At 02:30 05 April 2005, wrote:
Just checked the entry list for Parowan, Tim's idea
would eliminate 50
pilots out of the 74 that wish to fly the sports nationals
this year.
Is this what we want?

I've been waiting for this moment...

I agree with JJ.

The last thing we need is a set of rules changes that
up the odds of contests being under-subscribed (and
uneconomic to run).

If we are worried about new pilots being excluded from
popular Regionals, or being crushed by better pilots
who are 'down-classing', we could consider doing reverse
seeding for entry in sports class for Regionals (as
was done at Parowan last year), and maybe even parallel
scoring based on an additional handicap tied to each
pilot's seeding (like golf).

9B