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Perhaps I'm missing something, but wouldn't you be paying $20 to enter the competition? It seems like the fee isn't directly tied to getting your score posted o
by jere 13y ago
Perhaps I'm missing something, but wouldn't you be paying $20 to enter the competition? It seems like the fee isn't directly tied to getting your score posted on a website and the article is using that as a distraction. Isn't this how races and competitions have worked for a long time?
It is an interesting thought that most people will be "failing" and yet they're willing to pay money. On the other hand, there's a lot more to competing than winning. I've run the "Krispy Kreme Challenge" a few times and while I wouldn't mind winning it, I know my registration fee is really going towards a fun race, a spectacle involving thousands of people (many in costume), and edible and wearable souvenirs.
- donnfelker 13y agoI completely agree. There is more to a competition. Competing in itself is fun. But as I said in the note at the top of the post, this is my opinion. I see no reason is paying $20 to a company just to post my score on line. YOu can still do the competition without paying the $20. Thats all I'm saying. The only difference is that you wont have your name on a website. The $20 simply "registers" you online. You can still compete. Only difference is that if you were GOOD enough to make it to Regionals or the Games you'd have to have had competed in the Open. Again, these are the exceptional athletes. Not the normal folks. I'm not saying DONT compete, but I'm asking the question of why pay $20 to compete if you can do it for free?