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I have seen this being brought up A LOT in the talks about the international division, be it all girl or coed, and I thought a little discussion about it would be interesting, and please, take into consideration how athletes from other countries may feel on this topic and refrain from looking at this as "bringing down" American teams, or "not allowing" American teams to compete.
We call the event held annually in Florida around the end of April "World Championships" however I personally would hardly consider it a world championship. You have 2 divisions; on paper or not, you have the U.S division, and the International division. NO other sport, do you have a seperation like this at a world championship. I understand that in almost no other sport is there such a clear seperation of abilities between countries as a whole, so here's how I feel a solution could come about.
I understand why a country would not send a team/teams to the "club" division of Worlds, after all, would you want to return to your country saying you didn't even make it to finals against only the United States? So the international division seems good in that sense. You can return with a sense of pride (justified or not) that you made finals against the "best from around the world".
That bit of information being presented, here's what I suggest. Rant about how I'm a nobody or how my opinion isn't valid, but I'm looking at this as someone from a different country, and I'm sure my views are shared. Eliminate the separation all together. There is now just Worlds. Small senior, large senior, small limited, large limited, medium coed, open coed 5 &6, open all girl 5&6. doesn't sound too different, but here's my logic. I look at a lot of international open coed teams and see 4-6 very talented boys, and obviously a number of talented girls. Would a team like that not be perfect for small limited, large limited, or maybe even medium coed? I understand that with the current rules, they are allowed to enter these divisions, but why do it when you are only going against the United States? Without the separation I believe, and disagree with me all you like, that more teams will be entering other divisions at Worlds.
That being said, everything about Worlds remains the same. A certain percentage of each division goes to finals, competes for the title of World Champion. you may ask what the point of all this is? to me, it is to create a TRUE World Championships. The World Championships to me, as they currently are, is more like a Worlds event beside a National event. Others may not find the necessity for it to be considered a true World Championships in the eyes of a 17 year old Canadian, but imagine what it may do for the sport 5-6 years from now if this were in place.
We call the event held annually in Florida around the end of April "World Championships" however I personally would hardly consider it a world championship. You have 2 divisions; on paper or not, you have the U.S division, and the International division. NO other sport, do you have a seperation like this at a world championship. I understand that in almost no other sport is there such a clear seperation of abilities between countries as a whole, so here's how I feel a solution could come about.
I understand why a country would not send a team/teams to the "club" division of Worlds, after all, would you want to return to your country saying you didn't even make it to finals against only the United States? So the international division seems good in that sense. You can return with a sense of pride (justified or not) that you made finals against the "best from around the world".
That bit of information being presented, here's what I suggest. Rant about how I'm a nobody or how my opinion isn't valid, but I'm looking at this as someone from a different country, and I'm sure my views are shared. Eliminate the separation all together. There is now just Worlds. Small senior, large senior, small limited, large limited, medium coed, open coed 5 &6, open all girl 5&6. doesn't sound too different, but here's my logic. I look at a lot of international open coed teams and see 4-6 very talented boys, and obviously a number of talented girls. Would a team like that not be perfect for small limited, large limited, or maybe even medium coed? I understand that with the current rules, they are allowed to enter these divisions, but why do it when you are only going against the United States? Without the separation I believe, and disagree with me all you like, that more teams will be entering other divisions at Worlds.
That being said, everything about Worlds remains the same. A certain percentage of each division goes to finals, competes for the title of World Champion. you may ask what the point of all this is? to me, it is to create a TRUE World Championships. The World Championships to me, as they currently are, is more like a Worlds event beside a National event. Others may not find the necessity for it to be considered a true World Championships in the eyes of a 17 year old Canadian, but imagine what it may do for the sport 5-6 years from now if this were in place.
