I saw on FB my hometown room in Philly reopened last week. They have a weekly 9 ball tournament, it used to get 32-64 entrants (with buybacks) for 30 years. Now, its capped at 16 players and you have to call in to reserve your spot, and if you no-show, you can't play the next week.
For the DCC to have any chance of "social distancing" they would have to do something similar. Limit field size dramatically. 100 players per division max is my estimate. Only accept internet entries, no in-person entries allowed. No action room, only tournament. No non-playing fans, only players can be there.
If you do all that, how does the DCC make any money? What is the point of even having it? Same applies to every other major tournament.
The only way it could possibly proceed as before is if there are no social distancing rules in place, whatsoever.
For the DCC to have any chance of "social distancing" they would have to do something similar. Limit field size dramatically. 100 players per division max is my estimate. Only accept internet entries, no in-person entries allowed. No action room, only tournament. No non-playing fans, only players can be there.
If you do all that, how does the DCC make any money? What is the point of even having it? Same applies to every other major tournament.
The only way it could possibly proceed as before is if there are no social distancing rules in place, whatsoever.