Conference 1 is an absolutely necessary and remarkable step for
Ultimate. Congratulations to Cultimate, specifically Skip and Cyle,
for being the revolutionary leader of one biggest and most significant
steps Ultimate has ever taken. Ever since I started playing Ultimate 5
years ago it has been extremely frustrating to see Ultimate in such a
state of relative stagnation. I almost always get the same general
response when I tell people I play Ultiamte, “What’s that?” or “Oh,
that game where you throw the frisbee at a basket?”. As a player who
takes significant pride in increasing athletic ability and pushing
myself to my limits it is so frustrating that the awareness of what
Ultimate truly is has not come anywhere close to its potential. I
spend literally 3 hours in the gym everyday and I eat 4800 calories a
day, sticking to a strict diet of 8 meals a day all to become the best
player I can possibly be. Conference 1 is the answer to the serious
athlete’s prayers for higher quality Ultimate. Conference 1 sets the
new generation of Ultimate apart. Conference 1 dramatically increases
the sport’s legitimacy and potential for growth.

For the school’s that were left out of the initial selection, it
should only serve as fuel for their improvement. I think it is within
all possibility for the establishment for a Conference 2 as the
success of Conference 1 skyrockets.

We, as a Ultimate community, are now so much closer to becoming a
legitimate sport. We can now attract more athletes and there is no
limit to the level of play that will follow. There will always be pick-
up Ultimate around the country, people will still find Ultimate in the
same sorts that many of us did. The only difference is that now there
is a clear, definite, stable, legitimate, and efficient establishment
set in place that will promote the growth and furthering of the game
in a totally new way.

Cultimate has already proven its abilities is setting up and running
the best tournaments. There is absolutely no authentic reason not to
trust that they will only that that to the next level with the
expansion of their program.

Thank you Cultimate. Thank you Conference 1. Thank you Cyle. Thank you
Skip.

Axl
15
Kansas Ultimate