Idea: Increase Poll Choice Limit to Match Big XII Conference Size

cycophagus

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Polls are limited to 10 choices. That is small, but has been sufficient for Big XII sports polls, since there are 10 conference members. In a couple of years, there will be 12 or 14 members though, so 10 will not be enough. How about increasing the limit to 16, which would leave some room for growth?
 

cycophagus

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Polls are limited to 10 choices. That is small, but has been sufficient for Big XII sports polls, since there are 10 conference members. In a couple of years, there will be 12 or 14 members though, so 10 will not be enough. How about increasing the limit to 16, which would leave some room for growth?
The Big 12 goes to 14 teams this coming fall, and the ability to post polls including each conference school in the sports forums (opening days, conference tourneys, post season events ...) will be lost without this enhancement. By 2025-26, maybe we'll be back to 12, but further expansion could also happen.

I also want to plug our Cave polls. Sports is seasonal, but politics is the gift that keeps on giving. For example, the mid term elections thread attracted 5K posts, and 87K views over the past 5 months. It's poll included 9 of the more intriguing U.S. Senate races, plus the obligatory "None of the above". (And by the way, your CF Cave dwellers ran the table on those 9 races! :cool:) When a poster requests an additional pick, its like running out of Halloween candy when the poll has maxed out.