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From: "Eoghan Barry" <barrye@iol.ie>
To: "Britdisc" <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>
Subject: emergency wallet-ectomy at Worlds '99
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 22:05:23 +0100
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We encourage all teams to produce goods that can be sold to help =
them raise cash to pay for the trip. However, as with all WFDF events, =
teams cannot sell any products except through official WUCC outlets =
during the week or at Trading Night on the Tuesday of the tournament. =
Teams will have to register all their products with WUCC who will be =
responsible for selling all goods for a 25% fee. Please bear this in =
mind when you are designing and pricing your goods.
=20
=20
Charlie Mead
Chair WFDF Ultimate Committee
Am I alone in thinking this is all just a bit fucking much? Apparently =
it is not enough
to charge a player fee that is as much as the fee for an entire team in =
the average
UK tourney - the WFDF has to have a cut of absolutely everything bought =
and sold
during the week in St. Andrews. By my calculations the WFDF is =
receiving around=20
=A3140,000stg* in team and player fees for WUCC '99. Where is all this =
money going?
To pay the salaries of the volunteers who will be working at Worlds? To =
cover the=20
expense of brand new red cones to mark the pitches? To pay everyone's =
green fees
for a round at the golf club? How can an ultimate tournament possibly =
cost this much=20
money to stage?
I find the exhortation to produce your own merchandise to defray the =
expense of going
to Worlds particularly entertaining. I can't speak for any other teams =
but in the case=20
of the Pookas giving a 25% cut to a crew of greasy middlemen would =
entirely swallow
our mark-up and then some. The net effect of this ruling will be to =
inflate the price of
merchandise that is going to be sold mainly to other competitors at the =
tournament. =20
Who the hell are the WFDF to say I can't sell a t-shirt to a fellow =
ultimate player=20
except through their taxed and dutied, officially sanctioned channels? =
For whose=20
benefit is this tournament being run?=20
I will say here and now that anyone with enough screws loose to want any =
Pookas
gear (t-shirts, discs, blotter acid etc.) at Worlds merely has to sidle =
up to me,=20
utter the code words 'Worlds is buying Charlie Mead a new house', and =
I'll sort
them out with the necessary.
Dr. Benway
Minister For Propaganda
Dublin Pookas=20
*for reasons of laziness I assumed that each team brings 14 players =
(hardly an
over-estimate since you have to roster 12 minimum to enter) and that =
there are
96 teams coming.
14 x =A3100 =3D =A31400 (player fees) + =A3100 (team fee) =3D =A31500 x =
96 =3D =A3144,000
=20
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<BLOCKQUOTE>We encourage all teams to produce goods that can be sold to =
help=20
them raise cash to pay for the trip. However, as with all WFDF =
events, teams=20
cannot sell any products except through official WUCC outlets during =
the=20
week or at Trading Night on the Tuesday of the tournament. Teams =
will have=20
to register all their products with WUCC who will be responsible for =
selling=20
all goods for a 25% fee. Please bear this in mind when you are =
designing and=20
pricing your goods.<BR> <BR> <BR>Charlie Mead<BR>Chair =
WFDF=20
Ultimate Committee</BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Am I alone in thinking this is all =
just a bit=20
fucking much? Apparently it is not enough</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>to charge a player fee that is as =
much as the=20
fee for an entire team in the average</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>UK tourney - the WFDF has to have a =
cut of=20
absolutely everything bought and sold</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>during the week in St. =
Andrews. By my=20
calculations the WFDF is receiving around </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>£140,000stg* in team and =
player fees for=20
WUCC '99. Where is all this money going?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>To pay the salaries of the volunteers who will be =
working at=20
Worlds? To cover the </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>expense of brand new red cones to mark the pitches? =
To pay=20
everyone's green fees</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>for a round at the golf club? </FONT><FONT =
color=3D#000000=20
size=3D2>How can an ultimate tournament possibly cost this much =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>money to stage?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>I find the exhortation to produce your own =
merchandise to=20
defray the expense of going</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>to Worlds particularly entertaining. I can't =
speak for=20
any other teams but in the case </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>of the Pookas giving a 25% cut to a crew of greasy =
middlemen=20
would entirely swallow</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>our mark-up and then some. The net effect of =
this ruling=20
will be to inflate the price of</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>merchandise that is going to be sold mainly to other =
competitors at the tournament. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Who the hell are the WFDF to say I can't sell a =
t-shirt to a=20
fellow ultimate player </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>except through their taxed and dutied, officially =
sanctioned=20
channels? For whose </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>benefit </FONT><FONT size=3D2>is this tournament =
being run?=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I will say here and now that anyone =
with enough=20
screws loose to want any Pookas</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT><FONT size=3D2>gear =
(t-shirts, discs,=20
blotter acid etc.) at Worlds merely has to sidle up to =
me, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>utter the code words 'Worlds is buying Charlie Mead =
a new=20
house', and I'll sort</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>them out with the necessary.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Dr. Benway</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Minister For Propaganda</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Dublin Pookas </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>*for reasons of laziness I assumed that each team =
brings 14=20
players (hardly an</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>over-estimate since you have to roster 12 minimum to =
enter)=20
and that there are</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>96 teams coming.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>14 x £100 =3D £1400 (player fees) + =
£100 (team=20
fee) =3D £1500 x 96 =3D £144,000</FONT></DIV>
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size=3D2> &nbs=
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