GHowlett

// the competitor is the atomic entity of a tournament
var Competitor = Backbone.Model.extend({
    defaults: {
        firstname: "Bye",
        lastname: "",
        team: "None",
        id: Math.floor(Math.random() * 10000)
    }
})

GHowlett

{name:'griff'}

GHowlett

// string input is assumed, punctuation is ignored, and the earliest word wins a tie

function getLongestWord (sentance) {  
  var words = sentance.split(/[\s-]+/);
  words = words.map( function(word) {return word.match(/[\w\d]+/)[0] || '';} );
  return words.reduce( function(a,b) {return (a.length >= b.length)? a:b;} );
}