Please note that what I'm about to say is a proposal, not an official declaration of a new ruleset.
The TD team has been discussing potential changes to WCoP, and I'd like to gauge the community's opinion on this. The main changes are as follows:
1) Removing all old "grandfathered" eligibilities up to this point
2) Removing the ability for continental teams to take rejects from subset teams (example: a player rejected from Germany cannot play for Europe)
3) Using the following map for U.S. teams: https://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/8577-figure-1.png
To elaborate on 1, this means that for 2018 WCoP everyone would be treated as a new signup, not already on a team. There is nothing set in stone yet for how far back we'd look at IPs, but everything will be decided on a case by case basis nonetheless. If you fairly get on a team in 2018, you will always be allowed to remain on said team for as long as you wish, regardless of IP changes.
For 2, this also applies to Brazil in LA, France Spain Germany Italy Greece UK in Europe, and a theoretical India / Bangladesh in Asia. The reason for this is that it would be unfair for teams like Europe to go beyond its borders and get players who just aren't in synch with the country teams. A player rejected from US West doesn't have a second option so a player from France should not either.
3 is pretty self explanatory and has been discussed in the past. Many people find the current US teams to be imbalanced / illogically split, so census regions is the only real alternative.
Also keep in mind that challenging teams (IE: India last year) don't get the exclusive rights to players from that region, as such an Indian player in 2018 could decide between playing for India or Asia, if India were to make it in to WCoP then future Indian players would be bound to India though.
If you have any praises, questions, or concerns please state them in this thread.
The TD team has been discussing potential changes to WCoP, and I'd like to gauge the community's opinion on this. The main changes are as follows:
1) Removing all old "grandfathered" eligibilities up to this point
2) Removing the ability for continental teams to take rejects from subset teams (example: a player rejected from Germany cannot play for Europe)
3) Using the following map for U.S. teams: https://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/8577-figure-1.png
To elaborate on 1, this means that for 2018 WCoP everyone would be treated as a new signup, not already on a team. There is nothing set in stone yet for how far back we'd look at IPs, but everything will be decided on a case by case basis nonetheless. If you fairly get on a team in 2018, you will always be allowed to remain on said team for as long as you wish, regardless of IP changes.
For 2, this also applies to Brazil in LA, France Spain Germany Italy Greece UK in Europe, and a theoretical India / Bangladesh in Asia. The reason for this is that it would be unfair for teams like Europe to go beyond its borders and get players who just aren't in synch with the country teams. A player rejected from US West doesn't have a second option so a player from France should not either.
3 is pretty self explanatory and has been discussed in the past. Many people find the current US teams to be imbalanced / illogically split, so census regions is the only real alternative.
Also keep in mind that challenging teams (IE: India last year) don't get the exclusive rights to players from that region, as such an Indian player in 2018 could decide between playing for India or Asia, if India were to make it in to WCoP then future Indian players would be bound to India though.
If you have any praises, questions, or concerns please state them in this thread.
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