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2006 MDIA National Championship Backup Plan

Posted:
Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:16 pm
by CyLaxKeeper00
Should there be one?? What would the options be?? Maybe regional (ie WCLL & PNCLL; RMLC, UMLL & GRLC; CCLA & PCLL; LSA & SELC) tournaments and send the 4 winners and two wild cards to an open field somewhere in the country.
any thoughts??

Posted:
Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:23 pm
by Jolly Roger
A national championship tourney will take place in 2006 either in Minnesota or Texas. No need for a back-up plan.
Re: 2006 MDIA National Championship Backup Plan

Posted:
Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:39 pm
by LaxRef
Aaron Lozano wrote:Should there be one?? What would the options be?? Maybe regional (ie WCLL & PNCLL; RMLC, UMLL & GRLC; CCLA & PCLL; LSA & SELC) tournaments and send the 4 winners and two wild cards to an open field somewhere in the country.
any thoughts??
Why would you have a 6-team tournament? How would you propose determining who gets the wild cards and the first-round byes?

Posted:
Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:08 pm
by CyLaxKeeper00
top 2 two as voted in the top 25 get the 1st round byes.
any other ideas??

Posted:
Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:49 pm
by LaxRef
Aaron Lozano wrote:top 2 two as voted in the top 25 get the 1st round byes.
any other ideas??
Yeah, you're missing the point: I'm asking why it makes sense to hold a 6-team tournament instead of a 4-team or an 8-team tournament.

Posted:
Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:50 pm
by CyLaxKeeper00
LaxRef wrote: Yeah, you're missing the point: I'm asking why it makes sense to hold a 6-team tournament instead of a 4-team or an 8-team tournament.
pt 1 anything more than an 8-team tourney would be a logistical nightmare giving short amount of time to plan
pt 2 why, 4 regional winner plus two wild cards. because i like the idea.

Posted:
Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:53 pm
by Sonny
Jolly Roger wrote:A national championship tourney will take place in 2006 either in Minnesota or Texas. No need for a back-up plan.
This is correct. No need for a "back-up plan."

Posted:
Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:01 pm
by CyLaxKeeper00
Sonny wrote:Jolly Roger wrote:A national championship tourney will take place in 2006 either in Minnesota or Texas. No need for a back-up plan.
This is correct. No need for a "back-up plan."
"There will never be an other attack on US soil" quote circa Dec 8, 1941.

Posted:
Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:02 pm
by Sonny
Aaron Lozano wrote:Sonny wrote:Jolly Roger wrote:A national championship tourney will take place in 2006 either in Minnesota or Texas. No need for a back-up plan.
This is correct. No need for a "back-up plan."
"There will never be an other attack on US soil" quote circa Dec 8, 1941.
Didn't think that planning the MDIA National Tournament is Pearl Harbor or 9/11.

Posted:
Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:05 pm
by CyLaxKeeper00
what ever happened to "could happen" or emergency planning for that .0001 chance. I am the only one who is concerned about a 'worst case scenario?

Posted:
Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:13 pm
by CATLAX MAN
Turn the Magic 8 ball . . . . . . . . . all signs point to yes.

Posted:
Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:12 pm
by CyLaxKeeper00
you all stink!

Posted:
Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:15 pm
by LaxRef
Aaron Lozano wrote:what ever happened to "could happen" or emergency planning for that .0001 chance. I am the only one who is concerned about a 'worst case scenario?
There are two bids. They're trying to pick a site from among them. Do you think that somehow they're both going to fall through and they'll have to find some completely different site? If so, why do you think that?
The problem is not that they don't have a site, but that they can't decide which one they want. If one fell through, they'd just pick the other one.

Posted:
Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:17 pm
by LaxRef
Aaron Lozano wrote:LaxRef wrote: Yeah, you're missing the point: I'm asking why it makes sense to hold a 6-team tournament instead of a 4-team or an 8-team tournament.
pt 1 anything more than an 8-team tourney would be a logistical nightmare giving short amount of time to plan
pt 2 why, 4 regional winner plus two wild cards. because i like the idea.
Yeaaaaah. Who said anything about more than 8 teams? An 8-team DE bracket with no byes seems more logical than a 6-team tournament that would take as many rounds (though not as many games) to complete. Plus, you take out the effect of fatigue by some teams being given byes in a 6-team tourney.

Posted:
Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:41 am
by JW
I think for everyone that consistently competes, or thinks they are going to compete this year, they have already made plans. Teams that are consistently in the playoffs say for example in the LSA A&M, UT, Texas Tech, UTA, and Southwestern, those teams are already making plans regardless of location.
I agree though that we need an answer soon. Determining where to play shouldn't be as big of an ordeal as it has become, not like hosting the Superbowl. We already know that Blaine is adequately suited for hosting a National Championship. And most everyone here in the DFW area will tell you that Dallas is well equiped to host the National Championship.