The FIE Wants to Eliminate Pools: How to Make Them Exciting Instead

In rule change proposals 11 and 14 the FIE has proposed getting rid of pools and removing all protection from the top 16 fencers. My alternative idea for both of these problems is the split pool format which I discuss in depth in this video. You can find the statistics here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... 0:16 Proposal 11: Removing the Top 16 Protections 1:53 Split Pool Format 4:22 Why this could improve the product 6:45 Making the pools a spectacle 7:40 Proposal 14: Removing Pools Entirely 11:50 Media Appeal and Distribution Problem 13:50 Discoverability is part of the product 17:57 What kind of sport do we want to build? If you like what I do here, don't forget to subscribe! You can also help support my videos on Patreon and follow my Instagram account for daily content!   / cyrusofchaos     / cyrusofchaos   You can also support me by buying a t-shirt from TeeSpring! You can check out my merch below the video info. Or at this link: cyrusofchaos-merch.creator-spring.com