I really hope you reconsider, crash.

I'm only trying my best to run a competition here which is fair and equal for everybody. Sure, it's still basically just a fun comp, but we have to have rules. I certainly understand your problem in posting tips today, but I'm afraid that's just the way it is, and it would have been the same for anyone else.

I know personally, that if I had been unable to post my tips before 1pm, I would have just put it down as bad luck, given up on today and waited to have another go next week.

Sportz,

You allowed the bets to ride, meaning they were accepted. If you had spoke up early and said 'no bets' it would have been fine.
The problem was the last of the 3 won [ I took a 2 race handicap too and only bet 3 races] and then you said 'no bets'.

There is a principal involved here your choosing to ignore Sportz. I couldn't give a stuff about the winning or losing and that's all your looking at.
I suppose that's all that matters nowadays and this old punter should 'get with it' and move with the times.

Thanks, but no thanks.

is someone missing a dummy?

crash seriously, if you're going to leave the comp because of this then you really need to toughen up mate. you couldn't get to a computer, bad luck thats the way it goes. there is always next week, we are not even halfway through the comp and you are equal top - quit complaining, if you come out and win the victory will be all the sweeter

Hey Sportz,does that mean there is a spot up for grabs..I'll take it specially if i can come in to the comp on equal first

Thanks for the try chuck :-))

If I was Sportz I'd be asking Neil to fix the forum clocks [how hard could it be?] and set a 15min. pre-jump post rule as 'lateness' is about jump time surely[?] Otherwise, with the good weather and longer days coming up this comp. is going to have a completely different punter list at the end of it than it had at the beginning and the scores will be meaningless. Flexibility should be the order of the day here considering the nature of the comp., it's length and the importance of players turning up every week ....the same players!

Nobody likes a hollow victory and it was with that spirit in mind that I made the effort to get a few tips in for the sake of the game and my fellow competitor. I had not only lost my adsl line but had a computer crash and had spent all day trying to recover lost files and then re-installing windows.
In the back of my mind was the importance of 'turning up' for the comp. [I didn't even get a bet on for the day] which I made the effort to do and now wish I hadn't bothered.

Yes, we've already lost 2 people and another one didn't tip yesterday. That's why I don't want you to leave the comp as well, crash. I really think you should reconsider.

I'm starting to regret trying this comp. I guess it was a good idea at the time. In fact, I still think it's a damn good idea, but it's a difficult comp to run.

Sportz,

You have done a great job just getting this up and running [braver man than me for this sort of comp.].
OK, so I wasn't happy about the way my late bets were seen and my good intentions being missed, but yes I should consider that this is certainly a hard comp to manage and your early decision on my bets has cornered you a bit, so noting that and the awkward position it puts you in, I'll stay in, move on [I'm no sook] and we can put this behind us.

Will this comp. get down to the final top 4 being the punters who turned up for the most Saturday's kick-off's?

Football is played mainly in winter for very good reasons .....getting supporters to turn up and maintaining strong interest are just 2 of them. You might think about the 1pm. rule. There is no reason you have to work out the results on Saturday, so there might be room for a bit more flexibility for punters.

Cheers.

Don't despair sportz--you're doing a great job. I missed the first week because I couldn't find the thread for this comp, but that's life (and I'm keen to take that $21 that was being offered early)

Thanks Panther.

And thanks for sticking with it, crash. Honestly, I really hated to have to disqualify your bets, but I just thought it was the fairest way to go.

And yes, although I'd prefer that people get their tips in early, as I said, I will allow people up until the start time of the feature race of the day. But certainly no later than that.

Premiership ladder:

Tipster............ P W D L B Pt For
Umrum.............. 5 4 0 1 1 17 623
Svenvlad........... 5 4 0 1 1 17 568
Panther............ 5 4 0 1 1 17 429
Horse Whisperer.... 5 4 0 1 0 16 412
Breadman........... 5 3 0 2 1 13 466
Maverick1993....... 5 3 0 2 1 13 448
Chuck.............. 5 3 0 2 1 13 448
Crash.............. 5 3 0 2 1 13 387
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Sportz............. 5 3 0 2 0 12 423
Raw Instinct....... 5 2 1 2 0 10 260
Goldcoaster........ 5 2 0 3 1 9 276
Jim Curran......... 5 1 1 3 0 6 257
Leroy.............. 5 1 0 4 0 4 342
Feather............ 5 1 0 4 0 4 281
Real Deal.......... 5 1 0 4 0 4 138
IjuandaQLD......... 5 0 0 5 0 0 113

Sorry. Made a slight miscalculation there. Umrum's actually scored 629 points.