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Just throwing this in....

Premier League in Guildford had similar issue with ranking points.

16 frame matches.

Previously a player could play up to 4 frames, and they all went towards ranking points.

In many teams of 5 or 6 players, the players only got 3, or less, frames each.

So this season just gone, they reduced it so only the first 3 frames played counted towards rankings You could still play a 4th, but it wasn't worth any ranking points.

So you could perhaps do that in this case: Your first frame played is your ranking frame. If you play a 2nd it is for the team score only, and carries no individual ranking points.

That deals with any disadvantage for bigger squads, and means even a team playing 5 players twice, or a team playing 10 players once, is still giving each individual player the same equal chance at securing ranking points.

The cream will still rise to the top anyway.