Re: Bad News
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2020 4:48 pm
1.Ok,so read this carefully, I'm going to type slowly so you can follow along.Sporty wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2020 3:22 pm Why change tradition? So what if it's called NRA Nationals. Metallic silhouette doesn't have the player population other sports have. If you're looking to promote a sport you don't want to limit participation by turning away players just because they can't beat a Master. The only reason to limit the competitor count is range capacity. Not classification.
From earlier posts, "Only the class and match winners from each region would qualify for the nationals". what this means is there would be class winners from every region including B class all the way up to Master, shooters wouldn't all be masters and lower classes would be competing against other people in there class just like the current rules.
2. You said earlier in a post you weren't sure you would be able to afford to go to the Nationals, I hear you there, between constantly increasing entry fees and travel expenses it can get pretty expensive especially if you live on the other side of the country from where they're being held.
Here's the good news, a club in your region will have a once a year match to qualify for the nationals, these matches will take on significant importance and accompanying attendance. It will raise attendance at the local levels.
3. And finally there's been a problem for years with finding clubs that can handle a National competition from the number of firing positions/targets to finding people to run a 100+ competitor match, through a regional qualification process that drops to 20-25 people. It could be held almost anywhere at that number, a couple of regular match directors could run them.
4. The only downside I see to it is vendors that attend the nationals would see alot less people at the nationals, they might have to travel more and go to the regionals.