Hmmmmm, >However, after pleading from two of the teams in question (Druids and >Chevron Mixed) we have agreed to put this matter to the other teams in the >Tour who might end up playing them.
>We are not prepared to offer this to the Clapham 2 players as their team >intentionally dropped out of the tournament and agreeing to their request >could not benefit any teams attending the World Clubs. Whatever happenned to teams being treated equally? I'm sure none of the teams at Tour 4 would have any more objection to Steve Balls playing on a non-Clapham team (probably Strange Blue) than they would Frankie playing with the Purple Menace, but for some reason (which I'm sure is not at all related to us being the well-loved No1 team) we seem to have been deprived such equal opportunity. The fact is that us playing as a Hawaii squad WILL benefit our team at World Clubs, that much surely is obvious? As that leaves Steve Balls (and a couple of less significant others) in the cold he would like to play on another team. And as an association concerned with the wellbeing of your individual members it ought to be something you care about as much as teams' wellbeing. Your statement that 'agreeing to their request could not benefit any teams attending the World Clubs' is therefore simplistic and inaccurate, and if your earlier assertion that 'we could have foreseen it' is reason to disallow it, then Chevron's confession that they always intended to make a change should meant you treated them the same as us. Roster rules are there to prevent teams changing over the Tour so that stable teams are encouraged in the long run, and so that the points from events depend more on differing performances than revolving door personnel. Any judgement ought to be taken on those grounds. Steve Balls' inclusion on the Strange Blue team this weekend surely will have less impact than Chevvy co-ed gaining 3 players and Whey and Fusion losing key players. This is an amateur sport, what's the poor lad done to deserve being cut out? So his serious injury prevented him from making our Hawaii team; the fact our two team structure has until now accommodated him should be looked on as a positive thing, not a negative thing. All season we thought we'd be able to field 2 teams, but only recently have some players 2nd team players been injured, others have moved abroad or are travelling - in a way we could not have anticipated. We were very close to getting 2 teams (had 7 on the 2nd), but could not quite make it. On those grounds I would feel obliged to object to at least one (if not both) of the other requests unless your stance on Steve Balls were reconsidered immediately. Yours, Oppressed of Clapham __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc
