Many of you have said that the numbers were up and we should have used the other gym. How was I supposed to know the numbers would be up that much when registrations don�t end until Friday night at 3:00 pm.? It would be hard to add mats, officials, and table workers over night. The information on the tournament was on the web for a month, yet Monday morning I had 12 people signed up. As of Wednesday evening I had 130 people registered. We were sweating wondering if it was even worth putting this tournament on, much less expanding?
JT,
I don't think anyone is faulting you, the tournament, or the facilities. Like you said, with the late due date for entries it is impossible to know just exactly what you will need in the way of mats or help. Trackwrestling has made all of us tardy on entries and it is a problem even for invitationals. I think one way to possibly cure this is tiered entry fees based on how late you enter your wrestlers. For instance, if someone wants to wait till the last minute to enter their wrestler or team then make them pay an additional five bucks per entry.
