Incremental Entry Fees for Relays

[andy]

If you're organising a big event, you have a major cashflow problem - lots of expenditure before the entry monies start rolling in. Giving cheap rates to clubs willing to help you with this problem seems an obvious and sensible solution.

Yay, a reasonable argument!

[NeilC]

Yay, a reasonable argument!

In reality though the Club, Association and/or BOF can often help with cash flow eg paying for a survey undertaken 12 months in advance (no one will enter that early). Then individual entries will come in at a much faster rate than relay entries such that early relay entries are unlikely to influence any cash flow problems.

[IkeySol]

If you're organising a big event, you have a major cashflow problem - lots of expenditure before the entry monies start rolling in. Giving cheap rates to clubs willing to help you with this problem seems an obvious and sensible solution.

Yay, a reasonable argument!

It is indeed a very good argument. Assuming that the date has been widely displayed giving the captains a half decent chance to get on the ball early then they might be able to get applications in early and get some of the monies rolling in.

Unfortunately (and this does seem often the case, not just singling out this event) it really doesnt seem to have been at all. This was the first Id heard of the initial entry date being so early and I'll be aiming for the middle one.

Just seems a missed oppurtunity if cashflow is the reason.