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General Split the Pot League Rules
These rules will continue to be refined as we get more league seasons behind us and see what works and what doesn’t. We are happy to hear any comments or suggestions anyone might have to help make these leagues as fun and fair as possible. We are trying to keep these leagues as repeatable as possible and simple to set up. We are sure it will take a couple seasons to get things refined, but once we start a season, the rules will be set for that season, unless we are forced to change something for some unforeseen reason. Please bear with us to make these leagues a major draw in the shooting community.
Some of these rules will be specific to a type of match and other will apply to all matches and leagues. We will do our best to try and clarify.
Seasons will run from January 1st until June 15th, and June 16th until December 15th with payout within 2 weeks of the end of season or 2 weeks after receiving a W-9 from winner receiving $600 or more. To participate in the leagues with the split the pot payouts, you must be registered with Targets USA as a shooter and pay the $25 per year membership fee. This membership can be bought on our website at www.targetsusa.com and a member number will be emailed to you within a few days.
A minimum of 3 match entries are required to be eligible for league or series prizes per stage or league type that they wish to compete in (the intent was to make it 5 entries minimum, but thought that might be too hard for a lot of clubs and shooters to get that many in). A shooter can only be eligible for prize money in 1 division per match style per league season. Once you have won a cash payout price in one of the lower division, you cannot shoot that division for at least the next 2 leagues and maybe asked to provide a medical reason as to why you cannot shoot the higher-level divisions any longer.
Scores are always based on a hit factor with 100 points possible per stage with the KYL leagues consisting of 2 – 50-point stages combined in to 1 score. All stages will be timed to be able to calculate the hit factor, KYL stages may have to use a stop watch instead of a shot timer, due to shooter shooting suppressed. Hit factor is points / time and we will times that by 100 to move the decimal point over 2 spaces so all the scores will be a whole number with decimal places. The scores for each shooter will averaged by the number of match entries in each league or series. No handy caps based on the top shooter being 100 points. Scores will be carried out the second decimal place and rounded up based on the 3rd decimal place. If need be at the end of a league, we will recalculate to a farther decimal place to split ties for placement.
Scoring Example: If someone shot a score of 97 points in 35 seconds their score would be:
97 / 35 = 2.77 HF X 100 = 277.14 score
If someone shot a score of 97 points in 60 seconds their score would be:
97 / 60 = 1.62 HF X 100 = 161.67 score
KYL Rules:
To participate in leagues a hosting club must be registered with Targets USA and have Targets USA targets. A Targets USA banner must be displayed at all events associated to the leagues. Clubs need to notify Targets USA when they are planning to host an event and we are planning to be working with PractiScore for keeping the scores and collecting the fees. There is a $5 per match entry fee, per shooter for most divisions and matches. $3 of this goes into the nationwide split the pot fund. Beginner divisions will only be a $3 per match entry fee, per shooter. $1 of this will go towards prizes for the beginner division. And the other $2 from each entry goes to Targets USA to help fund further match development, marketing expenses, and other non-division prizes. See the league membership page for the split the pot payout schedule and details.
Judges must be competing in the division they are judging. If a judge calls a miss from a high hit off the arm or strap holding the target, the competitor can choose to shoot the rest of the targets while they are in position if they plan to contest the call. After going cold range and inspecting marks on the target that was called as a miss, the competitor will receive the appropriate score as outlined for the division. If it was a miss, the arm of the targets is to be repainted to be able to confidently call other misses. It is up to the hosting club match director to appoint judges for each of the contestants. All the contestants should participate as a judge at some point in the match. Be a fair judge, you don’t know who will be judging you next time.
Once a shooter has shot any of the stages clean in a lower level division 3 times, he or she must move up to the next division for the next match. If the shooter does this in the less than the 5 match entries need to be eligible for prizes, they may shoot that division another time or two to get up to the 5 entries need to be eligible, but must shoot the next division level up after that. If a shooter clean shoots both stages in a lower level match twice, they must immediately move to the next division level and cannot shoot anymore matches in that division. Sorry, you’re a sandbagger. Put some bigger boy pants on, and move on. A shooter can only be eligible for prize money in 1 division per match style per league season. Once you have won a cash payout price in one of the lower division, you cannot shoot that division for at least the next 2 leagues and maybe asked to provide a medical reason as to why you cannot shoot the higher-level divisions any longer.
