Season Format Idea

[bennymacca]

i like darts, but it doesnt compare to NPL

[Goose]

DARTS with you lot
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Its bad enought playing poker
I would be going home every night feeling like a pin cushion with dart hanging out of my ass

[Scotty]

Darts instead of poker .....

"Call, and I'll throw the rest of my darts at your head."

Maybe not ....

[bennymacca]

LOL

what about tenpin bowling then? bit harder to throw

[Scotty]

If they have a size 6 ball, throwing is a possibility

[Goose]

The idea is to change the format for 1 week between seasons but still having an incentive to play as normal.

It would be interesting to see the weekly winners play off in a Sit & Go format

[Des]

I dont like the SNG Shootout idea.

General NPL are multi table tourneys. Changing to a single table to get through to the State Finals completely changes the game.

Compare it to the Pura Cup... you play 4 day games all year... then the top four play off in 20/20 games to make the grand final... it just doesnt work.

If you are going to have a regional qualifier stage it would have to be multi table.

Leave the single table shootouts for the novelty events.

[Scotty]

That's a fair point, Des.

One of the problems with setting aside the 10th week of the season for qualifiers etc is the revenue loss to the venues. Sure, you can say that they can still run a game for everyone else, but if it's for no points, how many would really show up? There'd have to be a pretty reasonable prize put up to attract the same sort of numbers they would for a standard NPL points based event.

[Goose]

Run Separately Des

Still keep the current finals system but with a 9 week season instead of 10 (the only change)

Keep the top 50 but with less emphasis

The Sit & Go format would be exclusive to Venues Tournament winners only

You can make the finals and the top 50 by being consistiant and just pulling points but to make the Sit & Go Qualifiers and Final you must win

Would love Garths comment

[Des]

So what you are saying is:

9 week season
Top 50 qualify
Top 5 at Venue qualify
Tourney winners who havent qualified would play-off in a last change shoot-out tournament in week 10.