------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article 138 of 189 Subject: Re: NE REGIONALs From: parinell@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James C Parinella) Date: 1995/05/08 Message-Id: <3oldjh$5bd@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> References: <3ok21l$g04@senator-Bedfellow.MIT.EDU> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Newsgroups: rec.sport.disc In article <3ok21l$g04@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> ehwang@athena.mit.edu (Edward Hwang) writes: > >The Yale-Williams game lasted for almost 3.5 hours due to the fact >that the teams decided beforehand that the game had to be won by 2 >points and neither team could score upwind (the UPA Rules state that >any variation of the rules can be used if agreed upon by both >captians...I was not aware of this agreement until the score was Not true. The Captain's Clause is: I.3. A game may be played under any variations of the rules agreed upon by the captains of the two teams. IN TOURNAMENT PLAY, SUCH VARIATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR (emphasis mine). Such things as length of game, dimensions of the field, and stalling count can easily be altered to suit the level of play. Ed, it was within your right to cap the game, seeing that another team was involved. >20-20). After some time, I was consulted on to see if they could >postpone the game in the middle of the game. The complicating factor was that the loser had to play Columbia for the second seed. > Ed Hwang, NE CRC > MIT Ultimate Two asides: 1. Because of situations like that, my team usually chooses the wind after the flip. Conventional wisdom is to choose to pull. 2. In my more testosterone laden days, back when we would have these epic battles (in every sense of the word) with NY, I would joke that our two teams evoked the Captains' Clause, in that we chose to waive the Spirit of the Game rule. Jim "Still cheating, but getting away with it after learning that if you do it in a friendly way, people don't mind as much" Parinella ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Home   Power Search   Post to Usenet   Ask DN Wizard   Help Why use DN?   |   Advertising Info   |   New Features!   |   Policy Stuff Copyright © 1996 Deja News, Inc. All rights reserved.