USA Ultimate Board of Directors 2016

The 2016 election results for USA Ultimate Board of Directors were posted in November. And, the winners are Henry Thorne, who was re-elected as an At-Large position, and David Kink, the Elite Athlete Representative. (Both candidates ran unopposed.)

Composition of the USAU's 2016 Board of Directors

• 9 of the 12 Board members are male. (The fewest females since 2011.)
• 75% male, 25% female
• 5 of the 6 appointed Board members are male.
• 83% male, 17% female
• DeAnna Ball was elected by the board as president.
• Five (5) of the 8 club regions are represented. South Central, Southeast and Northwest are not represented based on Board members' location.
• The Southwest region is represented with 4 board members - all from California.
• The Mid-Atlantic region is represented with 2 board members - both from Pittsburgh.

MLU Upgrades Ultimate Box Score

From the pro ultimate league that developed the "ultimate" field, comes another development for how ultimate scores are presented. If I had name rights to this box score for ultimate, its code name would be Ul+imate Box Score because of it adds to the game summary.

via @nicdarling

Bravo, Major League Ultimate! 

Congrats on taking a more-is-better approach to recap an ultimate game. This upgrade to how ultimate is summarized shows nuances of our sport, plus an understanding of metrics. This data collection and summary also has charting potential. MLU has been sharpening their data collection, management and analysis under the tutelage of Luke Ryan (MLU Statistical Research & Analysis Coordinator).

There's a certain simplicity to MLU's mathematical game summary even though there are many 36 numbers. This draft box score shows some real promise to succinctly inform fans about a game and to intelligibly present the sport.

I offer one possible option to simplify the visual for the purposes of:
1) Indicating which team won with a grey band.

2) Combining the first 2 quarters (1st half) to show a halftime score.

3) Consolidating how each team scored - O[ffense] and D[efense]  - in the first half (top) and then the rest of the game (bottom) for comparison sake.

Looking forward to the final version of MLU's box score for their 2016 season.

UPDATE [12/10/16] : A new draft was posted today.

MLU 2016 Season

The fourth season of Major League Ultimate begins in 4 months!

Five games are scheduled for the first weekend of MLU's 2016 regular season. April 9-10 is the earliest start of the MLU season in its history.

MLU Conference Championships are scheduled for June 25-26, 2016, and the MLU Championship is planned for July 16th or 17th.

Meetup for DC Ultimate Frisbee is Dying

The 15-year-old Meetup for finding pickup ultimate around DC - The Washington Ultimate Frisbee Meetup Group - is currently leaderless and. as a result, will be shutdown next week. The original organizer stepped down because "The collections unfortunately do not cover the costs of this website anymore." Costs associated with a Meetup group like this were $14.99/month.

The Meetup group touts nearly 2500 players and has organized over 1600 games.

The Meetup group is now being hosted on Facebook.

The Meetup-turned-Facebook Ultimate Frisbee Group currently has 261 members and continues to organize (for free) weekly games in Virginia, Maryland, and the District.


UPDATE [12/17/2015]: Tim Smith (WAFC's new Executive Director) stepped in as the Meetup's Organizer. The Washington Ultimate Frisbee Meetup Group lives on to play another day game.

Washington DC Current 2016 MLU Schedule

The fourth Major League Ultimate season for D.C. Current starts earlier on the calendar than any season before - on April 9th. In its 10-game regular season, DC plays 3 games versus Boston Whitecaps (2 away, 1 home), 3 games versus New York Rumble (1 away, 2 home) and 4 games versus Philadelphia Spinners (2 away, 2 home).

The Current have back-to-back games in weeks 4 and 10; DC is one of 3 MLU teams with more than 1 back-to-back games on their 2016 schedule. MLU's DC team has 3 bye weeks during the season.

Here is the Current's 2016 schedule in "tweet" format:

#MLU2016 @TheDCCurrent April 9: vs BOS 16: vs PHL 23: vs NY 30: @ BOS May 1: @ NY 21: vs NY 28: @ PHL June 11: @ BOS 12: @ PHL 18: vs PHL

— Sludge Ultimate (@sludgebrown) December 2, 2015

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