NCAA recommended changes for upcoming season

[RedBirdie]

You can read the official committee minutes here.

1. Increase the number of exhibition routines a gymnast can do to three without losing a year of eligibility.
2. Increase number of meets that count towards NQS to better reflect and reward consistency across the entire season. No new number of meets that will count towards NQS was given in the minutes.
3. Increase NCAA championship squad size to 20 to align with new roster limits.
4. Limits the maximum number of neutral site meets within a 30 mile radius of campus that count as an AWAY meet for NQS to one. "This would include multiteam invitationals, duals, tri-meets, quad-meets and/or conference championships. A neutral-site contest in excess of the one permitted away contest would be designated as home contest for NQS purposes." Additional neutral site meets within 30 miles would count as HOME meets for NQS purposes.

 

[Bob]

sounds reasonable.

 

[RedBirdie]

I'm happy to see them (likely) putting an end to teams counting multiple local "away" meets as part of their away NQS.

 

[CameliasFingerpaint]

On board with all of these, but sad they still aren’t making changes to the code to stop rewarding two pass routines without an e-level pass or requiring a single bar release.

 

[Bob]

On board with all of these, but sad they still aren’t making changes to the code to stop rewarding two pass routines without an e-level pass or requiring a single bar release.

agreed about bars especially. Also happy about the not counting 'local' meets as away.

 

[cuuf]

Is that the Utah/LSU rule? Lol. All seem reasonable changes.

 

[RedBirdie]

On board with all of these, but sad they still aren’t making changes to the code to stop rewarding two pass routines without an e-level pass or requiring a single bar release.

That would come from a different committee. This was just in regards to championships.

 

[Regionals]

Is that the Utah/LSU rule? Lol. All seem reasonable changes.

Marsden thinks it’s too arbitrary (and therefore punitive for Utah). He agrees on principle but he’ll always be an Utah defender.

 

[RedBirdie]

What a fucking crybaby

 

[BB12]

It's about time rules were put in place to stop Utah's 2nd home from being counted as an away score.

Also very happy to have more meets count for NQS. Disappointed to not see ay difficulties increases, especially on bars.

 

[cuuf]

Wow, that is total homerism. How about this, do they have to bus or fly to a hotel? Do they have to sleep in a hotel prior to a meet? Have their team meals on conference space? Do stretch/conditioning/PT in makeshift room? Do they have to go through all the standard hassles and planning hurdles that they would for a "traditional" away meet?

 

[ucrgirl]

Wow, that is total homerism. How about this, do they have to bus or fly to a hotel? Do they have to sleep in a hotel prior to a meet? Have their team meals on conference space? Do stretch/conditioning/PT in makeshift room? Do they have to go through all the standard hassles and planning hurdles that they would for a "traditional" away meet?

And dealing with the home team's crowd?

 

[cuuf]

And dealing with the home team's crowd?

In my opinion the home team crowd is nice, but the gymnasts lock them out and honestly I think some of them like the adrenaline rush. I think the real advantage is with the team being able to sleep in their own beds, get ready in their facility, and go through everything as if they are competing at home. I dont think the crowd is a big of an advantage as it might seem.

 

[KristyJ]

I think that might vary significantly by gymnast/team

 

[Aeris]

On board with all of these, but sad they still aren’t making changes to the code

This is the biggest thing that needs to be addressed.

It's too easy to get connection bonus on every apparatus, shaposh skills are overvalued on UB, gainer full to the side should not be an acceptable BB dismount (unless performed as a difficult connection), FX dismount bonus should only apply to a 3-pass routine, the difficulty grades on skills should go up to F, and 2 vaults please (doesn't need to be anything fancy for the 2nd vault, variety would be rewarded here).