Re: RC: Endurance as a team sport

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 9/13/00 10:35:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Sbeseda@aol.com
> writes:
>
> << My first try at the details would be 4 or 3 riders per team over a season.
>  A team must declare and enter at least 3 races as a team to qualify
>  as a team. The mileage earned by each team member count towards
>  individual miles and team miles.  >>
>
> Good start, but I'd make 'em declare 6 at the beginning of the season, name
> the four in competition at the beginning of any given ride, and award credit
> to the top three--that way they have to use the same sorts of strategies they
> would be using in FEI competition.

WRONG!!!! You are making the riders  compete AGAINST each other this way...they
need to work TOGETHER to get EACH OTHER a good finish!!!

Reward the TEAMS that finish well, NOT the top three!!!  That is not the point.

>
>
> Heidi
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