Gate Positions

[sllimnitram]

Yes, thanks for the link Subedei

 

Not sure why there was such strong opposition as the idea seemed fine to me (before my forum days) - trying to give an incentive to a 'beaten' team to keep going and be rewarded in part for doing so.  The home side getting 6 for a win, 5 for a draw or 0 for losing - seems a bit drastic, losing your no 1 through injury may tip the scales in a close meeting

 

How about simply saying point for each 10 points scored up to 40 (both home and away) plus 2 for a win and 1 for a draw (open to the idea that draws and wins might be worth additional points, say 2 and 4).  Easy for fans to calculate, encourages teams to keep going once the meeting is lost and does not reward home advantage (a win is a win)

 

Producing the following points

53-37 (home team 6 (4+2), away team 3)

44-46 (home team 4, away team 6 (4+2))

45-45 (home team 5 (4+1), away team 5 (4+1))

 

Obviously this would replace the aggregate point (interesting that the old which bonus point are we discussing came up in the argument) - cant work out quite why some were happy a team could earn a 'bonus' point by losing but reject the idea that a team getting close to drawing a meeting should be rewarded in some way

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I like it. it will keep meetings alive and make riders fight for every point even if the meeting is lost. however, what would happen is a meeting is abandoned after 12 heat due to the weather. this wouldnt be so fair. but a good idea i think with a bit of devlopment.

[bigend]

may as well get rid of the tr rule and stick a 5th rider off the line