If you are losing money on your pro players you are doing it wrong. Their $3/$4/$5/$10 player fee to the PDGA should be coming out of their gross entry fees and does not count towards your percentage payouts which are calculated based on net once certain fees are removed.
Makes sense.
Did a little bit of "training" with 3 other TDs, they taught me this method. But I've seen other tournaments pay out 95% so the pros pay their own way.
Works for me though, I've always provided a pack "worth" almost double the entry, pay all the fees, registration and trophies with this method. Usually try and do 18 ctps, been able to pay for small ones
I kinda just figure it's like crowd sourcing. Maybe not the most correct way of doing it, but at the end of the day, the pros and ams are happy, I didn't lose any money on a hobby. Win win.
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