@DanJ posted:Good luck figuring out a work around. I've always thought PG's single pool play game per day deal was highway robbery with regard to costs. It's not just the hotel costs, but the food and everything else that you burn through when you have all that extra time on your hands. Brilliant, but awful business model. But hey, it's about seeing that joy on the kids' faces, right?
We are experiencing this now with PG tournaments in our area. We are in a tournament that started on Thursday. One game Thursday, one game Friday, one game Saturday, tournament play started on Sunday, semi finals and championship on Monday. Over the past several days I have heard from other coaches, parents, umpires, and even the tournament scorekeeper on how ridiculous a 5 day tournament was. The scorekeeper even admitted its so that the local director and facility can collect more money on entrance fees. I imagine their are also some "official" hotels for out of town teams that are also benefiting from it.