[EricH]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

Seriously. Then what are we paying for. The kop and first choice are half donated and the gdc can only have so many paid employees.

Fields. Did you know that each field has to be refitted for each and every game, every year? Did you know that each field travels in a semitruck, for 6 weeks, plus a championship run for some of them? (District fields excluded from the HQ fields assessment here--some of this comes out of the district, I think.) And did you know that the field's road cases have to be refitted, too? Not counting the whole "repair" sort of thing. They've only got what, well over a dozen fields on the road, including the spare?

Training. HQ brings in the key volunteer positions, every year, and helps pay for their travel. Plus makes training materials for everybody else. I suspect travel for key employees to events takes some change as well.

Overhead. Gotta keep the lights on at HQ, along with the A/C, FIRST Place and its summer programs, and other stuff that needs to be taken care of.

Salaries. I think there are more people than you think working at HQ.

Promotion. All them videos and brochures gotta come from somewhere.


There's a lot of stuff that you don't necessarily see, year-to-year--you only see the effects. And all that stuff costs money. I suspect I only touched on a few of the items...