By Murray McCormick, Regina Leader-Post (Canwest)
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — The World Curling Federation is reviewing a number of potential rule changes that would shorten matches and reduce the length of world championships.
Among those being considered:
• Reducing games from 10 to eight ends.
• Eliminating extra ends and possibly awarding teams three points for a win, one for a tie and none for a loss.
• Eliminating tiebreakers. Ties could be broken based on round-robin performances or a pre-competition skills contest.
• Eliminating timeouts, with the exception of junior championships.