realbdeal wrote:
Literally gasped when I got this in my inbox. Seems to be great but I'm sure I'll find things to complain about. For starters, the 5000/2500 max points is too big a discrepancy. It's clear they want to push pros back to 140.6. 70.3 has been hot but I'm guessing 140.6 AG registrations have been down so this is one way to get people back to the long distance. But you could finish 41 minutes back from the winner in a full and make as many points as winning a 70.3. That's just too much. Surprised it wasn't a max of two 140.6 for scores, but that almost certainly was a calculated, "how much is too much for the PTO contracted athletes" in order to ensure they don't double dip. I'd imagine some find a way to do it, but it'll be tough for sure with 3 fulls required. And for those top top guys and girls, no point in doing three superfluous fulls if you're not going to make top 10. The $5k just won't be worth the crazy schedule otherwise. Lots to think about on this one. Pretty excited overall though.
One of my biggest gripes is that you guys don't race enough or head to head enough. (People thought Moritz Events would do that but it didn't) This will drive frequency and head to head competition. I'm glad that it is Long Course heavy. When Kona was a points system for pros you had so many back of the packers qualifying by racing a bunch of 70.3s...why ta 70.3 counted for KPR I have no idea, ask Messick.
Washed up footy player turned Triathlete.
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TheStroBro: Oct 11, 23 21:09