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yep, so we will just go back to ITTF standards with very little pay.I agree 80%. There is not enough Money in the scene and if we cannot guarantee top Players to play at Events, there is even less.
money today is way more than 2018/2019 for example.
This I think can be planned better.However I do think, that there should be 1/2 skips per year for all pro Players, in case they want to take a Break/play a regional League. Probably 1 Champions skip and 1 Grand Smash skip (also useable for another Champions event) that is free of any monetary or WR Points penalty.
Firstly, WTT does give the schedule in Oct, for different countries to plan domestic competition.
schedule clash is part of pros life since young, so this is all manageable with moving schedules.
Right now, you can skip by doctors note, but you can't skip and play somewhere else.
but then, how many times you allow to skip? 1 time, 3 time? 5 time?
note, there is only 10 events, and if too many skip per tournament, then they might as well just cancel the tournament.
And Grand Smash Qualifier Field is currently also automatic entry which is not really needed. in case there are too few open entries, players that exceed NER could be allowed in Qualifiers. That would also allow associations like China, Japan, Korea, Germany, France to enter a wider variety of players.
Smash qualifier is not mandatory, players can reject the automatic entry.
WTT put player on entry list, player/national federation needs to go and decline (just 1 admin step)
regarding countries expanding NER limit, this is a seperate topic on its own.
NER is to protect China/Japan to hijack a competition and have all players in the quarter finals from the same country. So, NER is very fair in my opinion.
There is plenty of events for other players to enter (if they fail to play due to NER).