[SBU Board] Fwd:Form Submission - Contact The Unit Board - Earning masterpoints and scheduling Round Robin tournament playoffs

[Eric Sieg]

While I think John is leaping to assumptions (I haven't talked to the other
team yet to see what can and can't happen), the suggestion to change the
schedule has been a common one. Trying to schedule matches in late November
and then in December is really tough. Similarly, summertime is tough for a
lot of teams. I know Vancouver BC starts it a lot earlier. It does seem
like a bummer that the months where there are the fewest travel/vacation
conflicts (Jan/Feb/March) are not utilized for the round robin.

Has it always started in April? Is it worth exploring trying to shift it?

This is something I was curious about but didn't have a strong opinion
about myself.

Eric

On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 10:29 PM JC Chupack <pubcomms at bridgeinseattle.org>
wrote:

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> Subject : Form Submission - Contact The Unit Board - Earning masterpoints
> and scheduling Round Robin tournament playoffs
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> *Name:* John McCaslin
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> *ACBL Number:* 8688389
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> *Email Address:* mccaslins at mail.com
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> *Subject:* Earning masterpoints and scheduling Round Robin tournament
> playoffs
>
> *Message:* We have had almost impossible problems scheduling this year's
> Bracket B Round Robin playoff matches due to very heavy holiday travel
> commitments by all teams. That, plus the requirement for ALL team members
> of a 5- or 6-member team to play in BOTH playoff matches to qualify for
> 1st- or 2nd-place masterpoints, is onerous and conflicts with the
> regular-season requirement for each player to play in HALF of the matches
> (and by extension, only one of the two playoff matches) to qualify. As a
> result of this rule and the scheduling, we must now dis-enfranchise one of
> our top players.
>
> Please:
>
> -1: Schedule the Round Robin regular season to start and end a half-month
> earlier: March 15 to Sept 30, giving three full months for the playoffs to
> accommodate heavy holiday travel schedules.
>
> -2 : If possible within the Conditions of Contest, award playoff
> masterpoints to ALL team members based on the team's final results during
> the playoffs, even if a player played in only one of the two playoff
> matches.
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