Can I get opinions on this matter?

I came from Mississippi as many of you know. In Mississippi we had our own points system. Back then ustsa was the pro points system. But they quickly realized not everyone could go on tour whether family life, work, or money was the issue. So they adapted the same system but applied it to local tournaments.

What was accomplished by this was a points system that more closely ranked a player. This sparked interest for a player to be able to see accomplishments moving up rank locally. This also balanced out the tournaments. We all know that the local scene here has beginners who should be ranked higher. Example: beginner ranked Zach Pearson. Lol. Sorry Zach. But without traveling out of state he will stay a beginner for some time. This local points system would allow him to climb in rank locally but will not affect his ifp points.

It would give local players the drive seeing that they could climb for bragging rights. We would be able to ,once established, have different formats for tournaments, such as, amateur tournaments. More motivation equals more players. We have alot of players in the Monday night rookie dyp that simply accept that they will not be ranked higher cause they don't tour. They are all getting better but have no motivation to go to the next level.

I know some of you are thinking what will this do for me? I am a higher ranked player and this doesn't help me at all. Wrong! By bringing in new players and having them to be able to move up in rank will not only give you better competition in the long run but obviously more money in the kitty also. And if you are not looking for more and better competition then maybe this thread isn't for you.

How would we do this? There are several ways. CJ brought up to me last night there is a website you can log everything into and it will have a multitude of stats and ranking automatically. I'm sure this would cost money but I will check into it. I have run a points system myself back in the day and I am willing to keep up with it on my own dime.

I would simply need to know the results of each match in Colorado tournaments. Once the ball is rolling and points are more reflective of the players abilities then it will be the tournament directors of each site to determine if they just want open tournaments or divisions. They also choose whether the tourney is ifp points or local points. As you can see this will provide many possibilities for different tournaments to be ran.

These are some of my thoughts. I'm gonna hush for now but please leave any opions or suggestions anyone might have on this subject.

Thx,

Todd

That certainly isn't where I was going with that. I'm thinking more along the lines of a system that isn't based off of only tour events. Not as a replacement for tour points but a local supplement and something that a player not able to tour could work towards.

Myself with the demands of work I am hoping to play nationals but realistically only state this year. My daughter has softball nationals same week. In fact she plays 14 tournaments this year so out of state events are not an option.

I've seen this work before. So I thought I would throw it out there.

That's what I'm talking about. I played in Jackson mississippi I late 80s and early 90s.

Lmao get out of my bracket your to good!

I am an am FYI

Still play like a rook though.

IstillsuckAK

Im not sure the overall goal was to move players around as much as to promote and "motivate" newer players more in the foosball scene.

My two cents are this:

1. Todd is offering to keep this up on his own
------if TDs will snap pictures of the bracket at the end of the night would be all he needs
2. They do this local points system almost everywhere but CO (naive non fact but in charlotte they do)
------it works plain and simple (I was still not rated above am out there either)
3. Do we need this here in CO???

If we want more diverse tourneys like 2500 limited, BYP divided into A/B teams defining a cutoff point value and having A players and B players.

Like todd said for those who dont tour it becomes motivating to get better (despite personal goals) it puts on paper their improvements or decline.....hah

However, I also agree with scott too

It is kind of nice to be able to seed the Bring. Like Joey said; Todd is gonna do it all himself, all the TDs have to do is post the full bracket/results.

No problem Nick, just trying to help gauge players talent, or lack there of.

TrashyTalentScout

Sorry Todd, I thought that was the reason you were suggesting this - to move the good rookies out of the rookie-only tournament.

I still don't see what would happen from it.

Joey, Josh, Steve, and Zack would move up locally...and then...??

How would they be more motivated to play if they couldn't play in the rookie only tourney??

Winning fuels competitive spirit, as well as drive. When people win, they come out more. By letting the good rookies play and dominate the Balloon in...it keeps them hungry for the real BYP tourney on Fridays.

Like I said - IF the scene had 20+ teams, 5 nights a week...I could see a different points system....but we just don't have that anymore.

X

What about Grand Wizard?