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Subject: BUSA (again) - I'll be brief.....
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Hi Folks

This discussion kicks off annually, and the same arguments are replyed.  If it matters that much to you that our sport(s) get the 
proper respect from QUANGOs like the SC, then pay attention to what people are saying:

We aren't important enough, not nearly enough: they should be paying attention to us, not the other way round.  BUSA recognition, 
as with SC recognition, comes with varying levels of support and in our present situation, we wouldn't get anything like that given 
to, say, football or hockey.  IMHO, the responsibility for the development of our sport does not lie with the student co-ordinator, or 
the BUF director, or any individual key figure in the administration of our sport - it lies with you, the players.  People like Ben (hope 
I'm not using your name in vein) have been banging on about geo teams, starting new teams, local tournies etc for a long time now 
and it's the same old people who act on this advice.  It comes down to a lot of factors, and I know time is one of them, but how 
much effort you are prepared to put in to back up your words is key.  

I think we have to forget about the quick-fix solutions - no one is going to hand us a wad of cash and say "spend it at will."  Start a 
junior team (it only takes one hour a week) hold a tournie, form a local league, open your practices up to newcomers, publicise 
what you are doing somewhere other than on Britdisc.  Or maybe we actually like what we have too much???  The choice, as they 
say, is yours.....

Sorry - not as brief as I meant it to be!


Mark
Whiplash