I'm going to follow you over here Petro because again the American Rotation Championship Series is another good solution for these problems, in this case the working or family man.
We designed the format so high level players compete locally by playing 7 matches in 7 weeks time, 4 of every 8 players qualify for a region playoff where they try to win spots in our national events. If they win the spot, they're guaranteed $1k and whats relevent here is we schedule our events to be two day Sat & Sunday events. That way if they do have a job, business, school or family obligations it makes it easier to take minimum time away.
If any of you know a high level player that has to put a sensible lifestyle head of their passion for pool please refer them to the American Rotation Championship Series or me. It just takes 8 players at 1 club and we can help them save time and money when it comes to competing nationally.
If more of us stop crying and take a little action we can take a nice positive step forward.