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Date: 15 Jun 2007 05:22:31
From: samsloan
Subject: "the sponsor"
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The letter on the Susan Polgar Blogspot states:
Dear Mr. Barber:
This letter confirms that Texas Tech University agrees to be the
sponsor of the Denker and Polgar Invitational Chess Tournaments in
2007.
Texas Tech will offer two academic scholarships which cover all
tuition and fees, one for the winner of each tournament....
It was signed by Dr. James Brink, Senior Vice Provost for Academic
Affairs, Mr. Dewain Barber, Chairman of the Denker Committee and
authorized representative of the United States Chess Federation and
Mr. Paul Truong, Chairman of the Polgar Committee.
I want to focus on the words "the sponsor".
I take this to mean that Texas Tech University understands that they
will be the only and exclusive sponsor and that the two scholarships,
one for the top boy and one for the top girl, wil be the only prizes
awarded this year.
Is that correct? If not, will Texas Tech object if we look for other
sponsors? Only one prize for a tournament of 50 players, each the best
in his or her state, is not much, not to mention the fact that few if
any of the players will even want a scholarship to Texas Tech
University that only covers tuition and fees and not the other
expenses of attending a university. Anybody can get a federal student
loan for more than that.
Sam Sloan
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Date: 15 Jun 2007 07:02:02
From: Richard
Subject: Re: "the sponsor"
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On Jun 15, 8:22 am, samsloan <samhsl...@gmail.com > wrote:
> The letter on the Susan Polgar Blogspot states:
>
> Dear Mr. Barber:
>
> This letter confirms that Texas Tech University agrees to be the
> sponsor of the Denker and Polgar Invitational Chess Tournaments in
> 2007.
>
> Texas Tech will offer two academic scholarships which cover all
> tuition and fees, one for the winner of each tournament....
>
> It was signed by Dr. James Brink, Senior Vice Provost for Academic
> Affairs, Mr. Dewain Barber, Chairman of the Denker Committee and
> authorized representative of the United States Chess Federation and
> Mr. Paul Truong, Chairman of the Polgar Committee.
>
> I want to focus on the words "the sponsor".
>
> I take this to mean that Texas Tech University understands that they
> will be the only and exclusive sponsor and that the two scholarships,
> one for the top boy and one for the top girl, wil be the only prizes
> awarded this year.
>
> Is that correct? If not, will Texas Tech object if we look for other
> sponsors? Only one prize for a tournament of 50 players, each the best
> in his or her state, is not much, not to mention the fact that few if
> any of the players will even want a scholarship to Texas Tech
> University that only covers tuition and fees and not the other
> expenses of attending a university. Anybody can get a federal student
> loan for more than that.
>
> Sam Sloan
First of all, how many scholastic tournaments offer any prizes other
than trophies? The fact that there's a scholarship offered at all is a
good prize for the top finishers, and I'm sure there will be trophies
awarded to the top 5 or 10 players in each tournament, as well.
Second, saying that a scholarship isn't worth giving because anyone
can get a student loan seems to be a pretty lame argument. Loans need
to be paid back. Scholarships don't. There's really no comparison.
Personally, my only objection would be that this scholarship is to a
technical university, so any winner who would prefer to attend a more
well rounded liberal arts school won't have any use for it. But a
scholarship to ANY university is still the best prize I've ever seen
for a scholastic tourney.
--Richard
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Date: 15 Jun 2007 06:22:54
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: "the sponsor"
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[quote="martinak"][quote="mnibb"]Oh and Sam, how about not chasing off
a volunteer willing to go to work finding sponsors worth perhaps a
couple hundred thousand dollars for the Denker and Polgar (perhaps
$30,000 per year out of state tuition for 4 years).[/quote]
It would be of value to know what percentage of winners have used the
scholarships that were awarded in the past. For the Polgar tournament
we wouldn't have enough relevant data (just a few years and it allows
any age), but for the Denker, with only high school players, there
should be enough to provide data useful in making decisions.[/quote]
As far as I am aware, NONE of the Denker or Polgar winners have
actually used their scholarships.
Sam Sloan
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