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cwinner
I fail to see that that does, the prize table will be the least of the worries, and honestly you're not gonna be seeing big tables anymore if we spread things out and expand. They are shrinking already due to the competition with the matches and the individual shooter looking for their individual sponsorship. Really what you have is, instead of awarding the Top 5 you award the Top 3 in both the Open and Limited Division and spread it out that way. You can mix up a prize table anyway you like. In our match, the last place guy still got a $1000 worth of stuff out of 125 shooters. That will not last.
The two divisions is simply meant to group like bullets, calibers, etc together. So you don't rank each other on an open basis. The matches remain open races, you bring what you want, you shoot alongside everyone else, the match director does not even need to recognize this, and only here do see the end result until the Finale. It's at this point the divisions come into play. Potentially the 1st place guy in the Limited Division could be the 18th Place shooter for a regional. He would still be allowed to quality along with the 10 Limited shooters under him. That may go as far down as 40th place in the Limited Division where the Top 10 Open guys could be 1 through 10 in the final finishing order overall.
Also, for the others... No wind, it's a subjective thing as it constantly changes. You'll have guys exaggerating it to get more points and it would be too hard to say. Stuff like ranges are fixed, number of shooters is fixed, etc.
The idea was to have Qualifying Stages that any match director can run. You can shoot a qualifying stage at both local and regional events to rank your place that way. Marksman, Sharpshooter, Expert, based on your score. We can easily reward that like with a card. If you qualify during an event with a MD witness, (your score) you can then move up. Also in a regional match if you score in the Top 10 you can move up one place. A marksman who comes in the Top 10 of a regional then becomes a Sharpshooter. This will eliminate sandbagging. but it's not something I am sure we'll use. Externally sure, we can record that stuff to start, but match wise I would not see breaking it down that far. Unless it was the finale, where we awarded you the end of year qualification that carried over to the next, in which case it would just be practice for the 1st year.
We can go as heavy or light on the elements of this as we want. Everyone wants to add something, but unfortunately that is not how it works. As was noted, privately guys don't like it that it that the PRS Board is made up of the shooters competing for score. The Top guys are making the rules or enforcing them. So while I see things from everyone shooters standpoint, you have experienced something that has affected the outcome of a match at one time or another. We simply cannot regulate every "What iF" scenario out there. Nor would I want too.