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From: "Andy Cotgreave" <acotgreave@rmplc.net>
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Subject: Soemthing to stoke the fire...
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 10:38:01 +0100
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Hi all,

Well, it has been an active week on BD, and there are certain common
threads. 

It seems that most people want to see the top teams help out the bottom
teams, and for the whole to stay together. That is a fairly common line on
BD, and one which is great for the development of a wider base of British
ultimate players. However, all these opinions suggest a desire to help out
the weaker teams more than the stronger teams. In Britain, what is done to
develop the highest level of British ultimate?

By keeping regionals and non-peer pool tournaments we grow in terms of
numbers, but until the top teams can compete exclusivley with each other,
the highest level of competitive British ultimate will not improve. We are
at the situation where there are plenty of teams for concurrent
tournaments. If there were tournaments for top teams, and lesser teams,
then the top tournaments would be more competitive, and improve the higher
level. Other tournaments would be *equally* competitive, because the level
of play would be more equal on both days, and there would be new teams
emerging as winners. This would serve to improve the game at both levels,
and teams would be able to choose which level they want to play at.

Some sort of strategy like that would help out both the upper and lower
echelons of British Ultimate, IMHO.

These opinions aren't necessarily ones I passionately believe in, but I do
think they could help the sport.

Seeya
Andy C
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