Benji mentioned how Discuits came from the B Tour to finish 9th in the A
Tour. This is a great example of how well the competition works. They
fought hard to get into the A Tour last year and this year are enjoying
their higher rank because they earned it on the field, not because of
anyone's 'discretion' or because they were asked how good they are.
My point exactly. What could be fairer than a pre-season tournament
where new, old, improved and weakened teams can show their worth on the field?
I agree completely that last season's results should be used to
determine seedings. In my opinion, we shouldn't be trying to improve
the way teams are seeded, but improving the tournament structures to
take into account the fact that early-season seeding is necessarily very poor.
I'm very happy to see more elitist seeding later in the season. Top
teams don't want to waste their weekend playing easy games. But tour
1B does need some surgery in my opinion.
Benji
PS I do disagree with Ben's suggestion that teams losing a game
should 'deal with it'. He rightly points out that tour 1 should give
every team a chance to win; but it's more than that - every team
should have a fair chance to win. Losing to the first seeds and being
out of the tournament would not be a situation I could 'deal with'
very easily at all. The format does need improving for tour 1 each
year, and I'd like to see as many suggestions as possible. So far, I
don't see a better alternative to a pre-season qualifier.
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