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From: meyer@sfi.santafe.edu (Thomas P. Meyer)
Subject: taxes
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 92 21:14:56 GMT
Organization: Santa Fe Institute
Distribution: usa

The purpose of this posting is twofold; one to inform
those of you who know less of this subject than I, and
two, to prompt those who know more of the subject than
I to share with me their knowledge of the subject.

:::
After moving to New Mexico, I found myself having to
travel quite a bit for tournaments, and consequently
spending a lot more money.  Being a true-blue (whatever
that means) American, I began wondering if I could
somehow deduct these expenses from my taxes.  It turns
out that as long as you have a *sincere intention* of
turning a profit, you can become your own business, a
professional athlete, and all related expenses become
tax-deductible.
 You needn't actually incorporate, but it is wise to
register your "business" with the Taxation and Revenue
Dept. (although even that isn't strictly necessary).  I
did a  minimal amount of research, and came up with the
following legitimate deductions:


1 Tournament fees (of course)

2 USVBA and other organization membership fees

3 Clinics, camps, etc

4 VB equipment (balls, pumps, nets, etc...)

5  Clothing, including shoes, shirts, shorts, sweats,
etc... as long as you NEVER wear your VB apparel in
non-VB related activities.  As a sidenote, for
$600/four years (I actually don't remember the exact
dollar amount), you are entitled to purchase VB-related
merchandise without paying sales tax.  I decided I
would not buy enough to make this worth the startup
fee, so I didn't investigate further.

6  Volleyball related Travel. 27.5 cents per mile
driven.  Not too shabby.  Also, during the winter, I
flew to Miami and San Diego several times (to keep my
outdoor game in shape).  These trips, including
airfare, hotel and daily expenses (rental car, food,
etc...) are also 100% tax deductible.

7  I have a weight room in my apartment (need to stay
in shape for VB), and a closet which contains
*exclusively* (<-- important) volleyball paraphernalia.
This totals about 19% of the total square footage of my
apartment; as such I can deduct 19% of my rent, water,
electricity, etc...

These deductions replace the $3400 general deduction
allowed (and of course you need to include all your
prize money).  Therefore, unless you can come up with
more than $3400 in (deductions - winnings), save the
paperwork.

For those of you out there who have been making these
deductions for years, I would appreciate very much
hearing your experiences with this issue, especially
any further deductions I could be taking.

Thomas
From: sdy@bcstec.boeing.com (Ugly Bag of Mostly Water)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.volleyball
Subject: Re: Ankle supports - Air Casts
Date: 11 Nov 92 16:27:30 GMT
	<1992Nov10.141138.13956@ethome.et.iupui.edu>
Organization: Ringworld
In-reply-to: tom@ethome.iupui.edu's message of 10 Nov 92 14:11:38 GMT

>>>>> On 10 Nov 92 14:11:38 GMT, tom@ethome.iupui.edu (Thomas Boehm) said:

> In article <1992Nov6.094644.1@pa881a.inland.com>, kuhn@pa881a.inland.com
> writes:
[.... deleted stuff ....]
> Two days ater the injury my doctor gave me a perscription for an Air Cast ankle
> support.  After wearing the brace for less than a day I was able to start
> putting some weight on the ankle.  Within about three or four days I was
> walking around without crutches (I still had a very noticable limp though).

[..... more delete stuff ....]
> <some stuff deleted>
> 
> The "Air Cast" ankle support is a great piece of equipment.  Not only does it
> help to recover quickly from a ankle injury, but you can continue to use it
> while playing volleyball to prevent any future injuries.  And it is
> comfortable enough to wear all the time.

   Thomas>   I have talked to several people in the medical and sports
   Thomas> profession, which tell me that you should not permanently wear the
   Thomas> air cast for playing volleyball. The problem is that it will never
   Thomas> give the ankle a chance to strengthen itself again.
well some of us have actually gone to Orthopedic surgeons and have had a set of
aircasts perscribed for play. In my case it was determined that enough damage
was done early on in my life (ahh youth) that the true fix would be surgery,
rehab wasn't cutting it -- and even with rehab the slight instability would
cause pain after playing -- hence I've worn them for all indoor (court) sports
for the last 2 years and have been pain (and sprain) free. So if you have
chronic ankles you might want to play with them and rehab on the side -- as
always a good sports medicine/orthopedic doctor will have the plan for
individual cases.

