Suggestions

Post ID	Date & Time	Game Date	Function

#51103	07/15/2017 6:47:58 pm
terryhumphreys Joined: 01/20/2014 Posts: 103 Athens Gold IV.5	Seed the cup groups by ranking. teams 1 thru 6 in group 1, 7 thru 12 in group 2 etc. Each team plays the other teams in their group 4 times as is the current custom. Determine which 256 teams advance using the current method. From here you play single game elimination matches with random pairings. Updated Saturday, July 15 2017 @ 7:02:49 pm PDT

#51105	07/15/2017 9:42:25 pm
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	This is one of the most radical suggestions I've seen here. I'm all for Cinderella stories, but flat out giving it to them isn't right. Nor is it right to penalize teams for being good. The one game do-or-die aspect is interesting. It would add even more drama and intensity to the games. I'm not in favor of it, though. Leave the Cup alone! It's perfect.

#51126	07/16/2017 4:13:31 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9600 Haverhill Halflings III.1	In such short series any can (and does) beat any other team. Don't see any point in stacking the deck. Underdogs win it all the time. A LL-IV team won last year. Seems like it is working perfectly fine as is.