hoppiebari
Member
The rule change a few years back to allow bands to register upto 40 players has in my view had a significant effect on the availability of players for contests.
Bands now have a pool of registered players to call on and I suspect that most bands have 35-40 players registered.
The effect of this is that whereas in the past there were players who whilst not wanting the commitment of playing for a band week in week out, would be happy to play at a contest, these players are now registered with a band and as such can only be borrowed if the rules of the contest allow.
The logic of the rule change was sound enough, there will always be instances when a band has a vacancy or a player cannot play at a contest for whatever reason and having a pool of players registered means bands can better manage such situations, but it does mean that there are fewer players available that are not already registered.
My thoughts are that the rule should be amended so that registered players of competing bands who are not actually required by their band for the particular contest are pooled and can play for another band at the contest if they wish.
Any thoughts?
Steve Hopwood
Hepworth(Persimmon Homes) Band
Bands now have a pool of registered players to call on and I suspect that most bands have 35-40 players registered.
The effect of this is that whereas in the past there were players who whilst not wanting the commitment of playing for a band week in week out, would be happy to play at a contest, these players are now registered with a band and as such can only be borrowed if the rules of the contest allow.
The logic of the rule change was sound enough, there will always be instances when a band has a vacancy or a player cannot play at a contest for whatever reason and having a pool of players registered means bands can better manage such situations, but it does mean that there are fewer players available that are not already registered.
My thoughts are that the rule should be amended so that registered players of competing bands who are not actually required by their band for the particular contest are pooled and can play for another band at the contest if they wish.
Any thoughts?
Steve Hopwood
Hepworth(Persimmon Homes) Band