I like playing for Surrey because I feel some vague affinity with the county. If it became just a brand name, and furthermore I expected that come the final stages I would be dropped in favour of a hired gun brought in from elsewhere, I don't expect I would bother.Adam Raoof wrote:If we abandoned all eligibility requirements, what is the worst that can happen?
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Agreed. I can certainly see the potentially demotivating effect of a very strong club repeatedly winning a competition...
However, if the problem is having strong teams, then what is the point of competition? You need to motivate all the other teams to raise their game by some creative means, not by hamstringing the best clubs. Maybe you can have a maximum average grading requirement. Maybe you could make the first prize a trophy and the second prize lots of cash?
However, if the problem is having strong teams, then what is the point of competition? You need to motivate all the other teams to raise their game by some creative means, not by hamstringing the best clubs. Maybe you can have a maximum average grading requirement. Maybe you could make the first prize a trophy and the second prize lots of cash?
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I agree with Nick here, but of course the drafting in of stronger players for the final stages already happens, albeit they are usually hired guns with some affinity to the county.NickFaulks wrote:I like playing for Surrey because I feel some vague affinity with the county. If it became just a brand name, and furthermore I expected that come the final stages I would be dropped in favour of a hired gun brought in from elsewhere, I don't expect I would bother.Adam Raoof wrote:If we abandoned all eligibility requirements, what is the worst that can happen?
I know I have said it before, but 4NCL and county chess are serving different markets, in terms of the demographics of the competing players. Players unable/unwilling to devote whole weekends to chess can still get their fix on a single Saturday or Sunday. If county chess were to be subsumed into some enlarged 4NCL those players would not be accommodated.
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What was the specific dispute that occurred in the match?
Did one team complain that their opponents had fielded an ineligible player?
or
Did a third team, not involved in the match, complain that they have been denied the use of a player in their own match because he (or she) elected to play for a competing team?
In any case, the existing rules allow the question to be raised with the competition controller and for it to go through the ECF Appeal Procedure.
Once the dispute has been ruled upon and the appeal heard, that's it!
Did one team complain that their opponents had fielded an ineligible player?
or
Did a third team, not involved in the match, complain that they have been denied the use of a player in their own match because he (or she) elected to play for a competing team?
In any case, the existing rules allow the question to be raised with the competition controller and for it to go through the ECF Appeal Procedure.
Once the dispute has been ruled upon and the appeal heard, that's it!
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Michael Flatt wrote:What was the specific dispute that occurred in the match?
Did one team complain that their opponents had fielded an ineligible player?
If it was the Counties Final, there were voices that Lancashire included a handful of Greater Manchester players in their winning team against Yorkshire. It's been implied that the selection of these players had been approved in advance by those in charge of the Counties Championship, so no formal protest was raised.
More than forty years after it started, the ban on Greater Manchester joining the NCCU continues, but the other side of the dispute, namely eligibility for Lancashire county teams also rumbles on.
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Roger, there is no ban on us joining the NCCU, it is just than certain elements within the NCCU (namely Lancashire) don't want us there and hence keep voting against our entryRoger de Coverly wrote:Michael Flatt wrote:More than forty years after it started, the ban on Greater Manchester joining the NCCU continues, but the other side of the dispute, namely eligibility for Lancashire county teams also rumbles on.
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Did Greater Manchester actually field an Open team in the (MCCU) County Championships this season?
Did any of the alleged ineligible players actually play in the GM Open team this season?
(In the post immediately above I am credited with something I did not post)
Did any of the alleged ineligible players actually play in the GM Open team this season?
(In the post immediately above I am credited with something I did not post)
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No on both counts, but as previously said eligibility still stands if a team another team enters or not; just because Greater Manchester didn't enter I cannot go and play for Cornwall for example; the whole arguement on this one is whether Lancashire have a dual eligibility clauseMichael Flatt wrote:Did Greater Manchester actually field an Open team in the (MCCU) County Championships this season?
Did any of the alleged ineligible players actually play in the GM Open team this season?
I play decide to register with an affiliated club in Yorkshire (Bradford and play for them regularly) to qualify for them
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Unless Greater Manchester actually field an Open team in the competition, I don't see any justification for blocking players turning out for another team with which they claim affiliation.
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If players from Greater Manchester want to play for any other county then they are quite able to affiliate with a club within that county, be it Lancashire and as my previous example Cornwall; what this is all about that dual eligibility doesn't/shouldn't exist and all eligibility rules stand for all counties in the competition, otherwise you might as well do away with any rules and make everybody eligible for whoever they want to play for, but this defeats the purpose of the County ChampsMichael Flatt wrote:Unless Greater Manchester actually field an Open team in the competition, I don't see any justification for blocking players turning out for another team with which they claim affiliation.
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Competition have a dispute and appeal procedure, which deals with these matters.
It is in the nature of disputes that one (or sometimes both) of the two parties in dispute will not agree with the ruling that has been made.
It is in the nature of disputes that one (or sometimes both) of the two parties in dispute will not agree with the ruling that has been made.
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Just for me, can someone point to a statement that defines the actual purpose of the counties championships?Alan Walton wrote:you might as well do away with any rules and make everybody eligible for whoever they want to play for, but this defeats the purpose of the County Champs
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Not exactly - I represent a county that doesn't actually exist!MartinCarpenter wrote:In the name surely
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Any appeal before the match would have likely resulted in the final not being played as I suspect it would have took more than 48 hours to resolve; any dispute after would have changed the result which wouldn't have been ideal; it was up to Yorkshire to submit an appeal, since then Manchester themselves have found evidence saying the actually ruling made could be incorrect, but this evidence was found over a month after the final was played; but the discussions are to make sure rules are applied equally in the future, and this occurrence doesn't occur againMichael Flatt wrote:Competition have a dispute and appeal procedure, which deals with these matters.
It is in the nature of disputes that one (or sometimes both) of the two parties in dispute will not agree with the ruling that has been made.