Good People Skills?

[Cliff]

It is my understanding that the quest to qualify for next year's DRF/NTRA Championship begins in earnest this weekend. In an effort to get some more information about those qualifiers, which have not been posted anywhere, I had this email dialogue with one of their representatives:

-----Original Message-----
From: Cliff
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 11:46 PM
To: Haydon, Jamie
Subject: 2004 Sites

Jamie,

When will ya'll begin posting the qualifying sites for 2004?

Thanks,
Cliff


>>>RESPONSE: (rec'd this morning)

>>>Shortly.

>>>Jamie Haydon
>>>NTRA

[dehere]

You know, there's something suspicious about the lack of postings about the upcoming contests. I happen to think it has something to do with a pending increase in the fee charged to qualifying sites - done to boost the overall prize money for the contest. In other words, they need to make sure the individual sites are willing to pay the increased fees before they publicize the contests. Since they don't have these commitments yet, they are not posting the qualifying sites yet.