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| Sept. 1 taits Men's 65 4548 posts | Dirty; Three teams are a problem, however that is only an end result of the choices teams are given and venues available to choose from. There are roughly 8 associations that regularly hold regular tournaments. Teams usually attend the same ones each year. There are only 52 weekends in a year. SSUSA alone has about 74 tournaments scheduled this year, & every year or clode to it. Teams pick and choose between those that seem best suited for their needs compared to the others at the same time, & there could be all eight to pick from. on the same weekend. Multiply that 74, by the even half of the others putting them on out there and you should be able to see the real problem, available choices. Consolidation sure isn't going to happen in my life time, but unless the tournament numbers available lessen, it will remain the same. Take one weekend and eight choices, not everybody is going to fit so variety can be good. So in essence, get over the complaining, you don't attend anyway and it isn't going to change. NOT all tournaments are that way (only 3 teams in "your" division) Teams are usually not aware until about a week or two before the their first game. After all the bugs are worked out. So, please, enough about the 3 game thing. Start your own with all that loot you save and maybe teams can play 4 or 5 teams more often. We all know it's a problem. Constructive ideas would work better than what's been posted. Come out of third closet you've been in and help solve it. Become a part of the "tournament" players here. My $0.02 on 3 games. It my be all it's worth as well. |
| Sept. 1 Gekle BUilders Men's 50 204 posts | taits you beat me to the punch.And dirty not trying to come off that harsh on my previous post but,it is what it is .I've been a player coach on competitive teams for 35 years,I get it.So heres my take on the matter and my opinion comes with a name and an e-mail address.I think the ssusa folks have it right.they provide qualifiers all over the country for seniors where you must compete in at least one to qualify a roster for world tourny unlike other world tournys.they also provide regional nationals in every corner of the country catering to all regions.Than at years end there is a large competitive world tourny in Oct. usually on west coast, like to see that rotated.east and west every other year.Now we have played our qualifier and our regional nat. so now what do I do,sit home from July until end of October or do I look for some competitive tournys around the country.I think the latter.Call them what you want to but there a good place to find competition.Every sanction needs a catch phrase to draw teams.If I had a tourny and called it the Michigan Cucumber Festival how many long haul teams would I draw.Teams don't care what you call them just that there will be some good teams there when a ring is avaiable.Better than playing for a t-shirt.We won the 11 team Midwest nats last year,we only played 5 of the opposeing teams regardless of how many were there.It's all good, people outside the game could care less ,it's just us old guys aganst the world. (no pun intended) |
| Sept. 2 Fred Scerra Men's 80 542 posts | Right on the Button. |
