[deleted paragraph about Euro team seeding as Benji beat me to it] If it's about the C Tour teams getting shots at the A Tour teams, look no further than Tour 0, a totally open-format Tour event at the beginning of the season (a more appropriate time for such match ups it could be argued).
This event is open enough to give the top 16 teams a shot, but ultimately will whittle the field down to just four teams deemed worthy of going on to compete in Europe. If this tournament doesn't feel like a special event to you then, well, we're in very different places. Is it really good development for a team to get trounced? Better than having a tough close game with everything to play for? Better than inviting local teams over for a bit of Ladder League action every few weeks? Better than starting some kind of local pickup league to get beginners involved? There are plenty of ways to develop Ultimate in the UK, so why try during the first few games of Nationals/EUCR, at the expense of the top clubs? I originally thought it'd be knockout & was looking forward to it, but it didn't take much to persuade me otherwise. There will still be the crunch games you'll remember for years; every game matters. In the US they have two group stages before knockout, to even out any seeding irregularities - which are of course now unavoidable in our event due to the Euro entries. Felix On 04/09/2008, Richard D Shelmerdine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All. > > Firstly, apologies if this has been raised previously. > > I'd like to raise my disappointment at this year's nationals format. > > Don't get me wrong, I've nothing against the actual schedule. Felix (I > think) and co. have put together yet another slick easy-to-read > well-thought-out edition and all will go smoothly I'm sure. > > What I'm puzzled about is why the knockout format of previous years (1 vs. > 32, 2 vs 31 etc) has changed. > > I'm not against change but in my mind, nationals should be a special event. > There should be something to differentiate it from the rest of the season. > I remember being that 32nd ranked team once and we played Clapham first > game. Scoring the first point really *meant* something to us even if we > didn't manage any more that day. > I appreciate that such a game does nothing for the vastly better side. > Tough - deal with it. In a game or two's time you'll be playing better > teams so why not have some fun. People talk about development and I'd argue > this is a step in the other direction. > > I guess this is the first I've seen of it and it saddens me that we've > seemingly travelled from > 4-tour events + nationals > to > 3-tour events + nationals > to > 4-tour events. > > Whatever, see you in the mud! > > Dean. > > > > 2008/9/4 Nats/EUCR-W TD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Hi > > > > Rather later than hoped schedule, pitch layout and information pack are now > > available on the website: > > http://www.ukultimate.com/2008/09/05/nationals_eucrw_2008 > > > > Si > > > > weather forecast isn't exaclty brilliant - bring your waterproofs... > __________________________________________________ > BritDisc mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed > __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
