Chief,

I thought that was a well thought out post.

I do want to clarify one thing. No one gets $5,000. Some goes to the club, some to hotels, some to gas stations, some to tournaments etc.

Intestingly, for my family, the past two years of ECNL has not really cost much more than previous years. We replaced going to one set of tournaments with ECNL events. For several of the more distant ECNL events that required air travel, we were not always able to attend with our daughter. But when you compare the costs from 3-4 years ago to the last two years, it really hasn't been a lot more for us.