Hi all,

My thoughts on the matter of a comp. after thinking on the problems of the last one:

Umrum, your suggestion of a pure tipping comp. is attractive as it would simplify things. The only problem I see is that everyone will tip short priced favorites in races with as few runners as possible. Last spring eg., the value of picking a win on Lohnro at odds-on to win would be the same as picking the win on Turmeric at 36/1 !!!
To be poetic about it, it ignores the 'Bravery at last, richly rewarding' factor.

The only way around the above problem would be tipping on say 5 set races only, but that would create a home state advantage [ punters usually do best on their own familiar tracks ]. Any bet beside win only would also be a problem as far as scoring and subs. go.

For simplicity, I think win only is a good idea though, with bet amounts able to be split among more than one horse in a race. Uni-tab prices and $50 per week on no more than 5 races at any Sat. metro was OK last spring.

The last comp. needed a rule that added a L/scratchings value to the next weeks available bet amount and a penalty for late joiners and those who missed various weeks.

For weeks missed, late comers need to accept the disadvantage of 1 week = $50 loss. The same if a week is missed during the comp. or dropping out early on a high bank. These rules avoids a comp. winner who has hardly played, but had a couple of lucky weeks.

A closing day needs to be set in advance.

Cheers.


[ This Message was edited by: crash on 2004-02-18 04:35 ]