[NSRCA-discussion] Rule 8.1.1

[Scott Anderson]

Jon,

Well done !!!

scott anderson
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From: <jonlowe at aol.com>
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Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Rule 8.1.1


> Qualifying for the NATS might work if it is at the end of the season,
> but not in the middle.  They would have to be in September at the
> earliest to make this work.   Some districts would be lucky to get in 3
> or 4 contests by the current date.  How many contests would be needed
> to qualify?  How may will get invited from each district?  Will some
> districts get more invitees than others?   Points would have to
> accumulated until just before the NATS if we keep the current time of
> the year, especially for districts in the frozen north, not allowing
> people to have adequate time to plan vacations around attendance at the
> NATS.  You also run into school vs. vacation issues for those people
> with kids if you do it late in the season.  If you have a regional
> qualifying event, then people who want to go to the NATS have to plan
> around another single event.
>
> Another issue is who at the national level is going to keep track of
> the points that are accumulated, and then send out the invites to
> people who qualify?  Since you have fewer people to spread costs over,
> who is going to absorb those costs?  NATS entry fees are already 3
> times higher than any other contest you go to, and I think people would
> balk at fees going even higher.
>
> Would this change be applied to all of the NATS events and not just
> pattern?  If "they" want to shorten the time period, why don't "they"
> have other dsiciplines compete at the same time as we do? Certainly
> controline could go on at the same time. Who are these "so many people"
> who are complaining?  The competitors?  The organizers?
> Non-participants?  If it is non-participants, they get 46 other weeks a
> year to fly at the AMA site; if that isn't thier beef, what is?
>
> It is great to talk about things like this, but until someone lays out
> the answers to all of these questions and presents a plan, it is all so
> much BS.  Someone has to define the problem, get agreement that it IS a
> problem, and from whose vantage point, and then lay out a plan that
> fixes the problem.  I haven't seen that.
>
> Attending the NATS is a great experience, and the only time in the year
> where anyone can compete against people from all over the country and
> see how they stack up.   You can be at the top of your district in a
> class, and be an also ran at the NATS.  Changing it so that only the
> best of the best can attend will change the very nature of the event.
> Why change what works?  What problem are we trying to fix?
>
> Jon
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> From: tony at radiosouthrc.com
> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> Sent: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 7:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Rule 8.1.1
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> Buddy:
> As I said at the beginning of this discussion thread, I am involved
> with a total NATS review. We are talking about all of the NATS,
> nothing is too sacred to be up for discussion.
>
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>
> One question I always had is why it the NATS an open event? Most all
> sports NATIONAL championships require you to qualify. With so many
> people complaining that the AMA NATS is 6-weeks long, this was brought
> up as a way to shorten the event. It also would elevate the status of
> the NATS. I don’t see how this would reduce participation at the local
> level. It may actually increase it!
>
>
>
> Keep in mind that this is just DISCUSSION!!! Don’t get all bent out of
> shape because we are talking about it.
>
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>
> Tony Stillman, President
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> I have a question
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>
> Why all of a sudden are you talking about special requirements needed
> for
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> Nat's entry.
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> My take on this, is if this is done we will reduce participation. I may
> be wrong but if I am not how is this going to help pattern and the
> NSRCA?
>
>
> I think it will be the first step toward a further reduction in
> membership and a step toward an all professional Nat's
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> Second question
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> Tony are you pushing this idea for real?
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>
> Buddy
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