Prize Money....
If I agreed that all the money should go to the pro's and no prizes should be given to the other classes then I wrote too quickly. That is ridiculous. I perhaps understood that to be cash only to pro's and product prizes to the others.
Sure, there should be more to pro's, and more prizes to am's than to nov's. There must be incentive to move up. And there must be clear rules for forced re-classing. There must be some possibiltiy of return on investment.
As for what is fair for pro's, what is so hard about them playing 2 or 3 games out of all their prelim games against am's? Again, right now they do get beat by am's sometimes. And, again, I wonder if that embarrassment is what is behind the ideas of totally separating the classes? Playing am's for the pro's is a well and fitting wildcard, like I said before. And proper seeding means it is the same for all.
As far as looking like football or hockey or any other sport, get over it. We don't have to slavishly try to mimmick the other pro sports. Paintball is unique. Let it remain so in all its good ways.
If we see the illogic and unfairness in the dividing of classes, while the peasants pay for the upper classes, then we ammies and novies perhaps ought to think about making it clear that we might "stay away in droves" from the NPPL and Millennium tournaments. In other words a possible boycott resulting in the picture Scutty drew so clearly. We better make our voices heard loudly and clearly now, while these matters are being decided upon, before a colossal mistake is made.
I think Millennium is great. Almost too good to be true. I plan to get involved in every way I can in 2003. Let's don't kill the goose (not Chris) that laid the golden egg.
Respectfully,
Steve
You go, Scutty!
If I agreed that all the money should go to the pro's and no prizes should be given to the other classes then I wrote too quickly. That is ridiculous. I perhaps understood that to be cash only to pro's and product prizes to the others.
Sure, there should be more to pro's, and more prizes to am's than to nov's. There must be incentive to move up. And there must be clear rules for forced re-classing. There must be some possibiltiy of return on investment.
As for what is fair for pro's, what is so hard about them playing 2 or 3 games out of all their prelim games against am's? Again, right now they do get beat by am's sometimes. And, again, I wonder if that embarrassment is what is behind the ideas of totally separating the classes? Playing am's for the pro's is a well and fitting wildcard, like I said before. And proper seeding means it is the same for all.
As far as looking like football or hockey or any other sport, get over it. We don't have to slavishly try to mimmick the other pro sports. Paintball is unique. Let it remain so in all its good ways.
If we see the illogic and unfairness in the dividing of classes, while the peasants pay for the upper classes, then we ammies and novies perhaps ought to think about making it clear that we might "stay away in droves" from the NPPL and Millennium tournaments. In other words a possible boycott resulting in the picture Scutty drew so clearly. We better make our voices heard loudly and clearly now, while these matters are being decided upon, before a colossal mistake is made.
I think Millennium is great. Almost too good to be true. I plan to get involved in every way I can in 2003. Let's don't kill the goose (not Chris) that laid the golden egg.
Respectfully,
Steve
