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| Aug. 14, 2014 Boog3434 Men's 50 17 posts | East vs West National Championship game Why is it East vs West to compete for the Triple Crown and not Midwest,South, etc? |
| Aug. 14, 2014 SSUSA Staff 3491 posts | The USA National Championship games are staged betweeen the winners in each age/division of the Eastern and Western National Championship tournaments, those recently concluded in Raleigh, NC, and Sacramento & Placer Counties, CA ... Any team officially located East of the Mississippi River, whether they are from the 'midwest' or 'south' or other general area of that half of the country, may compete in the Eastern Nationals to seek such a berth ... The same is true for teams officially located west of the Mississippi River, such as in the 'southwest' or 'northwest', as it relates to seeking a berth to represent the West in the USA National Championship games ... |
| Aug. 16, 2014 Sunshine1949 Men's 65 58 posts | The only reason to play in the Eastern would be to compete for the Triple Crown, being seeded one or two would not apply since in most brackets there were not five teams.......staff is this a correct assumption. |
| Aug. 16, 2014 SSUSA Staff 3491 posts | Bracket size criteria for awarding the #1 and #2 seeds based on USA National Championship games applies to brackets of five (5) or more teams at the LVSSA/SSUSA World Masters Championships in Las Vegas, not the bracket sizes at the Eastern and/or Western Championships ... Teams playing "out of region" in either the Eastern's or the Western's are ineligible for the USA National Championship games to prevent teams from potentially gaining an unfair seeding advantage in Las Vegas by picking which "National" event, with the lesser number of teams, to enter ... In 2013, Fairway Ford 80's (CA) went East and, in 2014, Pope Transport (WI) went West solely to compete in larger, not smaller brackets, and won those events ... Neither of those teams sought an unfair advantage for Las Vegas, but the policy is in place to prevent some other future team from maybe not being so honorable ... In both 2013 and 2014, the Managers of the teams playing "out of region" were advised of this policy in advance of entering the events ... |
| Aug. 16, 2014 Sunshine1949 Men's 65 58 posts | Thank you for the clarification. |
