23-09-2013, 03:26 PM
andyburnett Wrote:I don't think a vote based on one person's views is democratic at all! :\
That’s what democracy is though Andy B - one person ‘represents’ many, or so it goes. Probably it should have gone to an AGM vote as captains (and players too of course) are likely to look at the situation purely from the viewpoint of their own team. Whereas, the wider membership can look from a neutral perspective and decide for the overall benefit of the competition. Personally, I think it would be better for the competition if we didn’t have this perennial bone to fight over.
50 pts is a compromise – eg Andy B thinks it’s too high, and Joe thinks it’s too low. Surely it can’t be that bad then! But in a way, with all the discussion it’s a pity we didn’t get to the bottom of the problem – which is, that teams want ‘flexibility’, and legitimately cite variations in playing performance, but in practice the temptation to vary their team order for other ‘tactical’ reasons can be strong. Hamish’s suggestion (and its variants) would have kept such variation legitimate.