Aura raises a good point. But having looked at the geo rules (for the Open Tour), what is the point anyway?
"D. Geo-Clubs 1. Reasons for becoming a geo-club are given in Section 10. To qualify as a geoclub a club must: i. Hold weekly outdoor practices (during most of the year). ii. Have a maximum of 5 rostered players who live further than about 75 miles from the practice venue." [from http://www.ukultimate.com/open/tour_rules.aspx#Rosters] So, let me get this right. Players can come from as far as 150 miles away from each other and you can have an additional 5 players who can live anywhere, even in another continent. That's assuming that a single practice venue is given, although if you had two practice locations the rules above is unclear. And the only advantage is if two teams are equally ranked then the geo team wins out. How many teams draw their players from 150 miles away? Should they be allowed to do this without penalty? Who out there commutes 75 miles each way to practice every week? I'm willing to bet none (maybe a few hardcore Scots!) How about some changes - some possibilities below: - reduce the distance to 40 miles. That still leaves an 80 mile spread between players, which should be sufficient to account for teams in rural areas or places where there are few teams. - you should always be able to play for your nearest Tour team (if you're from the UK or Ireland), regardless of distance (this may already be the case) - bigger margins for Scottish/Irish teams (possibly) - max of 1 player from outside this area. (With the ability to have a guest, this makes 2) - students can register from either uni or home address (this may already be the case) - penalties for non-geo clubs by deducting (serious amounts of) points from Tour results. Deductions made at the end of the season so as to not to have an impact on seedings during the course of the Tour, but to prevent non-geo teams from having a realistic shot at winning Tour, lower their seeding for Nationals - non-geo teams should not be able to qualify for international tournaments such as EUCC, EUCS, WUCC If the UKU is serious about its claims of promoting geo clubs then some changes should be made, although not necessarily those mentioned above. Comments welcome... Brummie On 4/6/06, Aura Mackenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm, just took a look at the Tour rules and noticed some big differences > between last year's rules and this year's rules. Anyone else notice the > same? > > I'll give you a clue: there is no mention of Geo teams. > > Could we please get an explanation as to why these rules have been removed > and how this decision was reached? > > Aura > Iceni/IF > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 06 April 2006 11:28 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [BD] Re: Mixed Tour 1 - women needed > > All, > > The Mixed Tour Rules can be downloaded from the UKUA website at > > http://www.ukultimate.com/wmslib/Mixed_Division/UKUA_Mixed_Rules_2006.pdf > > > > Jaimie > > Bryony Hall & Jaimie Cross > Mixed Tour Co-ordinators > mixed[at]ukultimate[dot]com > > __________________________________________________ > BritDisc mailing list > [email protected] > http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.5/302 - Release Date: 05/04/2006 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.5/302 - Release Date: 05/04/2006 > > > __________________________________________________ > BritDisc mailing list > [email protected] > http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp > __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://zion.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