   Thomas>   I still think the main use of the air cast should be recovery,
   Thomas> supplemented with some exercises to get the natural strength back.

   Thomas>   Of course all is IMHO.
and everyone should have one =).

steve.
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From: g-martin1@uiuc.edu (Gregory A. Martin)
Subject: Re: First experience of no limit 5th set
Originator: gamg6900@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Reply-To: g-martin1@uiuc.edu (Gregory A. Martin)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 03:50:51 GMT

robp@landru.network.com (Rob Peglar) writes:
>In all my 15 years of reffing, I've only seen a 24-22 set once
>(a high school match years ago); I reffed a 22-20 set this year
>(Ohio State v. Michigan, 9 Oct 1992).  The latter took 43 minutes.

The University of Illinois Men's Club Team played Quincy College in the
Fall of 1991 in a pre-season exhibition and won Game 5 in
rally-score 30-28. I know this is true because I was up referee.

						Greg Martin
						g-martin1@uiuc.edu
From: pacioli@firenze.physics.uiuc.edu (Paulo Acioli)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.volleyball
Subject: Re: spiking serves
Keywords: spike serve 10'
Date: 12 Nov 92 21:22:25 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.BxMGpJ.Lso
Organization: UIUC Physics department

In article <pett.721593226@cgl.ucsf.edu>, pett@socrates.ucsf.edu (Eric Pettersen) writes:
|> 
|>    Simple question:  is it legal to spike the serve from behind the 10' line?
|> 
|> 
|> 				Eric Pettersen
|> 				UCSF Computer Graphics Lab
|> 				pett@cgl.ucsf.edu

I would like to see somebody spiking a jump serve from behind the
10 foot line.

Paulo Acioli
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 13:59:44 CST
From: <U10521@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.sport.volleyball
Subject: Re: Need Someone to play with

Regarding Volleyball/Open Play in Chicago:
I can do a little more digging, but I know that the Broadway
Armory, on Broadway north of Hollywood in Chicago, runs open
volleyball sessions on Friday night.  There's a slight fee
(I think $3.00) but there are nets up from 7:00 to 9:30 or so.
You can gravitate to the net which best suits your skill level
(from B to AA/Open).  It would be a great place to meet other
players, and now's the time to try to hitch up with a USVBA
team or leagues forming in January.

A guy named Mike Port runs it, but I don't have his number.
You may get more info from calling the Armory directly.

Margaret Altier
UIC Computer Center
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From: MULLEN@scorpion.ag.uiuc.edu (Evil Twin)
Subject: Re: New FIVB rules : official text
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Organization: Tony's Most Excellent NewsReader
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 20:58:09 GMT

In <9211041454.AA11870@huxley.bitstream.com> huxley!glennc@uunet.UU.NET writes:

> Pardon the tardiness of my foray into this thread. I've just figured out how to
> get around my site's posting problems.
> 
Congrats on browbeating your news software into submission.  Sometimes all it
takes is a big stick !-)

   [...some stuff deleted cause it's not relevent to what I have to say...]

> Some people have voiced their displeasure at players being called in the net
> when it has no effect on play (ball zooming a zillion miles out of bounds). My
> reply to that is: yeah, well that's too bad...don't touch the net next time.
> The only people who benefit from this rules change are those who lack
> sufficient body control to avoid frequently hitting the net. (Sure, we all hit
> the net occasionally.)

Yeah! Yeah! What he said!  I hate those guys that jump so close (or with
forward impetus) to the net to block that they bump into it as they land!  It
makes me very cautious at the net when I play with people like that.  I've hit
a tight set way out of bounds before because I was afraid for my whole lower
body.  And smilingly pointed out to the guy that he hit the net before the ball
landed out.

And before anyone starts thinking to themselves "boy is this guy a jerk."  Let
me just dispel any lingering doubts.  I am a jerk.  But I play honest.  And I
play hard.  But I do hate to lose, although I don't mind being beat.

> Why add rules that in no way improve the game and make playing our favorite
> sport more dangerous? I wish the USVBA would take a good, hard look at these
> rules before incorporating any of them. Maybe they should have some sort of
> member poll? Is the USVBA a representative (read: democratic) organization?
> What do you think, folks?

I'm with you.  Just because they may start allowing us to go over the
centerline entirely doesn't mean I want all my sets so the ball is 95% on the
other side of the net.  It'll just make me more cautious when I'm blocking. 
Because that's who most of injuries happen to (at least in my case).

