[CQ-Contest] Classic - Doing what was intended?

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

Can we really expect an aging group of contesters to continue to do 48 
hour contests?

Operating 46 of 48 is less than healthy.  Why should we continue to push 
people to do what is not healthy?  Pro sports are taking measures never 
seen before to protect their players.

Mike W0MU

On 11/28/2013 12:16 PM, Edward Sawyer wrote:
> After seeing literally more than a dozen well known contesters in each mode
> "opt down" for the 24 hours of Classic and others commenting they may try it
> next year, I have to ask - is it doing what was intended?  Seems to be a
> nice choice for those who feel inclined at the moment but taking 40+ hour
> contesters down to 24 hours is not "helping contesting" necessarily, folks.
> Maybe there are lots of people "opting up" to 24 hours who used to do 10 or
> 15 hours, I don't know.  But it does not seem to be "achieving expectations"
> collectively, from where I sit. Maybe the positive results are just not
> obvious.
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> Ed   N1UR
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