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in the argy about zombie having four players, the rules were quoted and it said that a team consisted of three players, it needs clarifying whether that means off court or only on court.
The intent of that rule (which was written with tourneys, not league, in mind) referred to on-court.
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so i could register a team next season and pick from the subs every week for each fixture? with me being the only permanent player? or a conglomerate of players could register a team and have a rotation system?
Why would you want to do this? The whole point of the league is to keep teams together through winter, and get some competitive team practice for the tourneys in the spring / summer.
I wanted to be in a team, because I wanted play good polo with good players regularly, and develop some sort of off and on court rapport with the other team members.
I got that with Sitting Ducks, and I get that with 3 Beards. I can imagine that if I was just 1 of 6 players in a squad, I would get pretty frustrated on the polo side of things, even if the craic was good off the court.
On the other hand, I totally understand why ZU have done what they did, it made total sense - keep a team in the league when it was likely that getting 3/3 players on court was going to be problem. I can imagine that a team might find themselves in the same situation again, in which case, I would be in favour of allowing them to do name 4 or 5 players.
I really can't imagine a situation where a team would want to manipulate league rules to gain an advantage; what would be the point? We have deliberately made the league more about playing than winning (all due respect to BAD), because there really aren't any rewards beyond the approbation and admiration of the rest of the league players on offer. So why would any team want to go against the spirit of the league (competitive but friendly games through winter) just to win?
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Both Brian and Matt started the league as team members and therefore were unable to sub for other teams. If they have now quit from their respective teams then they shouldn't technically be allowed to sub for other teams. The rule was in place at the beginning of the season to allow non league players the chance to get involoved with league games, if league players now start quitting teams and becoming subs then we've pissed all over the original point.
I agree with Andy's point that it is a bit discouraging for subs if Matt and Brian go back 'on the market'. On the other hand, it seems a little unfair on Matt and Brian that they shouldn't be allowed to play again.
Personally, I would NOT have a problem with Matt and Brian subbing for other league teams.
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so i could register a team next season and pick from the subs every week for each fixture? with me being the only permanent player? or a conglomerate of players could register a team and have a rotation system?
(just to clarify i dont care about this, zombie thing is fine by me, just hypothesising or wtvr)
yeah. so what. who cares?
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Both Brian and Matt started the league as team members and therefore were unable to sub for other teams. If they have now quit from their respective teams then they shouldn't technically be allowed to sub for other teams. The rule was in place at the beginning of the season to allow non league players the chance to get involoved with league games, if league players now start quitting teams and becoming subs then we've pissed all over the original point.
That's one interpretation/point of the rule. The other, arguably more important, is to ensure evenness among the (seriously-contending) teams, so that if one (excellent player) is on a team, that person should not be able to sub for other teams, thereby stacking the odds against challenging teams, etc. If a really good non-player subs sometimes for different teams, that is one thing, but having a really good league player sub for a rival team against a (most likely more feared) rival team is a whole other ballgame.
These dudes are no longer on a team, therefore, they should be viable subs.
Lockett should definitely come out of retirement.
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pique, if jb and dave are ever out of town...lockett and myself can stand in.
Could you imagine! Oh la la!
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happy to sub*.
*weekend mornings excluded.
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tempted hahahahaha! now THAT would be fucked up. :D
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I should have added to my comment to Matt/BRBLES: #stirringshit.
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