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Subject: Re: BUSA, the Sports Council and such things
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Author:  Leigh Simmons <simmons@cambridge.scr.slb.com>
>But I sort of lost interest in team sports; without exception (I think) as
>you get better, you have less freedom.

How so? more fame, more likely to have 'the heavy squad' set against you, 
but not shut downby the ref if you're good because you're *good*, not 
because you are best at pushing the rules...

>What do we need recognition from BUSA or the Sports Council for?

- Money
(d'you fancy going to a FREE tournament, wearing your FREE kit, etc [for 
free, you could use "free through sponsorship"])

- Organisational assistance
(fancy the National/Student Championships being organised/run/promoted by 
an organisation that doesn't require TDs/Students to give up X hours of 
their day-jobs/studytime and undergo the hassle involved?)

- Recognition from *other* organisations - such as sponsorhip and TV 
(which is another vicious circle of its own)

>That's all really, just remember - money isn't everything.

But it does seem to make the world go 'round...

But, as you suggest, we *should* seriously consider that it may 'corrupt' some 
of the features that are inherent in our sport.

Wayne Retter
occaisionally hassled TD
in two minds about "going official"