I appreciate the intention of spurring ladder activity, but I can also see very simple ways that this "qualification method" can be abused crazily.
Implying I would not have the balls to find out about, confront, and deal with such abuse ;P
Although to be honest my rule set was based on a £1,400 tournament not a £5,000 tournament
So let's see what happens over the next week and a half there may or may not be slight re-workings, but the core principles will remain the same.