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How about "reverse-seeding" for byes?

Posted By: phil simborg
Date: Tuesday, 30 June 2015, at 3:14 a.m.

In Response To: Seeding byes...OMG ..please NO !! (Fatboy)

Why not give the byes to the lowest-ranked players? That's an incentive for more people to come play in the Open. Yes, I know, it's very hard to determine who is the worst, so use a different criteria. Give the byes first to anyone who is playing in their first Open Division, then to people in their second, third, and so on. Naturally if there are 3 places and 4 candidates, there would be a drawing.

We all know that people who recently have to move up from Intermediate to Open are usually at a great disadvantage, so much so that some people actually stop coming to tournaments at that point. This will help encourage them to come and level the playing field a little.

If it is too hard to tell exactly which players have played how many times, then simply take all the players we know are skilled and experienced away and do a drawing of the rest for the byes.

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