Especially as the B Tour always gets stuck on the worst pitches as well, where injuries are more likely/frequent.
(This is not a specific criticism of the excellent organisation of Tour 2, as they were a victim of circumstances. ) -----Original Message----- From: Jon Palmer To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20/05/2004 13:19 Subject: [BD] Tournament Costs again BD, Following on from the discussion that the bidding process and costs should be more transparent, why do the A and B tours cost the same to enter? At Tour 2 each B tour team had 7 or 8, one hour games. The A tour teams got 6 one hour and forty five minute games. That means that the A tour teams get at least 25% more pitch time than the B tour teams. (put another way the A tour had 8 pitches for 16 teams and the b tour had only 10 pitches for 26) Given that pitch hire/marking is the single largest cost (50-75%) of running a tournament why isn't this difference in pitch time reflected in the cost of playing in the different tours? Why are the smaller, newer B tour teams expected to subsidise the larger, more established clubs in the A tour? JP Shox __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp ___________________________________________________________________ Electronic mail messages entering and leaving Arup business systems are scanned for acceptability of content and viruses. __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
