Has anyone told you it doesn't happen? The comments make it sounds like you asked and it was denied.
And as an FYI, I have no knowledge of how any of this works and no involvement in running any club. My responses are just my personal reaction to what seems like a perfectly reasonable business practice.
I see the EXACT same thing at trade shows, user conferences, dealer conferences and many other business events. It's a normal business method of getting additional funding from events. So I'm fine with it costing more if you have to travel to "be in the tournament". It's a way to get more of the funding from traveling teams than local teams. Seems smart and perfectly reasonable to me.
Last edited by JAK; 01/08/11 07:23 PM.
