Cancelled races and events. Re-use of lost statuses.
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:06 am
The current rules have shown to be very hard if a race is cancelled late in the season. In some cases the time advance rule have made it impossible to announce a new event within the used time limits. The result is then that a status this way will be lost for the region. And since higher world ranking statuses are few it’s something you would like to avoid.
The Time advance rule
The whole idea with the current World Ranking status/point system is that racers will know the status of the competitions before they plan there travel. We can’t expect that all racers can enter all competitions during the season so it’s important to be able to plan in advance. The higher the status the more important it is for racers to know in advance.
Major: 4 months
Main : 3 months
Prime: 2 months
Basic: 1 month
Plain: (no time advance needed)
Luckily it has been very rare with cancelled events. But there have been many events that have had big problems with rain. To avoid having a cancelled event because of rain you should always try to have a race site protected from bad weather.
Re-use of lost statuses for cancelled events
In the case a race is cancelled anyway for whatever reason this is a proposal of how to try and avoid lost statuses.
- General rule
If a status is lost the next event with underlying status will take its place. If no next event exists the previous event with underlying status will take its place.
Ex:
If a Major is cancelled the next Main event will take its place as a Major.
If a Main event is cancelled or upgraded the next Prime event will take its place.
If a Prime event is cancelled or upgraded the next Basic event will take its place.
Basic and Plain statuses will be lost if cancelled but since there are no limit on these statuses it’s not a problem.
This system can work by itself automatically.
- Additional rule
A Prime event organizer may announce what Basic status event should be its replacement in case of cancellation. This should then be announced within the time advance rule (2 months) for the Prime event itself and the replacing Basic event. This may be useful since the next Basic event after the Prime event might be too small and not ready to handle a Prime status.
A Basic event can only be replacement for one Prime event.
This rule might be very important for Prime events to consider because the Prime event may not only need replacement for its own cancellation. It may also be that it needs replacement because of an upgrade to Main status because a Main status event has been cancelled.
Is this a proposal that could work?
The Time advance rule
The whole idea with the current World Ranking status/point system is that racers will know the status of the competitions before they plan there travel. We can’t expect that all racers can enter all competitions during the season so it’s important to be able to plan in advance. The higher the status the more important it is for racers to know in advance.
Major: 4 months
Main : 3 months
Prime: 2 months
Basic: 1 month
Plain: (no time advance needed)
Luckily it has been very rare with cancelled events. But there have been many events that have had big problems with rain. To avoid having a cancelled event because of rain you should always try to have a race site protected from bad weather.
Re-use of lost statuses for cancelled events
In the case a race is cancelled anyway for whatever reason this is a proposal of how to try and avoid lost statuses.
- General rule
If a status is lost the next event with underlying status will take its place. If no next event exists the previous event with underlying status will take its place.
Ex:
If a Major is cancelled the next Main event will take its place as a Major.
If a Main event is cancelled or upgraded the next Prime event will take its place.
If a Prime event is cancelled or upgraded the next Basic event will take its place.
Basic and Plain statuses will be lost if cancelled but since there are no limit on these statuses it’s not a problem.
This system can work by itself automatically.
- Additional rule
A Prime event organizer may announce what Basic status event should be its replacement in case of cancellation. This should then be announced within the time advance rule (2 months) for the Prime event itself and the replacing Basic event. This may be useful since the next Basic event after the Prime event might be too small and not ready to handle a Prime status.
A Basic event can only be replacement for one Prime event.
This rule might be very important for Prime events to consider because the Prime event may not only need replacement for its own cancellation. It may also be that it needs replacement because of an upgrade to Main status because a Main status event has been cancelled.
Is this a proposal that could work?