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- May 7, 2012
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In my perfect world, I'd like to see a rule stating that Worlds team athletes cannot cross over to other teams unless it is another level 5 team. I know this would hurt many small gyms, including my own, but it is something I feel strongly about. I also do not think a Worlds team should ever be allowed to compete as Restricted once they have their bid.Wow, I agree with everything you wrote and all I can add is PREACH!! I think as spectators, many of us are so passive aggressive... On the one hand, we complain about the cheating, but we are waiting for someone else to make a ruling to stop it..... I think we collectively can do something about it... For example, if you know that level5 athletes are accepting awards, banners and trophies for a level 2,,, why should we be clapping and hooting and hollering...we collectively, should be silent or hissing/booing... Mind you, we are not booing the athletes themselves, but the fact they can cheat another group who worked hard and played by the rules....Like I said earlier, if level 4-5 athletes are used to crossover into a lower level, that lower level team should be spotted maybe 3 or 4 points for each level5 or level 4 athlete crossing down to level 1 or level 2, this I think will equalized everything and cut down on teams sandbagging,,,there is no incentive left in doing this if they have to pony up points...;)
I'd like to see something in place specifically stating how many levels other non-level 5 athletes are allowed to crossover to (in my head I am thinking 2 levels max). In this way we are not seeing a kid on both Mini 2 and Junior 5.
In the scenario you mentioned above, what if that level 4/5 athlete is not a level 4/5 in all areas - what if for example they are on that higher team because they are a beast base, but their tumbling is more akin to a level 2/3? In that situation should the level 2 team be penalized for using that athlete? The level 4/5 team is already somewhat being penalized because they are not getting points for tumbling from one of their athletes they chose to put on the mat. Just curious about your take on this.