12) Who gets to go to the regionals? (College Bowl)
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This article is from the College Bowl FAQ, by George Atendido aten0001@tc.umn.edu with numerous contributions by others.
12) Who gets to go to the regionals? (College Bowl)
(Pat Matthews)
For CB, every school that bought at least ten CBI packets in the given
year is eligible to play in its RCT. An additional entry fee is usually
required to cover the RCT's operating costs. Each school may send one
team. The team is selected from the Varsity Squad, composed of eight or
more players who all played in at least one game of each school's IM.
The RCT team consists of four players and one "alternate". (The term
"alternate" is misleading, as teams may substitute freely between rounds.)
Members of the winning IM team automatically become part of the Varsity
Squad, but the Varsity Squad can consist of as many "All-Stars" selected
from other teams as each program deems desirable. Thus, it is entirely
legal for the RCT team to have no members of the winning IM team.
(Indeed, the rule does not define "All-Star", so the "Varsity Squad"
could conceivably consist of every player in the IM.) Members of the RCT
team must be taking the equivalent of three credit hours per term. (A
lower second-term load is OK if the registrar certifies that the
student's course load satisfies degree requirements.) Also, only one
member of the RCT team may be a graduate student.
The mode of team selection varies from school to school. Modes include,
but are not limited to:
1. some form or tryout/showdown
2. vote of the program members and/or officers
3. appointment by coach/other official
4. sending the winning IM team
5. some hybrid of the above
For ACF, there are fewer restrictions. No IM is mandated, and a school
can enter more than one team. In addition, there are no packets to buy,
so all a school has to do to enter a team(s) is pay the entry fee(s) and
perhaps send a packet(s), if packet submission is required. In addition,
there are no restrictions on graduate students, and a player need only
have taken a course at the school in the last year. Programs select their
ACF RCT teams with the same modes, although "sending the winning IM team"
will not apply to all schools.
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