frankncali said:
I like the tier concept but have a couple questions. Maybe someone can
help me a bit.
Whats a local level event? Which tour type?
Whats a regional level event? Tour ??
So to play in the Regional level you MUST first play in a local level event????
What if there are not many near you? How many people would actually
be in this category.
Years ago I used to play the McDermott tour events that
were local out of support to the local rooms and have fun. I cashed very infrequently. Generally I had to take time from work to attend these. Now with local levels I wonder if people will have the time and money.
If you can go straight to the regional level then thats great. I would not want anyone going directly past this level however.
If you fail in one event to finish top 50% you have to return to the local level only- is this correct?
The next level is spread out one per quarter per area. Thats good.
I take it this level is one step below the touring pro level.
I like how Mike has left it a bit open for all other tours and promotors to
get aboard. By playing in these events would that stop anyone from
playing in NON NUTS events.
Where does the money come from for the TV events?
Do you have to join each tour or level with a membership fee? Or a fee to NUTS?
If you are on the local or regional train the events are only 1000 minimum events. Is there a vision of bigger dollar events on these levels.
What if you qualify for the next level but dont want to go up? Can you stay
on the other level? Example-- Joe makes a regional level event and
finish top 50% but barely or solidly either way. Joe cant not afford to travel
as a pro but wants to play events. Can he continue to play on the regional
level. Does it just mean that he is eligible for the next level??
Also
If Joe makes the top tier but does not finish top 25% he has to start over.
Is this correct? Wouldn't that put very good players back in with the
lower level aspiring players trying to make it to the next level. Would that
take a guys top 5 or top 10 finish from him or worse a win away.
Would all players have to go through the qualifying or would NUTS and the
local operators get together and let the top players head to the top or at least a little higher level.
Is this by quarter or by event? The percentages? If you make the Top level
or any level how many events do you get at that level? one?
I think this is a good start and we will see who jumps on the wagon and
who does not. I think it needs some fine tuning but is a great start.
I am not a fan of the NUTS name or ACCOR hotels. The latter is a french owned corporation that I have dealt with in the past.
I do feel that this is closer to the expense level for many of the levels.
With as many players participating on all the levels it seems like it would be easier to attract sponsors.
i'm sure mike will answer all the questions..........here's what i got from reading the press release.
all the tours will still have their regular schedules, those are the local stops.
by placing in one of those stops, you can now play in a regional tourney. (if you can't place in the top 6, trust me, the regional would crush you)
each TOUR will have a regional tourney EACH QUARTER. so basically you have 4 months (which is usually 4 events) on each tour to qualify for their regional.
then to move on, you must place in the TOP 50% to move onto the national qualifying events.
these qualifying events are NOT SINGLE TOUR EVENTS, they are COMBINED, (example.......joss and planet pool are in the same region, so their top 50 percent of players from their single tour regional event go onto the NATIONAL QUALIFYING regional event)
the top 50 percent of these national qualifying events move onto the NATIONAL T.V. events.
this is where you get your chance. you've made it all the way to the nationals, now you have to place in the top 25 percent. (so if you had 200 players, 50 would get to stay on)
if you place in the top 25% you stay on "tour" you are automatically put in the NATIONAL T.V. events. the rest of the players start over.
the way i understood it, basically the process starts over every quarter. which is good, because the local tour can still have their points list for their tour and the N.U.T.S doesn't interfere.
i also took it, that at any time, if you fall out of the top 25 percent, you have to start over..............so, if you placed high in one t.v. event, and the next two you did poorly and you dropped out of the top 25% overall..........guess what.........back to the minor leagues to re-qualify.
i think this is a GREAT idea, and i love the format.
i also think the NAME is GREAT
you have to join the tour you're trying to qualify on, or pay their single event dues, i'm sure. and 2 dollars goes to the NUTS fund.
seems to start over every quarter, so basically, you try for 4 months to get onto the regional, then you try to get in the top half at regional, then you try to get in the top half at the national qualifier, top half there, you move to t.v..........then you have to stay in the top quarter to stay on from there.
so the only place you actually get "dropped" from, is the t.v. if you don't make it to the t.v. tourney, you'll be qualifying for everything. its actually a pretty simple concept.
as far as the time and money, people have plenty of time and money to make the local tours already, the only thing they will have to worry about is if they make it to the national qualifiers or the t.v. rounds. unless there is a fund to pay for those two.
the regional will be in the same area as the local, so there is no extra travel there.
as far as the money for the t.v. rounds, i'm not sure, mike will have to tell us that.
VAP
