And now we just sort of wait.
First, Princeton opened. Then, a couple of weeks later, we
cleared the waitlists. In a week I’ll delete the TBAs, following a lot of
hoo-ha emails reminding people to put in names. But aside from that, and checking
every day to see if there’s any late arrivals to let in, there’s nothing much
to do.
There aren’t a lot of bogus entries. Given that historically
bogus entries have not gotten in no matter how clever they think they are, the
word might be out overall. Or maybe the fact that people know I’m running the lists
with JV discourages them from bothering. We have a no-tolerance policy for
freebooters, because we’ve had a lot of experience with their free boots.
Independent entries do nothing to enhance a tournament, and potentially do a
lot to unenhance it. (Disenhance? Dishance? Dishpan hands? Whatever.) At the
point where the NSDA established a definition of a real entry, why would I not
follow it? We follow everything else NSDAish (except at tournaments with a
CFL-only IE that follows CFL rules). Why fluctuate from that?
On fronts other than the Tiggers, we should be hearing from
the Ben Franklin folks shortly. We’ve already been talking to the Columbians;
they’re having room issues, of course, but it may be more serious than usual
this time out. Final resolutions remain to be determined. On the high school
front, Scarsdale is out of space for all its entries, Wee Sma Lex is building
nicely, with PF running 3 or 4 to 1 against LD, with Policy way at the back of
the field. Y has enlisted me for Ridge, predictably. So everything is about as
it usually is.
Almost makes me wish I had a debate team to coach. But just
almost. Almost is more than enough.
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