Official Hosting Bid
I) Introduction
The Cassadagan Association for Football Excellence (CAFE) is proud to submit this bid for the honor of hosting the 46th World Bowl in Cassadaigua. If selected, this would be the second time that we hosted the World Bowl, but you would have to go all the way back to World Bowl 16 to find the previous edition!
II) Format
-- We will conduct a double round robin group stage, with each nation playing their groupmates once at home, and the other away.
-- We are early in the signup phase right now, so we don't know how many nations will ended up participating, but we will look to make reasonable numbers work. Here are some examples of formats that would be used with various signup numbers:
32 nations: 8 groups of 4, top two per group make playoffs.
35 nations: 7 groups of 5, top two per group make playoffs, with the next best two teams also making the playoffs.
36 nations: 6 groups of 6, top two per group make playoffs, with the next best four teams also making the playoffs.
40 nations: 8 groups of 5, top two per group make playoffs.
42 nations: 7 groups of 6, top two per group make playoffs, with the next best two teams also making the playoffs.
48 nations: 8 groups of 6, top three per group make playoffs, all group winners get first round bye.
(If we eventually destined for higher numbers, I will add them in to the bid here).
-- Any PLAYOFF game that may involve Cassadaigua will have third party scorination.
-- The puppet policy expressed in the signup thread will be strictly enforced, however I will also look to include any valid & declared puppet signup unless the master nation labelled it as a numbers puppet. Only as a last resort to make a workable number will I exclude any puppet not listed as a numbers puppet.
III) Scorination
-- The latest version of Xkoranate, with the post-World Bowl XXXI formula will be used. IFAF Overtime, additive style mods of +5 to -5, and home field advantage will also be incorporated.
-- RP Bonus will be generous and cumulative from beginning to end.
-- A Roster Penalty of 25% will be applied to a nation's rank if they do not provide a roster by MD1. This will increase to 50% if not provided by MD4, and to 100% if not provided by the midway point of the group stage. At any point when a late roster is provided, the roster penalty will be removed.
-- Tiebreaker order is as follows: Wins, H2H Results, H2H Point Differential, Overall Point Differential, "Coin Flip"*
*- The Coin flip will be a scorinated game between the two sides using only their accumulated RP bonus over the tournament.
IV) Experience
Soccer/Football: World Cup 54, 67, 84, & 88, BoF 47, Cup of Harmony 57, 73 & 79, and Copa Rushmori 30.
Also: World Baseball Classics 18, 26, 40, 43, 45 & 50; World Bowl 16; World Lacrosse Championships 7, 30, 33, & 39, and conferences within the NSCAA Basketball tournament. Smaller events, as well.
Questions? Feel free to ask!