Am B? Wtf?

[Rich S]

ID cards

it would take a computer programmer about an hour to create a program that stores the data and that prints off a card, this data can then be passed on to each tourney were data is added.

printing of the cards, we use a system for this at work to print NUS cards (i work at the union) and they take about 15-20 seconds to print a card. you fill out form, pay, data entered, pick up card

Q- this year you have to have the card on a lanyard, is the millennium committee supplying these lanyards or is more expense being thrust onto us as e30 is a lot for a little card.

 

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ID cards

Originally posted by upsupball
Q- this year you have to have the card on a lanyard, is the millennium committee supplying these lanyards or is more expense being thrust onto us as e30 is a lot for a little card.

You aren't suggesting that they're out to make more money? I mean, after bumping all those teams up from cheap Nov, to slightly less cheap Am b

And anyways, who doesn't have a lanyard these days?

 

[Syd (NSPL)]

Classification

From a series organiser's point of view, the issue of team classification is a BIG one (i.e. Nov, Am A, Am B.. Div 4, Div 3.. whatever). Believe me, it would make our lives a lot easier if we had a format set in stone for classifying teams.

Ever series organiser has different ideas and every series organiser is at a different stage in their thinking. But most of all, every series organiser has their own teams and administrative system to think about - of course they are going to want to protect the way their series are running. There is the barrier!

So many ideas, so many formats and so many people trying to come up with the "perfect" solution mean problems. And problems take time to sort out. Now, I'm not saying "shut up, it's being addressed and your just gonna have to wait" - quite the opposite. The current situation is a shambles and the people who are suffering are the teams and their players.

The only way this is going to be resolved is for a Major League, such as the Millennium or NPPL, to TALK to the "minor" leagues in each country. To come up with a realistic and viable classification system that will help drive the sport forward. AND, to then give each and every one of those leagues a reason to be involved. It's no good saying "we're the biggest series in the world and we've got this system - you know you want to adopt it". From a regional series' organisers point of view, we need someone to turn around and say, "we've got this system here - we want you and your teams to adopt it, because it is the way to drive our sport forward. And on top of that, we're going to support you all the way when establishing this format and your teams are going to benefit from being involved with it."

A regional, national, and world-wide established format for team classification would be the final cherry on the top of the cake that we've made trying to turn this game in to a sport. We (SWPL) don't have the clout to make it happen - I just hope that one of the companies that do have that clout realise what it is going to take and makes it happen!

 

[HERMITT]

The NPPL super 7's is the best classification system. Pro, Am, Nov and Rookie with clear definitions of what is what. The definitions will be the most contentious.

 

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What about trying a divisional system that is recognised by folks as being "sport-like".

Division 1, 2, 3, and 4, with (forced) promotions and relegations at the end of the season.

Forced promotions will bump up the sandbaggers, and forced relegations will keep up the pressure on teams to play well, or face losing their sponsorship.

Quite how series will organise their divisions, I aint the one to say, I've not had any experience organising tourneys.