bluechip21 Wrote:
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> For a game struggling to attract younger fans /
> players something tells me a $10k buy in(or
> whatever they are) for a tournament doesn’t seem
> like the right approach to me. If i were a power
> that be, I’d focus on building the next
> generation of horse players, like my self (31).

Your point is one that occurred to me, as well. The challenges for the sport are multi-faceted and plentiful, and certainly won't be solved by high end tournaments. However, it needn't be an either/or approach. I didn't invest much time in reading Christian's proposals because most of it is above my pay grade, but I strongly suspect that if he and JB were on the same page with this, they could come up with a game plan that would hit the sweet spot for the serious players with serious bank.

But for the rest, the idea of affordable tournaments is a good thing, and we're seeing signs of that online, and I see it even in the hinterlands at Finger Lakes. Players love that kind of competition. I don't know what the saturation point is, but I doubt we're even close to it, and if there was a way to make the high end tournaments TV-friendly with a tie-in to TVG or some other media venue, all the better. The series that featured Christian, Beychok and others was highly entertaining. It's a shame the sport does not have a central command post to kick the tires on something like this, and provide a coordinated effort for analysis and implementation. But, that overall leadership void plagues the sport in nearly every aspect of its operation, already.