As a conference, we should keep in mind that we are college students first. Being able to not count a weekend allows us to devote one weekend during the season to taking care of a major project or midterms. This is especially important with a 2.5 month road season. This could turn into a rule that rewards the rider with the easiest major.
On Dec 9, 2:36 pm, Brian DeCann <[email protected]> wrote: > Well I can understand the arguments for both sides. Having them all > inclusive keeps attendance up, and encourages teams to participate all > season and not just go to whats close by. However yeah, things happen > and not everyone can go to everything, or has a bad race. > > Why not just upping the percentages to say 80% and 75% for team / > individual. > > On Dec 9, 11:15 am, "Ryan Post" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > That’s the same as its always been. Top 4 from each gender+category count. > > That's why VT crushed during MTB season; they had 4 in every category. > > > But that’s not the change. The big part about the change is EVERY RACE > > COUNTS. Meaning, this road season, there are 10 weekends, with approx 25 > > events. Every single event is going to count (team and individual). Want to > > skip ASU for the Morgantown RR, well, that's gonna hurt. Have an exam on > > some Monday, or a field trip one weekend, that’s gonna hurt. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > > Behalf Of Brian DeCann > > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 11:32 PM > > To: WVU Cycling > > Subject: [WVU Cycling] Re: Conference Scoring Changes > > > So basically, the difference is that the proposed change has all of > > the top 4 in each category count. > > > On Dec 8, 10:17 pm, "Ryan Post" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Currently top 2/3s of races for a team, and top 1/2 of races for > > individuals > > > count. There's 2-5 races per weekend. > > > > Points scale is slightly different, but I doubt anyone cares about that. > > > (Dual conf would likely go away) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > > > Behalf Of Brian DeCann > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 9:57 PM > > > To: WVU Cycling > > > Subject: [WVU Cycling] Re: Conference Scoring Changes > > > > How is that form different than what they do now? > > > > On Dec 8, 8:08 pm, "Ryan Post" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Most of you probably have no idea how individual and team points are > > > > calculated in the conference, but there will most likely be a change > > > either > > > > this upcoming road season, or next MTB season. > > > > > The basic idea is that [1] ALL races will count [2] team points will be > > > > based on winning the weekend, not per event [3]Points scales will > > change, > > > > and current trend seems to be an L. Though S has been mentioned, and > > > linear > > > > is also an option. > > > > > I'm looking for constructive critisms for or against these changes. But > > > keep > > > > in mind, this is also design to create a uniform scoring system for all > > > > conferences. > > > > > Uniform Scoring.pdf > > > > 360KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
