2005 NPPL Updates!

[Camille J. Baker]

Please review the important information below regarding the 2005 NPPL Super 7 World Series.

Team Registration for Huntington Beach is now open at www.NPPL.tv! Memberships will be available online next week.

2005 NPPL Super 7 World Series

Due to the restructuring of the Professional League for 2005, many 2004 Professional teams have been locked out of the 2005 Professional League and moved down to Division I. Concerned about the impact this would have on Divisions I, II and III, the general consensus from the attendees of the Annual NPPL Meeting as well as a sub-committee which was formed from that meeting, is that it is now necessary to add a Semi-Professional Division to the NPPL Super 7 World Series.

2005 Entry Fees and Prize Package
In order to make a Semi Pro bracket possible, the entry fees for all divisions needed to be increased. Below are the Entry Fees and Prizes for each event in the 2005 Season.

Pros Semi-Pro Div 1 Div 2 Div 3
1st $ 25,000 $ 10,000 $ 8,000 $ 6,000 As last year
2nd $ 10,000 $ 5,000 $ 4,000 $ 3,000
3rd $ 5,000 $ 2,500 $ 2,000 $ 1,500
4th $ 2,500 $ 1,250 $ 1,000 $ 750
Entry Fees
$ 2,650 $ 2,250 $ 1,950 $ 1,750 $ 1,450


2005 Divisions and Eligibility

As discussed with the attendees of the January 10, 2005 Pro Captain's Meeting, all previously ranked or recognized Pro Athletes in the NPPL will be initially re-ranked as Semi-Professional for 2005 until they join a 2005 Professional Team Roster.

Professional League
The rostered athletes in the 2005 Pro League will be ranked as Professional athletes for the entire 2005 season. Pro Teams may roster up to 12 athletes.

Semi-Professional League
The Semi-Professional Division will be allowed to have Semi-Professional athletes and a maximum of 2 (2005) Pro Athletes. Semi-Pro teams may roster up to 10 athletes.

Division I
Division I will have Division I athletes and a maximum of 2 Semi-Professional athletes. Division I teams may roster up to 10 athletes.

Division II
Division II will have Division II athletes and a maximum of 2 Division I athletes. Division II teams may roster up to 10 athletes.

Division III
Division III will have Division III athletes only. Division III teams may roster up to 10 athletes.

Locking Rosters
After the third event of the season (currently set as Denver, CO) the Semi Professional and Professional rosters need to be locked for the remaining two events. Semi-Professional teams who do not submit a locked roster will not be eligible for a position in the 2006 Professional League.

Qualifying for the 2006 Season
At the end of the 2005 season, the top ranked Semi-Professional teams will be promoted to the 2006 Professional League. The bottom ranked Professional teams of 2005 will be relegated to the 2006 Semi-Professional League. The 2006 Semi-Professional League will be capped at possibly 32 teams (this number is still being determined).

2005 NPPL Super 7 World Series Schedule

Huntington Beach, CA---March 18 – 20 (Confirmed)
Tampa, FL---May 13 – 15 (tentative)
Denver, CO---July 22 – 24 (tentative)
San Diego, CA---September 23 – 25 (tentative)
Miami, FL---November 4 – 6 (Confirmed)


There is a $500 discount being offered for teams who pay for the entire season by January 15th. Registration is open at www.NPPL.tv and is on a first come - first serve basis.

If you have any questions feel free to email back or call the office at (714) 536-9050.


Happy New Year!

 

[agge]

Camille and Karlijn!

Hope you can answer these questions:

-How will Semi-Pro teams in the NPPL gain ranking points? Will it be a minimum number of events you have to play in the states and in europe, and if so, how many of each?

-How will the Millennium Series Champions League teams be ranked in the NPPL? Can they play Semi Pro in the NPPL or will they all be NPPL Pro teams?

-When will the NPPL euro events dates be confirmed? Will there be another England NPPL event than the Campaign Cup?

If you can´t answer these questions, when do you think you will be able to?

thanks/ agge

 

[Nick Brockdorff]

Agge !

I'm not so sure there IS a collaboration between the two leagues this year ??

Nick

 

[agge]

Could well be...

but then it would be nice to hear from the organisers.

 

[agge]

!

Have been told by Karlijn that the info she has regarding this does not answer my questions but she´s working hard to get it for us.

 

[KEN@AFGM]

Hang on a minute

When the NPPL announced the pro league didn't they say it would be a 1 up 1 down promotion basis? The way it now reads is that there will be multiple relegations and promotion ie three up three down or what ever number they decide on.

This to me seems like a way to navigate the problem of a fixed number in the pro league with the weaker teams who made the pro cut getting axed next year and the teams from the PSP who joined late will be able to regain pro league status.

Good way of doing it but no disrespect intended based upon last years results i'm willing to bet that ifs its 3 or 4 to be demoted then the Euro pros have really got to raise there game to survive. Just scrapping thru by being slightly better than 18th place just aint going to cut it.

And how come by adding a semi pro leaque does it make it more costly to the other leagues? Yes there's more organisation and prize money but to me surely the fact that the semi pro's will be paying more than entering as div 1 will cover this cost?

 

[Fat-Frank]

Hang on a minute

Originally posted by Milhouse

And how come by adding a semi pro leaque does it make it more costly to the other leagues? Yes there's more organisation and prize money but to me surely the fact that the semi pro's will be paying more than entering as div 1 will cover this cost?

Somebody has to cover the Pro`s prizemoney!!
( and that for sure ain`t the pro`s )

18 Teams x $ 2.650 = $ 47.700
Prize money = $ 42.500 + expences (Refs, fields etc.)

Don`t leave much for the organizers!

Or, whatever.. The players can`t do anything about it