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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis
You know, there's really nothing like seeing someone take an overall cost increase and sell it as a cost savings. From my point of view, there's a cost increase of $33,500 CAD in registration fees. I think it would be more fair to say that the cost of registration for a second play has dramatically decreased, but that second play is now mandatory. Before you had around 60 teams go for a second play (I don't know how many may have played more than 2, but lets assume none did for a minute), which means 77 teams did not go for a second play.
My question for those 77 teams is... why not? Was is registration cost alone? Total cost including travel? Time out of school/work? Lack of dedication/desire? For those 77 teams, does this change in pricing structure and event locations eliminate their reason for not attending two events, or cause them more headaches than they previously had?
The simple fact is, a change like this does make competition cheaper for some teams... but it also makes it more expensive for others. Are those others prepared for the additional fundraising needed?
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23,500 CAD, though your point stands.
It's a relatively small price increase (~$200 per team) for a huge gain in playing time, event count, season length, that kind of stuff. Granted this increase in price is probably not distributed equally.
I think everyone agrees about the positives. Some argue that its easily worth the marginal price increase. Others disagree.