Worst run tournament. Ever.
I agree that this tournament was not well-run. (It reminded me so much of Yale.) I also agree the price is not worth the product. The solution, I think, is for other schools in the area to step up and offer some competition to this tournament. I am certainly exploring this avenue for next year. (Hopefully they'll be some interest from other schools...)
My question is: why on Earth would Penn would use Celebrity Jeopardy categories as team names? I mean, I understand many tournaments use themes for their rounds but.....Celebrity Jeopardy categories??
Most of those categories are VERY long phrases that do not fit on a ballot. To wit:
"Members of Simon and Garfunkel"
"Famous Kareem Abdul Jabbars"
"States that start 'Californ'."
Hilarious when used as Jeopardy categories on a comedy program.
Absolutely stupid when used as team names in a mock trial competition. It's as if they thought those names were only used among students and didn't have to fit on a small line on a ballot that is given to judges.
Methinks numbers and letters would be a better team name than "colors that end in 'urple'." But maybe I'm just getting old.
In any event, congratulations to the winners. For a tournament so early in the year, I was impressed with the preparation of the students in second round I judged.
