RE: Officiating Ultimate Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 23:50:47 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0015_01BF5D57.D91911E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01BF5D57.D91911E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable David wrote: >14 players and 6 refs? >Only one word for that - Pick! Del wrote: >Paid referees at televised games is feasible.=20 If such a tournament was held then 6 refs per game would be ok. Not all = of them would have to be on the field of play. You would probably have 4 = based on the sidelines, 2 each side of the pitch operating along half = the side line, with the other 2 refs on the pitch. Ice Hockey (possibly = a faster sport than ultimate) has about 5 officials per game so I'm sure = 6 would not be that difficult. Paul wrote: >Do we need to make Ultimate TV friendly? I don't know about everyone = else,=20 >but I just play because I enjoy it, not to get on TV... It's not really a case of "Do we need to make Ultimate TV friendly?" as = most people who play currently don't care about being on TV but just = enjoy playing, I'm just the same when I get chance to. But sooner or = later ultimate will grow to a size where it will have more of a public = image and things like rosters, matching kits and so on will be an issue. = It's not about wanting it now but a situation where we are discussing = future possiblities, after all I don't want to be officiating = tournaments at the minute, I want to be playing in them. Matt ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01BF5D57.D91911E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>David wrote:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>>14 players and 6 refs?<BR>>Only = one word for=20 that - Pick!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Del wrote:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>>Paid referees at televised games is = feasible.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If such a tournament was held then 6 = refs per game=20 would be ok. Not all of them would have to be on the field of play. You = would=20 probably have 4 based on the sidelines, 2 each side of the pitch = operating along=20 half the side line, with the other 2 refs on the pitch. Ice Hockey = (possibly a=20 faster sport than ultimate) has about 5 officials per game so I'm sure 6 = would=20 not be that difficult.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Paul wrote:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>>Do we need to make Ultimate TV = friendly? =20 I don't know about everyone else, <BR>>but I just play because I = enjoy it,=20 not to get on TV...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It's not really a case of "Do we need = to make=20 Ultimate TV friendly?" as most people who play currently don't care = about being=20 on TV but just enjoy playing, I'm just the same when I get chance to. = But sooner=20 or later ultimate will grow to a size where it will have more of a = public image=20 and things like rosters, matching kits and so on will be an issue. It's = not=20 about wanting it now but a situation where we are discussing future=20 possiblities, after all I don't want to be officiating tournaments at = the=20 minute, I want to be playing in them.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Matt</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2><BR><BR><BR> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01BF5D57.D91911E0--