31-08-2011, 04:00 PM
Sorry, are we seriously talking about the idea of running auctions for the right to appear on a live board in between rounds at weekend congresses? Doesn't this sound a bit like an absolute nightmare to organise?
Bearing in mind the point about recording games, board 1 of the Open (or indeed the Challengers/Major/Minor) is considerably more likely to be something people want to feature in their columns than board 9 of somewhere. Couldn't we just put the live boards at the top of each section (I said each section, see, I'm being all egalitarian here) and have the situation where having your games transmitted serves as a reward for doing well? Or as a punishment, if you play like I generally do on live boards.
In terms of funding, I really don't see the objections to sticking a quid on the entry fees. I mean, it's a quid. Less than half the price of a pint of beer. Make it 50p for the allegros if it seems too steep. I'm too lazy to work out the number of congress entries in Scotland each season, but I'm guessing that that would make up £6000 within a reasonably short space of time.
Edit: Loving the 'since you started writing' feature. I can see that coming in handy.
Bearing in mind the point about recording games, board 1 of the Open (or indeed the Challengers/Major/Minor) is considerably more likely to be something people want to feature in their columns than board 9 of somewhere. Couldn't we just put the live boards at the top of each section (I said each section, see, I'm being all egalitarian here) and have the situation where having your games transmitted serves as a reward for doing well? Or as a punishment, if you play like I generally do on live boards.
In terms of funding, I really don't see the objections to sticking a quid on the entry fees. I mean, it's a quid. Less than half the price of a pint of beer. Make it 50p for the allegros if it seems too steep. I'm too lazy to work out the number of congress entries in Scotland each season, but I'm guessing that that would make up £6000 within a reasonably short space of time.
Edit: Loving the 'since you started writing' feature. I can see that coming in handy.