When should it be done? Are the other team events having the same delay?
-Shaun
It’s late being rated every year. It is after all the largest single-section tournament in the country. With 1200 players, there are no doubt many error messages that have to be dealt with before the report can be uploaded successfully.
– Hal Terrie
The USATE is also one of the largest events in terms of memberships sold on site.
A couple of years ago the office overrode the last few membership expiration date issue errors in the USATE to try to get it rated before the April supplement cutoff. The TDs were not pleased because there were a number of results or USCF IDs that were also incorrect, so I doubt the office is going to take any such step this year unless specifically asked to do so.
The April cutoff is next Friday, that gives them over a week to get it rated before a delay would have any REAL impact on someone’s published rating.
The USATE would, I would think, be an extremely difficult tournament to get rated promptly. Large-tournament issues, team issues, and membership issues would combine to conspire against the rating process. Let’s everybody be just a bit patient here, please.
Bill Smythe
I hope the office takes as long as it likes. I’m not relishing dropping back into Class D. 
The USATE was rated around noon yesterday, event id 200802182231.
Sigh. Time to inspect the damage.
Seriously, Thanks Mike.
Hogwash.
Much LARGER events have been rated before the award ceremonies were completed.
Have you any experience directing such tournaments? The USAT is a fixed-roster event with alternates, in which the TD does not know who played on each team until the result forms come in. The person entering the results then has to figure out who played on each board (sometimes with illegible or misspelled names) and adjust the pairings accordingly before entering the results. Errors are inevitable. For a small tournament, you can get away with uploading the rating report immediately and fixing a few mistakes later. For something with 291 teams, it’s much better technique to take the extra time and try to get as much of it right as possible.