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

[LARRY HOLDREN]

Does the RR program have to follow the calendar year?  Why not form the teams during the summer, play matches September through March or April, playoffs April-May or May-June?

Larry
From: Eric Sieg 
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2018 10:39 PM
To: Seattle ACBL Unit Board 
Subject: Re: [SBU Board] Fwd:Form Submission - Contact The Unit Board - Earning masterpoints and scheduling Round Robin tournament playoffs

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



    Name: John McCaslin 

    ACBL Number: 8688389 

    Email Address: mccaslins at mail.com 

    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. 

    (Sent via ACBL Unit 446)


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