Depending on how many ELIGIBLE shooters end up in each division or shooting each stage, (KYL league divisions are a combined score from 2 stage) will determine how many groups the total number of shooters are divided in to. This is to try and divide the shooter by skill level like grand master, master, A, B, etc., class shooters. Like a modified Lewis Class. The groups will be divided as evenly as possible with any extras going in to the top group. For example, if there are 125 shooters, the bottom group would have 62 shooters in it and the top would have 63. The split the pots funds will be broken up in an increasing percentage to the higher placing group of shooters. For example, if there are 2 groups of shooters that roughly split 50/50 as describe above, the top 20 shooters in the part of the group at the top of the list will receive a split from 60% of the funds, and the top 20 shooters from the other group will receive a split from 40% of the funds.
Shooters Groups % Starting with top group Number of $ Winners
501+ 5 30 / 25 / 20 / 15 / 10 100
401-500 4 35 / 29 / 23 / 13 80
301-400 3 45 / 35 / 20 60
101-200 2 60 / 40 40
100 or less 1 100 20
This break down and payout structure is to try and reward the shooter that have put the time in to get good at what they do, and to give the other shooters something to strive for, with still having a chance to win along the way. We have put a lot of thought in to this and hope that everyone can agree with the structure. This is the structure we will run for at least the first league season, but we are open to other ideas and input. We will have payout examples available on the website.
Checks for payouts are only good for 90 days from the date they are printed for accounting purposes and will go into the general league management fund after the 90-day period, unless communication about a delay has been in process before the 90 days is up.
Any participant that is to receive a payout of more than $600 will have send a W-9 form to Targets USA before we will be able to send out the check. PER IRS.
These rules will continue to be refined as we get more league seasons behind us and see what works and what doesn’t. We are happy to hear any comments or suggestions anyone might have to help make these leagues as fun and fair as possible. We are trying to keep these leagues as repeatable as possible and simple to set up. We are sure it will take a couple seasons to get things refined, but once we start a season, the rules will be set for that season, unless we are forced to change something for some unforeseen reason. Please bear with us to make these leagues a major draw in the shooting community.
Some of these rules will be specific to a type of match and other will apply to all matches and leagues. We will do our best to try and clarify.
Seasons will run from January 1st until June 15th, and June 16th until December 15th with payout within 2 weeks of the end of season or 2 weeks after receiving a W-9 from winner receiving $600 or more. To participate in the leagues with the split the pot payouts, you must be registered with Targets USA as a shooter and pay the $25 per year membership fee. This membership can be bought on our website at www.targetsusa.com and a member number will be emailed to you within a few days.
A minimum of 3 match entries are required to be eligible for league or series prizes per stage or league type that they wish to compete in (the intent was to make it 5 entries minimum, but thought that might be too hard for a lot of clubs and shooters to get that many in). A shooter can only be eligible for prize money in 1 division per match style per league season. Once you have won a cash payout price in one of the lower division, you cannot shoot that division for at least the next 2 leagues and maybe asked to provide a medical reason as to why you cannot shoot the higher-level divisions any longer.
Scores are always based on a hit factor with 100 points possible per stage with the KYL leagues consisting of 2 – 50-point stages combined in to 1 score. All stages will be timed to be able to calculate the hit factor, KYL stages may have to use a stop watch instead of a shot timer, due to shooter shooting suppressed. Hit factor is points / time and we will times that by 100 to move the decimal point over 2 spaces so all the scores will be a whole number with decimal places. The scores for each shooter will averaged by the number of match entries in each league or series. No handy caps based on the top shooter being 100 points. Scores will be carried out the second decimal place and rounded up based on the 3rd decimal place. If need be at the end of a league, we will recalculate to a farther decimal place to split ties for placement.
