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| Dec. 5, 2020 JT130 | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: TX Teams I am moving to San Antonio, TX and looking for a 40 Maj or 40 Maj+ team. Pitcher & OF, previously played in CA for Sofa Kings, SUC & Team First. 325_518_6288 |
| April 29, 2019 JT130 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Umpires at Arroyo Grande The Phoenix officiating crew for Vegas this past weekend was amazing. Shout out to those guys |
| June 26, 2018 JT130 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Tournament Prizes TimMcElroy, I'm hearing a lot of donating and free on the expenses part. I'm not sure if you understand how having a debate works, but you are just strengthening my talking points about why the prize packages are not better for the entry fees we are paying and the expenses you didn't have. 9 directors! Are you kidding, you guys must be union employees. It looks really difficult to sit in those chairs all day and occasionally get up and walk around. Checking in teams looks exhausting, those highlighters must be heavy. Making/filling out brackets, writing down scores, advancing winning teams. Someone has to do those things and I appreciate that it was done, but it certainly wasn't rocket surgery or an overwhelming brain tasking list of items to accomplish. There were phone calls and some coordination that took place. You still didn't address why the tournament fees are so high and why the prize packages are so lacking. |
| June 26, 2018 JT130 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Tournament Prizes TimMcElroy, The Prize packages you described I have never seen at Rock n Reno, NorCal States nor Western worlds. In addition the $575 entry fees, these tournaments are twice as expensive as USSSA, NSA & ASA tournaments. Also, the weekend local tournaments provide T-shirts which are nicer than the prizes I described earlier at Western Worlds, Rock N Reno & Nor Cal States. Please provide some numbers for these supposed costs to run a SSUSA Tournament. To start, I will break down the entry fees and costs posted on the Sparks website for rental fees of their complexes. For example let's use the Rock N Reno weekend 25-27 May 2018 numbers for examples. Entry fee: $575 x Men's 40: 26 teams Men's 60: 29 teams Women's 40: 9 teams Women's 50: 7 teams Women's 55: 3 teams Women's 65: 4 teams --------- Total teams: 78 teams x $575= $44,850 for entry Fees! 238 games played x $35/game (umpire) = $8330 umpire fees 10 fields x $100/day x 3 days = $3000 field rental $400 cleaning fee $390 surcharge ($5/team x 78) $25 admin fee Entry fees collected: $44,850 - Total complex feees $12,145 High end spent prizes $2,500 (And this is me being generous) -------------------------------- Profit: $30,205 So tell me again why it costs so much to run a tournament and why the prize packages can't be better? $30,000!!! SSUSA is a nonprofit organization so you aren't paying taxes. How much are you paying for all the "tournament directors" (ie old guys sleeping in chairs)? Several somebodies are making quite a bit of profit on these tournaments and it isn't being spent on prize packages. |
| June 26, 2018 JT130 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Tournament Prizes Can we have a civil discussion about the prizes given away at SSUSA tournaments. I'm trying to be polite, but the prizes given out are outdated, cheap and likely won't ever be worn. The prizes are typically an 1980's style polyester warm-up jacket, velcro strap caps that look like something out of a truck stop or a thin v-neck t-shirt. We are paying between $500-700 for tournament entry fees, I would like to see nicer prizes. It appears now that you are buying the cheapest items on the internet or clearing out and old warehouse of items from 20-30 years ago. Maybe you just don't know that the prizes are bad. Really bad. Maybe you just don't care. My suggested solution would be to get batting gloves, small towels, fitted caps from Pacific headwear, custom jerseys, back packs or cloth bags are a few ideas. Take a look at the trailers selling gear at the tournaments. Those are 21St century modern items that players are interested in. I wouldn't purchase any of the merchandise that you are giving away as prizes. I am trying to provide constructive feedback and offered several solutions. Please consider making changes. |
