jobwilson
Eagle Member
It really should have stayed at 1000 points. All a person had to do was finish 44th or better at BG Ams to earn the 500 and qualify.
44th or better in Rec that is.
44th or better in Rec that is.
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My point was that when the points criteria was a bit tougher you generally didn't see folks with 800ish ratings showing up until after the invite-only period ended. Shouldn't the right to go to an invite based championship reward those who have earned it first before you let any joe blow with a fat wallet in?Ratings mean nothing, it has to do with participation and the support of the PDGA and its events. The only reason you see pedestrian ratings in MA1 is because there are no other lower divisions.
wait till you see my 873 rated behind signed up for pro open.
Attendance has little to do with the invites, since anyone could register in past years after the invite only registration period. Any am event is going to get a lot of locals and a lot of people with disposable time and money, it's the pro events where you can hold a prestigious tournament and get most of the top players.
Yea, points are points but you get more per person you beat the higher the division you are in. That is one of the benefits for playing up in divisions...
I'd be interested to see what percentage of the amateur field each year is made up of invited players vs. open registrants. To pushback on your point, if attendance has little to do with invites THEN WHY DID THEY CHANGE IT? If you invite more people you have more people that have more time to make up their minds about coming to your event. . .
Yes but you should also take into account that in alot of places around the country your field size is DRASTICALLY reduced when you move up from INT to ADV. There are tons of tournaments that the MA2 winner gets more points than the MA1 winner does.
I guess my beef with changing the points requirements for Worlds is that points are ALREADY virtually useless. Qualifying for Worlds was pretty much the only reason to even have points cross your mind. They really mean nothing now.
Because Am Worlds is always seen as much as a party as a competition, and at $115 for entry compared to $500+ in ancillary expenses, that's a bargain considering an event like this doesn't happen in everyone's neck of the woods every year. Even under the old invite criteria this was the case.^if this is the case then why are their so many "INT donators" registered.
Or they just didn't realize the invite criteria had loosened considerably.seems that too many MA1 regulars got lazy and now can play up or watch us get this great experience.
Or in the case that I mentioned, there's no incentive to stay down since there's nothing to win.I think the reason there are so many people playing INT across the country is that there is added pressure to not play MA3 once you have won.
Why should a 933 rated player play Open? Why doesn't he just stay in Advanced? If we stopped paying Ams prizes and treated them like true amateurs, perhaps we wouldn't have that issue. Of course, I'm sure attendance at tournaments most everywhere would plummet.and there are a lot of ADV players who should prob play open but dont, so if your rated 933 or so why play up and get smoked by some local whiz rated 996 or so. just sayin......
Why should a 933 rated player play Open? Why doesn't he just stay in Advanced? If we stopped paying Ams prizes and treated them like true amateurs, perhaps we wouldn't have that issue. Of course, I'm sure attendance at tournaments most everywhere would plummet.
wasnt saying they should play Open, but the 997 rated Am playing adv should.
And 997 rated Ams can't play INT, so they have absolutely no influence on large MA2 fields. There are also only two Ams in the entire world rated that high. There are fewer than 25 rated 980 or higher.wasnt saying they should play Open, but the 997 rated Am playing adv should.