Scoring Example: If someone shot a score of 97 points in 35 seconds their score would be:
97 / 35 = 2.77 HF X 100 = 277.14 score
If someone shot a score of 97 points in 60 seconds their score would be:
97 / 60 = 1.62 HF X 100 = 161.67 score
KYL Rules:
To participate in leagues a hosting club must be registered with Targets USA and have Targets USA targets. A Targets USA banner must be displayed at all events associated to the leagues. Clubs need to notify Targets USA when they are planning to host an event and we are planning to be working with PractiScore for keeping the scores and collecting the fees. There is a $5 per match entry fee, per shooter for most divisions and matches. $3 of this goes into the nationwide split the pot fund. Beginner divisions will only be a $3 per match entry fee, per shooter. $1 of this will go towards prizes for the beginner division. And the other $2 from each entry goes to Targets USA to help fund further match development, marketing expenses, and other non-division prizes. See the league membership page for the split the pot payout schedule and details.
Judges must be competing in the division they are judging. If a judge calls a miss from a high hit off the arm or strap holding the target, the competitor can choose to shoot the rest of the targets while they are in position if they plan to contest the call. After going cold range and inspecting marks on the target that was called as a miss, the competitor will receive the appropriate score as outlined for the division. If it was a miss, the arm of the targets is to be repainted to be able to confidently call other misses. It is up to the hosting club match director to appoint judges for each of the contestants. All the contestants should participate as a judge at some point in the match. Be a fair judge, you don’t know who will be judging you next time.
Once a shooter has shot any of the stages clean in a lower level division 3 times, he or she must move up to the next division for the next match. If the shooter does this in the less than the 5 match entries need to be eligible for prizes, they may shoot that division another time or two to get up to the 5 entries need to be eligible, but must shoot the next division level up after that. If a shooter clean shoots both stages in a lower level match twice, they must immediately move to the next division level and cannot shoot anymore matches in that division. Sorry, you’re a sandbagger. Put some bigger boy pants on, and move on. A shooter can only be eligible for prize money in 1 division per match style per league season. Once you have won a cash payout price in one of the lower division, you cannot shoot that division for at least the next 2 leagues and maybe asked to provide a medical reason as to why you cannot shoot the higher-level divisions any longer.
Depending on how many ELIGIBLE shooters end up in each division or shooting each stage, (KYL league divisions are a combined score from 2 stage) will determine how many groups the total number of shooters are divided in to. This is to try and divide the shooter by skill level like grand master, master, A, B, etc., class shooters. Like a modified Lewis Class. The groups will be divided as evenly as possible with any extras going in to the top group. For example, if there are 125 shooters, the bottom group would have 62 shooters in it and the top would have 63. The split the pots funds will be broken up in an increasing percentage to the higher placing group of shooters. For example, if there are 2 groups of shooters that roughly split 50/50 as describe above, the top 20 shooters in the part of the group at the top of the list will receive a split from 60% of the funds, and the top 20 shooters from the other group will receive a split from 40% of the funds.
Shooters Groups % Starting with top group Number of $ Winners
501+ 5 30 / 25 / 20 / 15 / 10 100
401-500 4 35 / 29 / 23 / 13 80
301-400 3 45 / 35 / 20 60
101-200 2 60 / 40 40
100 or less 1 100 20
This break down and payout structure is to try and reward the shooter that have put the time in to get good at what they do, and to give the other shooters something to strive for, with still having a chance to win along the way. We have put a lot of thought in to this and hope that everyone can agree with the structure. This is the structure we will run for at least the first league season, but we are open to other ideas and input. We will have payout examples available on the website.
Checks for payouts are only good for 90 days from the date they are printed for accounting purposes and will go into the general league management fund after the 90-day period, unless communication about a delay has been in process before the 90 days is up.
Any participant that is to receive a payout of more than $600 will have send a W-9 form to Targets USA before we will be able to send out the check. PER IRS.