On "graciously" accepting

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Sort of off topic x2...

-So the point of declining is if you are already in the top 8 (or expect to be)? I had never realized that before-I always just thought it was in the rulebook so the "acceptance" song-and-dance could be at least minimally important. I had no idea anyone ever actually did it...

-In the category of "awkward moments", during the Cal Games this year, we were around 14th and were not at all expecting to even be picked or, much less, have to pick. I, as my team's scouting captain, still managed to collect (most of) our scouting forms, and I was amazed that many of the boxes actually had things written in them; however, any effect this might have had was eliminated when I passed the sheets to the wrong person. Our representative must have been feeling very uncomfortable as she "umm"ed to the microphone, and it must have taken at least 2 minutes of yelling from the stands before she got the message.