just a thort about technical limitations. i no from experience of hosting uni ladder league events, that my union (brunel) werent keen on the idea of having other uni teams playing on our sports ground for free, i no it sounds stupid but its true they were trying to charge us! And if non uni teams enter ladder league then this could mean that they are even more funny about who plays on our grounds. including insurance, security etc! I no many teams have local parks that matches can be held on but uni grounds are by far the easiest for us, and our union would be funny about allowing non-uni players access to grounds and use of the facilities without paying for them!

On the other hand with ultimate frisbee now a recognised 'BUSA' sport, this would be a time to push the fact there are loads of universities playing our sport frequently against other universities outside of main tournements.

more thorts everyone!

shim

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From: "David Gate" <d_p_gate@...>
To: seuniultimate@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [seuniultimate] FW: Re: Ladder League's future
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:47:08 +0000

think pugh ment to send this to the group and not just me.

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From:  "pugh" <li51jp@...>
To:  "David Gate" <d_p_gate@...>
Subject:  Re: Ladder League's future
Date:  Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:21:49 -0000
>I would have to agree in principle with Shimmy.
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>I don't think having more teams would necessarily increase the
>amount of competition and standard in the South East. It might even
>have the opposite effect in that the new teams may well get set up
>without the knowledge or drive behind them.
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>If the point is trying to introduce Uni teams into the 'cut throat'
>world of Open Ultimate, I think there are better ways of doing this
>than just flooding a successful system with extra teams. I
>thoroughly enjoyed all the Ladder League events I went to last year,
>partly - I believe - due to the relaxed nature of an exclusively Uni
>event. This doesn't mean it wasn't competitive though.
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>A possible solution would be to host a weekend event and invite a
>local open team along. Surrey is trying to organise another Fresher
>Fun Day where the Lucky Huckers share their knowledge and skills
>with freshers. Those that attended last years will remember playing
>alongside players from all the different teams - including the
>Huckers - at the end of the day. It would be very simple to host a
>Ladder League event in this manner where Uni teams would play Uni
>teams and then, at some point in the afternoon, get to take on a
>fully fledged Open team to try and gauge their ability/improvement.
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>I think Ladder League is a successful and precious idea for
>UniUltimate and, If it ain't broke....?
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>This turned out longer than I first hoped and if I'm speaking out of
>turn, I apologise.
>Not views of my team blah blah.
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>pugh
>Surrey and Lucky 31
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