Re: The Diaspora - Keeping Scots Traditions Alive
The thing that is troublesome for the Highland Games in Scotland, from what I gather, is that there are no "classes" of competitor like there are in the US, for example, an Amateur goes out on the field against the likes of Gregor Edmunds, there is a good chance he's walking away from that games thinking to himself "Not for me".
Whereas in the US, where "Everyone is a winner", we have classes to separate Novice (C), Advanced ("B"), Semi-Pro (A and Super-A), and Pro.
Not saying it's right, and maybe the culture of competitiveness is different here, but that's what I see.
Last edited by Joshua; 12th January 12 at 06:58 AM.
Reason: B in parantheses gets translated to a mug of beer... nice
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