The rules don't explicitly say. It just talks about visiting teams. Interestingly the rules do talk about making A events after Tour 1A into 18 team events if a foreign team or teams were to be included, rather than taking a promotion spot away.
Before a bandwagon starts, I wasn't suggested taking Paddy Murphy's spot away! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Oscar Sent: 03 April 2007 12:01 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BD] Re: Tour 0 Just as a thought, How many spots are to be allocated to foreign teams then? If Paddy are taking one and the Big EZ another then we only have 14 British teams in the A Tour. Oscar On 03/04/07, Andrew Godber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As an aside, no-one seems to moan about Paddy Murphy (and his brother > Seamus) joining the UK tour each year, when they are a foreign team > taking up a good old British spot in the A-tour? (stealing our jobs > and women, etc) > > I guess the key thing that someone already mentioned is that it is > always good to know beforehand what the situation is. Paddy come along > every year, so I guess they are an established part of the furniture. > Having said all that, if everyone saw on Saturday morning at the > latest that the schedule stated that 11-12 was a qualification > play-off, then they all knew the score and knew what they had to do if > they found themselves in that match. I can't believe that anyone's off > season training was precisely tailored to achieving exactly 12th place > at Tour 0? > > Andy > > (PS: Please note that I have anything against Paddy; I enjoyed playing > against them much more than loads of the other teams I have played > against) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of IndoorsDOC > Sent: 03 April 2007 11:32 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BD] Re: Tour 0 > > The thing to note about all this foreign team discussion is that the > rule has been in force for 3 or 4 years now - there is provision in > the official tour rules for visiting foreign teams to be seeded up > near the top as is seen fit. There's no point arguing about it, it's > in black and white. > > On the other hand, if we wanted to change this rule for next season, > that might be a more fruitful discussion. As mentioned by someone > already, with the advent of EUCS and such, there mightn't be any need > for foreign teams to come over and give our top teams more > competition/experience/variety. > > Do people think that foreign teams should continue to be allowed entry > to tour? Or has the rule outlived it's applicability? Or do folk like > the 1-per-tour idea? > > Benji > > > At 10:31 03/04/2007, you wrote: > >I think Rob makes some good points and I would support his suggestion. > > > >However the point I'd like to make is that whatever we choose, it > >should be consistent and decisions like this should be more > transparent. > > > >The first I saw that only 11 teams would qualify from Tour Zero was > >when inspecting the schedule; the 11th vs. 12th game was described as > >a > > >'qualifier playoff' (or some such similar). > > > >Perhaps there would be less resentment / backlash at such proposals > >if people were made completely clear of the situation before the event. > >The Nationals / EUCS Qualifier debate would be another example. > > > >D. > > > > > >On 03/04/07, Oscar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>I'm confused. > >> > >>On 03/04/07, Robert Alpen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > I'm not proposing being swamped by European team, just one > team/tour. > > > > > >> > --- Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> > > > >> > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > > From: "Adam Batchelor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > > Cc: <[email protected]> > >> > > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 2:52 PM > >> > > Subject: [BD] Re: Tour 0 > >> > > > >> > > "There is an Austrian team The BigEz looking to enter the first > >> > > A > > >> > > tour. > >> > > > >> > > Well whoot de doot! > >__________________________________________________ > >BritDisc mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > >Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed > __________________________________________________ > BritDisc mailing list > [email protected] > http://fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed > ____________________________________________________________ > Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business systems > are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses > > __________________________________________________ > BritDisc mailing list > [email protected] > http://fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed > -- The e.mail of the species is more deadly than the mail. __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
