Intro Remarks by ToB Commissioner Kevin Guilfoile
Several people wrote us after last year’s tournament requesting more reader input into the contest. We agreed that this would be fun, but didn’t want to turn the ToB into an election. But after each decision we will allow readers to express their approval or disapproval of the judgment through an online poll and this poll will serve as a kind of “shadow tournament” to the real thing. Just like ballots in an actual election, these votes won’t count, but the voice of the readers will be recorded, endlessly debated, and eventually ignored. HAHAHAHA