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Fraser "Razor" Macmillan, Mongrel In Chief (razorfraser) wrote in neeps,
@ 2017-11-23 23:37:00

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IC/OOC: BIL Public Testimony Regarding Striking the War Season from BIL Records
The British and Irish Quidditch League represents the best in modern quidditch and are responsible for the history, tradition, and continuity of the game invented in these islands which has spread around the world. It has been proposed that, due to interference of the corrupted Thicknesse Ministry, the records of the so-called "war season" be dropped from BIL records and the season not be considered a BIL season at all.

While this may seem to many to be a technicality or a band-aid to cover deeper wounds, it is not a proposal we take lightly. In order to determine what the best path forward is for the league, the teams, the players, and the fans of British Quidditch, the league is soliciting public opinion. This and any follow on meetings will involve both public access and invited guests who will speak for the record.

All meetings and hearings of this subcommittee will be public and open to the press. A formal report will be issued before the January 30th BIL Quarterly meeting.

I ask that all speakers prefix their remarks with their name, their profession, if the statement they are making is in support or opposition to the motion, and if they are willing to take questions from the commissioners.

Speaker: Name Profession: Speaking In Support or Opposition: Will You Take Questions?:

Thank you for volunteering your time and your opinions, the BIL looks forward to learning more from each of you!

R. Fraser Macmillan
Commissioner, District 4
Chair, Ad-Hoc Subcommittee on Wartime Quidditch Records

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Cameron, Monte

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2017-11-29 12:22 am UTC (link)

Speaker: Stephen Montgomery Cameron
Profession: Professional Quidditch Player, Keeper, Falmouth Falcons
Speaking In Support or Opposition: Support
Will You Take Questions?: Yes

I played reserve for Portree for two years before the season in question. I only recently was made a starter for the Falcons during the current season. In between, there was a two year gap where I couldn’t play. A two year gap. That might not sound like much, but to a Quidditch player, to someone who intends to make this their job, their way of life, it might as well be a career death sentence. I can’t speak for the others, but I had to claw my way back to where I am now, and I can’t help but wonder if I’d had to work nearly this hard, for nearly so long, if it wasn’t for that forced gap.

There’s no way to ever really know how that season could have turned out if we’d been able to play, nor how many exceptional players missed their one shot just because of their family ties. Keeping the season on record is just a reminder of what we should have been a part of, and its existence hurts.

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