What era is ultimate in?

[torre.hargett]

On my drive in to work today I heard an interesting piece by Colin Cowherd on ESPN Radio. He discussed eras, Baseball has gone from the deadball, to the steroid, to the post-steroid. College FB has gone from the wishbone, to the pro set, to the spread, etc. etc.

So what era is ultimate in? What are some of the past eras?


*Colin also kinda pointed out the difference between eras (shotgun/spread offense) and fads (run and shoot). Please realize differentiating between fads/trends/eras can be opinionated.
For my own & others edification:
Fad (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fad)–noun, a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., esp. one followed enthusiastically by a group.
Trend (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/trend)–noun, 1. the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events. 2. style; vogue: the new trend in women's apparel.
Era (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/era)–noun 1. a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.: The use of steam for power marked the beginning of an era.

[ultimate7]

Probably the self-officiating era, or the tournament era. From a long term standpoint.

From a smaller view I'd say we are in the era of the athlete where in the last 5-10 years the game has really become athlete first thrower 2nd, imo.

[redfrog97]

I'd say that long-term, the sport will eventually move to a normal season type format rather than tournamnents, which are fun but dangerous (as players get more and more tired and fatigued, they become more injury prone) and reduce quality of play (after playing 7 games in two days, your cuts won't be as hard, throws not as accurate).

[rrudnic]

I'd describe the current era as organization, by that I mean we are really organizing and structuring ourselves to continue growing right now. I would sort of compare it to when the nfl and afl were both going on and then combined and started having super bowls, and thats when they put together a lot of youth stuff, and college really got into conferences and took off. We are at that stage where we are trying to get youth going so we can build, and we are restructuring college to make it work better, and nationals is really taking off over say the last 5-10 years.