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<blockquote data-quote="SPL Blazer" data-source="post: 6566322" data-attributes="member: 587873">Something like that could be a possibility, but it would also be very hard to keep track of what Amateurs jumped up once, and which ones haven&#039;t. There are 3 times as many Amateur competitors than Stock and Super Stock competitors. And making a rule like this would be unfair if it was applied to only members of a team. Last season we had a rule about not allowing members of any SPL teams to compete in Amateur, but we decided that this wasn&#039;t fair to everyone because even members of an SPL team are Amateur their first season, so we eliminated that rule for 2010.It&#039;s still early, but from the clubs I know that are competing, there are only 3 of them that are really getting into the SPL. If a team has too many Amateurs and some feel the need to jump to a higher class to avoid sweeping a class, then I would say thats a good thing. If a team has lets say, 4 members that fit the AM2 class, and all 4 are going to make it out for a show, it wouldn&#039;t be fair to those not on that team. I don&#039;t want to see several team members all in one class, it will scare off potential future competitors. So by letting them move up to a higher class to avoid sweeping a class I can&#039;t see any reason to not let them. At the same time, it wouldn&#039;t be fair to those same competitors to ban them from returning to a class that they also meet the requirements for. Once any Amateur competitor has completed at least 10 SPL events in one season they will have to move up to Stock the next season. Not allowing people to jump up to a higher class (Super Stock) is a rule already posted, but this doesn&#039;t apply to Amateurs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SPL Blazer, post: 6566322, member: 587873"] Something like that could be a possibility, but it would also be very hard to keep track of what Amateurs jumped up once, and which ones haven't. There are 3 times as many Amateur competitors than Stock and Super Stock competitors. And making a rule like this would be unfair if it was applied to only members of a team. Last season we had a rule about not allowing members of any SPL teams to compete in Amateur, but we decided that this wasn't fair to everyone because even members of an SPL team are Amateur their first season, so we eliminated that rule for 2010. It's still early, but from the clubs I know that are competing, there are only 3 of them that are really getting into the SPL. If a team has too many Amateurs and some feel the need to jump to a higher class to avoid sweeping a class, then I would say thats a good thing. If a team has lets say, 4 members that fit the AM2 class, and all 4 are going to make it out for a show, it wouldn't be fair to those not on that team. I don't want to see several team members all in one class, it will scare off potential future competitors. So by letting them move up to a higher class to avoid sweeping a class I can't see any reason to not let them. At the same time, it wouldn't be fair to those same competitors to ban them from returning to a class that they also meet the requirements for. Once any Amateur competitor has completed at least 10 SPL events in one season they will have to move up to Stock the next season. Not allowing people to jump up to a higher class (Super Stock) is a rule already posted, but this doesn't apply to Amateurs. [/QUOTE]

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