From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Fri May 26 19:37:20 2000 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) id e4QIYJV08195 for britdisc-outgoing; Fri, 26 May 2000 19:34:19 +0100 (BST) Received: from daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@daffodil [137.205.192.30]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id e4QIYHp08190 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 26 May 2000 19:34:17 +0100 (BST) Received: from latimer.mail.easynet.net (latimer.mail.easynet.net [195.40.1.40]) by daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id e4QIYCV23341 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 26 May 2000 19:34:12 +0100 (BST) Received: from default (tnt-20-47.easynet.co.uk [212.134.226.47]) by latimer.mail.easynet.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 028C953A66 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 26 May 2000 19:08:56 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <000f01bfc73c$afdface0$2fe286d4@default> Reply-To: "Benjamin Whenlock" <sonofjacob@zoom.co.uk> From: "Benjamin Whenlock" <sonofjacob@zoom.co.uk> To: <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Subject: Inroduction of Leagues??? Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 19:02:36 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Since the event in question I have tried to look for a solution. The number of ultimate teams is continually growing and in the next 5yrs I can see around 50 teams entering tours with an ever greater demand for pitches. (I have not followed debates on Britdisc for long so forgive me if the idea has already been proposed.) The solution I can see is for leagues to be established for example: League 1 would be: 1 through to 15 League 2 would be: 15 through to 30/32 (rankings from tour 1 and 2) More leagues can be established as more teams enter. Relegation and promotion would be involved meaning teams have something to play for. People will argue that it destroys the spirit of the game but it stops teams from becoming frustrated. This means that for a tour two venues would be needed. It mean a lot more work but it would pay off in the end. I am sure though that there would have been two smaller venues around Towcester that could have accommodated this idea In the evening everyone can all meet up and have a massive party and socialise Please dont hate me for this proposal and just consider the idea. I dont claim to have all the answers but I am sure with a bit of thought the BUF could make this work. All the best Ben