To continue Greg's theme, how about the money?
To me, there needs to be a reasonable chance that a team who places well will recover at least a large part of their expenses.
If they place VERY WELL, they should be able to bank a few dollars to make up for all the other events. Not get rich--just a reasonable profit.
To me, an event should pay the top 20% as such: (All numbers are "or so")
Less than 25/30 teams----First through Fifth per meat, Top 2 Overall.
From 25/30 to 50/60 teams-- First through Tenth per meat, Top 3 Overall
50/60 plus teams---------First through Fifteenth per meat, Top 5 Overall
Here is what I am seeing.
Events are trying to make awards "deep" in each meat. I think at Largo, we got $15 for 8th in ribs. Appreciate that, but not really worth the effort to cut, cash, or process the check. Even we would have preferred to see the token payments for 6th thru 10th applied to the top 5. Now, we did get a nice trophy (see other thread) which meant more to us than the little Ole' check :lol:
Basically, if the organizer needs to drop below about 50 bucks or so--"rethink" the prize pool distribution.
I think some of this is just an effort to make folks "feel good". Nothing wrong with that on the surface, but gets a little silly sometimes with the unlabeled ribbons and tiny checks.
I also think more that GC and RGC need $$ recognition than they receive now. It takes a lot more skill (or luck) to score 3rd or 4th overall than it does to score 3rd or 4th in one meat. I would even support more of the meat payouts going to pay "deeper" in the overall rankings than I indicated above.
Just a matter of balance.
Just my thought.
And, yes! I know some profess to compete for the pure love of competition and partying. More power to you and I totally understand.
However, my pockets are only so deep :redface:
If money is no object to you, please do not clutter up this thread with off-topic posts--OK?
TIM
To me, there needs to be a reasonable chance that a team who places well will recover at least a large part of their expenses.
If they place VERY WELL, they should be able to bank a few dollars to make up for all the other events. Not get rich--just a reasonable profit.
To me, an event should pay the top 20% as such: (All numbers are "or so")
Less than 25/30 teams----First through Fifth per meat, Top 2 Overall.
From 25/30 to 50/60 teams-- First through Tenth per meat, Top 3 Overall
50/60 plus teams---------First through Fifteenth per meat, Top 5 Overall
Here is what I am seeing.
Events are trying to make awards "deep" in each meat. I think at Largo, we got $15 for 8th in ribs. Appreciate that, but not really worth the effort to cut, cash, or process the check. Even we would have preferred to see the token payments for 6th thru 10th applied to the top 5. Now, we did get a nice trophy (see other thread) which meant more to us than the little Ole' check :lol:
Basically, if the organizer needs to drop below about 50 bucks or so--"rethink" the prize pool distribution.
I think some of this is just an effort to make folks "feel good". Nothing wrong with that on the surface, but gets a little silly sometimes with the unlabeled ribbons and tiny checks.
I also think more that GC and RGC need $$ recognition than they receive now. It takes a lot more skill (or luck) to score 3rd or 4th overall than it does to score 3rd or 4th in one meat. I would even support more of the meat payouts going to pay "deeper" in the overall rankings than I indicated above.
Just a matter of balance.
Just my thought.
And, yes! I know some profess to compete for the pure love of competition and partying. More power to you and I totally understand.
However, my pockets are only so deep :redface:
If money is no object to you, please do not clutter up this thread with off-topic posts--OK?
TIM