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Re: Town Hall Meeting Video
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Originally Posted by jman4747 View Post
The proposal in the previously quoted post has the "top" teams leave everyone else behind to have their own tournament at the same time. The problem is the message it sends to the teams still competing at the official championship events "we don't want you here because #1 we won't have a real champion and #2 because the event will be more fun to watch without you". That is one of the messages it will send. I am responding to the proposal in that post. I don't hold any animosity toward "top' teams and won't unless they did something like that.
And if they decided to do that what's the problem? It is their decision what events they go to. If they feel they would rather spend their time & money attending another event that is more competitive AND allows them to compete with teams from across the country they have grown close to over the years then so be it. Not every program has the luxury that they can travel to a ton of events each year and if you have to spend $20k-$40k+ to compete at the Championship you'll start questioning why you are attending that event.

There are lower tier (but still competitive teams) who forgo attending St. Louis because they really don't feel like spending the money to go if they know their shots at being successful are low. It is an expensive, time consuming trip.

Like Mike said if the Championship is more about how many teams we can get to attend so we can inspire more students then more teams choosing not to attend the event results in more teams getting to attend the event. Isn't this great?

I'd be interested if we saw a similar change in a different aspect of the program in an area other teams cared about and what their reaction would be. What if we completely re-structured the Chairmans award and removed giving out one at the end of the season and did away with HOF status to the winning team and no auto bid to champs. Would we see a drop in teams who presented? Its easy to look at this when it doesn't have an impact on your program but when it does this is serious.