Professionalism and Dress in Quiz Bowl (x-post hsqb)
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2020 3:23 am
This evening, Chris Chiego of Greater PA Quizbowl wrote a good post on the necessity of standards and norms that the broader quizbowl community needs to adopt in the efforts to market and credential the game to the general public. Among the calls were for an adherence to socially acceptable dress code (e.g. business casual or at least looking decent and presentable) and the elimination of team pseudonym/tournament naming that is confusing and unclear.
I have to largely agree with Chris’s points, the post in which they’re outlined can be found here. The idea on name tags/nameplates I’m personally not a huge fan of and largely find unnecessary, but past that it’s a solid post.
I personally would like to see it become a norm and standard that every reader wears “dressy casual.” No t-shirts, no hooded sweatshirts, no sweatpants. I think it is imperative for collared shirts (preferably with buttons!) and pants with a belt to be worn.
Thoughts?
I have to largely agree with Chris’s points, the post in which they’re outlined can be found here. The idea on name tags/nameplates I’m personally not a huge fan of and largely find unnecessary, but past that it’s a solid post.
I personally would like to see it become a norm and standard that every reader wears “dressy casual.” No t-shirts, no hooded sweatshirts, no sweatpants. I think it is imperative for collared shirts (preferably with buttons!) and pants with a belt to be worn.
Thoughts?