[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jul 22 2003, 07:25 PM\'] For criteria in determining who plays in the TofC, they'll probably take the champs winning the most games, and then use cash winnings as a criteria to break ties in number of games won. [/quote]
It would not surprise me to see the ToC end with this new rule, just because Harry Friedman seems to, in his WoF changes, be moving towards gearing the show towards an attention span that doesn't even last day-to-day (And, yes, I know this move seems to counter that, but I have my doubts as to whether he's confident enough in even the J! viewer to remember one season to the next). I see its purpose, to an extent, as allowing those people who were limited in their run by the 5-show rule to play on, and ending any cap on appearances eliminates that reason for its existance. That being said, I quite like having a ToC, because it elevates the play to an entirely different level, and that's an as good, if not a better, reason to keep it than rewarding 5-time champions is for dumping it. Now, if I were Harry (I'm not,) and I were keeping the ToC, I'd like to see qualification move to highest cash totals instead of longest stay. People who are fast on the button and wager big, seem to, in my observation, have shorter tenures because they don't give themselves margins for error, but this, in the context of each individual show, tends to make things more exciting. In other words, I'd rather see the 3-day champion who makes $120,000 than the 10-day champion who makes $100,000.
Now, the press conference alluded to \"many [other] exciting changes throughout the upcoming season.\" Any guesses as to what those are?
