NCRedhawksX wrote:Also, since we are talking about ethics, one thing that I notice while scorekeeping during our tournament was one coach clearly substituted his/her students with knowing the topics of the upcoming questions in mind. How ethical/unethical is this?
How did the coaches know what questions were coming? If they had the questions in hand, it really puts the coach on the spot when subs are available. I was coaching at the M.S.L. pre-season tournament yesterday and the coaches are given the questions way beforehand. Not just for the tournament, but the
entire season is handed out on a CD-ROM at the coaches' meeting in October! I still haven't determined the reason why we get the questions. If a dispute arises, the moderator could just call us to come forward. No one at the 7:30 AM coach's meeting could give me a good reason why the questions are handed out in advance other than that's just the way it has always been done.
ANYWAY, late in our round 2 match, I decided to sub in a player who hadn't been in yet. The sub went right after the first question and got it, to which the moderator remarked 'timely substitution.' I winced at this comment because, with the questions sitting in my lap, it sounds as though I sent him in just because he knew what
canis familaris meant, when it was really just dumb luck on my part.... FWIW, 3 questions later, he responded with 'brine' for salty fluid excreted by the lacrimal glands.
The point is, anytime I'm hosting a match or playing on questions I've provided, or just in any situation where people know I've had access to the questions (as in the above), I feel like I have to worry about my kids being TOO good. This is why I like attending 'away' tournaments like Carmel and Fremd!