Jay Rideout
Another way might be to re-distribute points in a
smaller field. For example if you only had a field of
3 then award full first place points (16) then second
would would receive (8) and third would receive (1).
A two person field would receive (16) and (1).
Distributions could be predetermined up to the full
ten person field to eliminate pressure on race
organizers if there are fractional dividends.
I see the 1/2 point valuations as having a negative on
race organizers, sponsors, and participants. If the
potential for receiving full points for a first place
finish remains the potential of attracting larger
fields remains intact also.
Jay
--- Candi Murray wrote:
>
>
>
> So how do you balance things like riders in Medford
> getting full points for
> a race with 2 riders in it and people placing 13,14,
> 15 in fields of 20+ get
> next to nothing? We are talking the BAR here, how do
> you get the cream to
> rise to the top when there is unbalanced points with
> regard to the
> difficulty of the event?
> Candi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Hoyt [mailto:mg.hoyt@charter.net]
> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 9:15 AM
> To: obra@topica.com
> Subject: Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] Comment on
> proposed BAR changes
>
> I know the intent is to limit cherry picking BAR
> points, but its quite
> a bit more complicated than that.
>
> First of all, small fields don't always guarantee
> weak competition and
> easy pickin' of points. We've had Thursday Nighter
> races down here that
> may have had very small fields, but included Steve
> Larsen, Maurice
> Torano, Josh Conner, Glen Gann, and Richard Hogan
> (and those were the
> slow guys ). Points there are well earned.
>
> Second, anyone who lives away from the Eugene to
> Portland corridor (say
> in Medford) has to really want to race to be even
> remotely competitive
> in the BAR. We have to travel 6 hours to get to race
> 30 minutes at the
> State Hill Climb. How about changing the system by
> adding a travel time
> multiplier. We could multiply BAR points by the
> hours it takes to get
> to a race and then tally them. Maybe then a race
> like the Mayor's Cup,
> a race that had a $10,000 purse, could survive.
>
> Last, but not least. This will really screw
> promoters of smaller races
> and as an indirect effect, the people who want to
> race, but aren't hard
> core enough to travel many hours to do it. It will
> have a negative
> effect on rural racing that is certainly not
> intentional and far more
> damaging to the sport than "fairness" in the BAR
> points race.
>
> Please reconsider.
>
> Mike Hoyt
> Cycle Analysis
> Jacksonville
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