Eliminating tiebreakers bad idea, says Team Canada skip
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EDMONTON — It’s not the changing of the length of curling games from 10 ends to eight ends in international competitions that worries Kevin Koe.
Rather, it’s the gimmicky suggestions of eliminating extra ends or allotting three points for a victory and one for a tie, without settling the result, that’s bothersome to the Team Canada skip.
Members of the World Curling Federation will be voting in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, today to proposed changes to the sport, with reducing games to eight ends and eliminating extra ends and timeouts as three targeted alterations. The WCF is recommending the elimination of tiebreakers and timeouts, but hopes to retain extra ends to determine final results.
Koe, whose Edmonton Saville Centre rink is representing Canada at the world championship in Italy, is opposed to ties.
“No matter what happens with the eight or 10 ends, that’s the least of the rule changes that should matter,” stressed Koe. “It’s more about losing the extra ends or tiebreakers, that’s the big deal with me.”
Eliminating tiebreakers would shorten events by a day. If tiebreakers were removed, tournament officials would use head-to-head records in round-robin play to determine playoff teams.
— Canwest News Service
