@Centercut and @Jayson +'s
Well stated! And, I thank you for keeping things in perspective. This is a tremendously fun event for everyone. I stated that the only thing I really hoped to gain from posting this was that, maybe someone who's involved in running the event would see it and think about ways to combat these occurrences. And also to educate any competitors or spectators for what to watch out for, so they can have the courage to speak up and keep the event fair and equal for everyone.
@AirNGasman
Everything you stated is true, and much of it is part of the rules of the competition already. But, the weakness of the squad based scoring system is that it leaves those rules and guidelines open to the "squads interpretation" and allows those squads to decide at what level they're going to adhere to those rules (how strict they're going to be) when no one is looking.
The squad based scoring system definitely leaves the door open for less than optimal scoring. As long as the organizers of such an event pay attention and hold people to the mat for any "bending" of the rules, the event can retain its legitimacy. But, this respect for the rules has to be passed on throughout all the competitors and organizers. Even if a competitor benefits from one of these rule violations completely innocently and without knowing it, the hard decision to make is to take points away from that competitor, or maybe the entire squad. Should that happen, I'm positive that person, or those people, would make absolutely sure everyone on their squad was doing everything exactly as it should be done the following year.
Well stated! And, I thank you for keeping things in perspective. This is a tremendously fun event for everyone. I stated that the only thing I really hoped to gain from posting this was that, maybe someone who's involved in running the event would see it and think about ways to combat these occurrences. And also to educate any competitors or spectators for what to watch out for, so they can have the courage to speak up and keep the event fair and equal for everyone.
@AirNGasman
Everything you stated is true, and much of it is part of the rules of the competition already. But, the weakness of the squad based scoring system is that it leaves those rules and guidelines open to the "squads interpretation" and allows those squads to decide at what level they're going to adhere to those rules (how strict they're going to be) when no one is looking.
The squad based scoring system definitely leaves the door open for less than optimal scoring. As long as the organizers of such an event pay attention and hold people to the mat for any "bending" of the rules, the event can retain its legitimacy. But, this respect for the rules has to be passed on throughout all the competitors and organizers. Even if a competitor benefits from one of these rule violations completely innocently and without knowing it, the hard decision to make is to take points away from that competitor, or maybe the entire squad. Should that happen, I'm positive that person, or those people, would make absolutely sure everyone on their squad was doing everything exactly as it should be done the following year.
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