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Subject: Re[2]: Tour 99 - how to run it?
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     What is this a 'how to piss off the Blue Arse Flies' competition?
     
> 1) Given the number of teams and marked differences in levels of ability, 
> demotion and promotion could lead to good teams (Touch or Headrush for 
> example) being cast into the abyss below them for half a season, or 
> weaker teams (Violently or BAF) being elevated like kings then used as 
> whipping boys for the rest of the season.
     
     Arguments surely to follow but our stats at Nationals the 
     other day were...
     
     Won 5 Lost 0 
     Scored 85  Conceded 34 (Any better?)
     Highest available place 9th
     Place attained 9th (and the plate)
     
     Not bad for a 'weaker' team.
     
     We realise that entry to the nationals is based on the Ultim8 
     end of year seedings (which frankly squeezed the 7-8-9-10-11 positions 
     with the 'inverted' crossovers). Surely, once entry to the last 16 has 
     been won, like the World Cup, the competition should be 'OPEN', best 
     on the day wins and all that, rather than 'kings' and 'whipping boyz'.
     
     See you up there next year, we'll do the whipping.
     
     
     Guy
     aka TinTin BAF