I also would like to see individual events on Saturdays. It seems most circuits have their team events on Sat and individual on Sundays. I'm in church on Sundays and rarely fish that day.

Question, not a defense of Mark.
Most of the above posts speak of a no membership fee and a lower entry fee.
How would a tournament director/owner make money for putting on the trail? It is a business venture for them no matter how you look at it.

Question, not a defense of Mark.
Most of the above posts speak of a no membership fee and a lower entry fee.
How would a tournament director/owner make money for putting on the trail? It is a business venture for them no matter how you look at it.

My 2 cents to the poll,
$200 entry fee is really right but if you could double entries and increase payouts with a lesser entry fee Im all for it.
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Championship is just another tournament if I have to pay an entry fee to fish it, so really would prefer money at the events, maybe just a nice trophy for AOY
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Website is an issue, guys like to see the results as fast as possible and the most successful trails seem to update the same day or day after
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Not listed, Membership Fee, I dont have a solution to this one without raising the entry fee a few dollars to cover or holding an extra percent.

Make them open tournaments without membership fees. I am a "member" of a couple of clubs. I fished one of your events once and didn't feel like a member of anything just that I had paid extra. It was a well run tournament. I don't really care about a championship, it's just another event to me.

$100 per team is right for my budget. If I wanted to spend more then I have other alternatives with higher payouts due to the larger fields. I think the moderate income guys are priced out of most trails. I would like to test my ability against more than just my club anglers but $200-$250 is out of my range.

But holding back the same percentage from the open's (or one time events) put on doesn't seem right when that money doesn't go towards any championship really doesn't add up to me.

And I will answer, and this is not an attack on you or Mark-

His (IMO) flawed business model in an already over saturated market, with a shrinking base to draw from, is not the Forums, nor the fishermans problem. It's not my job to make ANY TD money. That's his job via sponsorship, marketing, etc. If you provide something better than what's out there, you will draw. If you are just doing a 'me too' trail, you will not in this market.