I’m annoyed tonight for two reasons. Both revolve around Ultimate.

First, Beacon didn’t get selected in the "Early Decision" round of the National Championships. That’s fine, I suppose. It puts a fair amount of pressure on any games we play between now and the final decision, but we can handle that. The kids are that good. But what is more frustrating is that we won’t find out until April 9th. That gives us six weeks to fund-raise, and that’s really difficult. We’re going to start fundraising as if we are going, because otherwise, I don’t know how everyone affords it. Waiting until April 9th to make a final decision will make it tough for the less wealthy teams to afford the trip. Yes, it’s still much earlier than the college and club teams, but given that this is an invitational, it could be an earlier deadline.