i would like to (once again) publicly denounce the ridiculous ideas of closed
competitions. i've always been opposed to closed tournaments of any kind, but
this time its a little more personal as i will most likely be very close to
where the competition is at that time, and can't believe how ridiculous it is i
probably won't be able to compete. i believe bob has suffered from this more
than anyone as he was actually at a tournament in holland and couldn't compete.

in the usa, we allow all people of any country to compete, even in our usa
championships. jon morris was 2004 usa champion but macky actually won the
competition, what's wrong with this idea being adopted for all competitions. if
you have some silly area of dirt you'd like a title over, be my guest, but to
not even allow others to compete is horrible, and i can't think of one good
reason for this to be how any tournament is run.

in all fairness i should have raised more of an issue about this when the rules
were drafted for 2008, but to be honest i'm not sure that would do any good as
this is an old concern that many have voiced their opinion about. does anyone
else feel that closed tournaments of any kind should be banned under wca
guidelines?



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