| Subject: | Re: Results from mtb. state championships? |
| Date: | 06/27/2003 02:53 AM |
| From: | Christopher A Sandmel |
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Promoting races is not a profit earning activity. Many races are lucky to break even, others lose money, and some actually retain earnings after expenses. Once insurance, series, permit, land use, official/announcer fees, and prize money are tallied up, the expenditures become quite great. When I was promoting the Santiam Pedalfest, we were lucky to net between $750 and $1500 a year. However, I don't believe this is typical, and it is no where near $4000. Since the race was a fundraiser for our high school's cycling club, BLM land use fees were waived. Normally the fees are something like $4 a rider. Given 150 racers, that's $600 we were able to shave from expenses. We often made our own medals, which reduced cost another $300. Even more expenses were eliminated by not making t-shirts. As you can see, the typical race that must contend with these costs will make little, if any profit. It takes an unbelievable amount of time to prepare a race, and I encourage anyone that would like to understand the challenges involved in promoting a race to help with the local races in their area next time around. If you've got an idea for improving a race, please get involved. Remember, the promoters are generally racers like you and me. Happy trails :) -Chris Sandmel On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 05:16:31 +0000 Michael Blahut <magic-@hotmail.com> writes: I figure the promoters took in around $4k. I guess posting the results in a timely mater is too much to ask for the mountain bike state championships of Oregon. To respond to the whole group send to ob-@topica.com. To respond to the list manager send to ob-@teleport.com To unsubscribe send to obra-uns-@topica.com ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! |
