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As I first said, I respect those who are putting this together...but how I see it is the BFF is one of the most established tournies in the calendar esp in London. Therefore for me it's one I was looking forward to playing in with Cosmic...I know BAD liked the fact they are the defending champs from last year...but if the organizers want to change the format this year, thats their choice.
The problem I see is the way in which the format has been handled.
For a start, if the organizers are so set on having mix up new teams, then they should have selected the teams themselves by instructing all players to submit their names, then kinda seeding them each to create teams that are well balanced...experienced with new players etc. Instead what has happened is everyone rushed to get a 'super team' together in the fear of missing out.
Then the rule format has been announced after everyone selected their teams, which as a result has put some teams/players out as they want to be a part of the fun day, but not at the expense of playing polo which is different from the current established game.
I guess for some players (myself included), the current rules that essentially make polo what it is today is what we like to play. Personally, fun polo for me doesn't mean silly rule changes...but hey, I take polo too seriously all the time...so ultimately, i have a choice to play or not and at the moment thats still part of what makes polo cool...ie no one has ownership over it, so anything goes. you're either in or out.
so as you were BFFCOM