"Split and split?" (New Term? Opinions on Splitting?)

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DieselPete

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Two topics in one.

TOPIC ONE:

Did I coin a new term for the finalists agreeing to share the title and money and not play the final match?

"Split and split?" being the offer to 1) split the money, and 2) get the heck outta here (let's split), typically because it is late at night.

The act of agreeing to split is an old one, but until I said it, I have never heard anyone say "Split and split?" or "You wanna split and split?" or "It was close to 2:00 am, and they had work in the morning, so they split and split."

TOPIC TWO:

What do you think of players agreeing to split?

For a long time I wasn't a fan, but I have softened and arrived at this opinion...

For multi-day, or weekend tournaments with real money on the line, the players should play it out.

For weeknight tournaments that go late into the night, with prize money that is not much more than a nice dinner out or enough to pay to fill your gas tank, and most of the players that are eliminated have left and there is no audience that cares about the outcome, the players are entitled to split and split.
 
Personally I think all two day events should begin late Friday night, end early Sat evening, not hurting the pool room owners regulars, who pay the rent. It also will give those Sat night regulars/players tables, and something to watch.
 
It's just one "split". You don't need the second "split". If the prize fund is split, that also means the title is split. In the bracket it shows both players with 1st place. DigitalPool even has a dropdown to select "split" for the final match. In the old paper bracket way, the TD would have wrote "split" or 1st 1st for both players.
 
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