NPPL Rule Changes in Miami

[Takedown]

Did anyone else find it strange that the NPPL took 12 teams in the Pro and Am divisons to quarter finals? With only 21 Pro teams and 23 Am teams it seems like 12 is way to many. I played Am for the first 4 events this season and 8 teams were always taken in the Am and Pro brackets. It seems like the NPPL is penalizing the top qualifying teams since it makes it more difficult for those teams to make it into the top 4 with more teams in the quarter finals. Does anyone know the reasoning behind making this change at the finals event? Also, this change did not effect my team, so it's not a matter of sour grapes.

Thanks!
-Ron

 

[Baca Loco]

Ron,
I think you will find this is an effort to more closely conform NPPL practice to Millennium Series norms and likely, vice versa as time goes along--assuming next season and future seasons sees something of a more international flavor developing.

PS--just a semi-educated guess so if someone knows better we'd like to hear it.

 

[Edwards]

OVER 21

If there is more than 21 teams in any bracket 12 go though i think the next cap is 33 so that 16 go though, this is first time it has happened all year for the pros having 21 teams ,which i am sure will agree is a good thing if all the teams are really not all pro .

 

[Takedown]

OVER 21

Originally posted by Northern Twat-Nexus
If there is more than 21 teams in any bracket 12 go though i think the next cap is 33 so that 16 go though, this is first time it has happened all year for the pros having 21 teams ,which i am sure will agree is a good thing if all the teams are really not all pro .

The rules state:

4.62 Teams will qualify for the semi-final round in the following manner:

(1) If there are less than 8 teams in the classification (Pro, Amateur, Novice, or Rookie), there will be no semi final round and the top four teams will qualify and play in the final round.

(2) If there are between 8 and 30 teams, inclusive, in the classification, the top 8 teams therein will qualify and play in the semi final round.

(3) If there are more than 30 teams in the classification, the top 16 teams will qualify and play in the semi final round.

BTW: The rules should state quarter finals, not semi final.

Perhaps the rules were changed at Miami, I unfortunately did not make the captain's meeting this time around. This may have been the first time that the pros had over 21 teams, but it was not the first time that the Amateur division had over 21 teams. I just found it strange that the Amateurs played for 8 spots all season long then at Miami 12 are taken through when the number of teams had not risen.

Maybe this is to help eliminate any fluctuations in the scheduling where one team gets an easy draw and another team does not. Even though a draw can be more difficult, if a team is playing well at the event they should still make it through when more then %50 of the teams go through. Or it could be to give teams more game time, or to align with the millennium (as Baca has mentioned) which makes sense because that's how it was when we played Portugal and France.

I think I'll email the NPPL and post their response.

Thanks,
-Ron