Tony -
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From: gritter@cs.purdue.edu (Carl R. Gritter)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.volleyball
Subject: Re: Div III Tournament bracket
Date: 11 Nov 1992 09:37:55 -0500
Organization: Purdue University Department of Computer Sciences
Distribution: world
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In article <1992Nov11.054520.4960@wuecl.wustl.edu>, van@wucs1.wustl.edu (Van K. Vo) writes:
|> In article <1dmh76INN16v@morgause.cs.purdue.edu> gritter@cs.purdue.edu (Carl R. Gritter) writes:
|> >
|> >In article <1992Nov9.182837.21063@wuecl.wustl.edu>, pjs1@cec2.wustl.edu (Philip John Schielke) writes:
|> >
|> >|> 	       Calvin*--------+			|	|
|> >|>                		      |			|	|
|> >|> Muskingum--------+	      +-----+		|	|
|> >|> 	         +------------+     |		|  	|
|> >|> Baldwin-Wallace--+		    |		|	|
|> >|> 				    +-----------+	|
|> >

|> 
|> The starred (*) schools are the host sites.  The matches will start
|> Thursday for the first round at 6:00 and 8:30.  Second round matches
|> will be played Friday at 6:00 and 8:30.  The regional championships
|> will be played Saturday at 7:00.  There will be no consolation matches.
|> Hey Phil, why don't you put parentheses around the host sites.
|> 
|> For convenience, the host sites are UWisconsin-Platteville, Calvin College,
|> LaVerne(Calif.), and SUNY(State U. of New York)-Stony Brook.


Thanks again.  Might have to make a trip to Grand Rapids, MI this weekend.
Go Calvin!
Carl
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From: pjs1@cec2.wustl.edu (Philip John Schielke)
Subject: Re: Div III Tournament bracket
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis Mo.
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 18:28:37 GMT


Oops, messed up the first time. :)
Here is is the complete NCAA Div III women's volleyball tournament bracket

	       Washington U.--+
               		      |
Wis-LaCrosse-----+	      +-----+
	         +------------+     |
Wis-Whitewater---+		    |
				    +-----------+
	       St. Thomas-----+	    |		|
			      |	    |		|
Wis-Platteville*-+   	      +-----+		|
	         +------------+			|
St. Benedict-----+				|
						+-------+
	       Calvin*--------+			|	|
               		      |			|	|
Muskingum--------+	      +-----+		|	|
	         +------------+     |		|  	|
Baldwin-Wallace--+		    |		|	|
				    +-----------+	|
	       Thomas More----+	    |			|
			      |	    |			|
Ill. Benedictine-+   	      +-----+			|
	         +------------+				|
Elmhurst---------+					|
							+---National Champion
	       UC San Diego---+				|
               		      |				|
Claremont MS-----+	      +-----+			|
	         +------------+     |			|
LaVerne*---------+		    |			|
				    +-----------+	|
	       Menlo----------+	    |		|	|
			      |	    |		|	|
Colorado Co------+   	      +-----+		|	|
	         +------------+			|	|
Trinity (TX)-----+				|	|
	       					+-------+	
	       Stony Brook*---+			|
               		      |			|
Cortland---------+	      +-----+		|
	         +------------+     |		|
RIT--------------+		    |		|
				    +-----------+
	       Juniata--------+	    |
			      |	    |
Brockport--------+   	      +-----+
	         +------------+
Upsala-----------+

*=host site.

Final regular season match records:

Washington University (MO)	36-0
Wis.-LaCrosse			30-4
Wis.-Whitewater			29-6
St. Thomas			27-2
Wis.-Platteville		38-2
St. Benedict			27-6
-----
Calvin				34-7
Muskingum			26-7
Baldwin-Wallace			27-10
Thomas More			29-17
Ill. Benedictine		28-8
Elmhurst			20-17
-----
Clarement-Mudd-Scripps		19-11
LaVerne				14-11
UC-San Diego			10-18
Colorado College		19-9
Trinity (Texas)			28-11
Menlo				19-5
-----
SUNY-Cortland			36-15
RIT				49-5
SUNY-Stony Brook		34-3
SUNY-Brockport			40-11
Upsala				50-5
Juniata				36-4

