Please explain the filler thing

I'm wondering about fillers. Our league in round 1, league 5, has three AWOL managers as of now. If they don't show up does that mean there may be three fillers? If so, what happens if a filler wins a division or is the league winner or runner up? In essence that nullifies those points that should have gone to a bona fide participant, no?

I ask b/c I am indeed a little competitive (former champ! ) and it would seem that the real participants should be entitled to ALL points awarded on top of win totals.

don't worry Uncle NY, I'm back now. Thus, you can go back to being # 2 in this town. I can feel that sense of "entitlement" for you winning 1x....must be a NY Rangers fan.



LETS GO ISLANDERS !

Uncle,

Actually it's a pretty good question, because the name filler is something of a misnomer.

In Event One, "Fillers" are actually "replacement managers". Anybody who has a team in Event One is entitled to the points they earn, even the replacements. They are now part of the tour and may continue to play as if they entered via the sign up page, although they are not obligated to continue (as in fact, no one actually is). The risk of entering as a filler is that if all 96 managers would have entered their teams, the managers acting as fillers are not entitled to be entered into a league and would miss out. However, if they get their team entered when requested, they are now for all intents and purposes, tour participants.

The same situation is basically in effect for Event Two. I will simply replace the missing managers names on the sign up sheet with the replacement managers, and I will recruit a new batch of "fillers". I will run the randomizer and make league assignments, and any no-show managers will again be replaced, and any replacements become tour participants.

After Event Two, because you need scores from four qualifying events to advance to the semis, any "fillers" who are participating for the first time are true "fillers" only and are not eligible to reach the semi-finals.

There is always a bit of attrition during the course of the tour. There will not always be a number of managers cleanly divisible by 12. The league has to be filled somehow, so in the end, yes, a manager with no ability to reach the Tour playoffs can siphon off wins from the qualified managers. However, that doesn't prevent any manager from the opportunity to notch his own wins.

If I can read between the lines here, yes, I recognize the fillers list has a few heavy hitters on there. However, I have no control over any of that and my singular goal is simply to see the leagues filled in a timely fashion.

Thanks. I has assumed, wrongly, that fillers were otherwise participants already.

As for pacorabonneboy, i feel bad for his Brooklyn Islanders. Winning game 1 will only prolong his pain.

Go Rangers!