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Tour Structure

Postby Wildey

There is a lot of talk that Q School isnt the way to find new players wth so many falling off pros coming right back

How about this as a alternative of players on tour playing in events

A system where the tour is technically 96 players but the other 32 players is made up from Q Tour/Q School and if one of those or more gets in to the top 96 before the next cut off the dropped down pro is relegated to Q Tour.

But Q Tour will have to do the rounds not just UK Based so players all round the world can compete for thoes converted 32 spots before the next cut-off and get immediately rewarded with a chance of getting in the top 96 before next cut off.

Re: Tour Structure

Postby SteveJJ

Interesting.

Joe Perry advocates having an additional q school event where only players who have never been on tour can enter. Hence guaranteeing a turnover of new faces

Re: Tour Structure

Postby lhpirnie

Wildey wrote:There is a lot of talk that Q School isnt the way to find new players wth so many falling off pros coming right back

How about this as a alternative of players on tour playing in events

A system where the tour is technically 96 players but the other 32 players is made up from Q Tour/Q School and if one of those or more gets in to the top 96 before the next cut off the dropped down pro is relegated to Q Tour.

But Q Tour will have to do the rounds not just UK Based so players all round the world can compete for thoes converted 32 spots before the next cut-off and get immediately rewarded with a chance of getting in the top 96 before next cut off.

Any system which is based on such exact numbers, like 96, 32, 128, etc. just falls apart. Players don't enter events, they get sick, they have VISA problems, they get suspended... You can't really run a complex series of events by clockwork. Any proposed new structure has to have (financially) viable events, and a rigid structure which depends on them is too brittle. We need flexibility, not top-down 'design' or dictat. I've written about this frequently, and have even devoted an entire website to this issue.