My last go at this subject, which I have been thinking of for a wee while.
The arguments presented so far for keeping the tour, some of which I agree with: 1) it is great for the top teams 2) it provides quality tournaments 3) it is better than the rest of Europe 4) it provides a good ranking system... So to counter these arguments: ther is no reason why an invitational/open tournament cannot be competative or provide quality. The fact that Europe and 'elite' Texas players envy it, does not mean we have the best system posible. Tour remains great at what it designed for, providing multiple high quality games for the top flight. It cannot however achieve that for which it was not designed, benifit the teams from smaller towns with smaller pools of players who struggle to get teams together for a full calander. I don't care much for ranking my team, I want to play games. Ideas put about are regionalising Tour B. Making a Tour C. I believe that these miss the point. I think a new system has to be for all levels. High quality comes from a desire to win. If you have a structure that qualifies you for the EUCF finals, then would a top team not do all that is necessary to qualify? Sectionals, EUCF regional, EUCF finals. Rather than Tour 1,2,3 with a random amount of European teams hijacking it for a warm up to EUCF. Then a hijacked nationals, that is in effect already a EUCF regional and then EUCF finals. Oh, and by all means defend the tour, but stop letting Tom wind you all up by saying you do the math over and over again. You do the math. __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