Enjoy!
-Phil

===============================================================================
| Phil Schielke -- CS major Washington Univeristy in St. Louis                |
| Home of the reigning NCAA Div.III Women's Volleyball National Champions!!!  |
| email : pjs1@cec2.wustl.edu                                                 |
From: oski@w6yx.Stanford.EDU (Ravi Narasimhan)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.volleyball
Subject: Re: Looking for National Team Member
Date: 6 Nov 1992 15:41:49 GMT
Organization: Stanford University Amateur Radio Club, California USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: w6yx.stanford.edu

In article <1992Nov5.014652.6127@ast.saic.com> dan@quebec (Dan Hanan) writes:

<-- details of Team USA strength/cardio training deleted -->

A followup question:

You mentioned 4 hour intense practices.  What goes on during practice?
Are there two teams or groups which always play each other?  Do you
play only regular matches  or is one team forced to overcome a
handicap etc.?


					--- Ravi Narasimhan
					    oski@clockwise.att.com
From: s913537@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (The Ewok)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.volleyball
Subject: volleyball.....no 1 sport!
Date: 6 Nov 1992 00:32:11 GMT
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
NNTP-Posting-Host: minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au
Summary: volleyball...the no 1 sport!!!

Hiya gang!
	I was reading my volleyball mag yesterday and was quite excited to
read that volleyball is now the no. 1 sport played in Australia! Yep, more
people play vball than any other sport. This crushes the old strangle hold
that sports like cricket have held for so long.

	Of course, volleyball is still the no 1 sport in the world. Including
unregistered players, it is estimated that 500 million players play world wide.
(I think! I dont have the mag with me now....but I think that's the right
number! :)

	I was just so wrapped to read this that I had to come out of lurking
to tell everyone. Things for volleyball are looking really bright.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chris Rogers    s913537@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au          Comp. Sci. RMIT,
                       @yallara.cs.rmit.oz.au         Melbourne, Australia.

"If life was a volleyball, then I would be the poor bugger getting smashed
 in the face at 10,000,001 km / h."   - Me.
Newsgroups: rec.sport.volleyball
From: robp@landru.network.com (Rob Peglar)
Subject: Re: First experience of no limit 5th set
Reply-To: robp@landru.network.com
Organization: Network Systems Corporation 
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 22:24:02 GMT

In all my 15 years of reffing, I've only seen a 24-22 set once
(a high school match years ago); I reffed a 22-20 set this year
(Ohio State v. Michigan, 9 Oct 1992).  The latter took 43 minutes.

Rob


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From: robp@landru.network.com (Rob Peglar)
Subject: Re: what exactly is overlapping...
Reply-To: robp@landru.network.com
Organization: Network Systems Corporation 
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 16:58:53 GMT

In article K6J@news.cso.uiuc.edu, liu@cerl.uiuc.edu (Albert Liu) writes:
>The overlap rules are based on parts of the body that are in contact
>with the floor.
>

At the instant of service, assuming a legal serve.


>So, the leftmost body part that's in contact with the floor of the left
>player must be to the left of the leftmost body part that's in contact
>with the floor of the middle player.  And, the rightmost body part
>that's in contact with the floor of the left player must to be to the
>left of the rightmost body part of the middle player.
>

First sentence is true.  Second sentence is false.


Here it is in a nuthshell.

A) For 4-3 or 5-6 overlaps (lf-cf, lb-cb) there must be floor contact by the
left player that is to the left of the leftmost floor contact of the center player.
in other words, the left player must have something closer to the sideline
than the center player.  what is closer to the right sideline is immaterial.

example.

(feet shown; left margin is left sideline; LpLF is left player, left foot; CpLF is
center player, left foot; LpRF is left player, right foot; CpRF is center player,
right foot)


LpLF            LpRF
    CpLF    CpRF


i.e. this is a straddle.  This is legal.  The left player has something on the
floor closer to the left sideline than the center player.


B)  For 2-3 or 1-6 overlaps (rf-cf, rb-cb) the sideline of importance is the
right sideline.  Just substitute the characters 'right' for 'left' in A) above.

C)  For any front-back overlaps (4-5, 3-6, 2-1) the line of importance is
the center line (not the back line)  So, the front player must have something
on the floor closer to the center line (net) than the back player.  The back
line is of no importance.  Using the example above,
--------------net---------------

FpLF
    
   BpLF

   BpRF                 this is legal (again,a straddle)

FpRF



(Fp - front player; Bp - back player)



That's it.

