bartman
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Might lodge my ideas here, while they're in my head.
Finals Eligibility
New rule that teams can't register players to play their first game in the semi-finals? No dramas at all with how any of it happened this season as it's perfectly within the rules. However the rules are open to manipulation, and there's nothing to stop a team getting into the finals using a squad of ten all season, and then recruiting five new players from somewhere to form the nucleus of their team in the final series... Perhaps someone that hasn't played a game during the year shouldn't be eligible for semis, the onus being on captains to recruit and play any additional players before the last round? (And any new players interested in F7s during the finals series can be easily kept interested to play in the PvP due to take place shortly after.)
PvP
The PvP is a great idea especially for new/proposed teams and players, but I've noticed that existing sides that put their hand up to enter often struggle with numbers at that time of year? Perhaps one way to make sure there's some good match-ups and that everyone who wnats a go gets one is to think about having a Barbarians team compete. This would be made up of current players from a range of teams - this would take the pressure off members of an existing squad who have entered to keep playing at that time of year, while still giving the chance to any keen existing players from a range of squads to better themselves and get more games in an F7s environment ahead of the new season? Would need co-ordination and captaincy, but could be a way of making sure the numbers in the PvP teams balance and giving individual players a chance to show their wares before joining an official team.
Um, that's it. I think everything else goes OK. Except the usual chestnut of making sure enough people are interested in being referees, and given the respect by players at all times that's needed for them to continue to carry out the role.
Finals Eligibility
New rule that teams can't register players to play their first game in the semi-finals? No dramas at all with how any of it happened this season as it's perfectly within the rules. However the rules are open to manipulation, and there's nothing to stop a team getting into the finals using a squad of ten all season, and then recruiting five new players from somewhere to form the nucleus of their team in the final series... Perhaps someone that hasn't played a game during the year shouldn't be eligible for semis, the onus being on captains to recruit and play any additional players before the last round? (And any new players interested in F7s during the finals series can be easily kept interested to play in the PvP due to take place shortly after.)
PvP
The PvP is a great idea especially for new/proposed teams and players, but I've noticed that existing sides that put their hand up to enter often struggle with numbers at that time of year? Perhaps one way to make sure there's some good match-ups and that everyone who wnats a go gets one is to think about having a Barbarians team compete. This would be made up of current players from a range of teams - this would take the pressure off members of an existing squad who have entered to keep playing at that time of year, while still giving the chance to any keen existing players from a range of squads to better themselves and get more games in an F7s environment ahead of the new season? Would need co-ordination and captaincy, but could be a way of making sure the numbers in the PvP teams balance and giving individual players a chance to show their wares before joining an official team.
Um, that's it. I think everything else goes OK. Except the usual chestnut of making sure enough people are interested in being referees, and given the respect by players at all times that's needed for them to continue to carry out the role.
