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You're almost Canadian yourself!

Posted By: Garry Holmen
Date: Friday, 18 May 2007, at 8:58 a.m.

In Response To: Since you live in a quasi socialist state... (Not Really Mad Bradvig. Honest.)

> I'll type this slowly.

I would hate for your typing to excede your wit. So I will read this slowly too. LOL

> you are talking $1000 on average for a lifter
> to attend a national meet.

I think you're estimate is low if you ask me.

> If you tell me I'm shooting for a $500 purse,
> that's just beer money quite frankly.

Like any powerlifter would pass up beer money! We spend $1200 just for a chance at a $20 medal.

I was more thinking $5,000.

> If you're talking $500 Canadian it doesn't
> even cover the cost of gas to get me to the
> airport.

With your economy going in the tank that difference is negligble these days. In a couple months you may wish to have CDN $$$ rather then USD.

Regardless... if I did this to invite USAPL lifters I would put the prize money in USD. I would hate people like Deep to have to do the math.

> If Siders or Cardella is just gong to have a
> walk off win by showing up and hitting their
> openers, you won't get much interest from the
> rest of the unwashed overweights.

This was one of my concerns about only offering one prize. It would foster this all or nothing approach which has hurt the WPO and other events.

Take $5000 and split it 3 ways. $3000 for 1st by formula, $1500 for 2nd, $500 for 3rd.

> Formula is good, but to be honest that doesn't
> favor the fat kids. In fact it's fairly
> discriminatory.

Fat kids can lose weight if they feel that strongly about it. I really am not pro-Wilks. I think you could provide a similar formula that evens everyone out across the board. You could even do the same with women. It's just a matter of documenting it well in advance of the meet so people know what they have to do.

Garry

Messages In This Thread

• Prize Money
  Garry Holmen -- Thursday, 17 May 2007, at 3:09 p.m.
  • You have to look to Golf and the NHRA for answers.
    Not Really Mad Bradvig. Honest. -- Thursday, 17 May 2007, at 10:02 p.m.
    • Re: You have to look to Golf and the NHRA for answ
      Garry Holmen -- Friday, 18 May 2007, at 5:38 a.m.
      • Since you live in a quasi socialist state...
        Not Really Mad Bradvig. Honest. -- Friday, 18 May 2007, at 7:28 a.m.
        • You're almost Canadian yourself!
          Garry Holmen -- Friday, 18 May 2007, at 8:58 a.m.
          • I'm "Not Really" Almost Canadian!
            Not Really Mad Bradvig. Honest. -- Friday, 18 May 2007, at 9:04 a.m.
        • Re: NO FRENCH ON THE FORUM!!
          Jason "MegaThrust Man" Burnell -- Friday, 18 May 2007, at 10:16 a.m.
  • Re: Prize Money
    Jim Ray -- Friday, 18 May 2007, at 7:12 a.m.

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