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I think some organizations host tourneys to guarentee them a berth for Nationals.....
According to the Democrats it is.
I think some organizations host tourneys to guarentee them a berth for Nationals.....
I am trying to think how anyone makes a 'profit' form hosting a tournament. We sponsor a tournament that uses the 'profit' to support the local teams. Some years that profit is very thin.
Among the expenses that a tournament might have to cover is insurance, umpires, hotel rooms for umpires, water for umpires, lunch and dinner for college coaches, new softballs, national organization fees and expenses, trophies, tournament shirts, staff shirts, field preparation before the weekend, field maintenance during the tourney, manpower during the tournament, liners, lining material, two pallets of field dry, field rental fees, trash barrels, trash pick-up and disposal, litter pick-up, hand tools, security, concession food and manpower, site managers at each complex, toilets, toilet cleaning, and toilet paper (more than you would think)... .
Other directors would be able to add to this list but you get my point. You do all of this for an opportunity for your teams to play a local tournament and the off-chance to put a couple thousand back. Wake up the Friday morning of the tournament with rain on the way and all expenses in and you wonder how anyone can make a business of it.
More power to them, perhaps they can tell us how they do it.