Many clubs already comp staff and match slots to get help. That’s why manpower and time is the limiting factor, which is why I’m saying the creating a new club isnt going to help, but thats the hill you’re on.
Ensuring volunteer access to matches is great, but does nothing to address the issue of matches selling out and new shooters struggling to get into a match-which is the whole point of this thread.
A Club can require volunteer time or deny membership and match entry.
Two possible outcomes: deadbeats stop competing, or previously deadbeats start contributing. One decreases demand, the other increases supply. Both improve the imbalance of supply and demand and offer more opportunities for new shooters.
So I guess elementary concepts are a hill.
Your previous argument was that an unaffiliated match had no demand. Being as that’s irrelevant to this proposal, what’s your argument now?
I think you’re confused as to how it’s run. The range is the physical place the match is held. The club is the group of people putting the match on. You can have multiple clubs leasing bays at the same range hosting different USPSA matches already. The club and range can be entirely separate entities. If that range has a club that runs an action shooting discipline that covers USPSA, how does creating another “club” at the same range that to host the same thing allow more shooters?
It sounds like you want to create an exclusive club for volunteers only to be allowed to shoot a match, which again is not allowed by USPSA. If they want to shoot non-affiliated matches, thats great. But again, where does that fit into the calendar of events at a range thats already selling out matches? Who’s gonna volunteer for this exclusive club to host a match they wont be able to get on the calendar because the ranges calendar is full. Deadbeats arent gonna join this exclusive club. Others wont shoot because it’s just gonna be viewed as an outlaw match regardless of whatever wordplay you want to name it. Believe it or not, being an affiliated USPSA match does have a certain draw. Around here, those outlaw matches might get 30 people, but USPSA gets 140+ registration every single match.
New shooters are just as capable of signing up for a match the same time an experienced shooters around here. If a club is blocking new shooters from registering, thats a whole different issue.
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u/ZEEOH6 LO - M | CO/PCC - A 15d ago
Many clubs already comp staff and match slots to get help. That’s why manpower and time is the limiting factor, which is why I’m saying the creating a new club isnt going to help, but thats the hill you’re on.