The fact that an athlete can earn a world's ring and then earn a summit ring the following weekend - visualizing that happening might help get these these rules a little stricter. I do like the direction they are heading towards and thank goodness for some changes, finally.
I remember my cp's first win at senior open 5(now restricted), her first year at that level. They beat a very big gym, and that was a huge personal success for them. I felt it was an honest competition, as did the other gym. But, she certainly wasn't ready to compete against a team stacked with world's level athletes at that time. Limiting level changes to one up or down seems pretty fair at this competition level, as well as limiting the number of crossovers. This will hopefully encourage more gyms to develop more athletes' perfection on every level they have, instead of only relying on the highest-level kids to fill in as needed, right??
At least they are starting to make changes and steps in the right direction. Here's to hoping this great forum site brings great dialogue to the correct eyes so they can see the many viewpoints from many different sizes of gyms, and parents, coaches and athletes.
But, just gonna say, I'm sure these wild card events will be extremely popular with the new rule first place in wild card round will advance straight to the finals ! What a great promotion for them! Makes it seem a lot more hopeful
