Contest Clarifications and thoughts going forward . . .

[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by RUFFIAN-333

So sorry if my wording was Misunderstood!

My Suggestion had NOTHING to do with Gallivan Cup at all

I simply thought that the Winners of BC Points & ROI should
have their totals included in an Official Year End Standings
since those 2 contests are Separate from Gallivan Cup, and
are a part of the current yearly contests

Just because things have been one way for a long time
Does not also mean that sometimes, Change is Good

NO offence was intended with my previous comments
Only a Simple Suggestion that seems valid & fair

Ruffian: lets see if others feel the same way and we'll go from there. We have made some positive changes over the years and maybe we need to do more. And change is not always good . . . look what happened 2 days or so a go.

[DonGuido]

OK, I just cleaned out my PM boxes if anyone needs to get something off their chest or just send me polite PM.

Thank you,
DG

[NJ Stinks]

Just thought I'd stop by and say I missed playing with my C-Note today.

[Real Quiet]

Rumor has it that your C note will be worth more next week. The Ruff is a big fan of Kamloops.

[DonGuido]

So I kind of agree with RQ in eliminating the monthly bonus points for the ROI. Maybe there's a more equitable way to award ROI adroitness. We have a week or so to think about this and propose something. If not, I would agree we do away with the monthly ROI bonus since it's often too prone to throwing darts at a board with names, horse colors and other crystal ball picks that bring in sporadic mega buck ROI's.

Just my take and keeping it real . . . essssh am I sounding like Trump???

I believe we need to reward the ROI winners but it's slanted right now and we need to right that ship or do away with it.

Comments?

[Real Quiet]

Here is my take on the year ending contest. We have always ended on the week before the Breeders Cup. Plenilune expertly tally's the points portion and it is my opinion that the year long totals should include the Breeders Cup since it is the biggest day of the year. Why do we not award points and bonus points on that day? The Gallivan Cup should stand on its own but a year long contest for totals should last all year. I have always added the Breeders Cup to the yearly totals right or wrong. If our contest year ends prior to the BC and ROI results are finished the week prior then there is no point even doing the ROI the last week. Summing it up, my opinion is there should be a YEAR long total point winner, an ROI winner and a Gallivan Cup winner and no monthly bonus points for ROI (and I have calculation reasons which have nothing to do with who picks what). Thanks all.

[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by Real Quiet

Here is my take on the year ending contest. We have always ended on the week before the Breeders Cup. Plenilune expertly tally's the points portion and it is my opinion that the year long totals should include the Breeders Cup since it is the biggest day of the year. Why do we not award points and bonus points on that day? The Gallivan Cup should stand on its own but a year long contest for totals should last all year. I have always added the Breeders Cup to the yearly totals right or wrong. If our contest year ends prior to the BC and ROI results are finished the week prior then there is no point even doing the ROI the last week. Summing it up, my opinion is there should be a YEAR long total point winner, an ROI winner and a Gallivan Cup winner and no monthly bonus points for ROI (and I have calculation reasons which have nothing to do with who picks what). Thanks all.

RQ, I think you make some good points and help to clarify any confusion on points totals and year end stats. And the recap on the year has not been posted yet as there has always been, since I've assumed "The Don" role here a Champ for Year in Total Points and Total ROI is announced . . . and totals for each will include the results of the Breeders Cup card.

RQ, you of course have the honors to recap and announce the Year's ROI Champ and I will do the same for the points totals with an obvious note on the Gallivan Cup winner.

One last clarification. When we start a new handicapping year, we all start off with zero points. The results on Breeders Cup weekend are not carried forward to the card starting the new handicapping year.