[MplsTom]

Hi Ken,

Are you going to Harrisburg? Hope to see you there and catch up, my friend!

I'll see if I can resurrect the formula on the old tothehouse site. Basically, I liked that it dealt strictly with tournaments and the one national league at the time, the NHFL. Now that would be expanded.

There were 2 tournaments each year in each region that would count for the rankings plus miggle, which was rotating. Usually we didn't have more than that for tourneys so it wasn't an issue.

The ranking system went something like this:

Multiply how many times you voted for Obama * 50 points for the general and 25 for the primary. Then add in 30 points if you're from the midwest and an extra 20 if you're a Packer fan...no wonder one year I finished tied for #2 with Revels behind the Raiderman (actually I had 3 runner-ups that year).

I think the charts below are pretty close to what it actually was. Now when there's double-elimination you end up splitting the points finer (as you have a 3rd and 4th place person as opposed to 2 semifinalists), etc.

When you have a pool play, you rank the people coming out of the pools (like the final 8) like a normal tournament and divide the remaining points by the number of participants.

I liked it because it encouraged guys to play other styles...there wasn't one mandated style or anything...just approved tournaments. All the tournaments were open entry so anyone could have the same chance of being #1.

In case you're wondering, I believe Baxter won the points title year 1 and Raiderman won it year 2. Big Keith was winning the points title year 3 and I stopped doing it because I didn't have some of the results mailed to me and I started my own business so things got hectic.


In a tournament consisting of 4-8 coaches:
1st place = 40 pts
2nd place = 20 pts
Semifinalist = 10 pts
Eliminated Rd 1 = 5 pts

In a tournament consisting of 9-15 coaches:
1st place = 60 pts
2nd place = 40 points
Semifinalist = 20 pts
Round 2 = 10 pts
Eliminated Rd 1 = 5 pts

17-32 coaches
1st place = 80 pts
2nd place = 60 pts
Semifinalist = 40 pts
Quarterfinalist = 20 pts
Round 2 = 10 pts
Eliminated Rd 1 = 5 pts

33-64 coaches
1st place = 100 pts
2nd place = 80 pts
Semifinalist = 60 pts
Quarterfinalist = 40 pts
Round 3 = 20 pts
Round 2 = 10 pts
Eliminated Rd 1 = 5 pts