Enough time to make plans, but I’m sure teams would prefer to have known soonerģ) A well organized and successful National Championship Tournament. I should point out though, that the announcement for College Nationals was a little later than the subject date.
Sooner, of course, would be better, but this should allow enough time for teams to make airfare and lodging reservations. Finally, plans for teams to qualify were thrown out and teams were simply allowed to enter the National Championship tournament on a first come, first served basis.Ģ) Announcement of the 2009 National Championship Tournament (Dates and Location) (Target Date: January 30, 2009). Faced with a protest on the last minute change, USA Team Handball backed down and reverted to the original wording. Worse, the rulebook was modified in February and the residency requirement for foreign players were changed without any feedback from the membership. An opportunity to comment was provided, but vetting was limited to the staff in the National office. As a minimum, every club should have a clear understanding as to what they need to do in order to participate in the 2009 National Championship Tournament.Ī competition rulebook was indeed provided by the target date, but the vetting process was less than satisfactory. This won’t mean that everybody will like everything in the competition rulebook, but it should mean that all the major clubs in the USA find it acceptable. Successfully completing this goal would be to have a revamped competition rulebook that has been vetted, by and large, by the USA Handball community.
JUMPSTART 3RD GRADE 1.2.0 UPDATE
The original text is in black my grade and a status update is in blue.ġ) A clear and organized plan for USA club competition. Well, it’s now been 6 months and it’s time for a review. I ended my commentary with this statement: “And if my patience wears thin 6 months from now, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone.” Instead I laid out my expectations for the new Federation in a number of areas along with what I considered some reasonable target dates for completion. Last September as missives criticizing the new USA Team Handball Federation ratcheted up in the Forum section on our website I commented that I thought folks were jumping the gun a bit too much on a brand new organization.
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