18-07-2016, 04:23 PM
Alan,
There are many ways of running an event, but it sort of is the bottom line that if you want professional players then you have to offer appearance fees (or at the very least this is a more cost effective way of getting players to play rather than offering big prizes). I would say that the fees at the Scottish were quite considerably below the 'market rate', hence the reason why there were very few, if any, professional players.
I am not complaining about that; I enjoyed the tournament a lot and I am very grateful to all those who put in a huge amount of work to make it happen.
There are many ways of running an event, but it sort of is the bottom line that if you want professional players then you have to offer appearance fees (or at the very least this is a more cost effective way of getting players to play rather than offering big prizes). I would say that the fees at the Scottish were quite considerably below the 'market rate', hence the reason why there were very few, if any, professional players.
I am not complaining about that; I enjoyed the tournament a lot and I am very grateful to all those who put in a huge amount of work to make it happen.