1. This only applies to sanctioned events obviously. I think it excludes A tiers anyway, because I think you have to be a current member to play an A tier. Maybe that's not true, but I feel like I have heard that before. I should know this. I don't. Sorry.
2. This has not directly impacted me. It's something I have noticed over the span of the four years that I have been playing touneys though.
OK so anyway; It FEELS like the majority of the time, the winner in AM3 and AM2 tournaments are some local dude with no PDGA number. Totally anecdotal by the way, and I have no evidence to present you, outside of what I have seen.
With that being said, do we need another option for people without a PDGA number that want to play sanctioned events? In other words, is there something we could be doing better as a community to drive them towards getting registered and getting a rating, and/or preventing the lifetime Am3 guys from romping the same tournament for the rest of his life?
Here are the options and I have come up with them.
- Do nothing and stay on course with how we do it now.
- if you don't have a PDGA number, you play advanced. This keeps the vultures from raping the new guys.
- if you don't have a PDGA number, you are not available for the cashout at the end of the round, but you can win a trophy if you win. or something. same idea.
- Non-PDGA number players go into their own division. Smaller entry fee, MUCH smaller payout.
Or is it even really a problem? I dunno. I see a lot of my friends that play Rec, getting destroyed by a dude that has been playing for a decade. And there always seems to be that dude(s) at a tourney.
tl;dr is there an issue in sanctioned play and can we fix it?
Thanks!
2. This has not directly impacted me. It's something I have noticed over the span of the four years that I have been playing touneys though.
OK so anyway; It FEELS like the majority of the time, the winner in AM3 and AM2 tournaments are some local dude with no PDGA number. Totally anecdotal by the way, and I have no evidence to present you, outside of what I have seen.
With that being said, do we need another option for people without a PDGA number that want to play sanctioned events? In other words, is there something we could be doing better as a community to drive them towards getting registered and getting a rating, and/or preventing the lifetime Am3 guys from romping the same tournament for the rest of his life?
Here are the options and I have come up with them.
- Do nothing and stay on course with how we do it now.
- if you don't have a PDGA number, you play advanced. This keeps the vultures from raping the new guys.
- if you don't have a PDGA number, you are not available for the cashout at the end of the round, but you can win a trophy if you win. or something. same idea.
- Non-PDGA number players go into their own division. Smaller entry fee, MUCH smaller payout.
Or is it even really a problem? I dunno. I see a lot of my friends that play Rec, getting destroyed by a dude that has been playing for a decade. And there always seems to be that dude(s) at a tourney.
tl;dr is there an issue in sanctioned play and can we fix it?
Thanks!