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yuou make an outstanding point. One of the things that I think would be enticing at tournaments (and again this is something I conversed on more than 10 years ago) is having a tournament organized where you could have different weight classifications plus skills classifications.
For instance, the tournament could be such that you could have 2-3 weight class combined with passing/kicking and pass simulation/no kick. What this does is creates champions in different classifications. Everybody does not want to play 4.0 grams! Everybody does not want to play 3.2 grams. Everybody does not want to play 8.0 grams. Everybody does not want to play pass simulation/no kicking! Everybody does not want to play passing/kicking. But far be it from me or anyone else to tell any of us which way is the right way! That's why you allow all to be apart of things.
What you will find is that it will make for a faster tournament. Because now, players compete in the tournament style that interest them the most. Also, you will not have guys thinking that "just maybe if we were put on equal footing, we would see his skills/or lack there of".
One of the things you will never hear me say or even think is that what I think is "real football" is the one and only way the game should be played. What you will see me do try to bring more people into the game, no matter what style they prefer.
That's why we at the TSO will always say that if someone has a tournament-type that they want to bring to the Shootout, we welcome it along side what we do. This year, Jimbo will bring the Arena Bowl in. It is up to us to hype the game so that if a person rather go for a championship in that, he can feel free to. That does not say he's any less EFLer than anybody else.
I will always say, I will never stop you from participating with what you want to. Just don't think you have a right to stop me. That's why tournaments are created, to allow for various formats and figures. It just happen so that the TSO is open to ANY and all (provided soemone wants to organize that part of a tourney, i.e., Weighted, Arena Ball, 3.2 gram standard, etc.). It just happen so I do a 4.0 gram tournament but again, Jimbo will be phasing in the Arena Bowl.
Reginald
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