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Event #1 WCOAP World Amateur Team Championship
Fatcatstu:
--- Quote from: Mikeyboy9361 on March 25, 2013, 13:39:57 PM ---
Can"t believe people are whining about the cost of a shirt, most people would be delighted to get the chance just to play in this event!
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No one is whining as far as I can see, it"s a valid point being raised by people in a more than reasonable manner. There is no one saying they aren"t going to play, people are just exploring possibilities.
zzBlizzardzz:
Nobody is whining about it. Its a valid point. I dont think anyone has a clue what we go through to get a team for this event. I know Team Canada are about £2000 in the hole when we walk in the door. Never mind the weeks and months its taken to get a team together. Its a bit different when youve got 200 players to choose from. But when youve got 5 and thats all youve got, you really dont want to piss people off at the last minute. Other teams can say. Right you dont want to pay, you cant pay? No problem, we go to next on the list.
AAroddersAA:
--- Quote from: Mikeyboy9361 on March 25, 2013, 13:39:57 PM ---
Can"t believe people are whining about the cost of a shirt, most people would be delighted to get the chance just to play in this event!
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I don"t think anybody is whining to be fair.
I would assume there are two shirts per person so the total cost of the event is £140. I would have said that having a £10 reg fee, £30 for two shirts and £70 popped into the prize pool would make most of the players happy as the event is not about the prize pool in any way (personally I would still want to play it and do just as well and want to win it as much with no prize pool at all). With this in mind I would also support taking the cost of the shirts out of the prize pool and would like to see this done in future events. I agree the cost should not be paid by APAT. After the event it might be worth a discussion about what is a reasonable buyin for this event as I would have thought most of the players would prefer a lower buyin (would be happy to still pay the reg fee).
*Disclaimer - The above views are my own and do not automatically represent the views of the rest of the Welsh team for this event.
fandango:
When England win Gold, I"m going to put my spare shirt on E-bay.. Then I"m going to be a mirrionaire!!!! ;D
Des:
I will discuss this question with the twelve captains and if they all agree to the shirts money being deducted from the prize pool, then we will do so. If one team disagrees, then we will not be managing in that way.
However, we can certainly look at this in more detail for the following year.
I will communicate feedback before the event.
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