Should Wheel do tournaments again?

But you see, you're missing my point. Regardless of whether or not the light is indeed random, you could, theoretically, be watching the board very closely in live play and smack the button right as you saw the light hit a square you wanted. Such is the point I am trying to make--for most of the game, your success on PYL is determined by how well you answer the questions, and how well-timed you are when you play the board. Yes, I'll acknowledge that most players will just randomly slap the button and hope for the best, hence why the show is called Press Your LUCK. But if your reflexes are good, and assuming you're NOT Michael Larson, you could clean up.

On WOF, however, you live and die by the Wheel (and how others live and die by it). Once that Wheel leaves your hand, you don't have any control over where it stops--and there are plenty of spaces on that wheel that could prevent you from playing or give a huge advantage to your opponent.

Logistics. There are certain themed weeks which make no sense aired in sequence, such as holiday-themed weeks.

There's a perfectly valid reason for taping wildly out of order.

There's also no real reason for them to do their "throw darts blindly and see where they land" approach to Summer and weekend repeats, either.

That's true. And while the Wheel isn't as controllable as something like the Press Your Luck board, you can gauge your spin pattern and get an idea if there's going to be trouble ahead - which would give you a chance to adjust accordingly. Not necessarily aim for any wedge in particular, because from what we've heard from audience members that's frowned upon, but alter the power behind it just enough to steer away from the bad zones.

There are always going to be bad players who luck into a win and good players who get unlucky and lose (or get defeated by someone luckier). But giving some of the highest scorers (and some of the lowest, if you endorse the "second chance" idea) another shot at America's Game, you give them another chance to show their skills and, by doing so, eliminate a few of the outliers (players who perform well above or below what they probably should have due to luck).

Okay, for the most part, I have no problems with tournaments/returning champs, except for one thing--the Prize Puzzle. It doesn't happen all the time, but I have seen it. There have been really excellent players who do exceptionally well, but they never make enough to catch the one lucky (but not necessarily best and brightest) player who wins just because the won R3. That's where luck rather than skill plays a much bigger factor. If they were to revert to champs, axe the PP for good.

I think people have a lot more control over the wheel than what those are suggesting. After all, you are the one causing the rotation of it. It's not like here where you pick a number and hope for the best. A truly skilled player will not only do well with the puzzles but be aware of how hard they can spin it but also being aware of the position of the wheel in relevance to penalty wedges.

On a side note, has anybody else noticed the mass amount of female players who have these weak, pathetic half rotation spins?

I see no reason why the Returning Champions element wouldn't work for WOF today. I mean, look at the Bonus Round for example. With a majority of it being cash and cars nowadays, you can have a contestant come back for at least three to five days and possibly win the same prize and still retire as champion with a huge amount of cash and prizes. So yeah. I can see Wheel of Fortune doing Returning Champions and Tournaments (which would only be for special occasions such as Best Friends, Teen Best Friends, College Week, Teachers Week, Celebrity Invitationals, etc.) again. Therefore, my suggestion to Wheel is to at least try it out and see how well it works. I know it's been 17 years since they R.Cs and 15 since Friday Finals. But I can still see it working today regardless. 

Excellent ideas, Greenday61892. On top of that, it would also help alleviate Wheel's budget to a degree.

I think they should bring back Friday finals. Then for the extra tapings get celebrities to play for charities of their choice. This would take care of some of the issues!