I think one (initial) solution to the problems could be simple,so here is an idea.
Let the players decide themselves.
At registration when players pay their entry fee, simultaneously conduct a poll on a smartpad. Each player enters his/her name (for security/verification) then votes a preference -
Single entry...1 re-entry...2 re-entry...3 re-entry...unlimited re-entry.
This poling is made by the start of the tournament, with late registering players forgoing the right to participate (which effectively would go someways to dissuade people from late registration)
The majority preference of the players, their collective decision, decides the entries permitted and all the controversy evaporates.
Tours and
casinos could opt in and out of such a system to test what was or wasn’t popular with the players, but the players themselves would drive the direction/solution regarding this debate.
As noted already, this is not splitting the atom.
(The above cut and pasted from my reply to the Matt Savage post on the same issue)
However, I think it's a bit OTT to pick on Foxen. The tournament was essentially a pros only event with the buy in at
$10,400. And although in recent years the reentries have not been disclosed I know in the past reentries
have been over 300 at the Five Diamonds.
I am for limiting reentries/rebuys in key/main events to a single or possibly one additional reentry. But let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. I have no issue with well-heeled pros going at it. And as above, tournaments and casinos could experiment with the players setting the agenda (not always) via an investment of one
ipad and tracking the registered players preferences. I honestly do not see why this has to be regarded as a fraught issue (other than it suited some key players agenda for many years).