2004 Nat's finals for lower classes

[John Ferrell]

"That seemed to violate the most basic of tenents for running a contest
which is that you publish  the rules in advance.  You don't make it up as
you go."

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Budd" <jbudd at QNET.COM>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: 2004 Nat's finals for lower classes


> >Ron
> >OK
> >Another Question Did anyone who was in the finals, who would have
> >been cut if 20% would have been used this year end up above the 20%
> >group had it been used this year?
> >Just curious
> >Buddy
>
> I did.  I qualified 9th in Masters and finished 7th.
>
> Rusty Fried qualified 10th and finished 6th.
>
> Based on the ~40 entrants in Masters both Rusty and I would have been
> left out of the finals.
>
> Nonetheless, I support the idea of a fixed number, or a % of the
> total entrants, whichever is greater.
>
> The bigger issue is that it needs to be discussed, and decided upon
> in advance of the contest.  When some of the Masters competitors
> inquired as to how many competitors would be carried into the finals
> they were told "at least 8, maybe more".  That seemed to violate the
> most basic of tenents for running a contest which is that you publish
> the rules in advance.  You don't make it up as you go.
>
> So for Masters next year I would propose 8 or 20% of the total
> Masters entrants, whichever is greater.
>
> Jerry
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