[Leo_The_Lip]

I agree with the OP and have one thing to add:

I'd like to see tournaments run more like horse racing handicaps. By that I mean I'd like to retain the 'color card' tournaments, but add additional classifications like 'maiden'--meaning this tournament is only open to teams that have not won in this card color. Other breakdowns can be 2-5 wins, 6 and over and so forth, if necessary.

It annoys me to almost always being knocked out by the same team that goes on to win multiple times.