To Sudheer: Speaking for those of us in the beautiful town we call Urbana- Champaign, it would be very hard for us to get out there to LA in terms of money. This is because Southwest does not fly out of our main airport (Willard Airport in Champaign) or the other close one, Bloomington. Flights out of Indianapolis or Midway would cost (as a friend of mine has just informed me) about $500 roundtrip for each of our players. Four players to a team, that's 2000 big ones per team that we qualify. And that's just airfare. Add on the one night stay in the hotel room for eight people, and that's at least a hundred dollars more. 2100 bucks. I don't know about your program, but we certainly don't have that kind of cash sitting around. <<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>> A: Airfares now aren't always the lowest airfares available; wait for a sale. B: Drive to Chicago first, then fly to LA, instead of flying out of U/I. C: Fundraise or host more tournaments. <<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>> I'll definitely grant you that West Coast teams probably have had it worse than most of the Midwest and East teams in terms of traveling, and yes, that sucks, but I'll just say this: I think that NAQT would probably make more money if they had the ICT somewhere in the Midwest or in the East, because teams from those areas (who make up the majority of College Bowl teams in the nation, mind you) would be more likely to come if they've qualified. <<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>> A: Let NAQT deal with their profits, and you deal with your travel plans, if you even are going. <<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>> Last year, we drove 14 hours to get to UNC to play in the ICT, and we thought that was a pretty long drive, relatively speaking. According to Mapquest, driving to LA would be about 33 hours, not to mention those tiny hills called the Rockies. <<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>> A: Fundraise, host tournaments, or don't go. I can't do anything about the Rockies. Yours, Jason Paik Quiz Bowl Ronin
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