Southern Sportsman
Well-Known Member
Re: Proposed changes to this years hand held duck blind draw
This is not directed at any one person, but I feel like those complaining about the new draw plan are just looking for something to complain about. I'm fairly certain your mathematical odds of drawing any particular blind will not change. If there are 1000 people at the drawing, your odds are still 1/1000 of getting the first blind. For group odds, a bigger group will still have better odds just like before. The drawing will take longer, but that's about it. This won't eliminate buying/selling blinds, but it will help.
There will still be people who pay money and the group actually drawn will give the buyer all their cards, but then the buyer runs the risk of getting beat out by a "we were here first" blind hopper. So it disincentives that type of transaction. It will definitely cut down on people offering and paying big money to sign on with the early drawn person and thus control the blind as a legit card holder. If your name is still in the hat you're not going to pay someone to sign on, thus removing your name from the hat, not knowing which blind you will end up with.
I'm not overly caught up on the morality of "buying" a draw blind, but I think it's better that they are not bought and sold for a number of reasons. There is probably no "perfect" solution, but this is a step in the right direction.
This is not directed at any one person, but I feel like those complaining about the new draw plan are just looking for something to complain about. I'm fairly certain your mathematical odds of drawing any particular blind will not change. If there are 1000 people at the drawing, your odds are still 1/1000 of getting the first blind. For group odds, a bigger group will still have better odds just like before. The drawing will take longer, but that's about it. This won't eliminate buying/selling blinds, but it will help.
There will still be people who pay money and the group actually drawn will give the buyer all their cards, but then the buyer runs the risk of getting beat out by a "we were here first" blind hopper. So it disincentives that type of transaction. It will definitely cut down on people offering and paying big money to sign on with the early drawn person and thus control the blind as a legit card holder. If your name is still in the hat you're not going to pay someone to sign on, thus removing your name from the hat, not knowing which blind you will end up with.
I'm not overly caught up on the morality of "buying" a draw blind, but I think it's better that they are not bought and sold for a number of reasons. There is probably no "perfect" solution, but this is a step in the right direction.