From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Wed Oct 7 15:15:37 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.8) id OAA03748 for britdisc-outgoing; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 14:55:26 +0100 (BST) Received: from holly.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@holly-fddi [137.205.4.5]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA03722 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 14:55:22 +0100 (BST) Received: from polaris.bmpddb.com (mailhost.bmpddb.com [193.130.32.70]) by holly.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA18209 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 14:55:19 +0100 (BST) Received: by POLARIS with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id <4FZCJGR4>; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 14:49:36 +0100 Message-ID: <C99A86B5A019D2118F8400805F957BF1236F98@POLARIS> From: David Trovell <david.trovell@bmpoptimum.co.uk> To: "'Guy.Kennett@meuk.mee.com'" <Guy.Kennett@meuk.mee.com>, britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk Subject: RE: Re[2]: Tour 99 - how to run it? Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 14:49:35 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Congratulations for being the only unbeaten team at Nationals. But would you have beaten the 8th place team? > -----Original Message----- > From: Guy.Kennett@meuk.mee.com [SMTP:Guy.Kennett@meuk.mee.com] > Sent: 07 October 1998 13:23 > To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk > Subject: Re[2]: Tour 99 - how to run it? > > > 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 > >