/**
  * Show the application welcome screen to the user.
  *
  * @return Response
  */
 public function participants(Request $request)
 {
     $tournament_id = $request->input('tournament_id');
     $ss = new Scraper();
     $new_participants = $ss->get_participants($tournament_id);
     $tournament = \DB::table('tournaments')->where('tournament_id', '=', $tournament_id)->orderBy('start_date', 'desc')->get();
     $participants = \DB::table('participants')->where('tournament_id', '=', $tournament_id)->get();
     //return view('pages/participants', compact('$tournament', 'participants'));
     return redirect('admin/scraper')->with('success', 'participants downloaded successfully');
 }