[RTTY] Level Playing Field is unrealistic

[Steve Lenaghan VE4LR]

Jim

Not really.  My point is that adjusting the rules to favour the lesser
player is creating a handicap system which may work fine in golf but not
here. By forcing a second classification that some or all of the top ten
would probably be moved too you remove a field of players and automatically
increase the standing of SOSR operators based simply on the fact that a
group has been moved to SO2R.

A good parallel is the NHL.  At season end just about everybody has a crack
at the playoffs, including the poor performers who get lucky and knock off a
few teams they couldn't beat all year.  Then the organization prevents
Original Six teams like Toronto and Montreal from going to the Cup.  This
removes a challenge from me because I can no longer compete with the people
originally in my group.  But, that said, there seems to be a trend to
diversify groups just as long as it doesn't get too silly.  Field Day has 7
classifications, in the old days you were in the field or not.  Oh well
times change, but it doesn't we cant make our opinions heard.  We are RTTY's
'Loyal Opposition' as HM Government would call it.

73 Steve VE4LR


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Sent: July 23, 2006 3:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [RTTY] Level Playing Field is unrealistic


I have really tried to stay out of this, but. In other words you
are saying that the High School kids should play against the pros
and and just say "We did as good as we could"


At 01:59 PM 7/23/2006, Steve Lenaghan VE4LR wrote:
>The entire concept of 'levelling the playing field' is unrealistic.  It
>makes about as much sense as my High School football team making it to
>Superbowl or Grey Cup based on some form of equalization calculations.  It
>sounds to me that lower scoring operators want to bite the ankles of the
big
>guys.  The underlying factor is skill, the best toys will not get you to
the
>finish line by themselves.  Exceptional operators know when to change bands
>and frequencies.  They create the pileups and know how to herd the calls.
>
>Just like DXCC nobody really cares how you got that many, just that you
did.
>I realize there are endorsements for certificates but at the end of the day
>your position on the Honour Roll is based solely on the number of contacts.
>
>This year's Field Day was an exercise in too many classifications but
that's
>another story.
>
>73 Steve VE4LR
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Jim Rhodes K0XU
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