I think £150 for an event is still quite a bit but going on that...a £2.50 difference does matter actually. Particularly when the cost rises by this much at least every year. When you add up the costs as Wayne pointed out there is plenty of little individual costs involved in playing a tournament. This £2.50 extra is a part of just one of these we could possible control in a situation where so many are out of our control.
An avid student player without the means of some of the older players might actually be doing their best to be able to play without spending a fortune. That could means a packed dinner for saturday night instead of heading out for Curry and Chips. You can find ways trim £2.50 here and there off each of your individual costs and it can add up to a significant amount of savings especially over many events. It's like doing a budget. Without realising it you'll find lots of little ways to save bits, of money that add up to a lot. The bits matter. The argument that £2.50 more is insignificant is a marketeers dream as well. Products are always pushed on you where the standard price is X but the next level up Y is only £2.50 more...and the next level after that...only £2.50 again! Wow supersize me! What a deal. The advertiser is hoping you'll be concentrating on the incremental amounts because they are so small such that you'll never mind paying the extra. In the end they'll get you to buy the pricier option you probably wouldn't have considered if they hadn't priced you up to it in little insignificant increments. It's also a bit like buying a car as well...why not get the sat nav for £400...I'm already spending £12000 so what's £400. Very few situations can make you think £400 isn't significant but car sales is one of them. Although I've argued it, the point never really was the little differences on the individual it was the potential better use of the total profits gained from UKUA Tour events to benefit the many over the few which in the end highlighted a huge need for more tournament venues and bidders so that competition (if that's what it takes) will bring pricing down. Apologies for the run-on sentence.
Two reliable ways of making yourself unpopular with some players: 1) Captain a team 2) TD a tournament
You missed...3) sending email arguments to britdisc On 20/02/07, Paul Hurt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Agreed. Face it, curry and a beer on Saturday night will often cost more than the tournament fee. Add petrol/train tickets, accommodation... In the big scheme of things, the £2.50 difference per head between a £150 tournament and a £180 tournament isn't that significant. If we really want tournaments to be cheaper, what we should do is regionalise the Tour. But I'm guessing that wouldn't be too popular. Anyway, people are bringing this up as if making a profit from a tournament is something new (and something that only one TD is currently doing). There were rumours that one player's round-the- world holiday about five years ago was funded by running just one Tour event. If it was... good for him/her. Two reliable ways of making yourself unpopular with some players: 1) Captain a team 2) TD a tournament Paul PS FWIW, pitch charges at Clapham Common doubled somewhere between 2003 and 2005 (unless, curiously, you play softball). A simple change of management or policy can mean that a TD's fixed costs change radically for no obvious reason. On 19 Feb 2007, at 19:00, Wayne Davey wrote: > A long britdisc discussion has been going on but I feel many of you > have missed the real costs and impact. > > Tournament fees are a small part of the cost of attending a > tournament. Typically the larger costs are travel, accommodation > and (sometimes) time off work. > > If cheap tournaments with no accommodation provided were held the > 'far ends' of the country they may prove to be less welll attended > than an 'expensive' tournament with free camping in a 'central' > location. > > Also, I believe, the total cost of events does deter participation. > The travel and accommodation costs involved can mean that the team > may still go but some players will not. This means that squad sizes > may be smaller and some clubs can only field one squad rather than > two. > > Wayne > > PS. Good luck to Adam and the other Tour organisers - I hope you > all make enough money to encourage you to bid again next year. > __________________________________________________ > BritDisc mailing list > [email protected] > http://fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
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