Pay Outs "Make it Happen"?
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1k for each match won Efren won 5 matches=5k
Danny Smith won 4 matches =4K
SVB=3K
Justin Hall = 2k
Scott Frost =2k
Alex Pagulayan=0
Efren and Danny played one extra match not listed on the chart in the final for the title and a extra 1k
Danny Smith won 4 matches =4K
SVB=3K
Justin Hall = 2k
Scott Frost =2k
Alex Pagulayan=0
Efren and Danny played one extra match not listed on the chart in the final for the title and a extra 1k
I think it's important to note that the players' expenses were also covered.
I will go out and buy a scanner and post my DD 214, but not for you, but for JoeyA and a few others I care about on here. Johnnyt
PS: The name is John Terrell, so you can match it to the form when posted.
Johnny,
If it's legit, I will give you a public apology.
If you actually had 5+ MOS changes in 2 years time, you might be the first i nthe history of the US Armed forces, so you have to understand how odd this sounds. Especially with a MOS "in the low 600's".
Eric
Pretty sure every player was guaranteed 2k win or lose, then 1k for every win over your second match.
Yes, on his ABR interview last week, I believe Pat Fleming did mention some guaranteed money. Whether it is 2k per man, with additional money only if more than two matches are won, I do not know.
Got my popcorn.....!
Also worth mentioning is there was no entry fee
Also worth mentioning is there was no entry fee
It's amazing. I don't see how it adds up. Where does all the revenue come from to cover the payouts?
That's the whole point of the "Make it Happen" series. Pat pre-sells sponsorship to regular shmo's like you and me for $300 or so. These get you all the DVD's, t-shirts, ringside seats, streaming, etc. With this money, the fans, literally "make it happen".
The prize money is posted on AzB now (http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_an...accu-stats-make-it-happen-one-pocket/results/), confirming what ScottyDzntKnow said -- $2,000 guaranteed money per player plus $1,000 for each win in excess of 2 wins (plus expenses and no entry fee).
Its a pretty interesting model. Can only go to the well so many times a year though. If he can get 100 buyers at $300 each it covers the event and probably a little of the production cost. That said it would surprise me if they got that many buyers at $300. Surprise me a lot. But then Accu-Stats stands at the top of the industry and has built a strong following so who knows how well they do. I hope they sell 500 and make a ton of money. They deserve it.
No matter how it comes to be the money is always paid out on time and the production is great.
Pat does two a year and it's a lot of work to put each one together. They have become an important part of the Accu-Stats business model each year.
The Power of People in Pool
I didn't know exactly how they were doing this but it makes a lot of sense actually. With all the people there are in pool and if I had known that for 300 I could get all the matches I hope on DVD with the kind of competition that was, yeah that might be worth it to me. I can see that people who have a product to sell wouldn't mind so much sponsoring a production a like this to gain admittance to the audience of people that were willing to spend 300. Depending on their product that might be worth it to several companies with a profit margin high enough to want get a few sales from that crowd.
Whenever you can get people moving and organized you can create some great interaction that is positive. This is where I think that pool missed the boat by not having a governing body that was willing to organize those effort by motivating the people of pool to be a part of it.
I used to have to do this banquet every year in my job. It kept getting worse and worse to try to put together. I told the boss that this was a huge pain in the ass for me with no help and we had people bring covered dishes and it was the absolute best one we ever had because people were motivated to have a great event. Motivating people works.
I didn't know exactly how they were doing this but it makes a lot of sense actually. With all the people there are in pool and if I had known that for 300 I could get all the matches I hope on DVD with the kind of competition that was, yeah that might be worth it to me. I can see that people who have a product to sell wouldn't mind so much sponsoring a production a like this to gain admittance to the audience of people that were willing to spend 300. Depending on their product that might be worth it to several companies with a profit margin high enough to want get a few sales from that crowd.
Whenever you can get people moving and organized you can create some great interaction that is positive. This is where I think that pool missed the boat by not having a governing body that was willing to organize those effort by motivating the people of pool to be a part of it.
I used to have to do this banquet every year in my job. It kept getting worse and worse to try to put together. I told the boss that this was a huge pain in the ass for me with no help and we had people bring covered dishes and it was the absolute best one we ever had because people were motivated to have a great event. Motivating people works.
The Johnson & Johnson family (or the grand father really) started that way back when "don't feel like looking it up" when he was over paying his factory workers. The other guys hated him for it as it created problems in their factories but he believed in keeping his workers happy and you'll get good work. It was also his credo that led to the great tylenol recall "again, don't feel like looking it up" when that lady tried to poison her husband by putting Cyanide in a bottle. The credo was something about giving the people a good product something something something "oh yea that pissed off the board member when he said pull the whole thing" but that led to the tamper wrap on the bottles.
I did look one of them up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tylenol_murders
Im sure you can get it all done at FedEx for 10 bucks-Email a copy to yourself-save it when you get home -then you can do what you want with it (i think) there may be better ways but dont buy a scanner unless you wanted one anyway.
On his ABR interview on June 25, Pat Fleming said that the total production costs (prize money, air fare, hotel, staff, etc.) are about $45,000, and that he does not get the full 150 package buyers that would cover those costs in full. So Accu-Stats puts in some of the money, and then, hopefully, recoups it with their video sales.