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| May 4, 2018 GS101 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: SSUSA Policy Clarification I have been hearing a lot of different things from different people lately and I want to get confirmation or clarification if you will from someone who actually knows. Here are six things that I am unclear on. Can someone shed light on these? 1. You can play one tournament with a team and not have it count against you. In other words you could leave the team and you would not lose one of your two releases. 2. Player Exception: If you were short players for a major tournament you could pick up exceptions in the same skill level to 11 players then you would have to pick up exceptions that are at a lower skill level. This would not affect anyone’s status on a team. Is this not allowed anymore? 3. Aging up: A player aging up retains his previous age and rating for a year. For example, a 50-year-old major player ages to 55. He can play 55 major but if he plays down at 50 he is still considered a major player. 4. A team that gets dropped down one skill level loses it’s right to have 3 chips for a year. Example, a major team gets dropped to AAA they cannot have 3 major players for one year. 5. If you are a chip on a team that gets dropped a skill level, your skill level doesn’t drop with the team. For example, if you are a major plus player playing on a major team and the team gets dropped to AAA you can finish the year with the team then you will have to find another team to play on. 6. You must play at a skill level for two consecutive years to be rated at that skill level. For instance, a major player playing on a AAA team must play AAA for two consecutive years to be rated AAA. Thanks for reading! |
| July 5, 2016 GS101 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: looking for a 50m to becoming a 50MP sponsor or part sponsor in So Cal I hesitate doing this but I thought I should jump in and try to straighten a few things out. First the history> Grants Posse finished 3rd at World's in 2013 but were NOT bumped to major plus. This is because they had been bumped from AAA three months prior and SSUSA didn't believe it was right to bump a team twice in under six months (which I applaud by the way). In the 2014 season the guys that were 55 started a 55 team and the guys who were left from the 50's started the Vandals (at least a large majority of them). The 55 team struggled most of the 2014 season with players but finally put it together in late July. The end result was that we got hot and won the World's. The team was of course bumped to major plus. As it is with most teams that get bumped to Major plus many of the players jumped ship and went to play 50 major. The Grant's Posse 55 team tried to stay together. We picked up a few players and went to Phoenix in 2015 and finished in 2nd place as a major plus team. Again we lost players but tried to play again at a Top Gun tournament in Menfiee. The team at that point was not the same and we got waxed pretty good. At that point we were forced to disband due to lack of players. At this time I started a Grant's Posse 50 AAA team. Patrick was added in Sacramento to help us out. As a side note this team never won a tournament but made Sunday at the World's and was bumped to major. As to his questions. I think I can answer them (at least I hope). Patrick is 55 but playing on 50 major team. Patrick if you go play 55 you are still a 55 major player. You do not get penalized for playing up an age group. Your rating goes with you. Where this is a problem is that if you wanted to play 50 AAA then you would be a considered one of three major players a team can have even though your age is 55. If you wanted to be considered a 50 AAA player you would have to get history on a 55 major team. SSUSA considers your history for most of the ratings. When you go down in age your rating drops but you still have to have history at the higher age. I think a lot of guys don't understand this. They believe that because they are 55 they should be able to play on a 50 team and play down a level. Again this is not the case without some history at 55. Dave if this is not correct then I would love your feedback I hope this at least answers some of the questions. |
| March 21, 2015 GS101 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Player Rating I have a player on my roster who last played as a 50 major in 2012. He sustained some injuries in a rec league that required a couple of surgeries. Now here we are in 2015 the player has turned 55 and wants to start playing again. Since he is 55 shouldn't that make him a 55 major not a 50 major? SSUSA has said that a player must return at the same level they were at when they left. The player asked, does that mean that if I had taken 15 years off and come back when I was 70 that I would still be classified as a 50 major player? He was told yes that is the case. That doesn't make sense to me for some reason. Does this mean he cannot go play on a 55 major team? If he is allowed to play on a 55 major team doesn't that make him a 50 AAA equivalent? So, is the solution for this player to be able to play at 50AAA to go and qualify on a 55 major roster? I understand the need to keep the skill level so that there is no unfair advantage and I applaud that but this does not seem right to me. Am I totally off base here? Or am I not understanding things correctly? |
| Oct. 6, 2014 GS101 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 55 Major Results? It is true big guy. Wish you could have been there with us. See you in Phoenix |
