I was wondering about that. I'm not sure why any of Eteri's girls are here, as they auto qualify because of the JGPF? And it would seem that their competing here knocks out other girls, like Gubanova, Vasilieva and Nugumanova. (based on the point system).
I think this is more a problem with the qualifying system than with the Eteri girls. I think there could be two easy ways to fix this.
- Just remove the already qualified girls frome the standings before daling out the points.
- Base the qualification on scores instead of placements (two best scores count and highest overall goes to nationals).
This would potentialy also solve the problem of some GP participants being automaticaly qualified while others who are doing better this season wont qualify. If just the ones who qualify for GPF and JGPF are automaticaly qualified for nationals you could let GP, JGP, CS and russian cup scores count. Fore those who do well in their GPs there wont be a difference but for those who bomb their GPs they will have to go to the russian cup to prove they deserve to go to nationals



