While I have met a dealt with a great many wonderful people in the fastpitch community, I also have dealt with a couple bad eggs. Our first foray into TB ended up with us filing a civil suit and after about almost 2 years of dealing with police, common pleas courts, lies upon lies, we were able to receive back everything that was due us. So unfortunately I have some dealings with this type of situation. So first, if anyone knows the county where this whole fiasco of a tournament took place, I can check to see if any civil suits have been filed. My experience tells me Tim has done no such thing. Hiring a lawyer to do it for him would cost as much if not more than the money owed. Again based on my experience in dealing with such people, one lie leads to another, then another to the point that the liar almost believes his/her own lies. My advice would be to file a complaint in the common pleas court of the county in which the tournament was held. Since the money was handed over willingly by the teams, a criminal case most likely won't be generated. Again, this is just from experience, I am no lawyer, just a parent who has successfully beaten some of the bad guys at their own game...