What is a Fair Registration Process? I value the collective opinions of all rather than thoughts of a few, so please do post your opinions. Feel free to speak on your own behalfs and not on the behalfs of the teams and the competitions you represent.
Often times, we discuss what a fair judging process is (ie: Govind's Judging Sheet), but can we determine what a fair registration process? Is registration so subjective that there can never be such thing as a fair registration process? In light of certain things that have come up with the Desi Dhamaka line-up as well as other line-ups, let me ask you: What is Fair Registration for you?
If you ran a competition, what would you do? If you were applying to a competition, how would you want your team to be treated in registration?
1) TRYOUT VIDEO?
A 2-8 minute video with your routine, perhaps in t-shirt and pants without any logos (so that the team remains anonymous and it eliminates bias during judging of tryout videos) during a practice run. This clearly seems the fairest and puts all teams at the same level. But what if a team known for great performances submits a tryout video that doesn't do them justice?
2) PERFORMANCE VIDEO/PERFORMANCE HISTORY?
Past performance videos? You get to see what they may look like in your competition stage! But what if the performance is from years before? This may not be fair to newer teams who may not have performance videos or performance history
3) FAME
Knowing that a great team is applying to your competition is a great feeling I'm sure. But should you accept Team X because you've or know that they're great even without watching the tryout videos?
4) CONTACTS
If you "know" people on a team, is it fair for you to select them even without watching tryout videos/performance videos or even without having heard of the team? Sure, they can guarantee that their performance will be top notch, but is it fair to guarantee them a spot in the line-up before registration has even begun? Should competitions that do this be called out on it?
Those were some criteria that some competitions use to determine line-ups. Which ones are fair? Which combinations are fair? Clearly, accepting a team based on contacts alone really doesnt seem fair, but is selecting a team based on tryout video alone also fair?
Competitions have every right to select their line-up in the way they see fit, but sooner or later, the shadyness comes out. If a competition strived to create a fair registration process, how would you advise them?
Often times, we discuss what a fair judging process is (ie: Govind's Judging Sheet), but can we determine what a fair registration process? Is registration so subjective that there can never be such thing as a fair registration process? In light of certain things that have come up with the Desi Dhamaka line-up as well as other line-ups, let me ask you: What is Fair Registration for you?
If you ran a competition, what would you do? If you were applying to a competition, how would you want your team to be treated in registration?
1) TRYOUT VIDEO?
A 2-8 minute video with your routine, perhaps in t-shirt and pants without any logos (so that the team remains anonymous and it eliminates bias during judging of tryout videos) during a practice run. This clearly seems the fairest and puts all teams at the same level. But what if a team known for great performances submits a tryout video that doesn't do them justice?
2) PERFORMANCE VIDEO/PERFORMANCE HISTORY?
Past performance videos? You get to see what they may look like in your competition stage! But what if the performance is from years before? This may not be fair to newer teams who may not have performance videos or performance history
3) FAME
Knowing that a great team is applying to your competition is a great feeling I'm sure. But should you accept Team X because you've or know that they're great even without watching the tryout videos?
4) CONTACTS
If you "know" people on a team, is it fair for you to select them even without watching tryout videos/performance videos or even without having heard of the team? Sure, they can guarantee that their performance will be top notch, but is it fair to guarantee them a spot in the line-up before registration has even begun? Should competitions that do this be called out on it?
Those were some criteria that some competitions use to determine line-ups. Which ones are fair? Which combinations are fair? Clearly, accepting a team based on contacts alone really doesnt seem fair, but is selecting a team based on tryout video alone also fair?
Competitions have every right to select their line-up in the way they see fit, but sooner or later, the shadyness comes out. If a competition strived to create a fair registration process, how would you advise them?
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