ViolaBouquet
Eagle Member
I think everyone needs a rating through PDGA. If you become a member you get the $10 discount at tournaments, but everyones ratings are calculated, and saved. This would eliminate almost all bagging. What do you think?
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Non-member minimum allowed divisions are provided to TDs to help them place those (anti-bagging) without published ratings.
Very few players know how to play just bad enough to lower their rating. If you play too poorly, the round rating is too low to be included in your rating and lower it. As you point out, there's no payoff to spend the entry fee money in several events to drop your rating because it would cost more than you can win playing in a lower division.
So your saying the pdga should calculate everyones rating, for free? Give them enough $$$ to pay some more people to do it, then they MIGHT consider it, lol.
I think everyone needs a rating through PDGA. If you become a member you get the $10 discount at tournaments, but everyones ratings are calculated, and saved. This would eliminate almost all bagging. What do you think?
A DNF does not affect others ratings. If a player is already playing poorly, their round would not be used to generate ratings whether they DNF or not.
That may have been true only if you posted a score with a rating better than 60 points below your rating. Your score in the first round would still be used in the rating calculation if it was rated more than 60 points below your rating.