Stevens .... let me get you up to speed ....
I was putting in an average of around 20 hours a week sifting through results from tournaments across the state for 12 weeks during last season. That comes out to roughly 240 hours over the course of the season, and as a courtesy to Y2, I did them on a completely volunteer basis in 2009. In order to be able to offer this same high quality of rankings this season, the same amount of time is going to need to be allotted. Although I enjoy doing the rankings and making them as accurate as possible, when you start putting in that kind of time, it starts to become a chore. By no means am I trying to get rich off of doing the IndianaMat.com rankings, its simply the fact that I can no longer take myself away from work, family, friends, etc. for 20 extra hours a week without some small compensation. This brings me to my questions, and I would like to open the floor for discussion. What did you think of the 2009 rankings (positives and negatives)? Did you like them enough that you would be willing to pay a dollar for a season subscription? How about 5 dollars? Would having to pay some fee between 1 and 5 dollars a year make you think that the free rankings from the IHSWCA were a more viable option?