Can I get your opinions please!!!!
It has been bought to my attention in Private Messages over the last month or two that certain prize funds are a little one sided…
For Example
NSW Open is coming up and these were the figures sent to me…
The men are paying $16900 to play for $16320 and the women are paying $5000 to play for $5705.
The women get the games free and another $705 kicked into the prize fund and the men lose money off their entry.
This just does not seem fair somehow!
Men based on the 65
Total entry fee money $16900
Prize fund $16320
Games based at $5 $ 4335
Sponsorship $ 3755
Women based on the 25
Total entry fee money $ 5000
Prize fund $ 5705
Games based at $5 $ 1530
Sponsorship $ 2235
While the sponsorship is higher for the men when you break the sponsorship down to per participant the men get $57.76 sponsorship per bowler and the women get $89.40 per bowler as sponsorship.
I'm afraid I don't see the equity when the higher entries get the lower sponsorship!
I remember not that long ago that a certain High Profile bowler wasn’t happy about the fact a certain centre canned the ladies division all together and thought it was disgusting…I’m sure they wouldn’t be to disgruntled with this scenario though…
How do we fix it…Are the Tournament organizers doing enough to warrant holding these events…
How do we break down the sponsorship if there are two separate divisions…?
It has been bought to my attention in Private Messages over the last month or two that certain prize funds are a little one sided…
For Example
NSW Open is coming up and these were the figures sent to me…
The men are paying $16900 to play for $16320 and the women are paying $5000 to play for $5705.
The women get the games free and another $705 kicked into the prize fund and the men lose money off their entry.
This just does not seem fair somehow!
Men based on the 65
Total entry fee money $16900
Prize fund $16320
Games based at $5 $ 4335
Sponsorship $ 3755
Women based on the 25
Total entry fee money $ 5000
Prize fund $ 5705
Games based at $5 $ 1530
Sponsorship $ 2235
While the sponsorship is higher for the men when you break the sponsorship down to per participant the men get $57.76 sponsorship per bowler and the women get $89.40 per bowler as sponsorship.
I'm afraid I don't see the equity when the higher entries get the lower sponsorship!
I remember not that long ago that a certain High Profile bowler wasn’t happy about the fact a certain centre canned the ladies division all together and thought it was disgusting…I’m sure they wouldn’t be to disgruntled with this scenario though…
How do we fix it…Are the Tournament organizers doing enough to warrant holding these events…
How do we break down the sponsorship if there are two separate divisions…?