Except a Switch Pro Controller can only connect to the last Switch it has been synch'd with.
I experience this often when I get to a friends' house : I need to synch my Pro Controller with his Switch when I get there, and I need to synch' it with my Switch when going home. It does not automatically reconnect to MY switch.
The most efficient way to sync' your controller to a Switch is to plug-unplug it : it is instantaneous.
So an idea for TOs :
- It's the player's responsability to sync' his controller to a non-tournament setup after each match.
- Maybe the TO can put a Switch as a buffer near the stage, with the charging cable ready. It would litterally take 2 secs to plug the controller after finishing a match, and there, no risk anymore.
- If a player actually connects and messes something (like pauses during a match) : player is automatically disqualified, his winnings (when tournament actually has rewards) are suspended, etc. Anything the TO wants to impose as sanction.
Now don't frigging be cowards only to impose **** on players.
- I'm not gonna use a GameCube controller because it is, in my opinion, a ****ty ass controller. I never owned a GameCube, and I suffered enough without complaining.
- Nintendo actually now proposes an objectively better controller, with less input lag, without the material bother of being wired in (which means I ****ing finally can sit on the couch instead of the floor (I even used the WiiMote regularly in the previous games...))
- I ain't gonna remove the battery from my Pro Controller. I payed 70€ for that controller, ain't no one gonna touch it. If any TO tries to impose it on me, I'll take the screwdriver and plant it deep in his ass
The toxic community is the only reason why the GameCube Controller is even a thing anymore. So don't go banning the better option, just because you didn't want to think for a second ('cause you don't need more to figure out a solution to any issue you have. That would be brain-meltingly stupid. Period.