jo172 wrote:Trader wrote:Jetters wrote:It does seem ridiculous that PAC for example have a number of '0 point 'juniors'' who are 0 points because they were on scholarship and effectively paid juniors. Obviously scholarships are not dished out to service the Old Col's side, but that's the result in reality.
I'm not sure that's the case.
I was speaking to a SPOC committee member last week and he said those that only did years 11 and 12 at the school are worth points still.
I think it depends on whether the person filling the form in has an attack of honesty or not
You're average ISSA season goes for 11 games.
So you would need to be at school for at least 3 years to qualify (depending on whether you start counting Knock Out games, which in itself opens a new can of worms.
Factor in that some of the older Year 12s will turn 18 during football season and a couple of their school games won't come within the ages of 13-18 (or whatever the number is now?).
It gets messier the more you look into it which is why I suspect Sports Pulse is the eventual answer (with the use of local interchange permits etc. to enable school kids to play for clubs on Sunday).
I'm also in favour of re-jigging the system (for all clubs) a little bit, i.e:
50 games between 13 and 18 - Zero Point
25 games between 13 and 18 - One Point
I keep coming back to people not having to be around a place very long to hit 25 games.
It was reduced to 20 games between the year in which they turn 13 and 18. More than likely to accommodate the the old scholars' shorter seasons....
I think your suggestion re 25 junior games being worth 1 point needs a bit of clarification, it means they are worth more than D1R player...