Way back when, (in the dark ages) the SEB did discuss qualifying for
nationals via divisionals (this was before Tours existed), but the idea
was turned down by the national board of directors. The BoD wanted it to
be a y'all come concept.
--Pat Kelly
Mark Sirota wrote:
>
> "Darren P. Madams" wrote:
> > ... and then it ended up in Mark Sirota's [correct] analysis of car
> > starting intervals determining running time, not course length. I
> > don't think the real question ever got answered.
>
> That's me, putting a stop to any reasonable discussion on Team.Net. :-)
>
> Seriously, this did get hashed to death surrounding this year's Peru
> Tour... But this is a little different. This is the Nationals. At
> this point, there has got to be some kind of allowance for anyone who
> has, say, trophied at a past Nationals or a 2000 National Tour.
>
> Had the entry cap been posted earlier I might have a different
> response, but I'd hate to see people get turned away at this late
> date if they have a legitimate shot at a Nationals trophy.
>
> With any luck, that press release was just a method to get people like
> you off your duff, to ensure that we get up to the 1,000 number.
>
> [Without getting into a big discussion of Divisionals vs. Tours, I'll
> point out that there's a very wide range of Divisional events around
> the country, some 1/6th the size of others, some one day and some two,
> some one event and some a series of events. That's why Yokohama pulled
> out of the Divisional program all those years ago, when the National
> Tours began. Using relative performance at a Divisional event as a
> qualifying metric for Nationals is frought with issues...]
>
> Mark
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