It just seems to me that part of the fun of traveling to tournaments, and for those that travel for leagues, is playing by different rules sets.
CPC is designed for that if it is your flavor. It will always get you an opportunity in the semis.
Having an established rules set for an MFCA League Final/Playoffs, or "the" MFCA Tournament, etc., is a fine idea and it's totally cool to be like the Direct TV Russian guy and jump in it.
This would be for the Miggle Like Tourney which a champion will get you in the Semis. That's my thoughts
But, I'm not sure it's the MFCA's place to tell the DC folks how to run the Beltsville Bash, or the Vegas folks how to run a tournament. I'm not sure that's what we're getting at here. But if we are, I'm not sure it's a good idea.
To Clarify, we have no intention on telling you how to qualify until you get to where we hold the tourney. The intention is to reward those champions with higher seedings in the Miggle like tourney
Remember, the more you standardize, the more it's going to cost folks who are farther away from whatever that standard is to comply. And the more it costs those folks, the less likely they are to participate. Teams are built for rules sets. If people have to completely change the way they play the game, they A) may not be able to afford it, and B) may not see the fun in it. Either outcome is a killer.
The only ruleset I see as standardizing is the tourney rules once you get to the tournament. If you want to use those rules to prepare your team for the tournament it is encouraged. Our focus is to support those toruneys, Like Beltsville, then reward them with higher seeding for winning. We don't intend on enforcing our rules on any established tournament unless we run them ourselves.
Having a national rules set and enforcing it on every tournament is futile if we only end up with 5 players jumping in it.
Please see the previous response. Just know that our national tournament must have rules.
I think we're likely on the right path, let's just not high jump before we can crawl.
Please understand if you don't have a goal then you are wasting your time. If we have a tournament it is my PERSONAL belief that provide opportunity for all. We are not jumping, but that is the goal.
Ed
