[Rob]

I think that this is a pretty interesting idea. You may be right in your hunch that G14 had limited impact, but a analysis of results could show just how litte.

There is one truly unfortunate part to the whole G14 situation...Due to rematches, G14 was falsely applied across a huge number of matches in 2009.

I observed rematches where original G14 results would have been changed, but the subsequent matches that were effected by this were not replayed (that would have required almost a whole qualifying schedule to be replayed in some cases...)

I also observed teams having cells removed in a rematch based on the results of their last qualifying match (a match that was later than number in the one being replayed)

In the end, if there were matches replayed at your regional, then G14 was pretty much randomly applied through the event. This means that any analysis would only be valid for events that did not have replayed matches.

My personal opinion is that G14 was a poor idea from concept to implementation. All it really served to do was put more burden on already taxed event volunteers. Due to unforseen field problems that led to replays, it was often not even applied in the situations where it was intended.