Eligibility Votes - March 2022

[andybburnett]

I was hardly cherry-picking by simply referencing the previous team event to refute your claims as you requested.

I just don't think you can say it would be nice if the top players wanted to represent Scotland, but they don't so that is that.  Similarly, we've had some talented players, but they are inactive now so we don't need to worry about them.  We need to ask why is this the case and what can we do about it going forward.

There are some difficult questions and not so many easy answers, but if you think these eligibility votes will have a big impact, then I think you are very wrong.

Matt, You were talking about Olympiad places and then chose a Euro teams to highlight your point and conveniently failed to answer the other points I made that rendered your point weak. Anyway, the Olympiad selection has traditionally attracted stronger players, and if you think the eligibility will have little impact, I'd say the impact could be about, say, 20% - you automatically bump someone from the team, (almost) end of story. 

Now, that is what it is, and if you are deemed eligible for Scotland then that's all there is to say - but stop pretending the vote/you won't have a significant impact. If you want to argue that having you in the team is actually a good thing, then please do so, but again, that's a different point from that you've been trying to make.