Hadn't seen any posts about CP4, so I decided to get the ball rolling. I did enjoy myself, but I was disappointed in only getting to play 7 rounds. I wasn't crazy about the distribution, (I thought the TV was sorely lacking in diversity), but I understand that it suited some people fine. The problem with this is an overall epidemic of there being too many summer tourneys. In past years, Capitol Punishment was in the middle of July, a good 2-3 weeks before the Burns. This year, CP4 was the week before the Burns, effectively eliminating people who wanted to play in both that had to drive a long distance or fly. In addition, Moc/Muck Masters (I forget which is trash) is the same weekend as the Burns. Effectively, there are something like 30-35 trash packets being written for the 3 tourneys, and CP4 had only 9 at their disposal. Too many tournaments seems to be a prevalent circuit problem, as the only fundrasising means other than meager university grants, they appear to be necessary, but fewer and fewer teams seem to turn out to things each year. I think the time has come for there to be some sort of governing control of the circuit. Basically, a centralized scheduling body. They say when the tournaments will be, instead of a first-come system which leads to inefficiency. My idea is to convene a 5-person panel who decides when the tourneys will be held, taking into account special requests like football weekends, SATs, etc. Teams will simply submit what they wish to host at the beginning of the year, and the schedule will be set that way. This way, there might be a way to ensure that every collegiate tourney can get 10 or so teams, which can produce enough revenue to make them worthwhile. Well, dissect, destroy, rip up the idea. My basic economic analysis says that we charge each other way too little for tourneys, especially if there is team editing involved. However, it seems there are too many sparsely attended tourneys that could be better attended if more scheduling foresight was in place. Thanks, Phil Castagna
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