[BD] MT1 schedule - no crossovers?

[Justin Parkhurst]

Felix et al

I recognise the difficulty in seeding teams and such, please don't think my 
comment was critical of the effort put in by tournament organisers to try to 
do this.

Yes, there tends to be limited movement, but with no MT0, we have to 
recognise the possibility for mis-seeding. Right now, the team seeded 24th 
(Naoise Murphy) can finish as high as 13th, while the one seeded 25th (Emu 
2) can only finish 21st. having only a few crossover games can help redress 
this (see sugestion below).

I'm glad there may be some accommodation for possible mis-seeding after 
MT1 - but I see two potential problems with the system proposed (teams 
appeal or put a case forward):

1st - it relies on subjective judgement. E.g. I write after the tour and say 
'I think we were underseeded because our point differential on the weekend 
was 75-10 (or whatever).  OK, that sounds good... but what about another 
team where it was a 60-20 point differential? There is no clear line really 
which means it gets tricky.

2nd -  By re-seeding after MT1 and before MT2, I could imagine some teams 
feeling rather short-changed. A team that gets bumped down below another 
team they never played, may argue it is unfair - there is no way of knowing 
who is the better team.

So personally, I still think adding some kind of crossovers on Saturday 
solves both these problems. You get to actually play a team in the bracket 
above to prove your worth to move up, and a team which looses to a team 
below can't really argue with that if they played and lost.

This does not need to be complicated. You could just have 6 crossovers which 
lets teams at the top of their pool after Saturday have a shot at the 
bracket higher:

e.g.:

A4-F1
B4-E1
(so top of E and F have a shot at the 5-12)

C4-H1
D4-G1
(so top of G and H have a shot at 13-20)

E4-K1
F4-J1
(so top of J and K have a shot at 21-28)

This is only 6 games, and only teams that won or lost their pools have to do 
it - but I think it adds a good corrective element, it does not require any 
additional schedule changes if you do it Saturday at 6:00 (to give teams a 
rest if they just played), and I'd imagine most teams would want the 
opportunity to do it if they win their pool.

I'm curious though if other teams agree at all, or think Felix's suggestion 
is better?

-Justin