Rob

USA National Referee


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From: comptec91046@camins.camosun.bc.ca
Newsgroups: rec.sport.volleyball
Subject: Re: First experience of no limit 5th set
Date: 9 Nov 92 22:00:24 GMT
Organization: Camosun College

In article <BxGGGz.Hxr@newcastle.ac.uk>, G.M.Suddes@newcastle.ac.uk (Gareth Suddes) writes:
> 
>   I was fortunate enough to witness a National League match yesterday of epic
> preportions.
>   The home team lost the first two sets 15-5, 15-12 and then an amzing
> turnaround began. They won set 3 16-14 and set 4 15-11ish. Onto rally points
> final set.
>   The away team opened a bit of a lead and got to 14-10. But the home team
> plugged away and got it to 14 all. Then with several match points each, the
> score reached 19-18 to the home team. After being two sets down after 45
> minutes they had clawed their way back and won the next point to clinch the
> final set 20-18. Epic stuff. Unfortunately I was a line judge, and I was really
> praying I didn't have to make a difficult call near the end of the fifth. I
> might have got lynched!!!
>    What's the highest final set score yet been seen out there?
> Gareth

I was under the impression that after a certain score the game turned to
whoever got there first...ie whoever gets to 18 first is the winner.  This
ignores the rule win by two points...At least that's how it's been played in
other games that I've participated in.  Is this not true elsewhere?


					Chris Mullin
					Victoria, B.C., Canada
From: G.M.Suddes@newcastle.ac.uk (Gareth Suddes)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.volleyball
Subject: First experience of no limit 5th set
Date: 9 Nov 92 15:31:46 GMT
Organization: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, NE1 7RU


  I was fortunate enough to witness a National League match yesterday of epic
preportions.
  The home team lost the first two sets 15-5, 15-12 and then an amzing
turnaround began. They won set 3 16-14 and set 4 15-11ish. Onto rally points
final set.
  The away team opened a bit of a lead and got to 14-10. But the home team
plugged away and got it to 14 all. Then with several match points each, the
score reached 19-18 to the home team. After being two sets down after 45
minutes they had clawed their way back and won the next point to clinch the
final set 20-18. Epic stuff. Unfortunately I was a line judge, and I was really
praying I didn't have to make a difficult call near the end of the fifth. I
might have got lynched!!!
   What's the highest final set score yet been seen out there?
Gareth

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From: shugrue@spatial (Leon Shugrue)
Subject: Need Someone to play with
Organization: ANL
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 22:20:43 GMT

I would appreciate some general advice on how to go about finding leagues
and/or open volleyball sessions. I have been playing for about a year
and feel that it's time to move up to some better competition. Also, my
fall league is about a month from ending.

Also, I could use some specific info about the above for the Chicago area,
both southwest 'burbs and the North Shore. 

Thanks in advance.

Leon Shugrue

Newsgroups: rec.sport.volleyball
From: mkrogers@unix.amherst.edu (MICHAEL K ROGERS)
Subject: Re: USVBA/NAGWS vs. NFSHSA rules diffs
Organization: Amherst College
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Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 21:49:06 GMT

Van K. Vo (van@wucs1.wustl.edu) wrote:
: 
: Volleyball Rule Differences  1991-1992
: ---------------------------------------
: The NAGWS/USVBA rule is stated first followed by the NFSHSA rule.
: Developed by Sue Lemaire, NAGWS Volleyball, Rules Interpreter
: 
: 9.  Padding
: Required(NAGWS)/No requirement(USVBA)
: Requred(Federation)

At first I was amused/bewildered, but I suppose it must refer to
knee pads.

: 21.  Time for service
: 5 seconds from service whistle until the ball is RELEASED to serve.
: 5 seconds from service whistle until the ball is CONTACTED.

Don't toss it more than 60m high in high school.
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From: umlehner@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Mike Lehnertz)
Subject: Re: USVBA/NAGWS vs. NFSHSA rules diffs
Organization: Educational Computing Network
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 20:48:42 GMT

   The padding relates to the net supports and ref stand. There must be
padding from the floor to 5' up. No padding, no game. You also have to
pad any metal/cable that supports the bottom of the net.  

   By the way, Federation rules are pretty stupid. It is the only sport
where the rules are significantly different from high school to college.
Oh, you can travel in high school basketball. Yea right...


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