[vhcook]

I think you're underestimating the number of people who watch the webcasts, particularly on Saturdays. I watched at least half of one regional per weekend when I wasn't competing. If there's only one person per team who does the same, you're looking at a couple thousand viewers, distributed across the one or two regionals that get webcast in a typical weekend. And that's not counting the parents and team members who couldn't make it to their regional, scouts, and people who teams have convinced to watch while trying to grow the community.