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Subject: Re[2]: Regional Rosters
To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk, "HUGHES; Chris" <CHughes@chelt.ac.uk>
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Maybe I'm looking at this too closely?

Author:  "HUGHES; Chris" <CHughes@chelt.ac.uk>
Date:    03/03/99 16:30
>I accept your point, and thinking along those lines am prepared to adapt the
>rules;
>1.      As before you cannot change CLUBS between regionals and Nationals.
> If you play for a club at regionals, you must play for the same club at
>Nationals. Should you not play at regionals you may pick-up with any club
>at Nationals. Should you play at regionals you do not have to play at
>Nationals.

By this rule, 'non-regular' teams such as (for example) Mr Men, Look at Me! 
and Wyld Stallions must, by definition,
a) be a CLUB
b) be a 'second team' of another clubs
c) none of the above, in which case they could qualify, elect not to play at 
Nationals, and pick up for other CLUBS (Reminds me slightly of a similar 
Outdoor scenario...! and of an Indoor query involving the Manchester teams 
last year...)

>2.      If a club enters more than one team to regionals then players may
>move between teams between regionals and nationals (note: players may not
>switch between games at either tournament - you may only play for one team
>at each tournament). HOWEVER, should a player move from Team B to Team A,
>then Team B must forfeit their slot at Nationals if they qualify.
>This allows you to play experienced players on a weaker team for regionals,
>and then move them up to your first team for Nationals.
>If your second team qualifies as well then the experienced player must
>either stay with the second team, or the second team forfeits their place
>at Nationals. This also allows you to move players up due to injuries.

It is assumed OBVIOUS that the second team CAN NOT attend 'cos it's 
supplementing the first team? They are not allowed to replace these 
'promoted' players with others from their player base...?

These 'new' players could, however, go straight into the first team as the 
'injury subs'.



So how do you stop any club from (for example) entering two "good" Iron Man 
teams to Regionals (maybe different Regions!), qualifying for Nationals - maybe 
not top of the region, but in a position to win - and then amalgamating those 
two teams into a "superteam" that will win the Nationals event (rather than both
finishing top 6)?

Off the top of my head I can think of three clubs that _could_ do that...

Wayne Retter
Fluid Druids