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>In article <cs8b760ert@drn.newsguy.com>, Kevin L. Bachler says...
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>BTW, my opinions above make me less popular with many scholastic people also.
>That's why I always thought it funny when people labeled me a scholastic guy,
>because clearly many of the scholastic people would not.
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>Another example: In Illinois I think that scholastic (and high school) players
>should have to be ICA members to play in the state scholastic championship.
>That opinion is not liked by a lot of people. My general feeling though, is
>that this is an extra value provided by the state association. State
>association membership should be perfunctory. If there were cots requirements
>for any other child activity for something comparable, you wouldn't see Little
>League, or soccer, or anyone else say "we aren't going to charge it..."
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>And, of course, to the extent that we get a dollar commitment to state
>associations, that helps grass roots efforts. And to the extent that these
>players get state magazines, and find out about adult tournaments, that could
>help to mainstream them.
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